Jeff Sluman
Summary
- First major 1988 PGA Championship
- Runner-up in majors 1 time
Wins
- 1988 PGA Championship Oak Tree Golf Club · 272 (-12) · by 3 strokes from Paul Azinger
Near misses
Rivals
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Moments
- 1988 PGA Championship In the final round Sluman holed a 115-yard sand wedge for an eagle 3 on the 590-yard 5th on his way to a closing 65.
- 1988 PGA Championship Paul Azinger aced the 200-yard par-3 4th with a six-iron, but Sluman, his former Florida State teammate, won by three for his first tour victory.
Results by championship
Best day
1988 PGA Championship
Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, Oklahoma · 272 (-12) · by 3 strokes from Paul Azinger
In the final round Sluman holed a 115-yard sand wedge for an eagle 3 on the 590-yard 5th on his way to a closing 65.
Paul Azinger aced the 200-yard par-3 4th with a six-iron, but Sluman, his former Florida State teammate, won by three for his first tour victory.
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1988.
Career line, 1988–1992
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- Major win
- Runner-up
Jeff Sluman was born on September 11, 1957, in Rochester, New York, USA. Sluman won one major championship: the 1988 PGA Championship.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1988 PGA Championship Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, Oklahoma · 272 (-12) · by 3 strokes from Paul Azinger
Near misses
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 4 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.