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)
Lytham &St Annes is located in England
Lytham &St Annes
Lytham &
St Annes
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.[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

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)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1988

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Spain Seve Ballesteros67−4
T2United States Brad Faxon69−2
Australia Wayne Grady
T4United States Don Pooley70−1
Zimbabwe Nick Price
Australia Noel Ratcliffe
Australia Peter Senior
T8United States Andy Bean71E
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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Zimbabwe Nick Price70-67=137−5
2Spain Seve Ballesteros67-71=138−4
T3England Nick Faldo71-69=140−2
United States Craig Stadler72-68=140
5United States Andy Bean71-70=141−1
T6United States Fred Couples73-69=142E
Scotland Sandy Lyle73-69=142
United States Bob Tway71-71=142
T9Japan Isao Aoki72-71=143+1
United States Chip Beck72-71=143
England Howard Clark71-72=143
United States Brad Faxon69=74=143
United States Gary Koch71-72=143
United States Don Pooley70-73=143
Australia Wayne Riley72-71=143
Argentina Eduardo Romero72-71=143
Australia Peter Senior70-73=143
England Andrew Sherborne71-72=143

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

Third round

Sunday, 17 July 1988

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Zimbabwe Nick Price70-67-69=206−7
T2Spain Seve Ballesteros67-71-70=208−5
England Nick Faldo71-69-68=208
4Scotland Sandy Lyle73-69-67=209−4
T5United States Andy Bean71-70-71=212−1
United States Larry Nelson73-71-68=212
United States Don Pooley70-73-69=212
Argentina Eduardo Romero72-71-69=212
T9United States Fred Couples73-69-71=213E
United States Brad Faxon69-74-70=213
United States Gary Koch71-72-70=213
Australia Peter Senior70-73-70=213

Final round

Monday, 18 July 1988

Champion
Silver Medal winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Spain Seve Ballesteros (c)67-71-70-65=273−1180,000
2Zimbabwe Nick Price70-67-69-69=275−960,000
3England Nick Faldo (c)71-69-68-71=279−547,000
T4United States Fred Couples73-69-71-68=281−333,500
United States Gary Koch71-72-70-68=281
6Australia Peter Senior70-73-70-69=282−227,000
T7Japan Isao Aoki72-71-73-67=283−121,000
South Africa David Frost71-75-69-68=283
Scotland Sandy Lyle (c)73-69-67-74=283
United States Payne Stewart73-75-68-67=283

Source:[7]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par344435543453444444
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. 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
  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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