1988 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1988 British Open was the 117th time the tournament was played and the third (and last) time that 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
What Happened at the 1988 Open Championship
Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club was the site of the 1988 British Open, nine years after hosting its last. At the 1979 Open at Lytham, a 22-year-old Seve Ballesteros won his first Open Championship. And in 1988 at Lytham, Ballesteros won his third British Open, one that proved to be the last of his five career major titles. After his his win here, Ballesteros finished in the Top 10 in majors only twice more.This Open finished on a Monday after heavy rains on Saturday delayed third-round play. When the final round began, Nick Price held a 2-stroke lead over Ballesteros and defending champion Nick Faldo.
Faldo fell behind the other two early and wound up shooting 71, finishing in third. Price and Ballesteros battled throughout most of the round, until Seve took control with a tap-in birdie on the 16th hole. Price shot 69, but Ballesteros carded a 65 to win by two strokes.
Three-time Open winner Jack Nicklaus, age 48, finished tied for 25th, his final Top 25 finish in this major.
1988 British Open 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 |
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