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Monday 18 July 1988PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins the Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Thursday 14 to Monday 18 July 1988 · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse £500,000 GBP · Saturday's third round was scrapped after flooding; third round played Sunday, final round Monday 18 July — the first Monday finish in Open history
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/14°C · wind 43 km/h NW, gusts 71 · 4.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/13°C · wind 33 km/h NW, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/13°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 38 · 14.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/13°C · wind 32 km/h WNW, gusts 47 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R516°/13°C · wind 30 km/h W, gusts 46 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Nick Price ZIM · 27554-hole leader; Ballesteros closed with a 65 to win by two 1988 Open Championship - Wikipedia
153 started · cut +6, 71 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nick Price
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 67 · 71 · 70 · 65 | 273 | −11 |
| 2 | Nick Price | 70 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| 3 | Nick Faldo | 71 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Fred Couples | 73 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| T4 | Gary Koch | 71 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| 6 | Peter Senior | 70 · 73 · 70 · 69 | 282 | −2 |
| T7 | Isao Aoki | 72 · 71 · 73 · 67 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | David Frost | 71 · 75 · 69 · 68 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Sandy Lyle | 73 · 69 · 67 · 74 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Payne Stewart | 73 · 75 · 68 · 67 | 283 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 5.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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