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1988 U.S. Open Golf

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About player
Date of birth: 26 April 1985
Birth place: Greensboro, NC, USA
Plays: Right Handed
Singles ranking: 17
Doubles ranking: 196
KEY STATISTICS
First year played 2005
Total nominations 20
Ties played 19
Singles W/L 29/2
Doubles W/L 8/5
1988 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 16–20, 1988
Location Brookline, Massachusetts
Course(s) The Country Club
Composite Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 71
Length 7,010 yards (6,410 m)
Field 156 players, 65 after cut
Cut 146 (+4)
Prize fund $1.0 million
Winner’s share $180,000
Champion
Curtis Strange
278 (−6), playoff
← 1987 1989 →

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 452 185 448 338 439 312 201 385 510 3,270 439 453 450 433 527 434 185 381 438 3,740 7,010
Par 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 35 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 36 71

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Scott Simpson United States 1987 69 66 72 74 281 −3 T6
Fuzzy Zoeller United States 1984 73 72 71 66 282 −2 T8
Raymond Floyd United States 1986 73 72 73 67 285 +1 T17
Hale Irwin United States 1974, 1979 71 71 72 71 285 +1 T17
Tom Watson United States 1982 74 71 69 75 289 +5 T36
Lee Trevino United States 1968, 1971 73 73 73 71 290 +6 T40
David Graham Australia 1981 77 69 74 71 291 +7 T47
Larry Nelson United States 1983 78 67 80 72 297 +13 T62

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 74 73 147 +5
Gary Player South Africa 1965 77 72 149 +7
Andy North United States 1978, 1985 74 75 149 +7
Hubert Green United States 1977 76 79 155 +13

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Bob Gilder United States 68 −3
Sandy Lyle Scotland
Mike Nicolette United States
T4 Paul Azinger United States 69 −2
Seve Ballesteros Spain
Dick Mast United States
Larry Mize United States
Scott Simpson United States
T9 Craig Stadler United States 70 −1
Curtis Strange United States
Lanny Wadkins United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Scott Simpson United States 69-66=135 −7
2 Larry Mize United States 69-67=136 −6
T3 Bob Gilder United States 68-69=137 −5
Curtis Strange United States 70-67=137
T5 Paul Azinger United States 69-70=139 −3
Fred Couples United States 72-67=139
Nick Faldo England 72-67=139
Sandy Lyle Scotland 68-71=139
T9 Jay Haas United States 73-67=140 −2
D. A. Weibring United States 71-69=140

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Curtis Strange United States 70-67-69=206 −7
T2 Nick Faldo England 72-67-68=207 −6
Bob Gilder United States 68-69-70=207
Scott Simpson United States 69-66-72=207
T5 Larry Mize United States 69-67-72=208 −5
D. A. Weibring United States 71-69-68=208
7 Mark O’Meara United States 71-72-66=209 −4
8 Fred Couples United States 72-67-71=210 −3
9 Lanny Wadkins United States 70-71-70=211 −2
10 Ken Green United States 72-70-70=212 −1

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Curtis Strange United States 70-67-69-72=278 −6 Playoff
Nick Faldo England 72-67-68-71=278
T3 Mark O’Meara United States 71-72-66-71=280 −4 41,370
Steve Pate United States 72-69-72-67=280
D. A. Weibring United States 71-69-68-72=280
T6 Paul Azinger United States 69-70-76-66=281 −3 25,414
Scott Simpson United States 69-66-72-74=281
T8 Bob Gilder United States 68-69-70-75=282 −2 20,903
Fuzzy Zoeller United States 73-72-71-66=282
T10 Fred Couples United States 72-67-71-73=283 −1 17,870
Payne Stewart United States 73-73-70-67=283

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
Strange −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6
Faldo −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −6
O’Meara −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4
Pate +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4
Weibring −5 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4
Simpson −6 −6 −5 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3
Gilder −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Playoff

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Curtis Strange United States 71 E 180,000
2 Nick Faldo England 75 +4 90,000

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4
Strange E E E +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 E E E E
Faldo E E +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E +1 +1 +2 +1 +2 +2 +3 +4
Birdie Bogey