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1988 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1988 U.S. Open
image	1988OpenLogo.jpg
dates	June 16–20, 1988
location	Brookline, Massachusetts
course	The Country Club
Composite Course
tour	PGA Tour
par	71
yardage	7010 yd
field	156 players, 65 after cut
cut	146 (+4)
purse	US$1.0 million
winners_share	$180,000
champion	USA Curtis Strange
score	278 (−6), playoff
previous	[1987](1987-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1989](1989-u-s-open-golf)

Composite Course |USA |USA Massachusetts The 1988 U.S. Open was the 88th U.S. Open, held June 16–20 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston. Curtis Strange defeated Nick Faldo in an 18-hole playoff for the first of two consecutive U.S. Open titles.

Final round

Strange took the 54-hole lead after a third-round 69, while Faldo was a stroke behind after a 68. Strange and Faldo battled back-and-forth during the final round. Strange three-putted from 15 ft on the 17th green to fall into a tie, then saved par from a greenside bunker on the 18th to force a Monday playoff.

Playoff

In the playoff, Strange carried a one-stroke lead to the turn after birdies at the 4th and 7th holes. When Faldo bogeyed the 11th, the lead went to two, but Strange bogeyed the next hole to return it to one. Strange rebounded with a birdie on 13 and took a commanding three-shot lead when Faldo bogeyed. Faldo bogeyed three of his last four holes to card a 75, while Strange finished with an even-par 71 and a four-stroke victory.

This was the third U.S. Open at The Country Club and all ended in playoffs. Julius Boros, age 43, defeated Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit in 1963, and 20-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet prevailed over Britons Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in 1913.

Strange successfully defended his title in 1989, the first to win consecutive U.S. Opens since Ben Hogan in 1950 and 1951. Brooks Koepka became the first player since Strange to defend his title by winning the U.S. Open in 2017 at Erin Hills and again in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills.

Course

Main article: The Country Club

Composite Course

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

Source: --

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Polo Field	452	4		10	Stockton	439
2	Cottage	185	3	11	Primrose 1&2	453	4
3	Pond	448	4	12	Primrose 8	450	4
4	Hospital	338	4	13	Primrose 9	433	4
5	Newton	439	4	14	Quarry	527	5
6	Bakers	312	4	15	Liverpool	434	4
7	Plateau	201	3	16	Clyde	185	3
8	Corner	385	4	17	Elbow	381	4
9	Himalayas	510	5	18	Home	438	4
Out		3,270	35	In		3,740	36
			Total		7,010	71

Source:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 1988

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

Source:

Second round

Friday, June 17, 1988

Defending champion Scott Simpson shot 66 (−5) to lead after 36 holes.

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

Amateurs: Mayfair (+1), Tolles (+14), Duncan (+15), Rintoul (+16)

Source:

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 1988

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

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Final round

Sunday, June 19, 1988

(c) = past champion

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

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA Andy Bean	71-71-72-70=284	E	14,781
USA Ben Crenshaw	71-72-74-67=284
USA Larry Mize	69-67-72-76=284
USA Dan Pohl	74-72-69-69=284
USA Lanny Wadkins	70-71-70-73=284

Source:

Amateur: Billy Mayfair (+3)

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
USA Strange	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6
ENG Faldo	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6
USA O'Meara	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4
USA Pate	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4
USA Weibring	−5	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4
USA Azinger	+2	+2	+1	E	+1	E	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3
USA S Simpson	−6	−6	−5	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
USA Gilder	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−2
USA Zoeller	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2
USA Couples	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
USA Stewart	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	E	−1	E	E	−1	−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle --		Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey	Triple bogey+ --

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Playoff

Monday, June 20, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Curtis Strange	34-37=71	E	180,000
2	ENG Nick Faldo	35-40=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
USA Strange	E	E	E	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E
ENG Faldo	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+1	+2	+2	+3	+4

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle-- |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

References

Boswell, Thomas. (June 19, 1988). "Strange takes one-shot lead at 88th Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
Parascenzo, Marino. (June 20, 1988). "Strange Open tied, playoff today". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bunch, Ken. (June 20, 1988). "Strange, Faldo gain Open playoff". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Boswell, Thomas. (June 20, 1988). "U.S. Open title waits another Day". Eugene Register-Guard.
White, Gordon S. Jr.. (June 21, 1988). "Strange wins Open for dad". Spokesman-Review.
(June 21, 1988). "Strange end to the Open comes at 13". Eugene Register-Guard.
Reilly, Rick. (June 27, 1988). "Strange finish". Sports Illustrated.
"U.S. Open history: 1988". USGA.
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Bonk, Thomas. (June 18, 1988). "Simpson's no prophet, leads Open". Eugene Register-Guard.

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