Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 11–14, 1988 |
Location | Edmond, Oklahoma |
Course(s) | Oak Tree Golf Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,015 yards (6,415 m)[1] |
Field | 150 players, 72 after cut[2] |
Cut | 144 (+2) |
Prize fund | $1.0 million |
Winner's share | $160,000 |
Champion | |
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272 (−12) | |
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
[edit]Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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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
[edit]First round
[edit]Thursday, August 11, 1988
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
66 | −5 |
T2 | ![]() |
67 | −4 |
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T6 | ![]() |
68 | −3 |
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Source:[8]
Second round
[edit]Friday, August 12, 1988
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
67-66=133 | −9 |
2 | ![]() |
68-66=134 | −8 |
T3 | ![]() |
67-69=136 | −6 |
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68-68=136 | ||
T5 | ![]() |
70-67=137 | −5 |
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69-68=137 | ||
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72-65=137 | ||
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69-68=137 | ||
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73-64=137 | ||
T10 | ![]() |
67-71=138 | −5 |
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70-68=138 |
Source:[9]
Third round
[edit]Saturday, August 13, 1988
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
67-66-71=204 | −9 |
2 | ![]() |
73-64-68=205 | −8 |
3 | ![]() |
69-70-68=207 | −6 |
4 | ![]() |
67-71-70=208 | −5 |
T5 | ![]() |
69-68-72=209 | −4 |
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72-69-68=209 | ||
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70-69-70=209 | ||
T8 | ![]() |
70-71-69=210 | −3 |
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68-68-74=210 | ||
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70-69-70=210 | ||
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73-70-67=210 | ||
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68-66-76=210 | ||
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69-71-70=210 |
Source:[3]
Final round
[edit]Sunday, August 14, 1988
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | ![]() |
69-70-68-65=272 | −12 | 160,000 |
2 | ![]() |
67-66-71-71=275 | −9 | 100,000 |
3 | ![]() |
72-68-71-67=278 | −6 | 70,000 |
T4 | ![]() |
67-71-70-71=279 | −5 | 45,800 |
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72-69-71-67=279 | |||
T6 | ![]() |
66-75-71-68=280 | −4 | 32,500 |
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73-64-68-75=280 | |||
8 | ![]() |
69-71-70-71=281 | −3 | 28,000 |
T9 | ![]() |
68-68-74-72=282 | −2 | 21,500 |
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69-68-72-73=282 | |||
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72-69-68-73=282 | |||
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70-71-70-71=282 | |||
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68-71-72-71=282 | |||
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70-69-70-73=282 |
Scorecard
[edit]Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]
Birdie | Eagle | Bogey |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The course". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 11, 1988. p. 5D.
- ^ a b "Tournament Info for: 1988 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ a b Bonk, Thomas (August 14, 1988). "Pressure a factor as Azinger leads PGA tournament". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Diaz, Jaime (August 22, 1988). "Hanging tough". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
- ^ Rosaforte, Tim (August 15, 1988). "A 'Slu' of winning shots". Miami News. p. 1B.
- ^ Brown, Gordon S. Jr. (August 15, 1988). "Sluman fires 65, grabs PGA title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. (New York Times). p. 1B.
- ^ Bonk, Thomas (August 13, 1988). "Gilder's 66 batters Oak Tree". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
- ^ Bonk, Thomas (August 13, 1988). "Azinger leads PGA tourney, club pro by 1". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
- ^ "1988 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
External links
[edit]- PGA.com – 1988 PGA Championship