# 1988 Open Championship

The 1988 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 117th Open Championship, held from 14 to 18 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. In a first-ever Monday finish, Seve Ballesteros shot a final round 65 to capture his third Open Championship and fifth major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Nick Price, the 54-hole leader.
Scheduled to finish on Sunday, heavy rain on Saturday caused flooding of several greens and the third round was scratched after play was started. Under European Tour rules, if less than half of the players had finished their rounds, the scores for that day were discarded. Since no player had finished, all the scores from Saturday were scrapped. Sunday was briefly scheduled for 36 holes, but due to the flooding, it was decided the course could not be readied in time for the early morning tee times. The third round was played on Sunday and the fourth on Monday, the first time in history the Open's final round finished on a Monday.

## 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 | 206 | 437 | 457 | 393 | 212 | 490 | 549 | 394 | 164 | 3,302 | 334 | 542 | 198 | 342 | 445 | 463 | 357 | 462 | 412 | 3,555 | 6,857 |
| Par | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Source:
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):
| 1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m) 1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m) 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m) | 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m) 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m) 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m) |

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, 14 July 1988
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 67 | −4 |
| T2 | Brad Faxon | 69 | −2 |
| T2 | Wayne Grady | 69 | −2 |
| T4 | Don Pooley | 70 | −1 |
| T4 | Nick Price | 70 | −1 |
| T4 | Noel Ratcliffe | 70 | −1 |
| T4 | Peter Senior | 70 | −1 |
| T8 | Andy Bean | 71 | E |
| T8 | Bob Charles | 71 | E |
| T8 | Howard Clark | 71 | E |
| T8 | Nick Faldo | 71 | E |
| T8 | David Frost | 71 | E |
| T8 | Jay Haas | 71 | E |
| T8 | Mark James | 71 | E |
| T8 | Gary Koch | 71 | E |
| T8 | David J. Russell | 71 | E |
| T8 | Andrew Sherborne | 71 | E |
| T8 | Bob Tway | 71 | E |

### Second round

Friday, 15 July 1988
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Nick Price | 70-67=137 | −5 |
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros | 67-71=138 | −4 |
| T3 | Nick Faldo | 71-69=140 | −2 |
| T3 | Craig Stadler | 72-68=140 | −2 |
| 5 | Andy Bean | 71-70=141 | −1 |
| T6 | Fred Couples | 73-69=142 | E |
| T6 | Sandy Lyle | 73-69=142 | E |
| T6 | Bob Tway | 71-71=142 | E |
| T9 | Isao Aoki | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Chip Beck | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Howard Clark | 71-72=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Brad Faxon | 69=74=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Gary Koch | 71-72=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Don Pooley | 70-73=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Wayne Riley | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Eduardo Romero | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Peter Senior | 70-73=143 | +1 |
| T9 | Andrew Sherborne | 71-72=143 | +1 |
Amateurs: Broadhurst (+4), Cook (+11), Foster (+11), Härdin (+12), Nash (+12), Rymer (+18), Prosser (+21).

### Third round

Sunday, 17 July 1988
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Nick Price | 70-67-69=206 | −7 |
| T2 | Seve Ballesteros | 67-71-70=208 | −5 |
| T2 | Nick Faldo | 71-69-68=208 | −5 |
| 4 | Sandy Lyle | 73-69-67=209 | −4 |
| T5 | Andy Bean | 71-70-71=212 | −1 |
| T5 | Larry Nelson | 73-71-68=212 | −1 |
| T5 | Don Pooley | 70-73-69=212 | −1 |
| T5 | Eduardo Romero | 72-71-69=212 | −1 |
| T9 | Fred Couples | 73-69-71=213 | E |
| T9 | Brad Faxon | 69-74-70=213 | E |
| T9 | Gary Koch | 71-72-70=213 | E |
| T9 | Peter Senior | 70-73-70=213 | E |

### Final round

Monday, 18 July 1988
* Champion
* Silver Medal winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros (c) | 67-71-70-65=273 | −11 | 80,000 |
| 2 | Nick Price | 70-67-69-69=275 | −9 | 60,000 |
| 3 | Nick Faldo (c) | 71-69-68-71=279 | −5 | 47,000 |
| T4 | Fred Couples | 73-69-71-68=281 | −3 | 33,500 |
| T4 | Gary Koch | 71-72-70-68=281 | −3 | 33,500 |
| 6 | Peter Senior | 70-73-70-69=282 | −2 | 27,000 |
| T7 | Isao Aoki | 72-71-73-67=283 | −1 | 21,000 |
| T7 | David Frost | 71-75-69-68=283 | −1 | 21,000 |
| T7 | Sandy Lyle (c) | 73-69-67-74=283 | −1 | 21,000 |
| T7 | Payne Stewart | 73-75-68-67=283 | −1 | 21,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
| T11 | Brad Faxon | 69-74-70-71=284 | E | 16,500 |
| T11 | David J. Russell | 71-74-69-70=284 | E | 16,500 |
| T13 | Larry Nelson | 73-71-68-74=285 | +1 | 14,000 |
| T13 | Eduardo Romero | 72-71-69-74=285 | +1 | 14,000 |
| T13 | Curtis Strange | 79-69-69-68=285 | +1 | 14,000 |
| T16 | Andy Bean | 71-70-71-74=286 | +2 | 10,500 |
| T16 | Ben Crenshaw | 73-73-68-72=286 | +2 | 10,500 |
| T16 | Don Pooley | 70-73-69-74=286 | +2 | 10,500 |
| T16 | José Rivero | 75-69-70-73=286 | +2 | 10,500 |
| T20 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 72-76-68-71=287 | +3 | 7,000 |
| T20 | Bob Charles (c) | 71-74-69-73=287 | +3 | 7,000 |
| T20 | Rodger Davis | 76-71-72-68=287 | +3 | 7,000 |
| T20 | Tom Kite | 75-71-73-68=287 | +3 | 7,000 |
| T20 | Bob Tway | 71-71-72-73=287 | +3 | 7,000 |
| T25 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 75-70-75-68=288 | +4 | 5,500 |
| T25 | Ian Woosnam | 76-71-72-69=288 | +4 | 5,500 |
| 27 | Mark O'Meara | 75-69-75-70=289 | +5 | 5,200 |
| T28 | Tommy Armour III | 73-72-72-73=290 | +6 | 4,600 |
| T28 | Chip Beck | 72-71-74-73=290 | +6 | 4,600 |
| T28 | Jim Benepe | 75-72-70-73=290 | +6 | 4,600 |
| T28 | Howard Clark | 71-72-75-72=290 | +6 | 4,600 |
| T28 | Mark McNulty | 73-73-72-72=290 | +6 | 4,600 |
| T28 | Tom Watson (c) | 74-72-72-72=290 | +6 | 4,600 |
| T34 | Wayne Riley | 72-71-72-76=291 | +7 | 4,150 |
| T34 | Lanny Wadkins | 73-71-71-76=291 | +7 | 4,150 |
| T36 | Gordon J. Brand | 73-74-72-72=292 | +8 | 3,950 |
| T36 | José María Olazábal | 73-71-73-75=292 | +8 | 3,950 |
| T38 | Ken Brown | 75-72-75-71=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T38 | Wayne Grady | 69-76-72-76=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T38 | Jay Haas | 71-76-78-68=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T38 | Brian Marchbank | 73-74-73-73=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T38 | Graham Marsh | 75-73-71-74=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T38 | Corey Pavin | 74-73-71-75=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T38 | Ronan Rafferty | 74-74-71-74=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T38 | Noel Ratcliffe | 70-77-76-70=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T38 | David A. Russell | 72-73-72-76=293 | +9 | 3,456 |
| T47 | Paul Azinger | 72-75-73-74=294 | +10 | 3,050 |
| T47 | Paul Kent | 74-70-79-71=294 | +10 | 3,050 |
| T47 | Mark McCumber | 75-71-72-76=294 | +10 | 3,050 |
| T47 | Andy North | 77-68-74-75=294 | +10 | 3,050 |
| T47 | Sam Torrance | 74-74-75-71=294 | +10 | 3,050 |
| T52 | Peter Fowler | 72-72-78-73=295 | +11 | 2,800 |
| T52 | Hubert Green | 74-73-73-75=295 | +11 | 2,800 |
| T52 | Johnny Miller | 75-73-72-75=295 | +11 | 2,800 |
| T52 | Philip Walton | 72-74-75-74=295 | +11 | 2,800 |
| T52 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-74-76-73=295 | +11 | 2,800 |
| T57 | Paul Broadhurst (a) | 73-73-74-76=296 | +12 | 0 |
| T57 | Carl Mason | 75-69-77-75=296 | +12 | 2,625 |
| T57 | Mike Smith | 75-71-76-74=296 | +12 | 2,625 |
| T60 | Gary Player (c) | 72-76-73-76=297 | +13 | 2,525 |
| T60 | Craig Stadler | 72-68-81-76=297 | +13 | 2,525 |
| T62 | Simon Bishop | 77-71-73-77=298 | +14 | 2,400 |
| T62 | Mark James | 71-77-74-76=298 | +14 | 2,400 |
| T62 | Andrew Sherborne | 71-72-76-77=298 | +14 | 2,400 |
| 65 | Manuel Piñero | 75-73-77-74=299 | +15 | 2,300 |
| 66 | Paul Carman | 77-71-80-73=301 | +17 | 2,250 |
| T67 | Greg Bruckner | 72-74-80-76=302 | +18 | 2,175 |
| T67 | Hsieh Chin-sheng | 74-73-73-82=302 | +18 | 2,175 |
| 69 | Bernhard Langer | 73-75-75-80=303 | +19 | 2,100 |
| 70 | Gary Stafford | 76-72-78-79=305 | +21 | 2,050 |
| 71 | Peter Mitchell | 73-75-79-81=308 | +24 | 2,000 |
| CUT | Ian Baker-Finch | 76-73=149 | +7 | 0 |
| CUT | David Ishii | 78-71=149 | +7 | 0 |
| CUT | Hajime Meshiai | 75-74=149 | +7 | 0 |
| CUT | Larry Mize | 72-77=149 | +7 | 0 |
| CUT | Lee Trevino (c) | 75-74=149 | +7 | 0 |
| CUT | Alberto Binaghi | 74-76=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | John Bland | 76-74=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | Andrew Chandler | 75-75=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | Joe Higgins | 74-76=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | Mats Lanner | 75-75=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | Andrew Magee | 72-78=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 75-75=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | Craig Parry | 75-75=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | Scott Verplank | 72-78=150 | +8 | 0 |
| CUT | Roger Chapman | 73-78=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Derrick Cooper | 74-77=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Jamie Howell | 77-74=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Tony Johnstone | 76-75=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Davis Love III | 80-71=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Mike Reid | 78-73=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Mark Roe | 76-75=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Gerry Taylor | 76-75=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Russell Weir | 77-74=151 | +9 | 0 |
| CUT | Magnus Persson Atlevi | 79-73=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Eamonn Darcy | 78-74=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Robert Lee | 75-77=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Johan Ryström | 74-78=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Ove Sellberg | 79-73=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Richard Thompson | 77-75=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Lucien Tinkler | 77-75=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Clive Tucker | 78-74=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Teddy Webber | 79-73=152 | +10 | 0 |
| CUT | Hugh Baiocchi | 79-74=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | Peter Baker | 76-77=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | Ron Commans | 73-80=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | James Cook (a) | 77-76=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | Denis Durnian | 76-77=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | Raymond Floyd | 76-77=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | Trevor Fostor (a) | 74-79=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | Peter McWhinney | 76-77=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | David Williams | 77-76=153 | +11 | 0 |
| CUT | David Armstrong | 80-74=154 | +12 | 0 |
| CUT | David Gilford | 78-76=154 | +12 | 0 |
| CUT | Cristian Härdin (a) | 77-77=154 | +12 | 0 |
| CUT | John Morgan | 78-76=154 | +12 | 0 |
| CUT | Tony Nash (a) | 75-79=154 | +12 | 0 |
| CUT | Hal Sutton | 76-78=154 | +12 | 0 |
| CUT | José María Cañizares | 77-78=155 | +13 | 0 |
| CUT | David Jones | 78-77=155 | +13 | 0 |
| CUT | Gordon Townhall | 78-77=155 | +13 | 0 |
| CUT | Markus Agren | 79-77=156 | +14 | 0 |
| CUT | Peter Akakasiaka | 77-79=156 | +14 | 0 |
| CUT | Neil Burke | 80-76=156 | +14 | 0 |
| CUT | Mike Harwood | 79-77=156 | +14 | 0 |
| CUT | Leif Hederström | 79-77=156 | +14 | 0 |
| CUT | Lindsay Mann | 81-75=156 | +14 | 0 |
| CUT | David Thore | 78-78=156 | +14 | 0 |
| CUT | James White | 77-79=156 | +14 | 0 |
| CUT | Anders Forsbrand | 79-78=157 | +15 | 0 |
| CUT | Ged Furey | 80-77=157 | +15 | 0 |
| CUT | Lu Chien-soon | 78-79=157 | +15 | 0 |
| CUT | Andy Rogers | 82-75=157 | +15 | 0 |
| CUT | Michael Allen | 83-75=158 | +16 | 0 |
| CUT | Chris Moody | 81-77=158 | +16 | 0 |
| CUT | Steve Pate | 80-78=158 | +16 | 0 |
| CUT | Steen Tinning | 76-82=158 | +16 | 0 |
| CUT | Tony Jacklin (c) | 80-79=159 | +17 | 0 |
| CUT | José Cabo | 79-81=160 | +18 | 0 |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | 76-84=160 | +18 | 0 |
| CUT | Andrew Cotton | 77-83=160 | +18 | 0 |
| CUT | David Graham | 79-81=160 | +18 | 0 |
| CUT | Roger Mackay | 80-80=160 | +18 | 0 |
| CUT | Mark Mouland | 76-84=160 | +18 | 0 |
| CUT | Charles Rymer (a) | 83-77=160 | +18 | 0 |
| CUT | Sandy Stephen | 82-78=160 | +18 | 0 |
| CUT | Andy McCloskey | 83-78=161 | +19 | 0 |
| CUT | David Whelan | 81-80=161 | +19 | 0 |
| CUT | Neil Hansen | 80-82=162 | +20 | 0 |
| CUT | Barry Lane | 78-85=163 | +21 | 0 |
| CUT | Darren Prosser (a) | 81-82=163 | +21 | 0 |
| CUT | Robert Richardson | 82-81=163 | +21 | 0 |
| WD | Wayne Smith | 81 | +10 | 0 |
Source:

#### Scorecard

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ballesteros | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| Price | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 |
| Faldo | −5 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |