1988 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 11–14, 1988
Location	Edmond, Oklahoma
Course(s)	Oak Tree Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,015 yards (6,415 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 72 after cut[2]
Cut	144 (+2)
Prize fund	$1.0 million
Winner's share	$160,000
Champion
Jeff Sluman
272 (−12)
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Oak Tree
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Oak Tree
Golf Club

Location in Oklahoma

The 1988 PGA Championship was the 70th PGA Championship, held August 11–14 at Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb north of Oklahoma City. Jeff Sluman shot a final round 65 (−6) to win his only major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Paul Azinger, the 36-hole and 54-hole leader^[3] and former college teammate.^[4][5] Azinger was the reigning Player of the Year on the PGA Tour.

In the penultimate pairing on Sunday, Sluman was three strokes back at the start of the round. After a birdie at the second, he holed out for an eagle on the par-5 fifth, and when Azinger followed with a bogey, the two were tied at nine-under. Sluman had five birdies and an eagle with just one bogey in the final round while Azinger posted a second straight even-par 71. It was also the first of Sluman's six victories on the PGA Tour.^[6][7] In the final pair with Azinger, Dave Rummells shot 75 (+4) and fell to a tie for sixth.

Azinger won the title five years later, defeating Greg Norman in a playoff in 1993.

Course layout

Source:^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 11, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bob Gilder	66	−5
T2	Paul Azinger	67	−4
	Chip Beck
	John Cook
	Nick Faldo
T6	Raymond Floyd	68	−3
	Rocco Mediate
	Greg Norman
	Jay Overton
	Mike Reid
	Peter Senior
	Craig Stadler

Source:^[8]

Second round

Friday, August 12, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Paul Azinger	67-66=133	−9
2	Jay Overton	68-66=134	−8
T3	John Cook	67-69=136	−6
	Raymond Floyd	68-68=136
T5	David Graham	70-67=137	−5
	Steve Jones	69-68=137
	Gary Koch	72-65=137
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	69-68=137
	Dave Rummells	73-64=137
T10	Nick Faldo	67-71=138	−5
	Doug Tewell	70-68=138

Source:^[9]

Third round

Saturday, August 13, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Paul Azinger	67-66-71=204	−9
2	Dave Rummells	73-64-68=205	−8
3	Jeff Sluman	69-70-68=207	−6
4	Nick Faldo	67-71-70=208	−5
T5	Steve Jones	69-68-72=209	−4
	Kenny Knox	72-69-68=209
	Payne Stewart	70-69-70=209
T8	Ben Crenshaw	70-71-69=210	−3
	Raymond Floyd	68-68-74=210
	David Graham	70-69-70=210
	Mark McNulty	73-70-67=210
	Jay Overton	68-66-76=210
	Dan Pohl	69-71-70=210

Source:^[3]

Final round

Sunday, August 14, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jeff Sluman	69-70-68-65=272	−12	160,000
2	Paul Azinger	67-66-71-71=275	−9	100,000
3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	72-68-71-67=278	−6	70,000
T4	Nick Faldo	67-71-70-71=279	−5	45,800
	Tom Kite	72-69-71-67=279
T6	Bob Gilder	66-75-71-68=280	−4	32,500
	Dave Rummells	73-64-68-75=280
8	Dan Pohl	69-71-70-71=281	−3	28,000
T9	Raymond Floyd	68-68-74-72=282	−2	21,500
	Steve Jones	69-68-72-73=282
	Kenny Knox	72-69-68-73=282
	Mark O'Meara	70-71-70-71=282
	Greg Norman	68-71-72-71=282
	Payne Stewart	70-69-70-73=282

Source:^[2][4][10]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
Sluman	−6	−7	−7	−7	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12
Azinger	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[4]