1988 Players Championship
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The 1988 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the fifteenth Players Championship and the first without "Tournament" in the title.[2]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 24–27, 1988 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394 |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1] |
Field | 144 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 146 (+2) |
Prize fund | $1.25 million |
Winner's share | $225,000 |
Champion | |
Mark McCumber | |
273 (−15) | |
Location map | |
Local resident Mark McCumber opened with 65 and won with 273 (−15), four strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid.[3][4][2] McCumber's 72-hole score at the Stadium Course set a record; it was equaled in 1992 and broken in 1993.
Jay Haas was disqualified on Thursday after playing with a bent putter.[5] Davis Love III had a similar occurrence on Friday, while Curtis Strange reported that he signed an incorrect scorecard.[6] (Strange won the next two U.S. Opens.)
Weather delays on Saturday caused the leaders to complete only a few holes of the third round; play was resumed early on Sunday morning.[7]
Defending champion Sandy Lyle missed the 36-hole cut by six strokes, and the purse was increased 25% this year to $1.25 million.