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 and former college teammate. 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. 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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4413925842005903774401713863,5813794664451494534344792004293,4347,015 Par445354434364443445343571 Source:

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 11, 1988 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bob Gilder 66 −5 T2 Paul Azinger 67 −4 Chip Beck John Cook Nick FaldoT6 Raymond Floyd 68 −3 Rocco Mediate Greg Norman Jay Overton Mike Reid Peter Senior Craig Stadler Source:

Second round Friday, August 12, 1988 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul Azinger 67-66=133 −9 2 Jay Overton 68-66=134 −8 T3 John Cook 67-69=136 −6 Raymond Floyd 68-68=136T5 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=137T10 Nick Faldo 67-71=138 −5 Doug Tewell 70-68=138 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 13, 1988 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 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=209T8 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:

Final round Sunday, August 14, 1988 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Jeff Sluman 69-70-68-65=272 −12 160,0002 Paul Azinger 67-66-71-71=275 −9 100,0003 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 72-68-71-67=278 −6 70,000T4 Nick Faldo 67-71-70-71=279 −5 45,800 Tom Kite 72-69-71-67=279T6 Bob Gilder 66-75-71-68=280 −4 32,500 Dave Rummells 73-64-68-75=2808 Dan Pohl 69-71-70-71=281 −3 28,000T9 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:

Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4   5    6   7  8  9 101112131415161718Par445354434 444344534 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:

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References

External links PGA.com – 1988 PGA Championship