1988 PGA Championship explained

1988 PGA Championship
Dates:	August 11–14, 1988
Location:	Edmond, Oklahoma
Course:	Oak Tree Golf Club
Org:	PGA of America
Tour:	PGA Tour
Par:	71
Yardage:	^[1]
Field:	150 players, 72 after cut^[2]
Cut:	144 (+2)
Purse:	$1.0 million
Winners Share:	$160,000
Champion:	Jeff Sluman
Score:	272 (−12)
Previous:	1987
Next:	1989

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

See 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]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 11, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		66	−5
T2		67	−4
Nick Faldo
T6		68	−3
Jay Overton

Source:^[8]

Second round

Friday, August 12, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		67-66=133	−9
2	Jay Overton	68-66=134	−8
T3		67-69=136	−6
	68-68=136
T5		70-67=137	−5
	69-68=137
	72-65=137
	69-68=137
	73-64=137
T10		67-71=138	−5
	70-68=138

Source:^[9]

Third round

Saturday, August 13, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
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
	72-69-68=209
	70-69-70=209
T8		70-71-69=210	−3
	68-68-74=210
	70-69-70=210
	73-70-67=210
Jay Overton	68-66-76=210
	69-71-70=210

Source:^[3]

Final round

Sunday, August 14, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jeff Sluman	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
	72-69-71-67=279
T6		66-75-71-68=280	−4	32,500
	73-64-68-75=280
8		69-71-70-71=281	−3	28,000
T9		68-68-74-72=282	−2	21,500
	69-68-72-73=282
	72-69-68-73=282
	70-71-70-71=282
	68-71-72-71=282
	70-69-70-73=282

Source:^{[2] [4] [10]}

Scorecard

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]

Birdie

Eagle

Bogey

External links

• PGA.com – 1988 PGA Championship

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Notes and References

1. News: The course . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . August 11, 1988 . 5D.
2. Web site: Tournament Info for: 1988 PGA Championship. PGA.com. September 19, 2012.
3. News: Pressure a factor as Azinger leads PGA tournament . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Bonk . Thomas . (Los Angeles Times) . August 14, 1988 . 1C.
4. News: Sluman's 65 more than enough to win PGA . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . (Washington Post) . Jenkins . Sally . August 15, 1988 . 1B .
5. Hanging tough . Sports Illustrated . Diaz . Jaime . August 22, 1988 . 26.
6. News: A 'Slu' of winning shots . Miami News . Rosaforte . Tim . August 15, 1988 . 1B .
7. News: Sluman fires 65, grabs PGA title . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho . (New York Times) . Brown . Gordon S. Jr. . August 15, 1988 . 1B .
8. News: Gilder's 66 batters Oak Tree . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Bonk . Thomas . (Los Angeles Times) . August 13, 1988 . 1C.
9. News: Bonk. Thomas. August 13, 1988. Azinger leads PGA tourney, club pro by 1. 1C. Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). Oregon.
10. Web site: 1988 PGA Championship. August 19, 2013. databasegolf.com.