1990 U.S. Open Golf Championship
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The 1990 United States Open Championship was the 90th U.S. Open
. The event was held from June 14-18 at Medinah Country Club
, Course No. 3 in Medinah, Illinois
. Hale Irwin
won his third U.S. Open championship with a birdie on the first sudden-death hole to defeat Mike Donald
after the 18-hole playoff could not decide the tournament. Irwin became the oldest golfer ever to win the U.S. Open at 45 years of age.
Along with the dramatic playoff duel, this tournament is memorable for Irwin's "victory lap." After sinking a 45-foot putt for birdie, placing him in a tie for the lead, he was so overjoyed that he ran along the edge of the green, giving high-fives to the cheering spectators.
*Irwin defeated Donald on the first sudden death hole after an 18-hole playoff (74-74).
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
. The event was held from June 14-18 at Medinah Country Club
Medinah Country Club
Medinah Country Club is a private country club in Medinah, Illinois with nearly 600 members and containing three golf courses, Lake Kadijah, swimming facilities and a Byzantine-style, mosque-evoking clubhouse with Oriental, Louis XIV and Italian architectural aspects. Medinah is widely known for...
, Course No. 3 in Medinah, Illinois
Medinah, Illinois
Medinah is an unincorporated community in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois and is a suburb of Chicago. Medinah, largely located in DuPage County, is situated between the villages of Roselle, Itasca, Bloomingdale, and Addison...
. Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...
won his third U.S. Open championship with a birdie on the first sudden-death hole to defeat Mike Donald
Mike Donald
Michael William Donald is an American professional golfer.Donald was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He won 1974 National Junior College Athletic Association title while playing at Broward Community College and also attended Georgia Southern University.Donald's sole win on the PGA Tour was the...
after the 18-hole playoff could not decide the tournament. Irwin became the oldest golfer ever to win the U.S. Open at 45 years of age.
Along with the dramatic playoff duel, this tournament is memorable for Irwin's "victory lap." After sinking a 45-foot putt for birdie, placing him in a tie for the lead, he was so overjoyed that he ran along the edge of the green, giving high-fives to the cheering spectators.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin Hale Irwin Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was... * |
69-70-74-67=280 | -8 | $220,000 | |
| 2 | Mike Donald Mike Donald Michael William Donald is an American professional golfer.Donald was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He won 1974 National Junior College Athletic Association title while playing at Broward Community College and also attended Georgia Southern University.Donald's sole win on the PGA Tour was the... |
67-70-72-71=280 | $110,000 | ||
| T3 | Billy Ray Brown Billy Ray Brown Billy Ray Brown is a former American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1980s and 1990s, and a current sportscaster for ESPN on ABC.... |
69-71-69-72=281 | -7 | $56,879 | |
| Nick Faldo Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No... |
72-72-68-69=281 | ||||
| T5 | Mark Brooks Mark Brooks (golfer) Mark David Brooks is an American professional golfer.Brooks was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a three-time All-American as a member of the golf team. He turned professional in 1983.Brooks has seven wins on the PGA Tour, including one major,... |
68-70-72-73=283 | -5 | $33,271 | |
| Greg Norman Greg Norman Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s... |
72-73-69-69=283 | ||||
| Tim Simpson Tim Simpson Timothy Jay Simpson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, and currently plays on the Champions Tour.... |
66-69-75-73=283 | ||||
| T8 | Scott Hoch Scott Hoch Scott Mabon Hoch is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. He also played on the winning U.S. team in the Eisenhower Trophy... |
70-73-69-72=284 | -4 | $22,237 | |
| Steve Jones Steve Jones (golfer) Steven Glen Jones is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the U.S. Open in 1996.- Early life and education :Jones was born in Artesia, New Mexico. He was a semi-finalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur in 1976... |
67-76-74-67=284 | ||||
| José María Olazábal José María Olazábal José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:... |
73-69-69-73=284 | ||||
| Tom Sieckmann Tom Sieckmann Thomas Edward Sieckmann is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.Sieckmann was born in York, Nebraska. He won several amateur tournaments in his home state while growing up, and received the 1974 Nebraska Golf Association's Amateur of the Year award... |
70-74-68-72=284 | ||||
| Craig Stadler Craig Stadler Craig Robert Stadler is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.... |
71-70-72-71=284 | ||||
| Fuzzy Zoeller Fuzzy Zoeller Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He is one of three golfers to have won The Masters in his first appearance in the event. He also won the 1984 U.S. Open, which earned him the 1985 Bob Jones Award.... |
73-70-68-73=284 |
*Irwin defeated Donald on the first sudden death hole after an 18-hole playoff (74-74).