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, held April 5–8 at
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in
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Nick Faldo
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won his second consecutive Masters and the third of his six
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titles on the second sudden-death playoff hole over
Raymond Floyd
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, the
1976
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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."
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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.
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's victory in 1988
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Faldo was the second to win consecutive titles at Augusta, following Jack Nicklaus
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(1965
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* January 20
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and 1966
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). Faldo's wins came at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff, at the eleventh green. Tiger Woods
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later won back-to-back Masters in 2001
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and 2002
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. Faldo won his third Masters six years later in 1996
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, for his sixth and final major title.
Chris Patton
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was the only amateur to make the cut and tied for 39th place at 296 (+8).
Field
;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron
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, George Archer
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Early life
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, Seve Ballesteros
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(3,9), Gay Brewer
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, Billy Casper
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, Charles Coody
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, Ben Crenshaw
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(9,13), Nick Faldo
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(3), Raymond Floyd
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(2), Doug Ford
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, Bernhard Langer
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, Sandy Lyle
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(3), Larry Mize
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, Jack Nicklaus
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(9), Arnold Palmer
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, Gary Player
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, Craig Stadler
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(11,13), Tom Watson (9,14), Fuzzy Zoeller
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*'' Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby
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, Ben Hogan
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, Herman Keiser
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, Cary Middlecoff
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, Byron Nelson
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, Henry Picard
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, Gene Sarazen
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, Sam Snead
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, and Art Wall Jr.
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did not play.''
;2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Andy North
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, Scott Simpson (10,12), Curtis Strange
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(9,11,13,14)
;3. The Open
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champions (last five years)
Mark Calcavecchia
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(13,14), Greg Norman
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(9,12,13)
;4. PGA champions (last five years)
Hubert Green
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(10), Larry Nelson
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(10), Jeff Sluman
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(9), Payne Stewart
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(9,10,12,13,14), Bob Tway
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(12,13)
;5. U.S. Amateur
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champion and runner-up
Danny Green (a), Chris Patton
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(a)
;6. The Amateur champion
Stephen Dodd
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;7. U.S. Amateur Public Links
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champion
Tim Hobby (a)
;8. U.S. Mid-Amateur
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champion
James Taylor
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;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1989 Masters Tournament
Paul Azinger
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(10,12,13,14), Chip Beck
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(10,13,14), Fred Couples
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(12,13,14), David Frost
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(12,13), Ken Green (12,14), Scott Hoch
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(10,11,12,13), Tom Kite
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(10,12,13,14), Jodie Mudd
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(12,13), José María Olazábal
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(10), Mark O'Meara
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(12,13,14), Masashi Ozaki
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(10), Don Pooley
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, Tom Purtzer
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, Mike Reid (11,13), Lee Trevino
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, Ian Woosnam
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(10,11)
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Brian Claar, Peter Jacobsen
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(12), Mark Lye
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, Mark McCumber
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(12,13,14), Tom Pernice Jr.
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Andy Bean, Dave Rummells
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events since the previous Masters
Tommy Armour III
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, Ian Baker-Finch
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, Bill Britton
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, Curt Byrum
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, Tom Byrum
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, Mike Donald
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(13), Dan Forsman
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, Robert Gamez
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, Wayne Grady
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(13), Donnie Hammond
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(13), Mike Hulbert
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(13), John Huston
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, David Ishii
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(13), John Mahaffey
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(13), Blaine McCallister
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(13), Ted Schulz
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(13), Tony Sills
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, Tim Simpson
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(13), Leonard Thompson
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;13. Top 30 players from the 1989 PGA Tour
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, Wayne Levi
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, Hal Sutton
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;15. Special foreign invitation
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, Craig Parry
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, Ronan Rafferty
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Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, April 5, 1990''
Source:
Second round
''Friday, April 6, 1990''
Source:
Amateurs: ''Patton
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(E)'', Dodd (+11), Hobby (+14), Green (+15), Taylor (+17)
Third round
''Saturday, April 7, 1990''
Source:
Final round
''Sunday, April 8, 1990''
Final leaderboard
Sources:
Scorecard
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
:
Source:[
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Playoff
*Sudden-death playoff began on hole #10 and ended at hole #11, when Faldo parred.[
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References
External links
Masters.com
– Past winners and results
Augusta.com
– 1990 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
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1990
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1990 in golf
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April 1990 sports events in the United States