1993 Open Championship Explained

1993 Open Championship
Dates:	15–18 July 1993
Course:	Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour:	European Tour PGA Tour
Par:	70
Yardage:	6860yd
Field:	156 players, 78 after cut
Cut:	143 (+3)
Purse:	£1,000,000 €1,422,960 $1,540,000
Winners Share:	£100,000 €140,000 $154,000
Champion:	Greg Norman
Score:	267 (−13)
Previous:	1992
Next:	1994
Map:	UK#England#Kent
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	Royal St George's
Coordinates:	51.274°N 1.367°W

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.^{[1] [2]}

Course layout

Royal St George's Golf Club^[3]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
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
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):^[4]

• 1985:, par 70
• 1981:, par 70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 15 July 1993

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Mark Calcavecchia	66	−4
	Greg Norman
	Peter Senior
	Fuzzy Zoeller
T5	Stephen Ames	67	−3
	Howard Clark
	Glen Day
	Gary Evans
	Bernhard Langer
	Mark McNulty
	Larry Mize
	Des Smyth
	Greg Turner
	Wayne Westner

Second round

Friday, 16 July 1993

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Faldo	align=center	69-63=132	−8
2	Bernhard Langer	align=center	67-66=133	−7
T3	Fred Couples	align=center	68-66=134	−6
	Greg Norman	align=center	66-68=134
	Corey Pavin	align=center	68-66=134
6	Peter Senior	66-69=135	−5
T7	Larry Mize	align=center	67-69=136	−4
	Fuzzy Zoeller	align=center	66-70=136
T9	Peter Baker	align=center	70-67=137	−3
	John Daly	align=center	71-66=137
	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

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Nick Faldo	align=center	69-63-70=202	−8
	Corey Pavin	68-66-68=202
T3	Greg Norman	66-68-69=203	−7
	Bernhard Langer	align=center		67-66-70=203
T5	Nick Price	align=center	68-70-67=205	−5
	Peter Senior	66-69-70=205
T7	Wayne Grady	align=center	74-68-64=206	−4
	Ernie Els	align=center	68-69-69=206
	Fred Couples	align=center	68-66-72=206
T10	John Daly	71-66-70=207	−3
	Fuzzy Zoeller	70-66-71=207

Final round

Sunday, 18 July 1993

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Greg Norman	66-68-69-64=267	−13	100,000
2		69-63-70-67=269	−11	80,000
3		67-66-70-67=270	−10	67,000
T4		68-66-68-70=272	−8	50,500
	66-69-70-67=272
T6		68-69-69-68=274	−6	33,167
	72-68-69-65=274
	68-70-67-69=274
T9		68-66-72-69=275	−5	25,500
	74-68-64-69=275
	68-70-71-66=275

Amateurs: Pyman (+1)
Source:^[5]

External links

• Royal St George's 1993 (Official site)
• 122nd Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour)
• 1993 Open Championship (GolfCompendium.com)

Notes and References

1. News: Norman avoids ghosts to snag 2nd Open title. Eugene Register-Guard. Dufresne. Chris. (Los Angeles Times). 19 July 1993. B1.
2. Shark attack. https://web.archive.org/web/20100702022606/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138315/index.htm. dead. 2 July 2010. Sports Illustrated. Reilly. Rick. 26 July 1993. 12.
3. News: British Open: card of the course. Eugene Register-Guard. 15 July 1993. 4D.
4. Web site: Media guide . The Open Championship . 2011 . 39, 203 . 2 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx . 18 April 2012 .
5. Web site: 1993 Open Championship results. databasegolf.com. 3 July 2012.