1988 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 24–27, 1988 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
Course(s) |
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1] |
Cut | 146 (+2) |
Prize fund | $1.25 million |
Winner's share | $225,000 |
Champion | |
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273 (−15) | |
The 1988 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the fifteenth Players Championship and the first without "Tournament" in the title.[2]
Local resident Mark McCumber opened with 65 and won with 273 (−15), four strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid.[3][4][2] McCumber's 72-hole score at the Stadium Course set a record; it was equaled in 1992 and broken in 1993.
Jay Haas was disqualified on Thursday after playing with a bent putter.[5] Davis Love III had a similar occurrence on Friday, while Curtis Strange reported that he signed an incorrect scorecard.[6] (Strange won the next two U.S. Opens.)
Weather delays on Saturday caused the leaders to complete only a few holes of the third round; play was resumed early on Sunday morning.[7]
Defending champion Sandy Lyle missed the 36-hole cut by six strokes, and the purse was increased 25% this year to $1.25 million.
Venue
This was the seventh Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[1]
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lanny Wadkins | 1979 | 70 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 279 | −9 | T6 | |
Calvin Peete | 1985 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 282 | −6 | T16 | |
Fred Couples | 1984 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 283 | −5 | T23 | |
John Mahaffey | 1986 | 67 | 75 | 69 | 73 | 284 | −4 | T27 | |
Raymond Floyd | 1981 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 80 | DQ |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Nicklaus | 1974, 1976, 1978 | 73 | 74 | 147 | +3 | |
Mark Hayes | 1977 | 75 | 75 | 150 | +6 | |
Sandy Lyle | 1987 | 79 | 73 | 152 | +8 | |
Hal Sutton | 1983 | 76 | 76 | 152 | +8 |
Source:[8]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 24, 1988
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark McCumber | 65 | −7 | |
T2 | Curt Byrum | 66 | −6 | |
Greg Norman | ||||
T4 | Ed Fiori | 67 | −5 | |
David Frost | ||||
Tom Kite | ||||
John Mahaffey | ||||
David Ogrin | ||||
Fuzzy Zoeller | ||||
T10 | Donnie Hammond | 68 | −4 | |
Mike Reid |
Source:[5]
Second round
Friday, March 25, 1988
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Payne Stewart | 71-65=136 | −8 | |
T2 | Mark McCumber | 65-72=137 | −7 | |
Mike Reid | 68-69=137 | |||
T4 | David Frost | 67-71=138 | −6 | |
Morris Hatalsky | 70-68=138 | |||
Dan Pohl | 69-69=138 | |||
T7 | Curt Byrum | 66-73=139 | −5 | |
Gil Morgan | 69-70=139 | |||
Calvin Peete | 70-69=139 | |||
T7 | Chip Beck | 73-67=140 | −4 | |
Ben Crenshaw | 69-71=140 | |||
Ed Fiori | 67-73=140 | |||
Tom Kite | 67-73=140 | |||
Dick Mast | 70-70=140 | |||
Greg Norman | 66-74=140 |
Source:[8]
Third round
Saturday, March 26, 1988
Sunday, March 27, 1988
Due to weather delays, McCumber completed the last fourteen holes of his third round on Sunday morning and went to his nearby home between rounds.[4]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Mark McCumber | 65-72-67=204 | −12 | |
2 | David Frost | 67-71-68=206 | −10 | |
3 | Payne Stewart | 71-65-71=207 | −9 | |
T4 | Curt Byrum | 66-73-69=208 | −8 | |
Greg Norman | 66-74-68=208 | |||
Dan Pohl | 69-69-70=208 | |||
T7 | Chip Beck | 73-67-69=209 | −7 | |
Ben Crenshaw | 69-71-69=209 | |||
Tom Kite | 67-73-69=209 | |||
Lanny Wadkins | 70-72-67=209 |
Final round
Sunday, March 27, 1988
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark McCumber | 65-72-67-69=273 | −15 | 225,000 | |
2 | Mike Reid | 68-69-73-67=277 | −11 | 135,000 | |
T3 | Fulton Allem | 73-72-65-68=278 | −10 | 65,000 | |
Curt Byrum | 66-73-69-70=278 | ||||
David Frost | 67-71-68-72=278 | ||||
T6 | Gil Morgan | 69-70-71-69=279 | −9 | 43,437 | |
Lanny Wadkins | 70-72-67-70=279 | ||||
T8 | Wayne Levi | 70-71-71-68=280 | −8 | 36,250 | |
Dan Pohl | 69-69-70-72=280 | ||||
Payne Stewart | 71-65-71-73=280 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "PGA Players". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 28, 1988. p. 27.
- 1 2 Diaz, Jaime (April 4, 1988). "Mark him well". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
- 1 2 3 4 "McCumber wins emotional 'major'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1988. p. 2B.
- 1 2 Hanley, Reid (March 28, 1988). "McCumber brings TPC home". Chicago Tribune. p. 5, sec. 3.
- 1 2 "Haas disqualified for using bent putter". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). March 25, 1988. p. 2B.
- ↑ "Two more out over bent club, bad scorecard". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). March 26, 1988. p. 7C.
- ↑ Hanley, Reid (March 27, 1988). "Pohl has 1-shot lead in rain-delayed TPC". Chicago Tribune. p. 12, sec. 3.
- 1 2 "Last-hole eagle puts Stewart up". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 26, 1988. p. 7C.