1988 Players Championship

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.[2]

1988 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 24–27, 1988
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field144 players, 72 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$1.25 million
Winner's share$225,000
Champion
Mark McCumber
273 (−15)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

Local resident Mark McCumber opened with 65 and won with 273 (−15), four strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid.[3][4][2] 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.[5] Davis Love III had a similar occurrence on Friday, while Curtis Strange reported that he signed an incorrect scorecard.[6] (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.[7]

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
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the seventh Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[1]

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mark McCumber United States65−7
T2Curt Byrum United States66−6
Greg Norman Australia
T4Ed Fiori United States67−5
David Frost South Africa
Tom Kite United States
John Mahaffey United States
David Ogrin United States
Fuzzy Zoeller United States
T10Donnie Hammond United States68−4
Mike Reid United States

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, March 25, 1988

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Payne Stewart United States71-65=136−8
T2Mark McCumber United States65-72=137−7
Mike Reid United States68-69=137
T4David Frost South Africa67-71=138−6
Morris Hatalsky United States70-68=138
Dan Pohl United States69-69=138
T7Curt Byrum United States66-73=139−5
Gil Morgan United States69-70=139
Calvin Peete United States70-69=139
T7Chip Beck United States73-67=140−4
Ben Crenshaw United States69-71=140
Ed Fiori United States67-73=140
Tom Kite United States67-73=140
Dick Mast United States70-70=140
Greg Norman Australia66-74=140

Source:[8]

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.[4]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mark McCumber United States65-72-67=204−12
2David Frost South Africa67-71-68=206−10
3Payne Stewart United States71-65-71=207−9
T4Curt Byrum United States66-73-69=208−8
Greg Norman Australia66-74-68=208
Dan Pohl United States69-69-70=208
T7Chip Beck United States73-67-69=209−7
Ben Crenshaw United States69-71-69=209
Tom Kite United States67-73-69=209
Lanny Wadkins United States70-72-67=209

Source:[1][3]

Final round

Sunday, March 27, 1988

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Mark McCumber United States65-72-67-69=273−15225,000
2Mike Reid United States68-69-73-67=277−11135,000
T3Fulton Allem South Africa73-72-65-68=278−1065,000
Curt Byrum United States66-73-69-70=278
David Frost South Africa67-71-68-72=278
T6Gil Morgan United States69-70-71-69=279−943,437
Lanny Wadkins (c) United States70-72-67-70=279
T8Wayne Levi United States70-71-71-68=280−836,250
Dan Pohl United States69-69-70-72=280
Payne Stewart United States71-65-71-73=280

Source:[9]

References
  1. "PGA Players". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 28, 1988. p. 27.
  2. Diaz, Jaime (April 4, 1988). "Mark him well". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
  3. "McCumber wins emotional 'major'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1988. p. 2B.
  4. Hanley, Reid (March 28, 1988). "McCumber brings TPC home". Chicago Tribune. p. 5, sec. 3.
  5. "Haas disqualified for using bent putter". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). March 25, 1988. p. 2B.
  6. "Two more out over bent club, bad scorecard". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). March 26, 1988. p. 7C.
  7. Hanley, Reid (March 27, 1988). "Pohl has 1-shot lead in rain-delayed TPC". Chicago Tribune. p. 12, sec. 3.
  8. "Last-hole eagle puts Stewart up". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 26, 1988. p. 7C.
  9. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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