1988 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 14–18 July 1988
Statistics
Par 71
Length 6,857 yards (6,270 m)
Field 153 players, 71 after cut
Cut 148 (+6)
Prize fund £ 500,000 $ 750,000Winner's share £80,000 $136,000
Champion
Spain Seve Ballesteros
273 (−11)
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Location in England 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.
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.
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 206 437 457 393 212 490 549 394 164 3,302 334 542 198 342 445 463 357 462 412 3,555 6,857 Par 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 35 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 36 71
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Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):
1979 : 6,822 yards (6,238 m) 1974 : 6,822 yards (6,238 m) 1969 : 6,848 yards (6,262 m)1963 : 6,757 yards (6,179 m) 1958 : 6,635 yards (6,067 m) 1952 : 6,657 yards (6,087 m)
Round summaries First round Thursday, 14 July 1988
Second round Friday, 15 July 1988
Amateurs: Broadhurst (+4)Härdin (+12), Nash (+12), Rymer (+18), Prosser (+21).
Third round Sunday, 17 July 1988
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 Spain Seve Ballesteros (c)67-71-70-65=273 −11 80,000 2 Zimbabwe Nick Price 70-67-69-69=275 −9 60,000 3 England Nick Faldo (c)71-69-68-71=279 −5 47,000 T4 United States Fred Couples 73-69-71-68=281 −3 33,500 United States Gary Koch 71-72-70-68=281 6 Australia Peter Senior 70-73-70-69=282 −2 27,000 T7 Japan Isao Aoki 72-71-73-67=283 −1 21,000 South Africa David Frost 71-75-69-68=283 Scotland Sandy Lyle (c)73-69-67-74=283 United States Payne Stewart 73-75-68-67=283
Leaderboard below the top 10 Place Player Score To par Money (£ ) T11 United States Brad Faxon 69-74-70-71=284 E 16,500 England David J. Russell 71-74-69-70=284 T13 United States Larry Nelson 73-71-68-74=285 +1 14,000 Argentina Eduardo Romero 72-71-69-74=285 United States Curtis Strange 79-69-69-68=285 T16 United States Andy Bean 71-70-71-74=286 +2 10,500 United States Ben Crenshaw 73-73-68-72=286 United States Don Pooley 70-73-69-74=286 Spain José Rivero 75-69-70-73=286 T20 Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr 72-76-68-71=287 +3 7,000 New Zealand Bob Charles (c)71-74-69-73=287 Australia Rodger Davis 76-71-72-68=287 United States Tom Kite 75-71-73-68=287 United States Bob Tway 71-71-72-73=287 T25 United States Jack Nicklaus (c)75-70-75-68=288 +4 5,500 Wales Ian Woosnam 76-71-72-69=288 27 United States Mark O'Meara 75-69-75-70=289 +5 5,200 T28 United States Tommy Armour III 73-72-72-73=290 +6 4,600 United States Chip Beck 72-71-74-73=290 United States Jim Benepe 75-72-70-73=290 England Howard Clark 71-72-75-72=290 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 73-73-72-72=290 United States Tom Watson (c)74-72-72-72=290 T34 Australia Wayne Riley 72-71-72-76=291 +7 4,150 United States Lanny Wadkins 73-71-71-76=291 T36 England Gordon J. Brand 73-74-72-72=292 +8 3,950 Spain José María Olazábal 73-71-73-75=292 T38 Scotland Ken Brown 75-72-75-71=293 +9 3,456 Australia Wayne Grady 69-76-72-76=293 United States Jay Haas 71-76-78-68=293 Scotland Brian Marchbank 73-74-73-73=293 Australia Graham Marsh 75-73-71-74=293 United States Corey Pavin 74-73-71-75=293 Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty 74-74-71-74=293 Australia Noel Ratcliffe 70-77-76-70=293 England David A. Russell 72-73-72-76=293 T47 United States Paul Azinger 72-75-73-74=294 +10 3,050 England Paul Kent74-70-79-71=294 United States Mark McCumber 75-71-72-76=294 United States Andy North 77-68-74-75=294 Scotland Sam Torrance 74-74-75-71=294 T52 Australia Peter Fowler 72-72-78-73=295 +11 2,800 United States Hubert Green 74-73-73-75=295 United States Johnny Miller 75-73-72-75=295 Republic of Ireland Philip Walton 72-74-75-74=295 United States Fuzzy Zoeller 72-74-76-73=295 T57 England Paul Broadhurst (a)73-73-74-76=296 +12 0 England Carl Mason 75-69-77-75=296 2,625 United States Mike Smith75-71-76-74=296 T60 South Africa Gary Player (c)72-76-73-76=297 +13 2,525 United States Craig Stadler 72-68-81-76=297 T62 England Simon Bishop77-71-73-77=298 +14 2,400 England Mark James 71-77-74-76=298 England Andrew Sherborne 71-72-76-77=298 65 Spain Manuel Piñero 75-73-77-74=299 +15 2,300 66 England Paul Carman77-71-80-73=301 +17 2,250 T67 United States Greg Bruckner 72-74-80-76=302 +18 2,175 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Chin-sheng 74-73-73-82=302 69 West Germany Bernhard Langer 73-75-75-80=303 +19 2,100 70 England Gary Stafford76-72-78-79=305 +21 2,050 71 England Peter Mitchell 73-75-79-81=308 +24 2,000 CUT Australia Ian Baker-Finch 76-73=149 +7 0 United States David Ishii 78-71=149 Japan Hajime Meshiai 75-74=149 United States Larry Mize 72-77=149 United States Lee Trevino (c)75-74=149 Italy Alberto Binaghi74-76=150 +8 South Africa John Bland 76-74=150 England Andrew Chandler 75-75=150 England Joe Higgins74-76=150 Sweden Mats Lanner 75-75=150 United States Andrew Magee 72-78=150 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr 75-75=150 Australia Craig Parry 75-75=150 United States Scott Verplank 72-78=150 England Roger Chapman 73-78=151 +9 England Derrick Cooper 74-77=151 United States Jamie Howell77-74=151 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone 76-75=151 United States Davis Love III 80-71=151 United States Mike Reid 78-73=151 England Mark Roe 76-75=151 Australia Gerry Taylor76-75=151 Scotland Russell Weir 77-74=151 Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi 79-73=152 +10 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy 78-74=152 England Robert Lee 75-77=152 Sweden Johan Ryström 74-78=152 Sweden Ove Sellberg 79-73=152 United States Richard Thompson77-75=152 Australia Lucien Tinkler77-75=152 England Clive Tucker78-74=152 South Africa Teddy Webber79-73=152 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi 79-74=153 +11 England Peter Baker 76-77=153 United States Ron Commans73-80=153 England James Cook (a)77-76=153 England Denis Durnian 76-77=153 United States Raymond Floyd 76-77=153 England Trevor Fostor (a)74-79=153 Australia Peter McWhinney 76-77=153 England David Williams77-76=153 Australia David Armstrong80-74=154 +12 England David Gilford 78-76=154 Sweden Cristian Härdin (a)77-77=154 England John Morgan 78-76=154 England Tony Nash (a)75-79=154 United States Hal Sutton 76-78=154 Spain José María Cañizares 77-78=155 +13 Republic of Ireland David Jones 78-77=155 England Gordon Townhall78-77=155 Nepal Markus Agren79-77=156 +14 South Africa Peter Akakasiaka77-79=156 England Neil Burke80-76=156 Australia Mike Harwood 79-77=156 Sweden Leif Hederström79-77=156 Scotland Lindsay Mann81-75=156 United States David Thore78-78=156 Scotland James White77-79=156 Sweden Anders Forsbrand 79-78=157 +15 England Ged Furey80-77=157 Chinese Taipei Lu Chien-soon 78-79=157 England Andy Rogers82-75=157 United States Michael Allen 83-75=158 +16 England Chris Moody 81-77=158 United States Steve Pate 80-78=158 Denmark Steen Tinning 76-82=158 England Tony Jacklin (c)80-79=159 +17 Spain José Cabo79-81=160 +18 United States Mark Calcavecchia 76-84=160 England Andrew Cotton77-83=160 Australia David Graham 79-81=160 Australia Roger Mackay 80-80=160 Wales Mark Mouland 76-84=160 United States Charles Rymer (a)83-77=160 Scotland Sandy Stephen82-78=160 Scotland Andy McCloskey83-78=161 +19 England David Whelan 81-80=161 England Neil Hansen80-82=162 +20 England Barry Lane 78-85=163 +21 England Darren Prosser (a)81-82=163 South Africa Robert Richardson82-81=163 WD Australia Wayne Smith81 +10
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Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Spain Ballesteros−5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −10 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 Zimbabwe Price−7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 England Faldo−5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
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