1988 PGA Tour

The 1988 PGA Tour season was played from January 14 to November 13. The season consisted of 47 official money events. Curtis Strange won the most tournaments, four, and there were 11 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)Notes
Jan 17MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Steve Pate (2)202 (−14)90,000
Jan 24Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Jay Haas (7)338 (−22)180,000
Jan 31Phoenix OpenArizona Sandy Lyle (4)269 (−15)117,000
Feb 7AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Steve Jones (1)280 (−8)126,000
Feb 14Hawaiian OpenHawaii Lanny Wadkins (17)271 (−17)108,000
Feb 21Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams OpenCalifornia Steve Pate (3)269 (−19)117,000
Feb 28Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Chip Beck (1)267 (−17)135,000
Mar 6Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Ben Crenshaw (14)274 (−14)180,000
Mar 13Honda ClassicFlorida Joey Sindelar (4)276 (−12)126,000
Mar 20Hertz Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Paul Azinger (4)271 (−13)135,000
Mar 27The Players ChampionshipFlorida Mark McCumber (6)273 (−15)225,000
Apr 3KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Sandy Lyle (5)271 (−17)180,000
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia Sandy Lyle (6)281 (−7)183,800
Apr 10Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Frank Conner267 (−13)36,000Satellite event
Apr 17MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Greg Norman (6)271 (−13)126,000
Apr 24USF&G ClassicLouisiana Chip Beck (2)262 (−26)135,000
May 1Independent Insurance Agent OpenTexas Curtis Strange (13)270 (−18)126,000
May 8Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Gary Koch (6)274 (−14)250,000
May 15GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Bruce Lietzke (11)271 (−9)135,000
May 22Colonial National InvitationTexas Lanny Wadkins (18)270 (−10)135,000
May 29Memorial TournamentOhio Curtis Strange (14)274 (−14)160,000
Jun 5Kemper OpenMaryland Morris Hatalsky (3)274 (−10)144,000
Jun 12Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Seve Ballesteros (8)276 (−8)126,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenMassachusetts Curtis Strange (15)278 (−6)180,000
Jun 26Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Larry Nelson (10)268 (−20)126,000
Jul 3Beatrice Western OpenIllinois Jim Benepe (1)278 (−10)162,000
Jul 10Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Tom Sieckmann (1)270 (−14)117,000
Jul 17Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Blaine McCallister (1)261 (−19)108,000
Jul 18British OpenEngland Seve Ballesteros (9)273 (−11)136,000
Jul 24Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Mark Brooks (1)269 (−15)126,000
Jul 31Buick OpenMichigan Scott Verplank (2)268 (−20)126,000
Aug 7Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Jodie Mudd (1)273 (−15)171,692
Aug 14PGA ChampionshipOklahoma Jeff Sluman (1)272 (−12)160,000
Aug 21The InternationalColorado Joey Sindelar (5)17 (Stableford)180,000
Aug 28NEC World Series of GolfOhio Mike Reid (2)275 (−5)162,000
Aug 28Provident ClassicTennessee Phil Blackmar (2)264 (−16)81,000Alternate event
Sep 4Canadian OpenCanada Ken Green (3)275 (−13)135,000
Sep 11Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Ken Green (4)268 (−20)126,000
Sep 18Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Mark Calcavecchia (3)274 (−10)108,000
Sep 25B.C. OpenNew York Bill Glasson (2)268 (−16)90,000
Oct 2Southern OpenGeorgia David Frost (1)270 (−10)72,000
Oct 9Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Golf ClassicTexas Tom Purtzer (3)269 (−19)72,000
Oct 16Texas OpenTexas Corey Pavin (7)259 (−21)108,000
Oct 23Pensacola OpenFlorida Andrew Magee (1)271 (−17)72,000
Oct 29Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Bob Lohr (1)263 (−25)126,000
Nov 6Northern Telecom Tucson OpenArizona David Frost (2)266 (−22)108,000
Nov 13Centel ClassicFlorida Bill Glasson (3)272 (−16)90,000
Nov 14Nabisco ChampionshipCalifornia Curtis Strange (16)279 (−9)360,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Greg Norman Australia69.38
2Chip Beck United States69.46
3Tom Kite United States69.53
4Sandy Lyle Scotland69.53
5Payne Stewart United States69.54

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Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Curtis Strange United States1,147,644244
2Chip Beck United States916,818252
3Joey Sindelar United States813,732302
4Ken Green United States779,181292
5Tom Kite United States760,405250

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Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Jack Nicklaus United States5,005,82573
2Tom Watson United States4,974,84537
3Curtis Strange United States4,263,13316
4Tom Kite United States4,205,41210
5Lanny Wadkins United States3,707,58618

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Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Curtis Strange United States
PGA Player of the YearCurtis Strange United States
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy)Chip Beck United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award)Greg Norman Australia

References

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