1986 PGA Championship

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.

1986 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 7–11, 1986
LocationToledo, Ohio
Course(s)Inverness Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,982 yards (6,384 m)[1][2]
Field150 players, 72 after cut[3]
Cut146 (+4)
Prize fund$800,000
Winner's share$140,000
Champion
Bob Tway
276 (−8)
Inverness
Club
Location in the United States
Inverness
Club
Location in Ohio

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.[4]

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 feet (8 m) out. Tway improbably holed out for birdie[5] 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.[6]

Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1986, with Tway in second place.[7]

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.[8] The PGA Championship returned in 1993.

Course layout
Main article: Inverness Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3983851904664012114525284203,4513633781625234484584094313543,5316,982
Par443443454354435444443671

Source:[1]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 7, 1986

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman Australia65−6
T2Phil Blackmar United States67−4
Craig Stadler United States
T4Ronnie Black United States68−3
Wayne Grady Australia
Peter Jacobsen United States
Gary Koch United States
Wayne Levi United States
T9Fred Couples United States69−2
Bob Gilder United States
Jay Haas United States
Mike Hulbert United States
Bruce Lietzke United States
Larry Mize United States
Bruce Lietzke United States
Gene Sauers United States
Bobby Wadkins United States

Source:[9]

Second round

Friday, August 8, 1986

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman Australia65-68=133−9
T2Mike Hulbert United States69-68=137−5
Payne Stewart United States70-67=137
T3Peter Jacobsen United States68-70=138−4
Jack Nicklaus United States70-68=138
Jim Thorpe United States71-67=138
6Ronnie Black United States68-71=139−3
T3Phil Blackmar United States67-73=140−2
Bruce Lietzke United States69-71=140
Scott Simpson United States70-70=140

Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 9, 1986

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman Australia65-68-69=202−11
2Bob Tway United States72-70-64=206−7
3Peter Jacobsen United States68-70-70=208−5
T4Donnie Hammond United States70-71-68=209−4
Payne Stewart United States70-67-72=209
T6Bruce Lietzke United States69-71-70=210−3
Jack Nicklaus United States70-68-72=210
T8David Frost South Africa70-73-68=211−2
Mike Hulbert United States69-68-74=211
Jim Thorpe United States71-67-73=211
D. A. Weibring United States71-72-68=211

Final round

Sunday, August 10, 1986
Monday, August 11, 1986

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Bob Tway United States72-70-64-70=276−8140,000
2Greg Norman Australia65-68-69-76=278−680,000
3Peter Jacobsen United States68-70-70-71=279−560,000
4D. A. Weibring United States71-72-68-69=280−442,865
T5Bruce Lietzke United States69-71-70-71=281−332,500
Payne Stewart United States70-67-72-72=281
T7David Graham Australia75-69-71-67=282−220,833
Mike Hulbert United States69-68-74-71=282
Jim Thorpe United States71-67-73-71=282
10Doug Tewell United States73-71-68-71=283−115,000

Source:[11]

Scorecard
Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par443443454443544444
Tway−7−7−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8
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:[2]

Video
  • YouTube – Bob Tway wins the 1986 PGA Championship

References
  1. "How they played Inverness: Greg Norman's card". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 8, 1986. p. 17.
  2. "Scorecard for Tway, Norman". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 12, 1986. p. 22.
  3. "Tournament Info for: 1986 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  4. Hackenberg, Dave (August 11, 1986). "Downpour scores a birdie on Inverness field". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 20.
  5. "The shot that won the PGA". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 12, 1986. p. 1.
  6. McDermott, Barry (August 18, 1986). "Out of a bunker into history". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
  7. "PGA Tour Statistics". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 5, 1986. p. 21.
  8. Shanahan, Hal (August 12, 1986). "Members smiling, though Inverness par now sub-par". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 22.
  9. "A record round one for Norman". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 8, 1986. p. 1D.
  10. "Norman in charge but Nicklaus close". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 9, 1986. p. 1D.
  11. "1986 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
Preceded by
1986 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1987 Masters

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