1990 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
The 1990 Masters was the 54th one played. Forty-eight-year-old Raymond Floyd made a run at becoming the oldest Masters winner ever. But Nick Faldo caught him after 72 holes, then won the sudden-death playoff. It was the second consecutive year Faldo won The Masters in a playoff.
Winner: Nick Faldo, 278
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 5-8, 1990
Leader after first round: Mike Donald, 64
Leader after second round: Raymond Floyd, 138
Leader after third round: Raymond Floyd, 206
What Happened at the 1990 Masters Tournament
At 48 years old, Raymond Floyd, the 1976 Masters champion, was in position to become the oldest winner of the tournament. The record had been set just four years earlier when 46-year-old Jack Nicklaus won the 1986 Masters. Floyd was the second-round leader and third-round leader.And Floyd led through most of the final round. When Floyd birdied the 12th hole, he opened a four-stroke lead. But then Faldo birdied the 13th, and added another on the 15th. When Faldo birdied the 16th hole, he pulled within one of Floyd. Floyd then bogeyed the 17th hole, dropping into a tie with Faldo. After both golfers parred the last hole, they finished tied at 10-under 278.
The sudden-death playoff began on the 10th hole, and both players made pars. On the second extra hole, however, Floyd hit his 7-iron approach shot to the 11th green into the water. Faldo made a tap-in par for the win.
That made it back-to-back wins for Faldo, who won the 1989 Masters in a sudden-death playoff against Scott Hoch. He was just the second golfer to win consecutive Masters titles, after Nicklaus (1965 and 1966).
And speaking of Nicklaus, it was a good week all around for "older" golfers. The 50-year-old Nicklaus finished in solo sixth. And 54-year-old Gary Player finished tied for 24th, his last Top 25 finish in any of the four majors.
Three-time champion Seve Ballesteros tied for seventh, his last Top 10 finish in The Masters. Faldo eventually joined Ballesteros as a three-time champ, also winning the 1996 Masters.
1990 Masters Final Scores
| Nick Faldo | 71-72-66-69—278 |
| Raymond Floyd | 70-68-68-72—278 |
| John Huston | 66-74-68-75—283 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 72-73-70-68—283 |
| Fred Couples | 74-69-72-69—284 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 72-70-69-74—285 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 74-73-68-71—286 |
| Bill Britton | 68-74-71-73—286 |
| Bernhard Langer | 70-73-69-74—286 |
| Scott Simpson | 74-71-68-73—286 |
| Curtis Strange | 70-73-71-72—286 |
| Tom Watson | 77-71-67-71—286 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 72-73-68-74—287 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 72-74-73-69—288 |
| Scott Hoch | 71-68-73-76—288 |
| Tom Kite | 75-73-66-74—288 |
| Larry Mize | 70-76-71-71—288 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 72-74-69-73—288 |
| Craig Stadler | 72-70-74-72—288 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 74-73-73-69—289 |
| Steve Jones | 77-69-72-71—289 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-74-73-70—289 |
| Jumbo Ozaki | 70-71-77-72—290 |
| Donnie Hammond | 71-74-75-71—291 |
| Gary Player | 73-74-68-76—291 |
| Lee Trevino | 78-69-72-72—291 |
| Wayne Grady | 72-75-73-72—292 |
| Andy North | 71-73-77-71—292 |
| Jeff Sluman | 78-68-75-71—292 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 67-75-76-75—293 |
| Jodie Mudd | 74-70-73-76—293 |
| Ian Woosnam | 72-75-70-76—293 |
| Andy Bean | 76-72-74-72—294 |
| Bill Glasson | 70-75-76-73—294 |
| Joe Ozaki | 75-73-74-72—294 |
| Mark McCumber | 74-74-76-71—295 |
| Payne Stewart | 71-73-77-74—295 |
| Bob Tway | 72-76-73-74—295 |
| Chip Beck | 72-74-75-75—296 |
| Mark Lye | 75-73-73-75—296 |
| a-Chris Patton | 71-73-74-78—296 |
| John Mahaffey | 72-74-75-76—297 |
| Don Pooley | 73-73-72-79—297 |
| Peter Senior | 72-75-73-77—297 |
| Mike Hulbert | 71-71-77-79—298 |
| Tom Purtzer | 71-77-76-74—298 |
| Mike Donald | 64-82-77-76—299 |
| Larry Nelson | 74-73-79-74—300 |
| George Archer | 70-74-82-75—301 |
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