1988 PGA Championship Winner and Scores
Winner: Jeff Sluman, 272
Where it was played: Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma
Tournament dates: August 11-14, 1988
Leader after first round: Bob Gilder, 66
Leader after second round: Paul Azinger, 133
Leader after third round: Paul Azinger, 204
What Happened at the 1988 PGA Championship
When the 1988 PGA Championship started, Jeff Sluman had never won on the PGA Tour. When it ended, he was a major championship winner.Sluman began the final round three strokes behind leader Paul Azinger, in third place. He ended the final round three strokes ahead of Azinger, in first place. Sluman did it with a closing round of 65, compared to Azinger's 71. That included a hole-out from 100 yards for an eagle on the par-5 5th hole during the final round. (Azinger made a hole-in-one in the third round.)
Azinger was the second- and third-round leader. Azinger and Sluman had been college teammates at Florida State University. The second-place golfer entering the final round, Dave Rummells, shot 75 and fell into a tie for sixth place.
For Sluman, it was his first career win on the PGA Tour. He didn't win again on the PGA Tour for nearly 10 years, until 1997, although he finished with six total PGA Tour victories.
Azinger had a number of close calls in majors, but he finally broke through for his lone major championship victory at the 1993 PGA Championship.
1988 PGA Championship Final Scores
| Jeff Sluman | 69-70-68-65—272 |
| Paul Azinger | 67-66-71-71—275 |
| Tommy Nakajima | 69-68-74-67—278 |
| Nick Faldo | 67-71-70-71—279 |
| Tom Kite | 72-69-71-67—279 |
| Bob Gilder | 66-75-71-68—280 |
| Dave Rummells | 73-64-68-75—280 |
| Dan Pohl | 69-71-70-71—281 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70-71-70-71—282 |
| Greg Norman | 68-71-72-71—282 |
| Steve Jones | 69-68-72-73—282 |
| Payne Stewart | 70-69-70-73—282 |
| Kenny Knox | 72-69-68-73—282 |
| Raymond Floyd | 68-68-74-72—282 |
| John Mahaffey | 71-71-70-71—283 |
| Craig Stadler | 68-73-75-67—283 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 73-69-70-72—284 |
| David Graham | 70-67-73-74—284 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 70-71-69-74—284 |
| Richard Zokol | 70-70-74-70—284 |
| Mark McNulty | 73-70-67-74—284 |
| Nick Price | 74-70-67-73—284 |
| Corey Pavin | 71-70-75-68—284 |
| Jay Overton | 68-66-76-74—284 |
| Ronnie Black | 71-71-70-73—285 |
| Jay Don Blake | 71-73-72-69—285 |
| Scott Hoch | 74-69-68-74—285 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 74-69-70-72—285 |
| Blaine McCallister | 73-67-75-70—285 |
| David Edwards | 71-69-77-68—285 |
| Donnie Hammond | 72-72-73-69—286 |
| Curtis Strange | 72-72-73-69—286 |
| Chip Beck | 67-72-73-74—286 |
| Rocco Mediate | 68-74-70-74—286 |
| Tom Watson | 72-68-74-72—286 |
| Steve Elkington | 73-70-74-69—286 |
| Gary Koch | 72-65-78-71—286 |
| Isao Aoki | 73-71-70-73—287 |
| Jay Haas | 73-71-71-72—287 |
| Tommy Brannen | 70-71-74-72—287 |
| Jim Hallet | 72-68-74-73—287 |
| David Ishii | 73-71-74-69—287 |
| Calvin Peete | 74-66-74-73—287 |
| Mark Wiebe | 74-68-73-72—287 |
| Hale Irwin | 74-70-72-71—287 |
| Larry Nelson | 70-71-76-70—287 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 73-68-75-72—288 |
| Dave Stockton | 70-69-75-75—289 |
| John Cook | 67-69-76-77—289 |
| Bob Tway | 71-71-70-77—289 |
| Denis Watson | 70-70-79-70—289 |
| D.A. Weibring | 72-72-73-73—290 |
| Scott Bess | 74-69-73-74—290 |
| Ed Fiori | 71-69-76-74—290 |
| Rodger Davis | 73-69-76-72—290 |
| Jodie Mudd | 70-73-77-70—290 |
| Robert Wrenn | 72-68-73-77—290 |
| John Inman | 73-69-75-74—291 |
| Peter Senior | 68-73-74-76—291 |
| Don Pooley | 72-69-73-77—291 |
| Bob Makoski | 69-72-72-78—291 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 70-72-76-74—292 |
| Steve Pate | 71-72-72-77—292 |
| Mike Reid | 68-71-79-75—293 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 72-72-74-76—294 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 75-69-76-75—295 |
| Hal Sutton | 69-74-75-77—295 |
| Jim Carter | 73-68-76-78—295 |
| Andrew Magee | 71-73-74-79—297 |
| Doug Tewell | 70-68-81-79—298 |
| Dick Mast | 71-72-72-85—300 |
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