Golf Network News
Sunday 14 August 1988Men’s majorsYear in Review
Sluman wins PGA Championship
Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, Oklahoma · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 August 1988 · purse $1,000,000 · winner's share $160,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/23°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 39 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/23°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R338°/26°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 45 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R438°/26°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 36 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 72 (cut at 144) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Paul Azinger
The golfer
b. 1957-09-11, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet