Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| place | player | country | score | to par |
| 1 | scott simpson | united states | 69 + 66 = 135 | - 7 |
| 2 | larry mize | united states | 69 + 67 = 136 | - 6 |
| t3 | bob gilder | united states | 68 + 69 = 137 | - 5 |
| t3 | curtis strange | united states | 70 + 67 = 137 | - 5 |
| t5 | paul azinger | united states | 69 + 70 = 139 | - 3 |
| t5 | fred couples | united states | 72 + 67 = 139 | - 3 |
| t5 | nick faldo | england | 72 + 67 = 139 | - 3 |
| t5 | sandy lyle | scotland | 68 + 71 = 139 | - 3 |
| t9 | jay haas | united states | 73 + 67 = 140 | - 2 |
| t9 | d a weibring | united states | 71 + 69 = 140 | - 2 |
Title:
1988 u.s. open (golf)
Statement:
in the 1988 us open , 5 strokes separated 1st place from 9th place , but 9th place isn't the last place
Answer:
refuted