1989 PGA Championship: Payne Stewart wins at Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Payne Stewart won the 1989 PGA Championship at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Long Grove, Illinois with 276 (−12), by 1 stroke over Curtis Strange and Mike Reid and Andy Bean.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1989 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- August 10, 1989 to August 13, 1989
- Course
- Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Long Grove, Illinois
- Edition
- 71st PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 72 · 7,197 yards
- Field
- 150
- Made the cut
- 70 (cut at 145)
- Purse
- $1,200,000 · winner's share $200,000
- Champion
- Payne Stewart · age 32 · United States · born Springfield, Missouri
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- World ranking
- No. 13
- Winning score
- 74-66-69-67 = 276 (−12) · won by 1 stroke
- Runners-up
- Curtis Strange, Mike Reid, Andy Bean
- 54-hole leader
- Mike Reid (203) · Payne Stewart was 6 strokes back
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payne Stewart | 74 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Curtis Strange | 70 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Mike Reid | 66 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Andy Bean | 70 | 67 | 74 | 66 | 277 | −11 |
What happened at the 1989 PGA Championship
Payne Stewart came from six back with a back-nine 31, birdieing 11, 14, 15, 16 and 18 and finishing with a 12-foot birdie putt.
Leader Mike Reid drove into water for a bogey on 16, made a double bogey on 17 when a two-foot putt lipped out, then missed a seven-foot birdie putt on 18 that would have forced a playoff.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).