1986 PGA Championship

August 2023 1986 PGA Championship August 7–11, 1986 Toledo, Ohio Inverness Club PGA of America PGA Tour 71 6982 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jg4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6468%2C4673809 Toledo Blade Ohio How they played Inverness: Greg Norman's card August 8, 1986 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kg4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6799%2C5978825 Toledo Blade Ohio Scorecard for Tway, Norman August 12, 1986 22 150 players, 72 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=369&date=1990&tourn_name_id=2 PGA.com Tournament Info for: 1986 PGA Championship September 18, 2012 146 (+4) $800,000 $140,000 USA Bob Tway 276 (−8) 1985 1987 USA 1 InvernessClub bottom 41.652 -83.651 Location in the United States 5 240 USA Ohio 1 InvernessClub bottom 41.652 -83.651 Location in Ohio 5 140 The 1986 PGA Championship was the 68th PGA Championship, held August 7–11 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Bob Tway won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader. Heavy rains on Sunday stopped play for the day in mid-afternoon. In the final group, Norman and Tway completed just one hole of their final round and resumed play on Monday afternoon.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kQ4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545%2C5764287 Toledo Blade Ohio Hackenberg Dave Downpour scores a birdie on Inverness field August 11, 1986 20 Norman started the round with a four-shot lead and held that margin through the front nine. After a double bogey at 11 and a bogey at 14, the two were tied. They halved the next three holes at par and were tied at the 72nd tee. Tway put his approach shot in a greenside bunker, while Norman was just off the green on the fringe, 25 ft 0 out. Tway improbably holed out for birdiehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kg4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6357%2C5886576 Toledo Blade Ohio The shot that won the PGA August 12, 1986 1 and Norman's attempt to tie missed, as did his par-saving putt. Norman led all four majors in 1986 after the third round, but won only the Open.https://www.si.com/vault/1986/08/18/8074167/out-of-a-bunker-into-history-bob-tway-birdied-the-final-hole-from-a-sand-trap-to-overtake-a-faltering-greg-norman-and-win-the-pga-championship Sports Illustrated McDermott Barry Out of a bunker into history August 18, 1986 20 Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1986, with Tway in second place.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iw4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1508%2C3918667 Toledo Blade Ohio PGA Tour Statistics August 5, 1986 21 This was the fifth major championship at Inverness, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1920, 1931, 1957, and 1979, and was the first in which the winning score was under-par; the previous best was even-par in 1979 by Hale Irwin.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kg4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6811%2C5980737 Toledo Blade Ohio Shanahan Hal Members smiling, though Inverness par now sub-par August 12, 1986 22 The PGA Championship returned in 1993. Course layout Inverness Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards3983851904664012114525284203,4513633781625234484584094313543,5316,982Par443443454354435444443671 Source: Lengths of the course for previous major championships: 6982 yd, par 71 - 1979 U.S. Open 6919 yd, par 71 - 1957 U.S. Open 6529 yd, par 71 - 1931 U.S. Open 6569 yd, par 71 - 1920 U.S. Open Round summaries First round Thursday, August 7, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Greg Norman 65 −6 T2 USA Phil Blackmar 67 −4 USA Craig StadlerT4 USA Ronnie Black 68 −3 AUS Wayne Grady USA Peter Jacobsen USA Gary Koch USA Wayne Levi T9 USA Fred Couples 69 −2 USA Bob Gilder USA Jay Haas USA Mike Hulbert USA Bruce Lietzke USA Larry Mize USA Gene Sauers USA Bobby Wadkins Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t3ozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6205%2C1760939 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press A record round one for Norman August 8, 1986 1D Second round Friday, August 8, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Greg Norman 65-68=133 −9 T2 USA Mike Hulbert 69-68=137 −5 USA Payne Stewart 70-67=137T3 USA Peter Jacobsen 68-70=138 −4 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-68=138 USA Jim Thorpe 71-67=1386 USA Ronnie Black 68-71=139 −3 T7 USA Phil Blackmar 67-73=140 −2 USA Bruce Lietzke 69-71=140 USA Scott Simpson 70-70=140 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uHozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1975%2C1983778 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Norman in charge but Nicklaus close August 9, 1986 1D Third round Saturday, August 9, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Greg Norman 65-68-69=202 −11 2 USA Bob Tway 72-70-64=206 −7 3 USA Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70=208 −5 T4 USA Donnie Hammond 70-71-68=209 −4 USA Payne Stewart 70-67-72=209T6 USA Bruce Lietzke 69-71-70=210 −3 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-68-72=210T8 ZAF 1982 David Frost 70-73-68=211 −2 USA Mike Hulbert 69-68-74=211 USA Jim Thorpe 71-67-73=211 USA D. A. Weibring 71-72-68=211 Final round Sunday, August 10, 1986 Monday, August 11, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Bob Tway 72-70-64-70=276 −8 140,0002 AUS Greg Norman 65-68-69-76=278 −6 80,0003 USA Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70-71=279 −5 60,0004 USA D. A. Weibring 71-72-68-69=280 −4 42,865T5 USA Bruce Lietzke 69-71-70-71=281 −3 32,500 USA Payne Stewart 70-67-72-72=281T7 AUS David Graham 75-69-71-67=282 −2 20,833 USA Mike Hulbert 69-68-74-71=282 USA Jim Thorpe 71-67-73-71=28210 USA Doug Tewell 73-71-68-71=283 −1 15,000 Source:1986 PGA Championship http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1986&tid=22 August 19, 2013 databasegolf.com Scorecard BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Final round Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par443443454 443544444USA Tway −7−7−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8AUS Norman −11−11−10−10−10−10−9−9−10−10−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: Video YouTube – Bob Tway wins the 1986 PGA Championship References 2 External links PGA.com – 1986 PGA Championship 1986 41.652 -83.651 type:event title Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Ohio Category:Sports competitions in Toledo, Ohio PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship