1988 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 24–27, 1988 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°WCoordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1] |
Field | 144 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 146 (+2) |
Prize fund | $1.25 million |
Winner's share | $225,000 |
Champion | |
Mark McCumber | |
273 (−15) | |
Location Map | |
TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States | |
The 1988 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the fifteenth Players Championship and the first without "Tournament" in the title.[2]
Local resident Mark McCumber opened with 65 and won with 273 (−15), four strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid.[3][4][2] McCumber's 72-hole score at the Stadium Course set a record; it was equaled in 1992 and broken in 1993.
Jay Haas was disqualified on Thursday after playing with a bent putter.[5] Davis Love III had a similar occurrence on Friday, while Curtis Strange reported that he signed an incorrect scorecard.[6] (Strange won the next two U.S. Opens.)
Weather delays on Saturday caused the leaders to complete only a few holes of the third round; play was resumed early on Sunday morning.[7]
Defending champion Sandy Lyle missed the 36-hole cut by six strokes, and the purse was increased 25% this year to $1.25 million.
Venue[]
This was the seventh Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[1]
Field[]
Fulton Allem, Isao Aoki, Paul Azinger, Seve Ballesteros, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Ken Brown, George Burns, Curt Byrum, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Jim Carter, Chen Tze-chung, Bobby Clampett, Keith Clearwater, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Rodger Davis, Mike Donald, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Steve Elkington, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Ed Fiori, Raymond Floyd, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Buddy Gardner, Bob Gilder, Bill Glasson, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Donnie Hammond, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Vance Heafner, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, John Inman, Hale Irwin, David Ishii, Peter Jacobsen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Dick Mast, Blaine McCallister, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Rocco Mediate, Johnny Miller, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Andy North, Mac O'Grady, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Akiyoshi Ohmachi, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Sam Randolph, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Dave Rummells, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Tom Sieckmann, Tony Sills, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, , Curtis Strange, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Bob Tway, Howard Twitty, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Fred Wadsworth, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Willie Wood, Ian Woosnam, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, March 24, 1988
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Mark McCumber | United States | 65 | −7 |
T2 | Curt Byrum | United States | 66 | −6 |
Greg Norman | Australia | |||
T4 | Ed Fiori | United States | 67 | −5 |
David Frost | South Africa | |||
Tom Kite | United States | |||
John Mahaffey | United States | |||
David Ogrin | United States | |||
Fuzzy Zoeller | United States | |||
T10 | Donnie Hammond | United States | 68 | −4 |
Mike Reid | United States |
Source:[5]
Second round[]
Friday, March 25, 1988
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Payne Stewart | United States | 71-65=136 | −8 |
T2 | Mark McCumber | United States | 65-72=137 | −7 |
Mike Reid | United States | 68-69=137 | ||
T4 | David Frost | South Africa | 67-71=138 | −6 |
Morris Hatalsky | United States | 70-68=138 | ||
Dan Pohl | United States | 69-69=138 | ||
T7 | Curt Byrum | United States | 66-73=139 | −5 |
Gil Morgan | United States | 69-70=139 | ||
Calvin Peete | United States | 70-69=139 | ||
T7 | Chip Beck | United States | 73-67=140 | −4 |
Ben Crenshaw | United States | 69-71=140 | ||
Ed Fiori | United States | 67-73=140 | ||
Tom Kite | United States | 67-73=140 | ||
Dick Mast | United States | 70-70=140 | ||
Greg Norman | Australia | 66-74=140 |
Source:[8]
Third round[]
Saturday, March 26, 1988
Sunday, March 27, 1988
Due to weather delays, McCumber completed the last fourteen holes of his third round on Sunday morning and went to his nearby home between rounds.[4]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Mark McCumber | United States | 65-72-67=204 | −12 |
2 | David Frost | South Africa | 67-71-68=206 | −10 |
3 | Payne Stewart | United States | 71-65-71=207 | −9 |
T4 | Curt Byrum | United States | 66-73-69=208 | −8 |
Greg Norman | Australia | 66-74-68=208 | ||
Dan Pohl | United States | 69-69-70=208 | ||
T7 | Chip Beck | United States | 73-67-69=209 | −7 |
Ben Crenshaw | United States | 69-71-69=209 | ||
Tom Kite | United States | 67-73-69=209 | ||
Lanny Wadkins | United States | 70-72-67=209 |
Final round[]
Sunday, March 27, 1988
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Mark McCumber | United States | 65-72-67-69=273 | −15 | 225,000 |
2 | Mike Reid | United States | 68-69-73-67=277 | −11 | 135,000 |
T3 | Fulton Allem | South Africa | 73-72-65-68=278 | −10 | 65,000 |
Curt Byrum | United States | 66-73-69-70=278 | |||
David Frost | South Africa | 67-71-68-72=278 | |||
T6 | Gil Morgan | United States | 69-70-71-69=279 | −9 | 43,437 |
Lanny Wadkins (c) | United States | 70-72-67-70=279 | |||
T8 | Wayne Levi | United States | 70-71-71-68=280 | −8 | 36,250 |
Dan Pohl | United States | 69-69-70-72=280 | |||
Payne Stewart | United States | 71-65-71-73=280 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
T11 | Chip Beck | United States | 73-67-69-72=281 | −7 | 26,500 |
Ben Crenshaw | United States | 69-71-69-72=281 | |||
Tom Kite | United States | 67-73-69-72=281 | |||
Greg Norman | Australia | 66-74-68-73=281 | |||
Mark Wiebe | United States | 71-70-71-69=281 | |||
T16 | Mike Hulbert | United States | 74-69-69-70=282 | −6 | 17,535 |
Peter Jacobsen | United States | 69-75-69-69=282 | |||
Gary Koch | United States | 70-72-69-71=282 | |||
Bernhard Langer | West Germany | 71-72-67-72=282 | |||
Calvin Peete (c) | United States | 70-69-71-72=282 | |||
Gene Sauers | United States | 70-71-70-71=282 | |||
Joey Sindelar | United States | 69-72-67-74=282 | |||
T23 | Fred Couples (c) | United States | 72-72-71-68=283 | −5 | 11,500 |
Ed Fiori | United States | 67-73-72-71=283 | |||
Larry Rinker | United States | 75-70-68-70=283 | |||
Fuzzy Zoeller | United States | 67-74-71-71=283 | |||
T27 | Dan Halldorson | Canada | 70-71-71-72=284 | −4 | 9,250 |
John Mahaffey (c) | United States | 67-75-69-73=284 | |||
Tsuneyuki Nakajima | Japan | 73-72-67-72=284 | |||
T30 | Paul Azinger | United States | 70-71-72-72=285 | −3 | 8,125 |
Morris Hatalsky | United States | 70-68-71-76=285 | |||
Dick Mast | United States | 70-70-72-73=285 | |||
33 | Kenny Perry | United States | 71-71-72-72=286 | −2 | 7,375 |
T34 | Jay Don Blake | United States | 70-73-72-72=287 | −1 | 6,907 |
Bob Eastwood | United States | 70-72-72-73=287 | |||
T36 | Dave Barr | Canada | 70-75-73-70=288 | E | 5,760 |
Andy Bean | United States | 72-74-70-72=288 | |||
Buddy Gardner | United States | 72-74-70-72=288 | |||
Donnie Hammond | United States | 68-75-73-72=288 | |||
Jodie Mudd | United States | 72-74-68-74=288 | |||
Doug Tewell | United States | 72-72-73-71=288 | |||
T42 | Lennie Clements | United States | 74-71-71-73=289 | +1 | 4,625 |
Brad Fabel | United States | 72-70-74-73=289 | |||
Corey Pavin | United States | 70-76-69-74=289 | |||
T45 | Tom Purtzer | United States | 74-72-70-74=290 | +2 | 3,875 |
Jeff Sluman | United States | 71-73-71-75=290 | |||
Craig Stadler | United States | 74-71-73-72=290 | |||
T48 | David Edwards | United States | 73-71-71-76=291 | +3 | 3,275 |
Steve Jones | United States | 73-72-72-74=291 | |||
Jack Renner | United States | 71-72-76-72=291 | |||
T51 | Bob Lohr | United States | 73-73-74-72=292 | +4 | 3,008 |
Roger Maltbie | United States | 72-72-71-77=292 | |||
Bobby Wadkins | United States | 72-71-76-73=292 | |||
T54 | Mike Donald | United States | 70-74-75-74=293 | +5 | 2,875 |
Steve Elkington | Australia | 70-74-75-74=293 | |||
Don Pooley | United States | 71-75-76-71=293 | |||
57 | Steve Pate | United States | 70-71-74-79=294 | +6 | 2,825 |
T58 | Jim Carter | United States | 73-73-76-73=295 | +7 | 2,787 |
Pat McGowan | United States | 74-70-72-79=295 | |||
T60 | Isao Aoki | Japan | 71-75-75-75=296 | +8 | 2,725 |
Bobby Clampett | United States | 73-72-73-78=296 | |||
David Ishii | United States | 72-74-69-81=296 | |||
T64 | Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 70-75-76-76=297 | +9 | 2,637 |
Dave Eichelberger | United States | 73-73-72-79=297 | |||
Chris Perry | United States | 75-69-77-76=297 | |||
Willie Wood | United States | 73-73-75-76=297 | |||
68 | John Huston | United States | 73-73-78-74=298 | +10 | 2,575 |
T69 | Mark Lye | United States | 71-74-73-81=299 | +11 | 2,537 |
Mike McCullough | United States | 74-72-77-76=299 | |||
71 | Andy North | United States | 73-72-73-83=301 | +13 | 2,500 |
72 | David Ogrin | United States | 67-77-76-82=302 | +14 | 2,475 |
CUT | Chen Tze-chung | Taiwan | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
Wayne Grady | Australia | 71-76=147 | |||
David Graham | Australia | 71-76=147 | |||
Ken Green | United States | 70-77=147 | |||
Hale Irwin | United States | 75-72=147 | |||
Larry Mize | United States | 73-74=147 | |||
Jack Nicklaus (c) | United States | 73-74=147 | |||
Mike Sullivan | United States | 76-71=147 | |||
Ken Brown | Scotland | 77-71=148 | +4 | ||
Ed Dougherty | United States | 73-75=148 | |||
Andrew Magee | United States | 74-74=148 | |||
Blaine McCallister | United States | 76-72=148 | |||
Mark O'Meara | United States | 76-72=148 | |||
Leonard Thompson | United States | 72-76=148 | |||
Tom Watson | United States | 75-73=148 | |||
Keith Clearwater | United States | 72-77=149 | +5 | ||
Russ Cochran | United States | 74-75=149 | |||
Bob Gilder | United States | 76-73=149 | |||
Bruce Lietzke | United States | 74-75=149 | |||
Johnny Miller | United States | 73-76=149 | |||
Tim Simpson | United States | 70-79=149 | |||
Canada | 75-74=149 | ||||
D. A. Weibring | United States | 73-76=149 | |||
Brad Faxon | United States | 72-78=150 | +6 | ||
Gary Hallberg | United States | 76-74=150 | |||
Mark Hayes (c) | United States | 75-75=150 | |||
Lon Hinkle | United States | 80-70=150 | |||
Scott Hoch | United States | 78-72=150 | |||
Kenny Knox | United States | 75-75=150 | |||
Loren Roberts | United States | 73-77=150 | |||
Clarence Rose | United States | 71-79=150 | |||
Scott Simpson | United States | 73-77=150 | |||
Howard Twitty | United States | 73-77=150 | |||
Denis Watson | Zimbabwe | 74-76=150 | |||
Tom Byrum | United States | 76-75=151 | +7 | ||
Rodger Davis | Australia | 74-77=151 | |||
Vance Heafner | United States | 77-74=151 | |||
Rocco Mediate | United States | 76-75=151 | |||
Larry Nelson | United States | 73-78=151 | |||
Dave Rummells | United States | 78-73=151 | |||
Tom Sieckmann | United States | 73-78=151 | |||
Phil Blackmar | United States | 75-77=152 | +8 | ||
Danny Edwards | United States | 78-74=152 | |||
Hubert Green | United States | 75-77=152 | |||
Billy Kratzert | United States | 74-78=152 | |||
Sandy Lyle (c) | Scotland | 79-73=152 | |||
Hal Sutton (c) | United States | 76-76=152 | |||
John Cook | United States | 74-79=153 | +9 | ||
Rick Fehr | United States | 75-78=153 | |||
Bill Glasson | United States | 77-76=153 | |||
John Inman | United States | 76-77=153 | |||
Bill Sander | United States | 76-77=153 | |||
Tony Sills | United States | 77-76=153 | |||
Ian Woosnam | Wales | 74-79=153 | |||
Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 76-78=154 | +10 | ||
Nick Faldo | England | 75-79=154 | |||
Dan Forsman | United States | 77-77=154 | |||
Akiyoshi Ohmachi | Japan | 77-77=154 | |||
Bill Rogers | United States | 79-75=154 | |||
J. C. Snead | United States | 78-76=154 | |||
Bob Tway | United States | 77-77=154 | |||
Robert Wrenn | United States | 75-79=154 | |||
Richard Zokol | Canada | 77-77=154 | |||
Ronnie Black | United States | 77-78=155 | +11 | ||
Sam Randolph | United States | 79-76=155 | |||
Fred Wadsworth | United States | 75-82=157 | +13 | ||
Mac O'Grady | United States | 79-83=162 | +18 | ||
WD | George Burns | United States | 76 | +4 | |
DQ | Raymond Floyd (c) | United States | 73-73-70-80=296 | +8 | |
Davis Love III | United States | 73-71=144 | E | ||
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 74-75=149 | +5 | ||
Curtis Strange | United States | 73 | +1 | ||
Jay Haas | United States | 77 | +5 |
Source:[9]
References[]
- ^ a b c "PGA Players". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 28, 1988. p. 27.
- ^ a b Diaz, Jaime (April 4, 1988). "Mark him well". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
- ^ a b "McCumber wins emotional 'major'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1988. p. 2B.
- ^ a b Hanley, Reid (March 28, 1988). "McCumber brings TPC home". Chicago Tribune. p. 5, sec. 3.
- ^ a b "Haas disqualified for using bent putter". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). March 25, 1988. p. 2B.
- ^ "Two more out over bent club, bad scorecard". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). March 26, 1988. p. 7C.
- ^ Hanley, Reid (March 27, 1988). "Pohl has 1-shot lead in rain-delayed TPC". Chicago Tribune. p. 12, sec. 3.
- ^ "Last-hole eagle puts Stewart up". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 26, 1988. p. 7C.
- ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
External links[]
- The Players Championship
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