1988 PGA Tour


The 1988 PGA Tour season was played from January 14 to November 13. The season consisted of 47 official money events. Curtis Strange won the most tournaments, four, and there were 11 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize Notes
Jan 17MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Steve Pate 202 90,000
Jan 24Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Jay Haas 338 180,000
Jan 31Phoenix OpenArizona Sandy Lyle 269 117,000
Feb 7AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Steve Jones 280 126,000
Feb 14Hawaiian OpenHawaii Lanny Wadkins 271 108,000
Feb 21Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams OpenCalifornia Steve Pate 269 117,000
Feb 28Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Chip Beck 267 135,000
Mar 6Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Ben Crenshaw 274 180,000
Mar 13Honda ClassicFlorida Joey Sindelar 276 126,000
Mar 20Hertz Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Paul Azinger 271 135,000
Mar 27The Players ChampionshipFlorida Mark McCumber 273 225,000
Apr 3KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Sandy Lyle 271 180,000
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia Sandy Lyle 281 183,800
Apr 10Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Frank Conner267 36,000Satellite event
Apr 17MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Greg Norman 271 126,000
Apr 24USF&G ClassicLouisiana Chip Beck 262 135,000
May 1Independent Insurance Agent OpenTexas Curtis Strange 270 126,000
May 8Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Gary Koch 274 250,000
May 15GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Bruce Lietzke 271 135,000
May 22Colonial National InvitationTexas Lanny Wadkins 270 135,000
May 29Memorial TournamentOhio Curtis Strange 274 160,000
Jun 5Kemper OpenMaryland Morris Hatalsky 274 144,000
Jun 12Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Seve Ballesteros 276 126,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenMassachusetts Curtis Strange 278 180,000
Jun 26Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Larry Nelson 268 126,000
Jul 3Beatrice Western OpenIllinois Jim Benepe 278 162,000
Jul 10Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Tom Sieckmann 270 117,000
Jul 17Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Blaine McCallister 261 108,000
Jul 18British OpenEngland Seve Ballesteros 273 136,000
Jul 24Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Mark Brooks 269 126,000
Jul 31Buick OpenMichigan Scott Verplank 268 126,000
Aug 7Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Jodie Mudd 273 171,692
Aug 14PGA ChampionshipOklahoma Jeff Sluman 272 160,000
Aug 21The InternationalColorado Joey Sindelar 17 180,000
Aug 28NEC World Series of GolfOhio Mike Reid 275 162,000
Aug 28Provident ClassicTennessee Phil Blackmar 264 81,000Alternate event
Sep 4Canadian OpenCanada Ken Green 275 135,000
Sep 11Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Ken Green 268 126,000
Sep 18Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Mark Calcavecchia 274 108,000
Sep 25B.C. OpenNew York Bill Glasson 268 90,000
Oct 2Southern OpenGeorgia David Frost 270 72,000
Oct 9Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Golf ClassicTexas Tom Purtzer 269 72,000
Oct 16Texas OpenTexas Corey Pavin 259 108,000
Oct 23Pensacola OpenFlorida Andrew Magee 271 72,000
Oct 29Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Bob Lohr 263 126,000
Nov 6Northern Telecom Tucson OpenArizona David Frost 266 108,000
Nov 13Centel ClassicFlorida Bill Glasson 272 90,000
Nov 14Nabisco ChampionshipCalifornia Curtis Strange 279 360,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Greg Norman69.38
2Chip Beck69.46
3Tom Kite69.53
4Sandy Lyle69.53
5Payne Stewart69.54

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Curtis Strange1,147,644244
2Chip Beck916,818252
3Joey Sindelar813,732302
4Ken Green779,181292
5Tom Kite760,405250

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Jack Nicklaus5,005,82573
2Tom Watson4,974,84537
3Curtis Strange4,263,13316
4Tom Kite4,205,41210
5Lanny Wadkins3,707,58618

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Awards