1987 Open Championship


The 1987 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 116th Open Championship, held from 16–19 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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 16 July 1987
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rodger Davis64–7
T2Ken Green67–4
T2Lee Trevino67–4
T2Bob Tway67–4
T5Paul Azinger68–3
T5Nick Faldo68–3
T5Larry Mize68–3
T5Nick Price68–3
T9Ken Brown69–2
T9Mark Calcavecchia69–2
T9David Graham69–2
T9Jay Haas69–2
T9Bernhard Langer69–2
T9Graham Marsh69–2
T9Masashi Ozaki69–2
T9Craig Stadler69–2
T9Gerry Taylor69–2
T9Tom Watson69–2

Second round

Friday, 17 July 1987
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paul Azinger68-68=136–6
T2Rodger Davis64-73=137–5
T2Nick Faldo68-69=137–5
T2Payne Stewart71-66=137–5
T2Gerry Taylor69-68=137–5
T6David Frost70-68=138–4
T6Bernhard Langer69-69=138–4
T6Craig Stadler69-69=138–4
T6Tom Watson69-69=138–4
T10Mark Calcavecchia69-70=139–3
T10Graham Marsh69-70=139–3
T10Carl Mason70-69=139–3
T10Larry Mize68-71=139–3
T10Nick Price68-71=139–3
T10Bob Tway67-72=139–3

Amateurs: Mayo, Willison , Winchester, Curry, Hardin, Bottomley, Hird, O'Connell, Ambridge, George, Robinson, Jones, Hamer.

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paul Azinger68-68-71=207–6
T2Nick Faldo68-69-71=208–5
T2David Frost70-68-70=208–5
T4Craig Stadler69-69-71=209–4
T4Payne Stewart71-66-72=209–4
T4Tom Watson69-69-71=209–4
7Raymond Floyd72-68-70=210–3
T8Mark Calcavecchia69-70-72=211–2
T8Rodger Davis64-73-74=211–2
T8Graham Marsh69-70-72=211–2
T8Nick Price68-71-72=211–2

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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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Nick Faldo68-69-71-71=279–575,000
T2Paul Azinger68-68-71-73=280–449,500
T2Rodger Davis64-73-74-69=280–449,500
T4Ben Crenshaw73-68-72-68=281–331,000
T4Payne Stewart71-66-72-72=281–331,000
6David Frost70-68-70-74=282–226,000
7Tom Watson69-69-71-74=283–123,000
T8Nick Price68-71-72-73=284E18,667
T8Craig Stadler69-69-71-75=284E18,667
T8Ian Woosnam71-69-72-72=284E18,667

Amateurs: Mayo, Willison
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