1989 Open Championship

The 1989 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 118th Open Championship, held from 20 to 23 July at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Mark Calcavecchia won his only major championship in a playoff over Greg Norman and Wayne Grady. It was the first playoff at the Open in fourteen years and the first use of the four-hole aggregate playoff, adopted in 1985. The playoff was formerly 18 holes the following day (and 36 holes prior to 1964). Calcavecchia was the first American champion at The Open in six years. Norman shot a course record 64 (−8) in the final round to get into the playoff. In the playoff, over holes 1-2-17-18 of the course, Norman started off in the same form he had finished the main round, with birdies at the first two holes. Calcavecchia also scored a birdie at the second, Grady only making par at both: but at the short 17th, Calcavecchia was the only one to make par while Norman dropped a shot, back into a tie for the lead, and Grady also bogeyed it to be two shots behind. Then Calcavecchia made a birdie at the last, and Grady a regulation par, whereas Norman found two bunkers in succession and then mishit his third shot out of bounds, following which he picked up his ball and conceded without completing the hole, to drop behind Grady and accept third place.

Course
Old Course Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

First round
Thursday, 20 July 1989

Second round
Friday, 21 July 1989

Amateurs: Claydon (E), Karlsson (+1), Els (+4), Evans (+5), Dodd (+10), Milne (+10), Hare (+11), O'Shea (+11), Noon (+14), Meeks (+17).

Third round
Saturday, 22 July 1989

Final round
Sunday, 23 July 1989

Amateurs: Claydon (+5), Karlsson (+11).

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Playoff
The four-hole aggregate playoff was held on holes 1, 2, 17, and 18; three par fours and a par three (#17).

Scorecard
Playoff Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

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