1988 Open Championship

1988 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 14–18 July 1988
Location Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s) Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 71[1]
Length 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field 153 players, 71 after cut[1]
Cut 148 (+6)[1]
Prize fund £500,000
$750,000
Winner's share £80,000
$136,000
Champion
Spain Seve Ballesteros
273 (−11)
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Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

The 1988 Open Championship was the 117th Open Championship held 14–18 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.[2]

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 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.[3][4][5]

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards2064374573932124905493941643,3023345421983424454633574624123,5556,857
Par344435543354534444443671

Source:[6]

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

  • 1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
  • 1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
  • 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m)
  • 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m)
  • 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m)
  • 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Seve Ballesteros  Spain 1979, 1984 67 71 70 65 273 –11 1
Nick Faldo  England 1987 71 69 68 71 279 –5 3
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1985 73 69 67 74 283 –1 T7
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 71 74 69 73 287 +3 T20
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966, 1970, 1978 75 70 75 68 288 +4 T25
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983
74 72 72 72 290 +6 T28
Johnny Miller  United States 1976 75 73 72 75 295 +11 T52
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968, 1974 72 76 73 76 297 +13 T60

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Lee Trevino  United States 1971, 1972 75 74 149 +7
Tony Jacklin  England 1969 80 79 159 +17

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1988

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Seve Ballesteros Spain67−4
T2Brad Faxon United States69−2
Wayne Grady Australia
T4Don Pooley United States70−1
Nick Price Zimbabwe
Noel Ratcliffe Australia
Peter Senior Australia
T8Andy Bean United States71E
Bob Charles New Zealand
Howard Clark England
Nick Faldo England
David Frost South Africa
Jay Haas United States
Mark James England
Gary Koch United States
David J Russell England
Andrew Sherborne England
Bob Tway United States

Second round

Friday, 15 July 1988

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price Zimbabwe70-67=137−5
2Seve Ballesteros Spain67-71=138−4
T3Nick Faldo England71-69=140−2
Craig Stadler United States72-68=140
5 Andy Bean United States71-70=141−1
T6Fred Couples United States73-69=142E
Sandy Lyle Scotland73-69=142
Bob Tway United States71-71=142
T9Isao Aoki Japan72-71=143+1
Chip Beck United States72-71=143
Howard Clark England71-72=143
Brad Faxon United States69=74=143
Gary Koch United States71-72=143
Don Pooley United States70-73=143
Wayne Riley Australia72-71=143
Eduardo Romero Argentina72-71=143
Peter Senior Australia70-73=143
Andrew Sherborne England71-72=143

Amateurs: Broadhurst (+4), Cook (+11), Foster (+11), Hardin (+12), Nash (+12), Rymer (+18), Prosser (+21).

Third round

Sunday, 17 July 1988

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price Zimbabwe70-67-69=206−7
T2Seve Ballesteros Spain67-71-70=208−5
Nick Faldo England71-69-68=208
4Sandy Lyle Scotland73-69-67=209−4
T5Andy Bean United States71-70-71=212−1
Larry Nelson United States73-71-68=212
Don Pooley United States70-73-69=212
Eduardo Romero Argentina72-71-69=212
T9Fred Couples United States73-69-71=213 E
Brad Faxon United States69-74-70=213
Gary Koch United States71-72-70=213
Peter Senior Australia70-73-70=213

Final round

Monday, 18 July 1988

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney {£)
1 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 67-71-70-65=273 −11 80,000
2 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 70-67-69-69=275 −9 60,000
3 Nick Faldo  England 71-69-68-71=279 −5 47,000
T4 Fred Couples  United States 73-69-71-68=281 −3 33,500
Gary Koch  United States 71-72-70-68=281
6 Peter Senior  Australia 70-73-70-69=282 −2 27,000
T7 Isao Aoki  Japan 72-71-73-67=283 −121,000
David Frost  South Africa 71-75-69-68=283
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 73-69-67-74=283
Payne Stewart  United States 73-75-68-67=283

Amateurs: Broadhurst (+12).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 44, 203. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. Diaz, Jaime (25 July 1988). "Mano a mano on the links". Sports Illustrated.
  3. Bonk, Thomas (17 July 1988). "Rain washes out play at third round of British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.
  4. "British Open rain burns Green". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 17 July 1988. p. D1.
  5. Pye, Steven (16 July 2015). "How Seve Ballesteros won his last major championship at the Open in 1988". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. Platts, Mitchell (11 July 2011). "Focus on the 130th Open Championship". European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

External links

Preceded by
1988 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
1988 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 53°44′58″N 3°01′05″W / 53.7495°N 3.0180°W / 53.7495; -3.0180

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