1991 PGA Championship


The 1991 PGA Championship was the 73rd PGA Championship, held August 8–11 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north of Indianapolis. John Daly won the first of his two major titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Lietzke.
Daly was quite arguably the most unforeseen major championship winner in modern history. He was the ninth alternate who only qualified after several others pulled out of the tournament. Nick Price withdrew for the birth of his first child and Daly hired his caddy, Jeff "Squeaky" Medlin. Daly's outgoing personality and "grip it and rip it" style of play made him an instant fan favorite. The PGA Championship was his first tour victory.
A spectator, Thomas Weaver, was killed after being struck by lightning during a weather delay in the first round. It was the second fatality at a major championship in 1991. Two months earlier at the U.S. Open in Minnesota, six people were hit by lightning with one fatality.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3434321964576001954414385253,6274535333951804685074692124453,6627,289
Par443453445364543454343672

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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 8, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Kenny Knox67−5
T1Ian Woosnam67−5
T3Ken Green68−4
T3Bruce Lietzke68−4
T3Sandy Lyle68−4
T3Tom Sieckmann68−4
T3Craig Stadler68−4
T8Billy Ray Brown69−3
T8John Daly69−3
T8Raymond Floyd69−3
T8Jim Hallet69−3
T8Andrew Magee69−3
T8Tom Purtzer69−3

Second round

Friday, August 9, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Daly69-67=136−8
2Bruce Lietzke68-69=137−7
3Kenny Knox67-71=138−6
T4Nick Faldo70-69=139−5
T4Craig Stadler68-71=139−5
T4Ian Woosnam67-72=139−5
7Fred Funk71-69=140−4
T8Fred Couples74-67=141−3
T8Ken Green68-73=141−3
T8Gil Morgan70-71=141−3
T8Hal Sutton74-67=141−3
T8Howard Twitty70-71=141−3

Third round

Saturday, August 10, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Daly69-67-69=205−11
T2Kenny Knox67-71-70=208−8
T2Craig Stadler68-71-69=208−8
4Bruce Lietzke68-69-72=209−7
T5Nick Faldo70-69-71=210−6
T5Bob Gilder73-70-67=210−6
T5Andrew Magee69-73-68=210−6
T8Fred Funk71-69-72=212−4
T8Ken Green68-73-71=212−4
T8John Huston70-72-70=212−4

Final round

Sunday, August 11, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1John Daly69-67-69-71=276−12230,000
2Bruce Lietzke68-69-72-70=279−9140,000
3Jim Gallagher, Jr.70-72-72-67=281−795,000
4Kenny Knox67-71-70-74=282−675,000
T5Bob Gilder73-70-67-73=283−560,000
T5Steven Richardson70-72-72-69=283−560,000
T7David Feherty71-74-71-68=284−438,000
T7Raymond Floyd69-74-72-69=284−438,000
T7John Huston70-72-70-72=284−438,000
T7Steve Pate70-75-70-69=284−438,000
T7Craig Stadler68-71-69-76=284−438,000
T7Hal Sutton74-67-72-71=284−438,000

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443453445454345434
Daly−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−13−13−14−14−12−12
Lietzke−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−9
Gallagher−2−3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−5−5−4−5−6−6−6−7
Knox−8−8−8−8−8−6−6−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Television

After a quarter century with ABC Sports, the PGA Championship returned to CBS Sports in 1991.