The 1988 PGA Tour season was played from January 14 to November 13. The season consisted of 47 official money events. Curtis Strange won the most tournaments, four, and there were 11 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 17 | MONY Tournament of Champions | California |  Steve Pate (2) | 202 (−14) | 90,000 |
| Jan 24 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | California | Jay Haas (7) | 338 (−22) | 180,000 |
| Jan 31 | Phoenix Open | Arizona |  Sandy Lyle (4) | 269 (−15) | 117,000 |
| Feb 7 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | California | Steve Jones (1) | 280 (−8) | 126,000 |
| Feb 14 | Hawaiian Open | Hawaii | Lanny Wadkins (17) | 271 (−17) | 108,000 |
| Feb 21 | Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams Open | California | Steve Pate (3) | 269 (−19) | 117,000 |
| Feb 28 | Los Angeles Open | California | Chip Beck (1) | 267 (−17) | 135,000 |
| Mar 6 | Doral-Ryder Open | Florida | Ben Crenshaw (14) | 274 (−14) | 180,000 |
| Mar 13 | Honda Classic | Florida | Joey Sindelar (4) | 276 (−12) | 126,000 |
| Mar 20 | Hertz Bay Hill Classic | Florida | Paul Azinger (4) | 271 (−13) | 135,000 |
| Mar 27 | The Players Championship | Florida | Mark McCumber (6) | 273 (−15) | 225,000 |
| Apr 3 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open | North Carolina | Sandy Lyle (5) | 271 (−17) | 180,000 |
| Apr 10 | Masters Tournament | Georgia | Sandy Lyle (6) | 281 (−7) | 183,800 |
| Apr 17 | MCI Heritage Golf Classic | South Carolina |  Greg Norman (6) | 271 (−13) | 126,000 |
| Apr 24 | USF&G Classic | Louisiana | Chip Beck (2) | 262 (−26) | 135,000 |
| May 1 | Independent Insurance Agent Open | Texas | Curtis Strange (13) | 270 (−18) | 126,000 |
| May 8 | Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational | Nevada | Gary Koch (6) | 274 (−14) | 250,000 |
| May 15 | GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic | Texas | Bruce Lietzke (11) | 271 (−9) | 135,000 |
| May 22 | Colonial National Invitation | Texas | Lanny Wadkins (18) | 270 (−10) | 135,000 |
| May 29 | Memorial Tournament | Ohio | Curtis Strange (14) | 274 (−14) | 160,000 |
| Jun 5 | Kemper Open | Maryland | Morris Hatalsky (3) | 274 (−10) | 144,000 |
| Jun 12 | Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic | New York |  Seve Ballesteros (8) | 276 (−8) | 126,000 |
| Jun 20 | U.S. Open | Massachusetts | Curtis Strange (15) | 278 (−6) | 180,000 |
| Jun 26 | Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic | Georgia | Larry Nelson (10) | 268 (−20) | 126,000 |
| Jul 3 | Beatrice Western Open | Illinois | Jim Benepe (1) | 278 (−10) | 162,000 |
| Jul 10 | Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic | Virginia | Tom Sieckmann (1) | 270 (−14) | 117,000 |
| Jul 17 | Hardee's Golf Classic | Illinois | Blaine McCallister (1) | 261 (−19) | 108,000 |
| Jul 18 | British Open | England | Seve Ballesteros (9) | 273 (−11) | 136,000 |
| Jul 24 | Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open | Connecticut | Mark Brooks (1) | 269 (−15) | 126,000 |
| Jul 31 | Buick Open | Michigan | Scott Verplank (2) | 268 (−20) | 126,000 |
| Aug 7 | Federal Express St. Jude Classic | Tennessee | Jodie Mudd (1) | 273 (−15) | 171,692 |
| Aug 14 | PGA Championship | Oklahoma | Jeff Sluman (1) | 272 (−12) | 160,000 |
| Aug 21 | The International | Colorado | Joey Sindelar (5) | 17 (Stableford) | 180,000 |
| Aug 28 | NEC World Series of Golf | Ohio | Mike Reid (2) | 275 (−5) | 162,000 |
| Aug 28 | Provident Classic | Tennessee | Phil Blackmar (2) | 264 (−16) | 81,000 |
| Sep 4 | Canadian Open | Canada | Ken Green (3) | 275 (−13) | 135,000 |
| Sep 11 | Greater Milwaukee Open | Wisconsin | Ken Green (4) | 268 (−20) | 126,000 |
| Sep 18 | Bank of Boston Classic | Massachusetts | Mark Calcavecchia (3) | 274 (−10) | 108,000 |
| Sep 25 | B.C. Open | New York | Bill Glasson (2) | 268 (−16) | 90,000 |
| Oct 2 | Southern Open | Georgia | .svg.png) David Frost (1) | 270 (−10) | 72,000 |
| Oct 9 | Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Golf Classic | Texas | Tom Purtzer (3) | 269 (−19) | 72,000 |
| Oct 16 | Texas Open | Texas | Corey Pavin (7) | 259 (−21) | 108,000 |
| Oct 23 | Pensacola Open | Florida | Andrew Magee (1) | 271 (−17) | 72,000 |
| Oct 29 | Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic | Florida | Bob Lohr (1) | 263 (−25) | 126,000 |
| Nov 6 | Northern Telecom Tucson Open | Arizona | David Frost (2) | 266 (−22) | 108,000 |
| Nov 13 | Centel Classic | Florida | Bill Glasson (3) | 272 (−16) | 90,000 |
| Nov 14 | Nabisco Championship | California | Curtis Strange (16) | 279 (−9) | 360,000 |
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Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
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Money List leaders
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Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 5,005,825 | 73 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | United States | 4,974,845 | 37 |
| 3 | Curtis Strange | United States | 4,263,133 | 16 |
| 4 | Tom Kite | United States | 4,205,412 | 10 |
| 5 | Lanny Wadkins | United States | 3,707,586 | 18 |
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