1986 PGA Championship
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The 1986 PGA Championship was the 68th PGA Championship, held August 7–11 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Bob Tway won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader.
Heavy rains on Sunday stopped play for the day in mid-afternoon. In the final group, Norman and Tway completed just one hole of their final round and resumed play on Monday afternoon.
Norman started the round with a four-shot lead and held that margin through the front nine. After a double bogey at 11 and a bogey at 14, the two were tied. They halved the next three holes at par and were tied at the 72nd tee. Tway put his approach shot in a greenside bunker, while Norman was just off the green on the fringe, 25 feet (8 m) out. Tway improbably holed out for birdie and Norman's attempt to tie missed, as did his par-saving putt. Norman led all four majors in 1986 after the third round, but won only the Open.
Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1986, with Tway in second place.
This was the fifth major championship at Inverness, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1920, 1931, 1957, and 1979, and was the first in which the winning score was under-par; the previous best was even-par in 1979 by Hale Irwin. The PGA Championship returned in 1993.
Course layout
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 398 | 385 | 190 | 466 | 401 | 211 | 452 | 528 | 420 | 3,451 | 363 | 378 | 162 | 523 | 448 | 458 | 409 | 431 | 354 | 3,531 | 6,982 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
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Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
| 6,982 yards (6,384 m), par 71 - 1979 U.S. Open 6,919 yards (6,327 m), par 71 - 1957 U.S. Open 6,529 yards (5,970 m), par 71 - 1931 U.S. Open 6,569 yards (6,007 m), par 71 - 1920 U.S. Open |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, August 7, 1986
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Second round
Friday, August 8, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia Greg Norman | 65-68=133 | −9 |
| T2 | United States Mike Hulbert | 69-68=137 | −5 |
| United States Payne Stewart | 70-67=137 | ||
| T3 | United States Peter Jacobsen | 68-70=138 | −4 |
| United States Jack Nicklaus | 70-68=138 | ||
| United States Jim Thorpe | 71-67=138 | ||
| 6 | United States Ronnie Black | 68-71=139 | −3 |
| T7 | United States Phil Blackmar | 67-73=140 | −2 |
| United States Bruce Lietzke | 69-71=140 | ||
| United States Scott Simpson | 70-70=140 |
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Third round
Saturday, August 9, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia Greg Norman | 65-68-69=202 | −11 |
| 2 | United States Bob Tway | 72-70-64=206 | −7 |
| 3 | United States Peter Jacobsen | 68-70-70=208 | −5 |
| T4 | United States Donnie Hammond | 70-71-68=209 | −4 |
| United States Payne Stewart | 70-67-72=209 | ||
| T6 | United States Bruce Lietzke | 69-71-70=210 | −3 |
| United States Jack Nicklaus | 70-68-72=210 | ||
| T8 | South Africa David Frost | 70-73-68=211 | −2 |
| United States Mike Hulbert | 69-68-74=211 | ||
| United States Jim Thorpe | 71-67-73=211 | ||
| United States D. A. Weibring | 71-72-68=211 |
Final round
Sunday, August 10, 1986 Monday, August 11, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Bob Tway | 72-70-64-70=276 | −8 | 140,000 |
| 2 | Australia Greg Norman | 65-68-69-76=278 | −6 | 80,000 |
| 3 | United States Peter Jacobsen | 68-70-70-71=279 | −5 | 60,000 |
| 4 | United States D. A. Weibring | 71-72-68-69=280 | −4 | 42,865 |
| T5 | United States Bruce Lietzke | 69-71-70-71=281 | −3 | 32,500 |
| United States Payne Stewart | 70-67-72-72=281 | |||
| T7 | Australia David Graham | 75-69-71-67=282 | −2 | 20,833 |
| United States Mike Hulbert | 69-68-74-71=282 | |||
| United States Jim Thorpe | 71-67-73-71=282 | |||
| 10 | United States Doug Tewell | 73-71-68-71=283 | −1 | 15,000 |
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Scorecard
| Birdie | Bogey | Double 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 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| United States Tway | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 |
| Australia Norman | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:
Video
- – Bob Tway wins the 1986 PGA Championship
External links
- – 1986 PGA Championship
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