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1988 Players Championship

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]

1988 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 24–27, 1988
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field144 players, 72 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$1.25 million
Winner's share$225,000
Champion
United States Mark McCumber
273 (−15)
Location map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida
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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 edit

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

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]

Field edit

Fulton Allem, Isao Aoki, Paul Azinger, Seve Ballesteros, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Ken Brown, George Burns, Curt Byrum, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Jim Carter, Chen Tze-chung, Bobby Clampett, Keith Clearwater, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Rodger Davis, Mike Donald, Ed Dougherty, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Steve Elkington, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Ed Fiori, Raymond Floyd, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Buddy Gardner, Bob Gilder, Bill Glasson, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Dan Halldorson, Donnie Hammond, Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Vance Heafner, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, John Inman, Hale Irwin, David Ishii, Peter Jacobsen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Dick Mast, Blaine McCallister, Mike McCullough, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Rocco Mediate, Johnny Miller, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Andy North, Mac O'Grady, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Akiyoshi Ohmachi, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Dan Pohl, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Sam Randolph, Mike Reid, Jack Renner, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Bill Rogers, Clarence Rose, Dave Rummells, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Tom Sieckmann, Tony Sills, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Ray Stewart, Curtis Strange, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Bob Tway, Howard Twitty, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Fred Wadsworth, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Willie Wood, Ian Woosnam, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, March 24, 1988

Place Player 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 edit

Friday, March 25, 1988

Place Player 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 edit

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 Score To par
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

Source:[1][3]

Final round edit

Sunday, March 27, 1988

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player 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 (c) 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

Source:[9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "PGA Players". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 28, 1988. p. 27.
  2. ^ a b Diaz, Jaime (April 4, 1988). "Mark him well". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
  3. ^ a b "McCumber wins emotional 'major'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1988. p. 2B.
  4. ^ a b Hanley, Reid (March 28, 1988). "McCumber brings TPC home". Chicago Tribune. p. 5, sec. 3.
  5. ^ a b "Haas disqualified for using bent putter". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). March 25, 1988. p. 2B.
  6. ^ "Two more out over bent club, bad scorecard". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). March 26, 1988. p. 7C.
  7. ^ Hanley, Reid (March 27, 1988). "Pohl has 1-shot lead in rain-delayed TPC". Chicago Tribune. p. 12, sec. 3.
  8. ^ "Last-hole eagle puts Stewart up". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 26, 1988. p. 7C.
  9. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

External links edit

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