1988 Open Championship

1988 Open Championship
Front cover of the 1988 Open Annual
Tournament information
Dates14–18 July 1988
LocationLytham St Annes, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field153 players, 71 after cut[1]
Cut148 (+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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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.[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 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.[3][4][5]

Course layout

Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
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

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)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1988

Place Player Score To par
1 Spain Seve Ballesteros 67 −4
T2 United States Brad Faxon 69 −2
Australia Wayne Grady
T4 United States Don Pooley 70 −1
Zimbabwe Nick Price
Australia Noel Ratcliffe
Australia Peter Senior
T8 United States Andy Bean 71 E
New Zealand Bob Charles
England Howard Clark
England Nick Faldo
South Africa David Frost
United States Jay Haas
England Mark James
United States Gary Koch
England David J. Russell
England Andrew Sherborne
United States Bob Tway

Second round

Friday, 15 July 1988

Place Player Score To par
1 Zimbabwe Nick Price 70-67=137 −5
2 Spain Seve Ballesteros 67-71=138 −4
T3 England Nick Faldo 71-69=140 −2
United States Craig Stadler 72-68=140
5 United States Andy Bean 71-70=141 −1
T6 United States Fred Couples 73-69=142 E
Scotland Sandy Lyle 73-69=142
United States Bob Tway 71-71=142
T9 Japan Isao Aoki 72-71=143 +1
United States Chip Beck 72-71=143
England Howard Clark 71-72=143
United States Brad Faxon 69=74=143
United States Gary Koch 71-72=143
United States Don Pooley 70-73=143
Australia Wayne Riley 72-71=143
Argentina Eduardo Romero 72-71=143
Australia Peter Senior 70-73=143
England Andrew Sherborne 71-72=143

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

Third round

Sunday, 17 July 1988

Place Player Score To par
1 Zimbabwe Nick Price 70-67-69=206 −7
T2 Spain Seve Ballesteros 67-71-70=208 −5
England Nick Faldo 71-69-68=208
4 Scotland Sandy Lyle 73-69-67=209 −4
T5 United States Andy Bean 71-70-71=212 −1
United States Larry Nelson 73-71-68=212
United States Don Pooley 70-73-69=212
Argentina Eduardo Romero 72-71-69=212
T9 United States Fred Couples 73-69-71=213 E
United States Brad Faxon 69-74-70=213
United States Gary Koch 71-72-70=213
Australia Peter Senior 70-73-70=213

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

Source:[7]

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+

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 44, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ Diaz, Jaime (25 July 1988). "Mano a mano on the links". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.
  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.
  7. ^ Davies, David (19 July 1988). "Ballesteros creates a masterpiece". The Guardian. p. 14 – via newspapers.com.

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