1988 Open Championship Explained

1988 Open Championship
Dates:14–18 July 1988
Course:Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour:European Tour
PGA Tour
Par:71[1]
Field:153 players, 71 after cut
Cut:148 (+6)
Purse:£500,000
$750,000
Winners Share:£80,000
$136,000
Champion: Seve Ballesteros
Score:273 (−11)
Previous:1987
Next:1989

The 1988 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 117th Open Championship, held from 14 to 18 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. In a first-ever Monday finish, Seve Ballesteros shot a final round 65 to capture his third Open Championship and fifth major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nick Price, the 54-hole leader.[2]

Scheduled to finish on Sunday, heavy rain on Saturday caused flooding of several greens and the third round was scratched after play was started. Under European Tour rules, if less than half of the players had finished their rounds, the scores for that day were discarded. Since no player had finished, all the scores from Saturday were scrapped. Sunday was briefly scheduled for 36 holes, but due to the flooding, it was decided the course could not be readied in time for the early morning tee times. The third round was played on Sunday and the fourth on Monday, the first time in history the Open's final round finished on a Monday.[3] [4] [5]

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards2064374573932124905493941643,3023345421983424454633574624123,5556,857
Par344435543354534444443671
Source:[6]

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1988

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Seve Ballesterosalign=center 67−4
T2 Brad Faxon69−2
Wayne Grady
T4 Don Pooley70−1
Nick Price
Noel Ratcliffe
Peter Senior
T8 Andy Bean71E
Bob Charles
Howard Clark
Nick Faldo
David Frost
Jay Haas
Mark James
Gary Koch
David J. Russell
Andrew Sherborne
Bob Tway

Second round

Friday, 15 July 1988

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Nick Pricealign=center 70-67=137−5
2 Seve Ballesterosalign=center 67-71=138−4
T3 Nick Faldoalign=center 71-69=140−2
Craig Stadleralign=center 72-68=140
5 Andy Bean71-70=141−1
T6 Fred Couplesalign=center 73-69=142E
Sandy Lylealign=center 73-69=142
Bob Twayalign=center 71-71=142
T9 Isao Aokialign=center 72-71=143+1
Chip Beckalign=center 72-71=143
Howard Clarkalign=center 71-72=143
Brad Faxonalign=center 69=74=143
Gary Kochalign=center 71-72=143
Don Pooleyalign=center 70-73=143
Wayne Rileyalign=center 72-71=143
Eduardo Romeroalign=center 72-71=143
Peter Senioralign=center 70-73=143
Andrew Sherbornealign=center 71-72=143

Amateurs: Broadhurst (+4), Cook (+11), Foster (+11), Härdin (+12), Nash (+12), Rymer (+18), Prosser (+21).

Third round

Sunday, 17 July 1988

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Nick Pricealign=center 70-67-69=206−7
T2 Seve Ballesterosalign=center 67-71-70=208−5
Nick Faldo71-69-68=208
4 Sandy Lylealign=center 73-69-67=209−4
T5 Andy Beanalign=center 71-70-71=212−1
Larry Nelsonalign=center 73-71-68=212
Don Pooleyalign=center 70-73-69=212
Eduardo Romeroalign=center 72-71-69=212
T9 Fred Couples73-69-71=213 E
Brad Faxon69-74-70=213
Gary Koch71-72-70=213
Peter Senior70-73-70=213

Final round

Monday, 18 July 1988

Champion
Silver Medal winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (£)
1 Seve Ballesteros (c) 67-71-70-65=273 −11 80,000
2 70-67-69-69=275 −9 60,000
3 Nick Faldo (c) 71-69-68-71=279 −5 47,000
T4 73-69-71-68=281 −3 33,500
71-72-70-68=281
6 70-73-70-69=282 −2 27,000
T7 72-71-73-67=283 −121,000
71-75-69-68=283
Sandy Lyle (c) 73-69-67-74=283
73-75-68-67=283

Source:[7]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par344435543453444444
Ballesteros−5−5−5−5−5−6−8−9−9−10−11−10−11−10−10−11−11−11
Price−7−6−6−6−6−7−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−10−10−10−10−9
Faldo−5−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−5- Couples
Koch
Senior
Aoki
Frost
Lyle
Stewart -->

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Media guide . The Open Championship . 2011 . 44, 203 . 16 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx . 18 April 2012 .
  2. Mano a mano on the links. Sports Illustrated. Diaz. Jaime. 25 July 1988.
  3. News: Rain washes out play at third round of British Open. Eugene Register-Guard. Bonk. Thomas. (Los Angeles Times). 17 July 1988. 1F.
  4. News: British Open rain burns Green. Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 17 July 1988. D1.
  5. News: How Seve Ballesteros won his last major championship at the Open in 1988 . 16 July 2015 . The Guardian. Steven . Pye . 20 October 2015.
  6. Web site: Focus on the 130th Open Championship. European Tour. Platts. Mitchell. 11 July 2011. 29 June 2012.
  7. News: Ballesteros creates a masterpiece . The Guardian . David . Davies . 14 . 19 July 1988 . newspapers.com . subscription.

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