The 1991 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 120th

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, held from 18 to 21 July at

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Ian Baker-Finch Ian Michael Baker-Finch (born 24 October 1960) is an Australian professional golfer and sports commentator, who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991. Early years Baker-Finch was born in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. He gre ...

won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up

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. Baker-Finch was two-over after two rounds in a tie for 28th place, then was ten-under on the weekend. His 66 on Sunday was bolstered by a 29 on the front nine, with birdies on five of the first seven holes. The cut at 148 (+8) included those within ten strokes of the lead, which resulted in a record 113 players on the weekend, nearly three-quarters of the field.

Course

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Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): *

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Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, 18 July 1991'' Source:

Second round

''Friday, 19 July 1991'' Source:
Amateurs: ''

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(+4), Payne (+4)'',

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(+9), Roblin (+11), Coltart (+13),

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(+13), Muntz (+14), Wilshire (+15).

Third round

''Saturday, 20 July 1991'' Source:

Final round

''Sunday, 21 July 1991'' Source:
Amateurs: Payne (+4),

(+8)

References

External links

Royal Birkdale 1991 (Official site)
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