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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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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

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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

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First round

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Thursday, August 11, 1988

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

Source:[8]

Second round

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Friday, August 12, 1988

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

Source:[9]

Third round

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Saturday, August 13, 1988

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

Source:[3]

Final round

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Sunday, August 14, 1988

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

Source:[2][4][10]

Scorecard

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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

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  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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