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1988 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1988 Open Championship
image	1988 Open Championship Annual.png
image_size	280px
caption	Front cover of the 1988 Open Annual
dates	14–18 July 1988
location	Lytham St Annes, England
course	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
tour	European Tour
PGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6857 yd
field	153 players, 71 after cut
cut	148 (+6)
purse	£500,000
$750,000
winners_share	£80,000
$136,000
champion	ESP Seve Ballesteros
score	273 (−11)
previous	[1987](1987-open-championship)
next	[1989](1989-open-championship)

PGA Tour $750,000 $136,000 |UK England St Annes The 1988 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 117th Open Championship, held from 14 to 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

Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	206	437	457	393	212	490	549	394	164	3,302	334	542	198	342	445	463	357	462	412	3,555	6,857
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	36	71

Source:

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	67	−4
T2	USA Brad Faxon	69	−2
AUS Wayne Grady
T4	USA Don Pooley	70	−1
ZWE Nick Price
AUS Noel Ratcliffe
AUS Peter Senior
T8	USA Andy Bean	71	E
NZL Bob Charles
ENG Howard Clark
ENG Nick Faldo
ZAF David Frost
USA Jay Haas
ENG Mark James
USA Gary Koch
ENG David J. Russell
ENG Andrew Sherborne
USA Bob Tway

Second round

Friday, 15 July 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZWE Nick Price	70-67=137	−5
2	ESP Seve Ballesteros	67-71=138	−4
T3	ENG Nick Faldo	71-69=140	−2
USA Craig Stadler	72-68=140
5	USA Andy Bean	71-70=141	−1
T6	USA Fred Couples	73-69=142	E
SCO Sandy Lyle	73-69=142
USA Bob Tway	71-71=142
T9	JPN Isao Aoki	72-71=143	+1
USA Chip Beck	72-71=143
ENG Howard Clark	71-72=143
USA Brad Faxon	69=74=143
USA Gary Koch	71-72=143
USA Don Pooley	70-73=143
AUS Wayne Riley	72-71=143
ARG Eduardo Romero	72-71=143
AUS Peter Senior	70-73=143
ENG Andrew Sherborne	71-72=143

Amateurs: Broadhurst (+4), Cook (+11), Foster (+11), Härdin (+12), Nash (+12), Rymer (+18), Prosser (+21).

Third round

Sunday, 17 July 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZWE Nick Price	70-67-69=206	−7
T2	ESP Seve Ballesteros	67-71-70=208	−5
ENG Nick Faldo	71-69-68=208
4	SCO Sandy Lyle	73-69-67=209	−4
T5	USA Andy Bean	71-70-71=212	−1
USA Larry Nelson	73-71-68=212
USA Don Pooley	70-73-69=212
ARG Eduardo Romero	72-71-69=212
T9	USA Fred Couples	73-69-71=213	E
USA Brad Faxon	69-74-70=213
USA Gary Koch	71-72-70=213
AUS Peter Senior	70-73-70=213

Final round

Monday, 18 July 1988

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	ESP Seve Ballesteros (c)	67-71-70-65=273	−11	80,000
2	ZWE Nick Price	70-67-69-69=275	−9	60,000
3	ENG Nick Faldo (c)	71-69-68-71=279	−5	47,000
T4	USA Fred Couples	73-69-71-68=281	−3	33,500
USA Gary Koch	71-72-70-68=281
6	AUS Peter Senior	70-73-70-69=282	−2	27,000
T7	JPN Isao Aoki	72-71-73-67=283	−1	21,000
ZAF David Frost	71-75-69-68=283
SCO Sandy Lyle (c)	73-69-67-74=283
USA Payne Stewart	73-75-68-67=283

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	USA Brad Faxon	69-74-70-71=284	E	16,500
ENG David J. Russell	71-74-69-70=284
T13	USA Larry Nelson	73-71-68-74=285	+1	14,000
ARG Eduardo Romero	72-71-69-74=285
USA Curtis Strange	79-69-69-68=285
T16	USA Andy Bean	71-70-71-74=286	+2	10,500
USA Ben Crenshaw	73-73-68-72=286
USA Don Pooley	70-73-69-74=286
ESP José Rivero	75-69-70-73=286
T20	SCO Gordon Brand Jnr	72-76-68-71=287	+3	7,000
NZL Bob Charles (c)	71-74-69-73=287
AUS Rodger Davis	76-71-72-68=287
USA Tom Kite	75-71-73-68=287
USA Bob Tway	71-71-72-73=287
T25	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	75-70-75-68=288	+4	5,500
WAL Ian Woosnam	76-71-72-69=288
27	USA Mark O'Meara	75-69-75-70=289	+5	5,200
T28	USA Tommy Armour III	73-72-72-73=290	+6	4,600
USA Chip Beck	72-71-74-73=290
USA Jim Benepe	75-72-70-73=290
ENG Howard Clark	71-72-75-72=290
ZWE Mark McNulty	73-73-72-72=290
USA Tom Watson (c)	74-72-72-72=290
T34	AUS Wayne Riley	72-71-72-76=291	+7	4,150
USA Lanny Wadkins	73-71-71-76=291
T36	ENG Gordon J. Brand	73-74-72-72=292	+8	3,950
ESP José María Olazábal	73-71-73-75=292
T38	SCO Ken Brown	75-72-75-71=293	+9	3,456
AUS Wayne Grady	69-76-72-76=293
USA Jay Haas	71-76-78-68=293
SCO Brian Marchbank	73-74-73-73=293
AUS Graham Marsh	75-73-71-74=293
USA Corey Pavin	74-73-71-75=293
NIR Ronan Rafferty	74-74-71-74=293
AUS Noel Ratcliffe	70-77-76-70=293
ENG David A. Russell	72-73-72-76=293
T47	USA Paul Azinger	72-75-73-74=294	+10	3,050
ENG Paul Kent	74-70-79-71=294
USA Mark McCumber	75-71-72-76=294
USA Andy North	77-68-74-75=294
SCO Sam Torrance	74-74-75-71=294
T52	AUS Peter Fowler	72-72-78-73=295	+11	2,800
USA Hubert Green	74-73-73-75=295
USA Johnny Miller	75-73-72-75=295
IRL Philip Walton	72-74-75-74=295
USA Fuzzy Zoeller	72-74-76-73=295
T57	ENG Paul Broadhurst (a)	73-73-74-76=296	+12	0
ENG Carl Mason	75-69-77-75=296	2,625
USA Mike Smith	75-71-76-74=296
T60	ZAF Gary Player (c)	72-76-73-76=297	+13	2,525
USA Craig Stadler	72-68-81-76=297
T62	ENG Simon Bishop	77-71-73-77=298	+14	2,400
ENG Mark James	71-77-74-76=298
ENG Andrew Sherborne	71-72-76-77=298
65	ESP Manuel Piñero	75-73-77-74=299	+15	2,300
66	ENG Paul Carman	77-71-80-73=301	+17	2,250
T67	USA Greg Bruckner	72-74-80-76=302	+18	2,175
TPE Hsieh Chin-sheng	74-73-73-82=302
69	FRG Bernhard Langer	73-75-75-80=303	+19	2,100
70	ENG Gary Stafford	76-72-78-79=305	+21	2,050
71	ENG Peter Mitchell	73-75-79-81=308	+24	2,000
CUT	AUS Ian Baker-Finch	76-73=149	+7	0
USA David Ishii	78-71=149
JPN Hajime Meshiai	75-74=149
USA Larry Mize	72-77=149
USA Lee Trevino (c)	75-74=149
ITA Alberto Binaghi	74-76=150	+8
ZAF John Bland	76-74=150
ENG Andrew Chandler	75-75=150
ENG Joe Higgins	74-76=150
SWE Mats Lanner	75-75=150
USA Andrew Magee	72-78=150
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr	75-75=150
AUS Craig Parry	75-75=150
USA Scott Verplank	72-78=150
ENG Roger Chapman	73-78=151	+9
ENG Derrick Cooper	74-77=151
USA Jamie Howell	77-74=151
ZWE Tony Johnstone	76-75=151
USA Davis Love III	80-71=151
USA Mike Reid	78-73=151
ENG Mark Roe	76-75=151
AUS Gerry Taylor	76-75=151
SCO Russell Weir	77-74=151
SWE Magnus Persson Atlevi	79-73=152	+10
IRL Eamonn Darcy	78-74=152
ENG Robert Lee	75-77=152
SWE Johan Ryström	74-78=152
SWE Ove Sellberg	79-73=152
USA Richard Thompson	77-75=152
AUS Lucien Tinkler	77-75=152
ENG Clive Tucker	78-74=152
ZAF Teddy Webber	79-73=152
ZAF Hugh Baiocchi	79-74=153	+11
ENG Peter Baker	76-77=153
USA Ron Commans	73-80=153
ENG James Cook (a)	77-76=153
ENG Denis Durnian	76-77=153
USA Raymond Floyd	76-77=153
ENG Trevor Fostor (a)	74-79=153
AUS Peter McWhinney	76-77=153
ENG David Williams	77-76=153
AUS David Armstrong	80-74=154	+12
ENG David Gilford	78-76=154
SWE Cristian Härdin (a)	77-77=154
ENG John Morgan	78-76=154
ENG Tony Nash (a)	75-79=154
USA Hal Sutton	76-78=154
ESP José María Cañizares	77-78=155	+13
IRL David Jones	78-77=155
ENG Gordon Townhall	78-77=155
NEP Markus Agren	79-77=156	+14
ZAF Peter Akakasiaka	77-79=156
ENG Neil Burke	80-76=156
AUS Mike Harwood	79-77=156
SWE Leif Hederström	79-77=156
SCO Lindsay Mann	81-75=156
USA David Thore	78-78=156
SCO James White	77-79=156
SWE Anders Forsbrand	79-78=157	+15
ENG Ged Furey	80-77=157
TPE Lu Chien-soon	78-79=157
ENG Andy Rogers	82-75=157
USA Michael Allen	83-75=158	+16
ENG Chris Moody	81-77=158
USA Steve Pate	80-78=158
DEN Steen Tinning	76-82=158
ENG Tony Jacklin (c)	80-79=159	+17
ESP José Cabo	79-81=160	+18
USA Mark Calcavecchia	76-84=160
ENG Andrew Cotton	77-83=160
AUS David Graham	79-81=160
AUS Roger Mackay	80-80=160
WAL Mark Mouland	76-84=160
USA Charles Rymer (a)	83-77=160
SCO Sandy Stephen	82-78=160
SCO Andy McCloskey	83-78=161	+19
ENG David Whelan	81-80=161
ENG Neil Hansen	80-82=162	+20
ENG Barry Lane	78-85=163	+21
ENG Darren Prosser (a)	81-82=163
ZAF Robert Richardson	82-81=163
WD	AUS Wayne Smith	81	+10

Source:

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
ESP Ballesteros	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−10	−11	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11
ZWE Price	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9
ENG Faldo	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5
USA Koch
AUS Senior
JPN Aoki
ZAF Frost
SCO Lyle
USA Stewart --

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+

References

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(17 July 1988). "British Open rain burns Green". Toledo Blade.
Pye, Steven. (16 July 2015). "How Seve Ballesteros won his last major championship at the Open in 1988". The Guardian.
Platts, Mitchell. (11 July 2011). "Focus on the 130th Open Championship". European Tour.
Davies, David. (19 July 1988). "Ballesteros creates a masterpiece". The Guardian.

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