1991 Open Championship

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1991 Open Championship

| image =

| dates = 18–21 July 1991

| location = Southport, England

| course = Royal Birkdale Golf Club

| tour = European Tour
PGA Tour

| par = 70

| yardage = {{convert|6940|yd|0}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |publisher=The Open Championship |title=Media guide |date=2011 |pages=41, 203 |access-date=15 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}

| field = 156 players, 113 after cut

| cut = 148 (+8)

| purse = £900,000
$1,512,000

| winners_share = £90,000
$151,200

| champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} Ian Baker-Finch

| score = 272 (−8)

| previous = 1990

| next = 1992

}}

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|lat = 53.622

|long = -3.033

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{{Location map

|United Kingdom Southport

|relief = 1

|label = Royal Birkdale Golf Club

|lat = 53.622

|long = -3.033

|caption = Location in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

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The 1991 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 120th Open Championship, held from 18 to 21 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Ian Baker-Finch won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood.

Baker-Finch was two-over after two rounds in a tie for 28th place, then was ten-under on the weekend. His 66 on Sunday was bolstered by a 29 on the front nine, with birdies on five of the first seven holes.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lUdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6136%2C4896309|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon|title=Baker-Finch bags Open title|date=22 July 1991|page=D1}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1991/07/29/124621/watch-the-birdies-ian-baker-finch-got-off-to-a-flying-start-in-the-final-round-and-easily-won-the-british-open|magazine=Sports Illustrated|title=Watch the birdies|last=Reilly|author-link=Rick Reilly|first=Rick|date=29 July 1991|page=18}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-jkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3776%2C5164578|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|last=Parascenzo|first=Marino|title=It's Baker-Finch: Aussie's sizzling 66 wins British Open|date=22 July 1991|page=7}}

The cut at 148 (+8) included those within ten strokes of the lead, which resulted in a record 113 players on the weekend, nearly three-quarters of the field.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k0dWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4619%2C4193966|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=(Oregon)|agency=(Washington Post)|last=Shapiro|first=Leonard|title=Unheralded trio lead British Open|date=20 July 1991|page=1D}}{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-TkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2741%2C4993956|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|last=Parascenzo|first=Marino|title=The kindest cut of all|date=20 July 1991|page=17}}