1993 Open Championship
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{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1993 Open Championship
| image =
| dates = 15–18 July 1993
| location = Sandwich, England
| course = Royal St George's Golf Club
| tour = European Tour
PGA Tour
| yardage = {{convert|6860|yd|0}}
| field = 156 players, 78 after cut
| purse = £1,000,000
€1,422,960
$1,540,000
| winners_share = £100,000
€140,000
$154,000
| champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman
| score = 267 (−13)
| previous = 1992
| next = 1994
| map = UK#England#Kent
| map_relief = yes
| map_label = Royal St George's
| map_caption = Location in the United Kingdom##Location in England##Location in Kent
| coordinates = {{coord|51.274|1.367|type:event|display=inline,title}}
}}
File:Norman's second Major championship, 1993 Open at Royal St George's.jpg at Royal St George's in 1993, his second Open win]]
The 1993 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 122nd Open Championship, held from 15 to 18 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Greg Norman shot a final round 64 (−6) to win his second Open Championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nick Faldo.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lkFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZeoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6147%2C4525397|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|title=Norman avoids ghosts to snag 2nd Open title|last=Dufresne|first=Chris|agency=(Los Angeles Times)|date=19 July 1993|page=B1}}{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138315/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702022606/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138315/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2010|magazine=Sports Illustrated|title=Shark attack|last=Reilly|first=Rick|date=26 July 1993|page=12}}
Course layout
Royal St George's Golf Club{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kkFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZeoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6728%2C3284614|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|title=British Open: card of the course|date=15 July 1993|page=4D}}
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!align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
align="center"|Yards | 441 | 376 | 210 | 468 | 421 | 155 | 530 | 418 | 389 | 3,408 | 399 | 216 | 365 | 443 | 507 | 466 | 163 | 425 | 468 | 3,452 | 6,860 |
align="center"|Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):{{cite web|url=http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |publisher=The Open Championship |title=Media guide |date=2011 |pages=39, 203 |access-date=2 July 2012 |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 }}
Round summaries
=First round=
Thursday, 15 July 1993
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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
rowspan="4" align=center|T1 | {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Calcavecchia | rowspan="4" align=center |66 | rowspan="4" align=center|−4 |
{{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman | |||
{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Senior | |||
{{flagicon|USA}} Fuzzy Zoeller | |||
rowspan="10" align=center|T5 | {{flagicon|TTO}} Stephen Ames | rowspan="10" align=center |67 | rowspan="10" align=center|−3 |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Howard Clark | |||
{{flagicon|USA}} Glen Day | |||
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Evans | |||
{{flagicon|DEU}} Bernhard Langer | |||
{{flagicon|ZWE}} Mark McNulty | |||
{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Mize | |||
{{flagicon|IRL}} Des Smyth | |||
{{flagicon|NZL}} Greg Turner | |||
{{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Wayne Westner |
=Second round=
Friday, 16 July 1993
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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
align=center|1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo | align=center |69-63=132 | align=center|−8 |
align=center|2 | {{flagicon|GER}} Bernhard Langer | align=center |67-66=133 | align=center|−7 |
rowspan="3" align=center|T3 | {{flagicon|USA}} Fred Couples | align=center |68-66=134 | rowspan="3" align=center|−6 |
{{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman | align=center |66-68=134 | ||
{{flagicon|USA}} Corey Pavin | align=center |68-66=134 | ||
align=center|6 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Senior | align=center|66-69=135 | align=center|−5 |
rowspan="2" align=center|T7 | {{flagicon|USA}} Larry Mize | align=center |67-69=136 | rowspan="2" align=center|−4 |
{{flagicon|USA}} Fuzzy Zoeller | align=center |66-70=136 | ||
rowspan="3" align=center|T9 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Baker | align=center |70-67=137 | rowspan="3" align=center|−3 |
{{flagicon|USA}} John Daly | align=center |71-66=137 | ||
{{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Ernie Els | align=center |68-69=137 |
Amateurs: Pyman (E), Leonard (+8), Welch (+8), Dundas (+13), Voges (+15), Griffiths (+18).
=Third round=
Saturday, 17 July 1993
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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
rowspan="2" align=center|T1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo | align=center |69-63-70=202 | rowspan="2" align=center|−8 |
{{flagicon|USA}} Corey Pavin | align=center|68-66-68=202 | ||
rowspan="2" align=center|T3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman | align=center|66-68-69=203 | rowspan="2" align=center|−7 |
{{flagicon|GER}} Bernhard Langer | align=center |67-66-70=203 | ||
rowspan="2" align=center|T5 | {{flagicon|ZWE}} Nick Price | align=center |68-70-67=205 | rowspan="2" align=center|−5 |
{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Senior | 66-69-70=205 | ||
rowspan="3" align=center|T7 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Grady | align=center |74-68-64=206 | rowspan="3" align=center|−4 |
{{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Ernie Els | align=center |68-69-69=206 | ||
{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Couples | align=center |68-66-72=206 | ||
rowspan="2" align=center|T10 | {{flagicon|USA}} John Daly | align=center|71-66-70=207 | rowspan="2" align=center|−3 |
{{flagicon|USA}} Fuzzy Zoeller | align=center|70-66-71=207 |
=Final round=
Sunday, 18 July 1993
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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (£) | ||||
align="center"|1 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman | 66-68-69-64=267 | align="center"|−13 | align=center|100,000 |
align="center"|2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo | 69-63-70-67=269 | align="center"|−11 | align=center|80,000 |
align="center"|3 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Bernhard Langer | 67-66-70-67=270 | align="center"|−10 | align=center|67,000 |
rowspan=2 align="center"|T4 | {{flagicon|USA}} Corey Pavin | 68-66-68-70=272 | rowspan=2 align=center|−8 | rowspan=2 align=center|50,500 |
{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Senior | 66-69-70-67=272 | |||
rowspan=3 align="center"|T6 | {{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Ernie Els | 68-69-69-68=274 | rowspan=3 align="center"|−6 | rowspan=3 align=center|33,167 |
{{flagicon|SCO}} Paul Lawrie | 72-68-69-65=274 | |||
{{flagicon|ZWE}} Nick Price | 68-70-67-69=274 | |||
rowspan=3 align="center"|T9 | {{flagicon|USA}} Fred Couples | 68-66-72-69=275 | rowspan=3 align="center"|−5 | rowspan=3 align=center|25,500 |
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Grady | 74-68-64-69=275 | |||
{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Simpson | 68-70-71-66=275 |
Amateurs: Pyman (+1)
References
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External links
- [https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/122nd-open-Royal-St-Georges-1993 Royal St George's 1993 (Official site)]
- [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=1993/tournamentid=1993027/leaderboard/index.html 122nd Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour)]
- [https://www.golfcompendium.com/2018/10/1993-british-open.html 1993 Open Championship (GolfCompendium.com)]
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