1988 Open Championship


The 1988 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 117th Open Championship, held from 14–18 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. In a first-ever Monday finish, Seve Ballesteros shot a final round 65 to capture his third Open Championship and fifth major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nick Price, the 54-hole leader.
Scheduled to finish on Sunday, heavy rain on Saturday caused flooding of several greens and the third round was scratched after play was started. Under European Tour rules, if less than half of the players had finished their rounds, the scores for that day were discarded. Since no player had finished, all the scores from Saturday were scrapped. Sunday was briefly scheduled for 36 holes, but due to the flooding, it was decided the course could not be readied in time for the early morning tee times. The third round was played on Sunday and the fourth on Monday, the first time in history the Open's final round finished on a Monday.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards2064374573932124905493941643,3023345421983424454633574624123,5556,857
Par344435543354534444443671

Source:
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship :

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1988
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Seve Ballesteros67−4
T2Brad Faxon69−2
T2Wayne Grady69−2
T4Don Pooley70−1
T4Nick Price70−1
T4Noel Ratcliffe70−1
T4Peter Senior70−1
T8Andy Bean71E
T8Bob Charles71E
T8Howard Clark71E
T8Nick Faldo71E
T8David Frost71E
T8Jay Haas71E
T8Mark James71E
T8Gary Koch71E
T8David J Russell71E
T8Andrew Sherborne71E
T8Bob Tway71E

Second round

Friday, 15 July 1988
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price70-67=137−5
2Seve Ballesteros67-71=138−4
T3Nick Faldo71-69=140−2
T3Craig Stadler72-68=140−2
5Andy Bean71-70=141−1
T6Fred Couples73-69=142E
T6Sandy Lyle73-69=142E
T6Bob Tway71-71=142E
T9Isao Aoki72-71=143+1
T9Chip Beck72-71=143+1
T9Howard Clark71-72=143+1
T9Brad Faxon69=74=143+1
T9Gary Koch71-72=143+1
T9Don Pooley70-73=143+1
T9Wayne Riley72-71=143+1
T9Eduardo Romero72-71=143+1
T9Peter Senior70-73=143+1
T9Andrew Sherborne71-72=143+1

Amateurs: Broadhurst , Cook, Foster, Hardin, Nash, Rymer, Prosser.

Third round

Sunday, 17 July 1988
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price70-67-69=206−7
T2Seve Ballesteros67-71-70=208−5
T2Nick Faldo71-69-68=208−5
4Sandy Lyle73-69-67=209−4
T5Andy Bean71-70-71=212−1
T5Larry Nelson73-71-68=212−1
T5Don Pooley70-73-69=212−1
T5Eduardo Romero72-71-69=212−1
T9Fred Couples73-69-71=213E
T9Brad Faxon69-74-70=213E
T9Gary Koch71-72-70=213E
T9Peter Senior70-73-70=213E

Final round

Monday, 18 July 1988
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Seve Ballesteros67-71-70-65=273−1180,000
2Nick Price70-67-69-69=275−960,000
3Nick Faldo71-69-68-71=279−547,000
T4Fred Couples73-69-71-68=281−333,500
T4Gary Koch71-72-70-68=281−333,500
6Peter Senior70-73-70-69=282−227,000
T7Isao Aoki72-71-73-67=283−121,000
T7David Frost71-75-69-68=283−121,000
T7Sandy Lyle73-69-67-74=283−121,000
T7Payne Stewart73-75-68-67=283−121,000

Amateurs: Broadhurst.