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Year in Review
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Thirteen championships in our record: eight majors (four men’s, four women’s), four amateur championships and one women’s tour event.
1988, developed the way it was shot: on colour film, with its grain.
Each dot is a championship at the week it finished. Click a dot for its front page, or a week to see it on the world.
Men's major
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mark Calcavecchia
b. 1958-02-09, Shrewsbury, England; Scotland; age 30 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Paul Azinger
b. 1957-09-11, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nick Price
b. 1957-04-09, Pedrena, Spain; Spain; age 31 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's major
The Country Club, Brookline
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nick Faldo
b. 1955-01-30, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; United States; 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Amy Alcott
b. 1956, Greenville, South Carolina, United States; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Colleen Walker
b. 1956-02-22, Kansas City, Missouri, United States; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course), Baltimore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patty Sheehan
b. 1966-05-20, Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden; Sweden; age 22 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's major
Vancouver Golf Club, Coquitlam
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Laura Davies
b. 1951, Cape Town, South Africa; South Africa; United States; age 36 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ben Fouchee
To par and margin not yet researched.
Sweden; age 24 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Men's amateur championship
Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club (Cascades Course), Hot Springs
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Danny Yates
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1965-01-15, San Bernardino, California, U.S.; United States; age 23 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Royal Cinque Ports, Deal
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Julie Hall
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1969-03-16, England; England; age 19 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women's amateur championship
Minikahda Club, Minneapolis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Karen Noble
To par and margin not yet researched.
b. 1967-07-17, Seoul, South Korea; age 21 at the win (year page)
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Women’s championships played before they were counted as majors.
Women's tour event
Lindrick Golf Club, Worksop
1 of 5 researched
Winner
Corinne Dibnah
Runner-up: Sally Little
Not yet researched
Not yet researched
No bag on file yet
No clipping yet
Year in Review
Thirteen championships in our record: eight majors (four men’s, four women’s), four amateur championships and one women’s tour event.
To be written The synopsis of 1988: 150 to 250 words on the season’s story, its turning points and why it mattered, written from sourced research.
To be written How each was won: the leader after 54 holes, the decisive shot, the runner-up, the weather.
To be written How each was won, and where the women’s game stood in 1988.
To be written The amateur season: champions, finals, and who went on to turn professional.
To be written The women’s tour season around these events.
13 tour events are laid out week by week for 1988.
To be written Money lists, players of the year, rookies and the shape of each tour’s season, from the tours’ own records.
To be written Who defined 1988: their wins, their near misses, and what the year meant for their career.
To be written First-time major winners, scoring records, youngest and oldest champions, last appearances, events played for the first or last time.
To be written Equipment, rules and course changes, prize money, television and the business of golf that year.
Every count above is from Golf Network News’s record; the parts marked “To be written” are filled only from sourced research.
Every championship here comes from Golf Network News's own record: the rooms for the majors, the women's majors, the amateur championships and the team cups. A part that says it is not yet researched is exactly that. We fill it from sourced material, never with a guess.
The picture at the top is drawn in code for each year. It is printed the way golf was printed that year: wood engravings before 1900, newsprint halftones to 1945, hand-tinted plates to 1969, colour film to 1999, and digital light since. The names engraved in the numerals are that year's champions.
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