1988 PGA Championship

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1988 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 11–14, 1988
LocationEdmond, Oklahoma
Course(s)Oak Tree Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,015 yards (6,415 m)[1]
Field150 players, 72 after cut[2]
Cut144 (+2)
Prize fund$1.0 million
Winner's share$160,000
Champion
United States Jeff Sluman
272 (−12)
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Oak Tree Golf Club is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Oak Tree Golf Club is located in Oklahoma
Oak Tree Golf Club
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Location in Oklahoma

The 1988 PGA Championship was the 70th PGA Championship, held August 11–14 at Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb north of Oklahoma City. Jeff Sluman shot a final round 65 (−6) to win his only major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Paul Azinger, the 36-hole and 54-hole leader[3] and former college teammate.[4][5] Azinger was the reigning Player of the Year on the PGA Tour.

In the penultimate pairing on Sunday, Sluman was three strokes back at the start of the round. After a birdie at the second, he holed out for an eagle on the par-5 fifth, and when Azinger followed with a bogey, the two were tied at nine-under. Sluman had five birdies and an eagle with just one bogey in the final round while Azinger posted a second straight even-par 71. It was also the first of Sluman's six victories on the PGA Tour.[6][7] In the final pair with Azinger, Dave Rummells shot 75 (+4) and fell to a tie for sixth.

Azinger won the title five years later, defeating Greg Norman in a playoff in 1993.

Course layout[]

Main article: Oak Tree Golf Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 441 392 584 200 590 377 440 171 386 3,581 379 466 445 149 453 434 479 200 429 3,434 7,015
Par 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 36 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 35 71

Source:[1]

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 11, 1988

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bob Gilder  United States 66 −5
T2 Paul Azinger  United States 67 −4
Chip Beck  United States
John Cook  United States
Nick Faldo  England
T6 Raymond Floyd  United States 68 −3
Rocco Mediate  United States
Greg Norman  Australia
Jay Overton  United States
Mike Reid  United States
Peter Senior  Australia
Craig Stadler  United States

Source:[8]

Second round[]

Friday, August 12, 1988

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Paul Azinger  United States 67-66=133 −9
2 Jay Overton  United States 68-66=134 −8
T3 John Cook  United States 67-69=136 −6
Raymond Floyd  United States 68-68=136
T5 David Graham  Australia 70-67=137 −5
Steve Jones  United States 69-68=137
Gary Koch  United States 72-65=137
Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 69-68=137
Dave Rummells  United States 73-64=137
T10 Nick Faldo  England 67-71=138 −5
Doug Tewell  United States 70-68=138

Source:[9]

Third round[]

Saturday, August 13, 1988

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Paul Azinger  United States 67-66-71=204 −9
2 Dave Rummells  United States 73-64-68=205 −8
3 Jeff Sluman  United States 69-70-68=207 −6
4 Nick Faldo  England 67-71-70=208 −5
T5 Steve Jones  United States 69-68-72=209 −4
Kenny Knox  United States 72-69-68=209
Payne Stewart  United States 70-69-70=209
T8 Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-71-69=210 −3
Raymond Floyd  United States 68-68-74=210
David Graham  Australia 70-69-70=210
Mark McNulty  Zimbabwe 73-70-67=210
Jay Overton  United States 68-66-76=210
Dan Pohl  United States 69-71-70=210

Source:[3]

Final round[]

Sunday, August 14, 1988

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Jeff Sluman  United States 69-70-68-65=272 −12 160,000
2 Paul Azinger  United States 67-66-71-71=275 −9 100,000
3 Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 72-68-71-67=278 −6 70,000
T4 Nick Faldo  England 67-71-70-71=279 −5 45,800
Tom Kite  United States 72-69-71-67=279
T6 Bob Gilder  United States 66-75-71-68=280 −4 32,500
Dave Rummells  United States 73-64-68-75=280
8 Dan Pohl  United States 69-71-70-71=281 −3 28,000
T9 Raymond Floyd  United States 68-68-74-72=282 −2 21,500
Steve Jones  United States 69-68-72-73=282
Kenny Knox  United States 72-69-68-73=282
Mark O'Meara  United States 70-71-70-71=282
Greg Norman  Australia 68-71-72-71=282
Payne Stewart  United States 70-69-70-73=282

Source:[2][4][10]

Scorecard[]

Hole  1   2   3   4    5     6    7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
United States Sluman −6 −7 −7 −7 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12
United States Azinger −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]

Birdie Eagle Bogey

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The course". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 11, 1988. p. 5D.
  2. ^ a b "Tournament Info for: 1988 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Bonk, Thomas (August 14, 1988). "Pressure a factor as Azinger leads PGA tournament". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
  4. ^ a b c Jenkins, Sally (August 15, 1988). "Sluman's 65 more than enough to win PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  5. ^ Diaz, Jaime (August 22, 1988). "Hanging tough". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  6. ^ Rosaforte, Tim (August 15, 1988). "A 'Slu' of winning shots". Miami News. p. 1B.
  7. ^ Brown, Gordon S., Jr. (August 15, 1988). "Sluman fires 65, grabs PGA title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. (New York Times). p. 1B.
  8. ^ Bonk, Thomas (August 13, 1988). "Gilder's 66 batters Oak Tree". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
  9. ^ Bonk, Thomas (August 13, 1988). "Azinger leads PGA tourney, club pro by 1". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
  10. ^ "1988 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

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