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 |