The 1987 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 116th Open Championship, held from 16 to 19 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Nick Faldo won the first of his three Open Championships, one stroke ahead of runners-up Paul Azinger and Rodger Davis. It was the first of Faldo's six major championships. It was the first win at The Open by an Englishman since Tony Jacklin in 1969.
This was the thirteenth Open Championship held at Muirfield; the previous was in 1980 and the next in 1992.
Round summaries First round Thursday, 16 July 1987 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Rodger Davis64−7T2 Ken Green67−4 Lee Trevino Bob TwayT5 Paul Azinger68−3 Nick Faldo Larry Mize Nick PriceT9 Ken Brown69−2 Mark Calcavecchia David Graham Jay Haas Bernhard Langer Graham Marsh Masashi Ozaki Craig Stadler Gerry Taylor Tom Watson
Second round Friday, 17 July 1987 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul Azinger68-68=136−6T2 Rodger Davis64-73=137−5 Nick Faldo68-69=137 Payne Stewart71-66=137 Gerry Taylor69-68=137T6 David Frost70-68=138−4 Bernhard Langer69-69=138 Craig Stadler69-69=138 Tom Watson69-69=138T10 Mark Calcavecchia69-70=139−3 Graham Marsh69-70=139 Carl Mason70-69=139 Larry Mize68-71=139 Nick Price68-71=139 Bob Tway67-72=139
Amateurs: Mayo (E), Willison (+4), Winchester (+6), Curry (+9), Härdin (+11), Bottomley (+12), Hird (+12), O'Connell (+12), Ambridge (+13), George (+13), Robinson (+13), Jones (+16), Hamer (+17).
Third round Saturday, 18 July 1987
After tolerable weather conditions for the first two days, the third round on Saturday was played in a storm of wind and rain. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul Azinger68-68-71=207−6T2 Nick Faldo68-69-71=208−5 David Frost70-68-70=208T4 Craig Stadler69-69-71=209−4 Payne Stewart71-66-72=209 Tom Watson69-69-71=2097 Raymond Floyd72-68-70=210−3T8 Mark Calcavecchia69-70-72=211 −2 Rodger Davis64-73-74=211 Graham Marsh69-70-72=211 Nick Price68-71-72=211 Source
Final round Sunday, 19 July 1987
The final round was played in a gray mist. Azinger had a three stroke lead at the turn which was soon reduced to one, where it remained through 16 holes. Using a driver at the par-5 17th, he found a fairway bunker off the tee and bogeyed. Now tied with Faldo, Azinger's approach shot from the fairway on 18 found the left greenside bunker and led to another bogey. In the pairing just ahead, Faldo parred all 18 holes to win his first major by a stroke. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Nick Faldo 68-69-71-71=279 −5 75,000T2 Paul Azinger 68-68-71-73=280 −4 49,500 Rodger Davis 64-73-74-69=280T4 Ben Crenshaw 73-68-72-68=281 −3 31,000 Payne Stewart 71-66-72-72=2816 David Frost 70-68-70-74=282 −2 26,0007 Tom Watson 69-69-71-74=283 −1 23,000T8 Nick Price 68-71-72-73=284 E 18,667 Craig Stadler 69-69-71-75=284 Ian Woosnam 71-69-72-72=284
Amateurs: Mayo (+13), Willison (+21) Source:
References
External links Muirfield 1987 (Official site) 116th Open Championship – Muirfield (European Tour)