# 1986 PGA Championship

The 1986 PGA Championship was the 68th PGA Championship, held August 7–11 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Bob Tway won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader.
Heavy rains on Sunday stopped play for the day in mid-afternoon. In the final group, Norman and Tway completed just one hole of their final round and resumed play on Monday afternoon.
Norman started the round with a four-shot lead and held that margin through the front nine. After a double bogey at 11 and a bogey at 14, the two were tied. They halved the next three holes at par and were tied at the 72nd tee. Tway put his approach shot in a greenside bunker, while Norman was just off the green on the fringe, 25 feet (8 m) out. Tway improbably holed out for birdie and Norman's attempt to tie missed, as did his par-saving putt. Norman led all four majors in 1986 after the third round, but won only the Open.
Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1986, with Tway in second place.
This was the fifth major championship at Inverness, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1920, 1931, 1957, and 1979, and was the first in which the winning score was under-par; the previous best was even-par in 1979 by Hale Irwin. The PGA Championship returned in 1993.

## 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 | 398 | 385 | 190 | 466 | 401 | 211 | 452 | 528 | 420 | 3,451 | 363 | 378 | 162 | 523 | 448 | 458 | 409 | 431 | 354 | 3,531 | 6,982 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
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Lengths of the course for previous major championships:
* 6,982 yards (6,384 m), par 71 - 1979 U.S. Open
* 6,919 yards (6,327 m), par 71 - 1957 U.S. Open
* 6,529 yards (5,970 m), par 71 - 1931 U.S. Open
* 6,569 yards (6,007 m), par 71 - 1920 U.S. Open

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, August 7, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Greg Norman | 65 | −6 |
| T2 | Phil Blackmar | 67 | −4 |
| T2 | Craig Stadler | 67 | −4 |
| T4 | Ronnie Black | 68 | −3 |
| T4 | Wayne Grady | 68 | −3 |
| T4 | Peter Jacobsen | 68 | −3 |
| T4 | Gary Koch | 68 | −3 |
| T4 | Wayne Levi | 68 | −3 |
| T9 | Fred Couples | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Bob Gilder | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Jay Haas | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Mike Hulbert | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Bruce Lietzke | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Larry Mize | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Gene Sauers | 69 | −2 |
| T9 | Bobby Wadkins | 69 | −2 |
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### Second round

Friday, August 8, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Greg Norman | 65-68=133 | −9 |
| T2 | Mike Hulbert | 69-68=137 | −5 |
| T2 | Payne Stewart | 70-67=137 | −5 |
| T3 | Peter Jacobsen | 68-70=138 | −4 |
| T3 | Jack Nicklaus | 70-68=138 | −4 |
| T3 | Jim Thorpe | 71-67=138 | −4 |
| 6 | Ronnie Black | 68-71=139 | −3 |
| T7 | Phil Blackmar | 67-73=140 | −2 |
| T7 | Bruce Lietzke | 69-71=140 | −2 |
| T7 | Scott Simpson | 70-70=140 | −2 |
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### Third round

Saturday, August 9, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Greg Norman | 65-68-69=202 | −11 |
| 2 | Bob Tway | 72-70-64=206 | −7 |
| 3 | Peter Jacobsen | 68-70-70=208 | −5 |
| T4 | Donnie Hammond | 70-71-68=209 | −4 |
| T4 | Payne Stewart | 70-67-72=209 | −4 |
| T6 | Bruce Lietzke | 69-71-70=210 | −3 |
| T6 | Jack Nicklaus | 70-68-72=210 | −3 |
| T8 | David Frost | 70-73-68=211 | −2 |
| T8 | Mike Hulbert | 69-68-74=211 | −2 |
| T8 | Jim Thorpe | 71-67-73=211 | −2 |
| T8 | D. A. Weibring | 71-72-68=211 | −2 |

### Final round

Sunday, August 10, 1986 Monday, August 11, 1986
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Bob Tway | 72-70-64-70=276 | −8 | 140,000 |
| 2 | Greg Norman | 65-68-69-76=278 | −6 | 80,000 |
| 3 | Peter Jacobsen | 68-70-70-71=279 | −5 | 60,000 |
| 4 | D. A. Weibring | 71-72-68-69=280 | −4 | 42,865 |
| T5 | Bruce Lietzke | 69-71-70-71=281 | −3 | 32,500 |
| T5 | Payne Stewart | 70-67-72-72=281 | −3 | 32,500 |
| T7 | David Graham | 75-69-71-67=282 | −2 | 20,833 |
| T7 | Mike Hulbert | 69-68-74-71=282 | −2 | 20,833 |
| T7 | Jim Thorpe | 71-67-73-71=282 | −2 | 20,833 |
| 10 | Doug Tewell | 73-71-68-71=283 | −1 | 15,000 |
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### 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 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Tway | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 |
| Norman | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

## Video

* YouTube – Bob Tway wins the 1986 PGA Championship