1988 PGA Championship

1988 PGA Championship
Tournament information
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
Jeff Sluman
272 (−12)
«1987 1989»

Oak Tree
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Oak Tree
Golf Club

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]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969, 1982	68	68	74	72	282	−2	T9
John Mahaffey	United States	1978	71	71	70	71	283	−1	T15
David Graham	Australia	1979	70	67	73	74	284	E	T17
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1977	74	69	70	72	285	+1	T25
Larry Nelson	United States	1981, 1987	70	71	76	70	287	+3	T38
Dave Stockton	United States	1970, 1976	70	69	75	75	289	+5	T48
Bob Tway	United States	1986	71	71	70	77	289	+5	T48
Hal Sutton	United States	1983	69	74	75	77	295	+11	T66
Hubert Green	United States	1985	74	69	83	WD

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lee Trevino	United States	1974, 1984	77	71	148	+6
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973 1975, 1980	72	79	151	+9

Source:^[8]^[9]

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:^[10]

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
T3	Raymond Floyd	United States	68-68=136	−6
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
T10	Doug Tewell	United States	70-68=138	−5

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
T3	Tom Kite	United States	72-68-71-67=278	−6	70,000
T3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	69-68-74-67=278	−6	70,000
5	Nick Faldo	England	67-71-70-71=279	−5	45,800
T6	Bob Gilder	United States	66-75-71-68=280	−4	32,500
T6	Dave Rummells	United States	73-64-68-75=280	−4	32,500
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]^[8]

Scorecard

	Birdie		Eagle		Bogey

Final round

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
Sluman	−6	−7	−7	−7	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12
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]

References

1 2 "The course". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 11, 1988. p. 5D.
1 2 "Tournament Info for: 1988 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
1 2 Bonk, Thomas (August 14, 1988). "Pressure a factor as Azinger leads PGA tournament". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 "1988 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
1 2 Bonk, Thomas (August 13, 1988). "Azinger leads PGA tourney, club pro by 1". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
↑ Bonk, Thomas (August 13, 1988). "Gilder's 66 batters Oak Tree". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.

External links

About.com: 1988 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1988 PGA Championship

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