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.
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. 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 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.
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. Watson, 39, tied for ninth at 281 while Palmer, 59, was well back at 293. 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

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.

Course layout

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Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 10, 1989
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Mike Reid66−6
T1Leonard Thompson66−6
T3Tom Kite67−5
T3Chris Perry67−5
T3Tom Watson67−5
T6Phil Blackmar68−4
T6Ben Crenshaw68−4
T6Jack Nicklaus68−4
T6Mark O'Meara68−4
T6Arnold Palmer68−4
T6Dave Rummells68−4
T6Ian Woosnam68−4

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Second round

Friday, August 11, 1989
Saturday, August 12, 1989
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mike Reid66-67=133−11
T2Leonard Thompson66-69=135−9
T2Craig Stadler71-64=135−9
4Tom Watson67-69=136−8
T5Andy Bean70-67=137−7
T5Ed Fiori70-67=137−7
T5Chris Perry67-70=137−7
T5Dave Rummells68-69=137−7
T9Scott Hoch69-69=138−6
T9Curtis Strange70-68=138−6
T9Ian Woosnam68-70=138−6

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Third round

Saturday, August 12, 1989
Sunday, August 13, 1989
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mike Reid66-67-70=203−13
2Dave Rummells68-69-69=206−10
T3Scott Hoch69-69-69=207−9
T3Chris Perry67-70-70=207−9
T3Craig Stadler71-64-72=207−9
T6Isao Aoki72-71-65=208−8
T6Seve Ballesteros72-70-66=208−8
T6Curtis Strange70-68-70=208−8
T6Ian Woosnam68-70-70=208−8
T10Payne Stewart74-66-69=209−7
T10Mike Sullivan76-66-67=209−7
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Final round

Sunday, August 13, 1989
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Payne Stewart74-66-69-67=276−12200,000
T2Andy Bean70-67-74-66=277−1183,333
T2Mike Reid66-67-70-74=277−1183,333
T2Curtis Strange70-68-70-69=277−1183,333
5Dave Rummells68-69-69-72=278−1045,000
6Ian Woosnam68-70-70-71=279−940,000
T7Scott Hoch69-69-69-73=280−836,250
T7Craig Stadler71-64-72-73=280−836,250
T9Nick Faldo70-73-69-69=281−730,000
T9Ed Fiori70-67-75-69=281−730,000
T9Tom Watson67-69-74-71=281−730,000

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par443543544454345434
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
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