1988 Open Championship

1988 Open Championship
	Front cover of the 1988 Open Annual
Tournament information
Dates	14–18 July 1988
Location	Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour; PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,857 yards (6,270 m)
Field	153 players, 71 after cut
Cut	148 (+6)
Prize fund	£500,000 ; $750,000
Winner's share	£80,000 ; $136,000
Champion
	Seve Ballesteros
	273 (−11)
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Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

The 1988 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 117th Open Championship, held from 14 to 18 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. In a first-ever Monday finish, Seve Ballesteros shot a final round 65 to capture his third Open Championship and fifth major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nick Price, the 54-hole leader.^[2]

Scheduled to finish on Sunday, heavy rain on Saturday caused flooding of several greens and the third round was scratched after play was started. Under European Tour rules, if less than half of the players had finished their rounds, the scores for that day were discarded. Since no player had finished, all the scores from Saturday were scrapped. Sunday was briefly scheduled for 36 holes, but due to the flooding, it was decided the course could not be readied in time for the early morning tee times. The third round was played on Sunday and the fourth on Monday, the first time in history the Open's final round finished on a Monday.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Course layout[]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	206	437	457	393	212	490	549	394	164	3,302	334	542	198	342	445	463	357	462	412	3,555	6,857
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	36	71

Source:^[6]

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):^[1]

1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m)

1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m)
1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m)
1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1979, 1984	67	71	70	65	273	–11	1
Nick Faldo	England	1987	71	69	68	71	279	–5	3
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	73	69	67	74	283	–1	T7
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	71	74	69	73	287	+3	T20
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970, 1978	75	70	75	68	288	+4	T25
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	74	72	72	72	290	+6	T28
Johnny Miller	United States	1976	75	73	72	75	295	+11	T52
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	72	76	73	76	297	+13	T60

Missed the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	75	74	149	+7
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	80	79	159	+17

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, 14 July 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	67	−4
T2	Brad Faxon	United States	69	−2
T2	Wayne Grady	Australia	69	−2
T4	Don Pooley	United States	70	−1
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe
	Noel Ratcliffe	Australia
	Peter Senior	Australia
T8	Andy Bean	United States	71	E
	Bob Charles	New Zealand
	Howard Clark	England
	Nick Faldo	England
	David Frost	South Africa
	Jay Haas	United States
	Mark James	England
	Gary Koch	United States
	David J. Russell	England
	Andrew Sherborne	England
	Bob Tway	United States

Second round[]

Friday, 15 July 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	70-67=137	−5
2	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	67-71=138	−4
T3	Nick Faldo	England	71-69=140	−2
T3	Craig Stadler	United States	72-68=140	−2
5	Andy Bean	United States	71-70=141	−1
T6	Fred Couples	United States	73-69=142	E
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	73-69=142
	Bob Tway	United States	71-71=142
T9	Isao Aoki	Japan	72-71=143	+1
	Chip Beck	United States	72-71=143
	Howard Clark	England	71-72=143
	Brad Faxon	United States	69=74=143
	Gary Koch	United States	71-72=143
	Don Pooley	United States	70-73=143
	Wayne Riley	Australia	72-71=143
	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	72-71=143
	Peter Senior	Australia	70-73=143
	Andrew Sherborne	England	71-72=143

Amateurs: Broadhurst (+4), Cook (+11), Foster (+11), Hardin (+12), Nash (+12), Rymer (+18), Prosser (+21).

Third round[]

Sunday, 17 July 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	70-67-69=206	−7
T2	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	67-71-70=208	−5
T2	Nick Faldo	England	71-69-68=208	−5
4	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	73-69-67=209	−4
T5	Andy Bean	United States	71-70-71=212	−1
	Larry Nelson	United States	73-71-68=212
	Don Pooley	United States	70-73-69=212
	Eduardo Romero	Argentina	72-71-69=212
T9	Fred Couples	United States	73-69-71=213	E
	Brad Faxon	United States	69-74-70=213
	Gary Koch	United States	71-72-70=213
	Peter Senior	Australia	70-73-70=213

Final round[]

Monday, 18 July 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	67-71-70-65=273	−11	80,000
2	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	70-67-69-69=275	−9	60,000
3	Nick Faldo	England	71-69-68-71=279	−5	47,000
T4	Fred Couples	United States	73-69-71-68=281	−3	33,500
T4	Gary Koch	United States	71-72-70-68=281	−3	33,500
6	Peter Senior	Australia	70-73-70-69=282	−2	27,000
T7	Isao Aoki	Japan	72-71-73-67=283	−1	21,000
	David Frost	South Africa	71-75-69-68=283
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	73-69-67-74=283
	Payne Stewart	United States	73-75-68-67=283

Amateurs: Broadhurst (+12).

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 44, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^ Diaz, Jaime (25 July 1988). "Mano a mano on the links". Sports Illustrated.
^ Bonk, Thomas (17 July 1988). "Rain washes out play at third round of British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.
^ "British Open rain burns Green". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 17 July 1988. p. D1.
^ Pye, Steven (16 July 2015). "How Seve Ballesteros won his last major championship at the Open in 1988". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
^ Platts, Mitchell (11 July 2011). "Focus on the 130th Open Championship". European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

External links[]

Preceded by 1988 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1988 PGA Championship

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[ocmg11-1] "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 44, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[sijl88-2] Diaz, Jaime (25 July 1988). "Mano a mano on the links". Sports Illustrated.

[3] Bonk, Thomas (17 July 1988). "Rain washes out play at third round of British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.

[4] "British Open rain burns Green". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 17 July 1988. p. D1.

[5] Pye, Steven (16 July 2015). "How Seve Ballesteros won his last major championship at the Open in 1988". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

[etop01cse-6] Platts, Mitchell (11 July 2011). "Focus on the 130th Open Championship". European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

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