1988 Players Championship

August 2023 1988 Players Championship March 24–27, 1988 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 6857 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KUxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9QIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3987%2C1523265 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press PGA Players March 28, 1988 27 144 players, 72 after cut 146 (+2) $1.25 million $225,000 USA Mark McCumber 273 (−15) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 1987 1989 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. Local resident Mark McCumber opened with 65 and won with 273 (−15), four strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jPJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7040%2C6719358 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press McCumber wins emotional 'major' March 28, 1988 2Bhttp://archives.chicagotribune.com/1988/03/28/page/29/article/mccumber-brings-tpc-home Chicago Tribune Hanley Reid McCumber brings TPC home March 28, 1988 5, sec. 3https://www.si.com/vault/1988/04/04/117434/mark-him-well-mark-mccumber-won-the-players-championship-in-his-own-backyard Sports Illustrated Diaz Jaime Mark him well April 4, 1988 32 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ifJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2459%2C5636783 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Haas disqualified for using bent putter March 25, 1988 2B Davis Love III had a similar occurrence on Friday, while Curtis Strange reported that he signed an incorrect scorecard.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ivJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6551%2C5952140 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Two more out over bent club, bad scorecard March 26, 1988 7C (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.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1988/03/27/page/50/article/golf Chicago Tribune Hanley Reid Pohl has 1-shot lead in rain-delayed TPC March 27, 1988 12, sec. 3 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 TPC at Sawgrass This was the seventh Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6857 yd. Field 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 First round Thursday, March 24, 1988 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Mark McCumber 65 −7 T2 USA Curt Byrum 66 −6 AUS Greg Norman T4 USA Ed Fiori 67 −5 ZAF 1928 David Frost USA Tom Kite USA John Mahaffey USA David Ogrin USA Fuzzy ZoellerT10 USA Donnie Hammond 68 −4 USA Mike Reid Source: Second round Friday, March 25, 1988 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Payne Stewart 71-65=136 −8T2 USA Mark McCumber 65-72=137 −7 USA Mike Reid 68-69=137T4 ZAF 1928 David Frost 67-71=138 −6 USA Morris Hatalsky 70-68=138 USA Dan Pohl 69-69=138T7 USA Curt Byrum 66-73=139 −5 USA Gil Morgan 69-70=139 USA Calvin Peete 70-69=139T7 USA Chip Beck 73-67=140 −4 USA Ben Crenshaw 69-71=140 USA Ed Fiori 67-73=140 USA Tom Kite 67-73=140 USA Dick Mast 70-70=140 AUS Greg Norman 66-74=140 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ivJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6931%2C5951837 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Last-hole eagle puts Stewart up March 26, 1988 7C Third round 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. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Mark McCumber 65-72-67=204 −12 2 ZAF 1928 David Frost 67-71-68=206 −103 USA Payne Stewart 71-65-71=207 −9T4 USA Curt Byrum 66-73-69=208 −8 AUS Greg Norman 66-74-68=208 USA Dan Pohl 69-69-70=208T7 USA Chip Beck 73-67-69=209 −7 USA Ben Crenshaw 69-71-69=209 USA Tom Kite 67-73-69=209 USA Lanny Wadkins 70-72-67=209 Source: Final round Sunday, March 27, 1988 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Mark McCumber 65-72-67-69=273 −15 225,0002 USA Mike Reid 68-69-73-67=277 −11 135,000T3 ZAF 1928 Fulton Allem 73-72-65-68=278 −10 65,000 USA Curt Byrum 66-73-69-70=278 ZAF 1928 David Frost 67-71-68-72=278T6 USA Gil Morgan 69-70-71-69=279 −9 43,437 USA Lanny Wadkins (c) 70-72-67-70=279T8 USA Wayne Levi 70-71-71-68=280 −8 36,250 USA Dan Pohl 69-69-70-72=280 USA Payne Stewart 71-65-71-73=280 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 USA Chip Beck 73-67-69-72=281 −7 26,500 USA Ben Crenshaw 69-71-69-72=281 USA Tom Kite 67-73-69-72=281 AUS Greg Norman 66-74-68-73=281 USA Mark Wiebe 71-70-71-69=281T16 USA Mike Hulbert 74-69-69-70=282 −6 17,535 USA Peter Jacobsen 69-75-69-69=282 USA Gary Koch 70-72-69-71=282 FRG Bernhard Langer 71-72-67-72=282 USA Calvin Peete (c) 70-69-71-72=282 USA Gene Sauers 70-71-70-71=282 USA Joey Sindelar 69-72-67-74=282T23 USA Fred Couples (c) 72-72-71-68=283 −5 11,500 USA Ed Fiori 67-73-72-71=283 USA Larry Rinker 75-70-68-70=283 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 67-74-71-71=283T27 CAN Dan Halldorson 70-71-71-72=284 −4 9,250 USA John Mahaffey (c) 67-75-69-73=284 JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima 73-72-67-72=284T30 USA Paul Azinger 70-71-72-72=285 −3 8,125 USA Morris Hatalsky 70-68-71-76=285 USA Dick Mast 70-70-72-73=28533 USA Kenny Perry 71-71-72-72=286 −2 7,375T34 USA Jay Don Blake 70-73-72-72=287 −1 6,907 USA Bob Eastwood 70-72-72-73=287T36 CAN Dave Barr 70-75-73-70=288 E 5,760 USA Andy Bean 72-74-70-72=288 USA Buddy Gardner 72-74-70-72=288 USA Donnie Hammond 68-75-73-72=288 USA Jodie Mudd 72-74-68-74=288 USA Doug Tewell 72-72-73-71=288T42 USA Lennie Clements 74-71-71-73=289 +1 4,625 USA Brad Fabel 72-70-74-73=289 USA Corey Pavin 70-76-69-74=289T45 USA Tom Purtzer 74-72-70-74=290 +2 3,875 USA Jeff Sluman 71-73-71-75=290 USA Craig Stadler 74-71-73-72=290T48 USA David Edwards 73-71-71-76=291 +3 3,275 USA Steve Jones 73-72-72-74=291 USA Jack Renner 71-72-76-72=291T51 USA Bob Lohr 73-73-74-72=292 +4 3,008 USA Roger Maltbie 72-72-71-77=292 USA Bobby Wadkins 72-71-76-73=292T54 USA Mike Donald 70-74-75-74=293 +5 2,875 AUS Steve Elkington 70-74-75-74=293 USA Don Pooley 71-75-76-71=29357 USA Steve Pate 70-71-74-79=294 +6 2,825T58 USA Jim Carter 73-73-76-73=295 +7 2,787 USA Pat McGowan 74-70-72-79=295T60 JPN Isao Aoki 71-75-75-75=296 +8 2,725 USA Bobby Clampett 73-72-73-78=296 USA David Ishii 72-74-69-81=296T64 USA Mark Calcavecchia 70-75-76-76=297 +9 2,637 USA Dave Eichelberger 73-73-72-79=297 USA Chris Perry 75-69-77-76=297 USA Willie Wood 73-73-75-76=29768 USA John Huston 73-73-78-74=298 +10 2,575T69 USA Mark Lye 71-74-73-81=299 +11 2,537 USA Mike McCullough 74-72-77-76=29971 USA Andy North 73-72-73-83=301 +13 2,50072 USA David Ogrin 67-77-76-82=302 +14 2,475CUT TWN Chen Tze-chung 75-72=147 +3 AUS Wayne Grady 71-76=147 AUS David Graham 71-76=147 USA Ken Green 70-77=147 USA Hale Irwin 75-72=147 USA Larry Mize 73-74=147 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-74=147 USA Mike Sullivan 76-71=147 SCO Ken Brown 77-71=148 +4 USA Ed Dougherty 73-75=148 USA Andrew Magee 74-74=148 USA Blaine McCallister 76-72=148 USA Mark O'Meara 76-72=148 USA Leonard Thompson 72-76=148 USA Tom Watson 75-73=148 USA Keith Clearwater 72-77=149 +5 USA Russ Cochran 74-75=149 USA Bob Gilder 76-73=149 USA Bruce Lietzke 74-75=149 USA Johnny Miller 73-76=149 USA Tim Simpson 70-79=149 CAN Ray Stewart 75-74=149 USA D. A. Weibring 73-76=149 USA Brad Faxon 72-78=150 +6 USA Gary Hallberg 76-74=150 USA Mark Hayes (c) 75-75=150 USA Lon Hinkle 80-70=150 USA Scott Hoch 78-72=150 USA Kenny Knox 75-75=150 USA Loren Roberts 73-77=150 USA Clarence Rose 71-79=150 USA Scott Simpson 73-77=150 USA Howard Twitty 73-77=150 ZWE Denis Watson 74-76=150 USA Tom Byrum 76-75=151 +7 AUS Rodger Davis 74-77=151 USA Vance Heafner 77-74=151 USA Rocco Mediate 76-75=151 USA Larry Nelson 73-78=151 USA Dave Rummells 78-73=151 USA Tom Sieckmann 73-78=151 USA Phil Blackmar 75-77=152 +8 USA Danny Edwards 78-74=152 USA Hubert Green 75-77=152 USA Billy Kratzert 74-78=152 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 79-73=152 USA Hal Sutton (c) 76-76=152 USA John Cook 74-79=153 +9 USA Rick Fehr 75-78=153 USA Bill Glasson 77-76=153 USA John Inman 76-77=153 USA Bill Sander 76-77=153 USA Tony Sills 77-76=153 WAL Ian Woosnam 74-79=153 ESP Seve Ballesteros 76-78=154 +10 ENG Nick Faldo 75-79=154 USA Dan Forsman 77-77=154 JPN Akiyoshi Ohmachi 77-77=154 USA Bill Rogers 79-75=154 USA J. C. Snead 78-76=154 USA Bob Tway 77-77=154 USA Robert Wrenn 75-79=154 CAN Richard Zokol 77-77=154 USA Ronnie Black 77-78=155 +11 USA Sam Randolph 79-76=155 USA Fred Wadsworth 75-82=157 +13 USA Mac O'Grady 79-83=162 +18WD USA George Burns 76 +4DQ USA Raymond Floyd (c) 73-73-70-80=296 +8 USA Davis Love III 73-71=144 E ZWE Nick Price 74-75=149 +5 USA Curtis Strange 73 +1 USA Jay Haas 77 +5 Source:https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html PGA Tour Past Results 1974 – present March 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html dead References External links The Players Championship website 1988 Category:1988 in golf Category:1988 in American sports Category:1988 in sports in Florida Category:March 1988 sports events in the United States