| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 - 18 July 1988 |
| Location | Lytham St Annes, England |
| Course(s) | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,857 |
| Field | 146 players, 70 after cut |
| Cut | 148 (+6) |
| Prize fund | £500,000 $750,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 $136,000 |
| Champion | |
| Seve Ballesteros | |
| 273 (-11) | |
The 1988 Open Championship was the 117th Open Championship held from 14-18 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Seve Ballesteros won his third Open Championship and fifth major title by two strokes over Nick Price.
It was due to finish on July 17, but rain on Saturday meant that the Open finished on a Monday for the first time ever.[1]
Contents |
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 67 | -4 |
| T2 | Brad Faxon | United States | 69 | -2 |
| Wayne Grady | Australia | |||
| T4 | Don Pooley | United States | 70 | -1 |
| Nick Price | Zimbabwe | |||
| Noel Ratcliffe | Australia | |||
| Peter Senior | Australia | |||
| T8 | Andy Bean | United States | 71 | E |
| Bob Charles | New Zealand | |||
| Howard Clark | England | |||
| Nick Faldo | England | |||
| David Frost | South Africa | |||
| Jay Haas | United States | |||
| Mark James | England | |||
| Gary Koch | United States | |||
| David J Russell | England | |||
| Andrew Sherborne | England | |||
| Bob Tway | United States |
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 70-67=137 | -5 |
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 67-71=138 | -4 |
| T3 | Nick Faldo | England | 71-69=140 | -2 |
| Craig Stadler | United States | 72-68=140 | ||
| 5 | Andy Bean | United States | 71-70=141 | -1 |
| T6 | Fred Couples | United States | 73-69=142 | E |
| Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 73-69=142 | ||
| Bob Tway | United States | 71-71=142 | ||
| T9 | Isao Aoki | Japan | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| Chip Beck | United States | 72-71=143 | ||
| Howard Clark | England | 71-72=143 | ||
| Brad Faxon | United States | 69=74=143 | ||
| Gary Koch | United States | 71-72=143 | ||
| Don Pooley | United States | 70-73=143 | ||
| Wayne Riley | Australia | 72-71=143 | ||
| Eduardo Romero | Argentina | 72-71=143 | ||
| Peter Senior | Australia | 70-73=143 | ||
| Andrew Sherborne | England | 71-72=143 |
Amateurs: Broadhurst (+4), Cook (+11), Foster (+11), Hardin (+12), Nash (+12), Rymer (+18), Prosser (+21).
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 70-67-69=206 | -7 |
| T2 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 67-71-70=208 | -5 |
| Nick Faldo | England | 71-69-68=208 | ||
| 4 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 73-69-67=209 | -4 |
| T5 | Andy Bean | United States | 71-70-71=212 | -1 |
| Larry Nelson | United States | 73-71-68=212 | ||
| Don Pooley | United States | 70-73-69=212 | ||
| Eduardo Romero | Argentina | 72-71-69=212 | ||
| T9 | Fred Couples | United States | 73-69-71=213 | E |
| Brad Faxon | United States | 69-74-70=213 | ||
| Gary Koch | United States | 71-72-70=213 | ||
| Peter Senior | Australia | 70-73-70=213 |
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 67-71-70-65=273 | -11 | £80,000 |
| 2 | Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 70-67-69-69=275 | -9 | £60,000 |
| 3 | Nick Faldo | England | 71-69-68-71=279 | -5 | £47,000 |
| T4 | Fred Couples | United States | 73-69-71-68=281 | -3 | £33,500 |
| Gary Koch | United States | 71-72-70-68=281 | |||
| 6 | Peter Senior | Australia | 70-73-70-69=282 | -2 | £27,000 |
| T7 | Isao Aoki | Japan | 72-71-73-67=283 | -1 | £21,000 |
| David Frost | South Africa | 71-75-69-68=283 | |||
| Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 73-69-67-74=283 | |||
| Payne Stewart | United States | 73-75-68-67=283 |
Amateurs: Broadhurst (+12).
| Preceded by 1988 U.S. Open |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 1988 PGA Championship |
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