1988 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1988 British Open was the 117th time the tournament was played and the third time this year's champion was the winner.
Winner: Seve Ballesteros, 273
Where it was played: Royal Lytham & St. Annes in Lytham St. Annes, England
Tournament dates: July 14-18, 1988
Leader after first round: Seve Ballesteros, 67
Leader after second round: Nick Price, 137
Leader after third round: Nick Price, 206
Notable Notes: Seve Ballesteros overcame Nick Price to win the last of his three British Open titles, and the last of his five career major titles. Price was the second-round leader and third-round leader, and played solidly in the final round with a 69. But Ballesteros closed with a 65 to beat Price by two shots.
Final Scores
| Seve Ballesteros | 67-71-70-65—273 |
| Nick Price | 70-67-69-69—275 |
| Nick Faldo | 71-69-68-71—279 |
| Gary Koch | 71-72-70-68—281 |
| Fred Couples | 73-69-71-68—281 |
| Peter Senior | 70-73-70-69—282 |
| Isao Aoki | 72-71-73-67—283 |
| Sandy Lyle | 73-69-67-74—283 |
| David Frost | 71-75-69-68—283 |
| Payne Stewart | 73-75-68-67—283 |
| Brad Faxon | 69-74-70-71—284 |
| David J. Russell | 71-74-69-70—284 |
| Eduardo Romero | 72-71-69-73—285 |
| Larry Nelson | 73-71-68-73—285 |
| Curtis Strange | 79-69-69-68—285 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 73-73-68-72—286 |
| Don Pooley | 70-73-69-74—286 |
| Andy Bean | 71-70-71-74—286 |
| Jose Rivero | 75-69-70-72—286 |
| Bob Tway | 71-71-72-73—287 |
| Bob Charles | 71-74-69-73—287 |
| Tom Kite | 75-71-73-68—287 |
| Gordon Brand Jr. | 72-76-68-71—287 |
| Rodger Davis | 76-71-72-68—287 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 75-70-75-68—288 |
| Ian Woosnam | 76-71-72-69—288 |
| Mark O'Meara | 75-69-75-70—289 |
| Tommy Armour III | 73-72-72-73—290 |
| Mark McNulty | 73-73-72-72—290 |
| Chip Beck | 72-71-74-73—290 |
| Tom Watson | 74-72-72-72—290 |
| Howard Clark | 71-72-75-72—290 |
| Jim Benepe | 75-72-70-73—290 |
| Wayne Riley | 72-71-72-76—291 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 73-71-71-76—291 |
| Gordon J. Brand | 73-74-72-73—292 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 73-71-73-75—292 |
| Brian Marchbank | 73-74-73-73—293 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 74-74-71-74—293 |
| Corey Pavin | 74-73-71-75—293 |
| Graham Marsh | 75-73-71-74—293 |
| Ken Brown | 75-72-75-71—293 |
| Wayne Grady | 69-76-72-76—293 |
| David A. Russell | 72-73-72-76—293 |
| Noel Ratcliffe | 70-77-76-70—293 |
| Jay Haas | 71-76-78-68—293 |
| Paul Azinger | 72-75-73-74—294 |
| Sam Torrance | 74-74-75-71—294 |
| Mark McCumber | 75-71-72-76—294 |
| Andy North | 77-68-74-75—294 |
| Paul Kent | 74-70-79-71—294 |
| Philip Walton | 72-74-75-74—295 |
| Hubert Green | 74-73-73-75—295 |
| Johnny Miller | 75-73-72-75—295 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-74-76-73—295 |
| Peter Fowler | 72-72-78-73—295 |
| a-Paul Broadhurst | 73-73-74-76—296 |
| Mike Smith | 75-71-76-74—296 |
| Carl Mason | 75-69-77-75—296 |
| Gary Player | 72-76-73-76—297 |
| Craig Stadler | 72-68-81-76—297 |
| Mark James | 71-77-74-76—298 |
| Simon Bishop | 77-71-73-77—298 |
| Andrew Sherborne | 71-72-76-79—298 |
| Manuel Pinero | 75-73-77-74—299 |
| Paul Carmen | 77-71-80-73—301 |
| Greg Bruckner | 72-74-80-76—302 |
| Hsieh Chin Sheng | 74-73-73-82—302 |
| Bernhard Langer | 73-75-75-80—303 |
| Gary Stafford | 76-72-78-79—305 |
| Peter Mitchell | 73-75-79-81—308 |