1989 PGA Championship

The 1989 PGA Championship was the 71st PGA Championship, held August 10–13 at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Long Grove, Illinois, northwest of Chicago. Payne Stewart won the first of his three major championships, one stroke ahead of runners-up Andy Bean, Mike Reid, and Curtis Strange.^[2][3][4]

1989 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 10–13, 1989
Location	Long Grove, Illinois
Course(s)	Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,197 yards (6,581 m)
Field	156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	$1.2 million
Winner's share	$200,000
Champion
Payne Stewart
276 (−12)
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Kemper Lakes
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Kemper
Lakes

Location in Illinois

Weather stopped play on Friday and Saturday with the rounds completed the following morning. In the last pairing, Reid played the final nine holes of the third round on Sunday morning.^[5] He nearly led wire-to-wire, but struggled on the final three holes, all with water in play. His tee shot at the 16th hole was pushed and found the water hazard, and he made bogey. On the par-3 17th, Reid stayed dry but misplayed a greenside chip shot from thick rough, then three-putted for double bogey and lost the lead. He had a 7-foot (2 m) birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff, but did not convert. Stewart was five-under on the final nine and birdied four of the final five holes.^[6][7]

Four months earlier at the Masters, Reid led with five holes to play, but finished sixth after finding water at the 15th hole.

In search of a PGA Championship victory to complete a career grand slam, both Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer were on the first page of the leaderboard after the first round, with 67 and 68, respectively.^[8] Watson, 39, tied for ninth at 281 (−7) while Palmer, 59, was well back at 293 (+5).^[1][9] It was the final time that Palmer made the cut at the PGA Championship, though he played in the next five. Watson finished as high as fifth in 1993, but also never secured the title.

Venue

Main article: Kemper Lakes Golf Club

This was the first PGA Tour event at Kemper Lakes, a daily-fee course opened ten years earlier in 1979. It had previously hosted several editions of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.^[10]

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	406	391	173	508	442	180	557	421	448	3,526	453	534	393	219	420	578	469	172	433	3,671	7,197
Par	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	4	36	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	36	72

Source:^[11][12]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 10, 1989

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Mike Reid	66	−6
	Leonard Thompson
T3	Tom Kite	67	−5
	Chris Perry
	Tom Watson
T6	Phil Blackmar	68	−4
	Ben Crenshaw
	Jack Nicklaus
	Mark O'Meara
	Arnold Palmer
	Dave Rummells
	Ian Woosnam

Source:^[8]

Second round

Friday, August 11, 1989
Saturday, August 12, 1989

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Mike Reid	66-67=133	−11
T2	Leonard Thompson	66-69=135	−9
	Craig Stadler	71-64=135
4	Tom Watson	67-69=136	−8
T5	Andy Bean	70-67=137	−7
	Ed Fiori	70-67=137
	Chris Perry	67-70=137
	Dave Rummells	68-69=137
T9	Scott Hoch	69-69=138	−6
	Curtis Strange	70-68=138
	Ian Woosnam	68-70=138

Source:

Third round

Saturday, August 12, 1989
Sunday, August 13, 1989

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Mike Reid	66-67-70=203	−13
2	Dave Rummells	68-69-69=206	−10
T3	Scott Hoch	69-69-69=207	−9
	Chris Perry	67-70-70=207
	Craig Stadler	71-64-72=207
T6	Isao Aoki	72-71-65=208	−8
	Seve Ballesteros	72-70-66=208
	Curtis Strange	70-68-70=208
	Ian Woosnam	68-70-70=208
T10	Payne Stewart	74-66-69=209	−7
	Mike Sullivan	76-66-67=209

Source:

Final round

Sunday, August 13, 1989

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Payne Stewart	74-66-69-67=276	−12	200,000
T2	Andy Bean	70-67-74-66=277	−11	83,333
	Mike Reid	66-67-70-74=277
	Curtis Strange	70-68-70-69=277
5	Dave Rummells	68-69-69-72=278	−10	45,000
6	Ian Woosnam	68-70-70-71=279	−9	40,000
T7	Scott Hoch	69-69-69-73=280	−8	36,250
	Craig Stadler	71-64-72-73=280
T9	Nick Faldo	70-73-69-69=281	−7	30,000
	Ed Fiori	70-67-75-69=281
	Tom Watson	67-69-74-71=281

Source:^[1][9]

Scorecard

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4
Stewart	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12
Bean	−5	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11
Reid	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−11	−11
Strange	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11
Rummells	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[2][3]