1990 Masters Tournament

1990 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 5–8, 1990
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)
Field	85 players, 49 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$1,250,000
Winner's share	$225,000
Champion
Nick Faldo
278 (−10), playoff
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The 1990 Masters Tournament was the 54th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Nick Faldo won his second consecutive Masters and the third of his six major titles on the second sudden-death playoff hole over Raymond Floyd, the 1976 champion. The playoff began on the tenth hole where both made par. At the next hole, #11, Floyd put his 7-iron approach shot into the pond left of the green, while Faldo hit to within 18 feet (5.5 m) of the cup; he lagged his birdie putt to within a few inches and tapped in for the win. It foiled Floyd's attempt to win a major in four different decades. Afterward, he said, "This is the most devastating thing that's ever happened to me in my career. I've had a lot of losses, but nothing like this."

It was the third consecutive year that the Masters champion was from the United Kingdom, which had no winners prior to Sandy Lyle's victory in 1988.

Faldo was just the second to win consecutive titles at Augusta, following Jack Nicklaus (1965 and 1966). Both of Faldo's wins came at the second hole of a playoff, at the eleventh green. Tiger Woods later won back-to-back Masters in 2001 and 2002. Faldo won his third Masters six years later in 1996, for his sixth and final major title.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Faldo	England	1989	71	72	66	69	278	−10	1
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	70	68	68	72	278	−10	2
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1984, 1975, 1986	72	70	69	74	285	−3	6
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	74	73	68	71	286	−2	T7
Bernhard Langer	West Germany	1985	73	73	69	74	286	−2	T7
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	77	71	67	71	286	−2	T7
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984	72	74	73	69	288	E	T14
Larry Mize	United States	1987	70	76	71	71	288	E	T14
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	72	70	74	72	288	E	T14
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	72	74	73	70	289	+1	T20
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	73	74	68	7+6	291	+3	T24
George Archer	United States	1969	70	74	82	75	301	+13	49

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Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Billy Casper	United States	1970	74	75	149	+5
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	77	74	151	+7
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	77	74	151	+7
Charles Coody	United States	1971	75	77	152	+8
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	76	77	153	+9
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	76	80	156	+12
Doug Ford	United States	1957	78	85	163	+19

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 8, 1990

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Nick Faldo	England	71-72-66-69=278	−10	Playoff
	Raymond Floyd	United States	70-68-68-72=278
T3	John Huston	United States	66-74-68-75=283	−5	72,500
	Lanny Wadkins	United States	72-73-70-68=283
5	Fred Couples	United States	74-69-72-69=284	−4	50,000
6	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-70-69-74=285	−3	45,000
T7	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	74-73-68-71=286	−2	35,150
	Bill Britton	United States	68-74-71-73=286
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	70-73-69-74=286
	Scott Simpson	United States	74-71-68-73=286
	Curtis Strange	United States	70-73-71-72=286
	Tom Watson	United States	77-71-67-71=286

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Faldo	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10
Floyd	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10
Huston	−7	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Nick Faldo	England	4-4	E	225,000
2	Raymond Floyd	United States	4-x		135,000

• Sudden-death playoff began on hole #10 and ended at hole #11, when Faldo parred.

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners and results
• About.com – 1990 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1990 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

Preceded by 1989 PGA Championship

Major Championships

Succeeded by 1990 U.S. Open