1990 Masters Tournament


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 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."
Floyd led after each of the second and third rounds and had earned the reputation of being a good front-runner in his career. A birdie on 12 gave Floyd a four-shot lead with six holes to play. Faldo birdied 13, 15, and 16, and Floyd's bogey on 17 left them tied at 10-under par at the end of 72 holes.
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. Both of Faldo's wins came at the second hole of a sudden-death 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.
Chris Patton was the only amateur to make the cut and tied for 39th place at 296.

Field

;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
;2. U.S. Open champions
Andy North, Scott Simpson, Curtis Strange
;3. The Open champions
Mark Calcavecchia, Greg Norman
;4. PGA champions
Hubert Green, Larry Nelson, Jeff Sluman, Payne Stewart, Bob Tway
;5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Danny Green, Chris Patton
;6. The Amateur champion
Stephen Dodd
;7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Tim Hobby
;8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
James Taylor
;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1989 Masters Tournament
Paul Azinger, Chip Beck, Fred Couples, David Frost, Ken Green, Scott Hoch, Tom Kite, Jodie Mudd, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Masashi Ozaki, Don Pooley, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Lee Trevino, Ian Woosnam
;10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1989 U.S. Open
Brian Claar, Peter Jacobsen, Mark Lye, Mark McCumber, Tom Pernice, Jr.
;11. Top eight players and ties from 1989 PGA Championship
Andy Bean, Dave Rummells
;12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Tommy Armour III, Ian Baker-Finch, Bill Britton, Curt Byrum, Tom Byrum, Mike Donald, Dan Forsman, Robert Gamez, Wayne Grady, Donnie Hammond, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, David Ishii, Steve Jones, John Mahaffey, Blaine McCallister, Ted Schulz, Tony Sills, Tim Simpson, Leonard Thompson
;13. Top 30 players from the 1989 PGA Tour money list
Bill Glasson, Wayne Levi, Hal Sutton
;14. Members of the U.S. 1989 Ryder Cup team
Lanny Wadkins
;15. Special foreign invitation
Naomichi Ozaki, Craig Parry, Ronan Rafferty, Peter Senior

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1990
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mike Donald64−8
2John Huston66−6
3Peter Jacobsen67−5
4Bill Britton68−4
T5George Archer70−2
T5Raymond Floyd70−2
T5Bill Glasson70−2
T5Bernhard Langer70−2
T5Larry Mize70−2
T5Jumbo Ozaki70−2
T5Curtis Strange70−2

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Second round

Friday, April 6, 1990
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd70-68=138−6
2Scott Hoch71-68=139−5
3John Huston66-74=140−4
4Jumbo Ozaki70-71=141−3
T5Bill Britton68-74=142−2
T5Mike Hulbert71-71=142−2
T5Peter Jacobsen67-75=142−2
T5Jack Nicklaus72-70=142−2
T5Craig Stadler72-70=142−2
T10Fred Couples74-69=143−1
T10Nick Faldo71-72=143−1
T10Bernhard Langer70-73=143−1
T10Curtis Strange70-73=143−1

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Amateurs: Patton , Dodd, Hobby, Green, Taylor

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1990
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd70-68-68=206−10
2John Huston66-74-68=208−8
3Nick Faldo71-72-66=209−7
4Jack Nicklaus72-70-69=211−5
T5Scott Hoch71-68-73=212−4
T5Bernhard Langer70-73-69=212−4
T7Bill Britton68-74-71=213−3
T7José María Olazábal72-73-68=213−3
T7Scott Simpson74-71-68=213−3
T10Tom Kite75-73-66=214−2
T10Curtis Strange70-73-71=214−2

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Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1990
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Nick Faldo71-72-66-69=278−10Playoff
T1Raymond Floyd70-68-68-72=278−10Playoff
T3John Huston66-74-68-75=283−572,500
T3Lanny Wadkins72-73-70-68=283−572,500
5Fred Couples74-69-72-69=284−450,000
6Jack Nicklaus72-70-69-74=285−345,000
T7Seve Ballesteros74-73-68-71=286−235,150
T7Bill Britton68-74-71-73=286−235,150
T7Bernhard Langer70-73-69-74=286−235,150
T7Scott Simpson74-71-68-73=286−235,150
T7Curtis Strange70-73-71-72=286−235,150
T7Tom Watson77-71-67-71=286−235,150

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Amateurs: Patton

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff