1986 PGA Championship

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1986 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 7–11, 1986
LocationToledo, Ohio
Course(s)Inverness Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,982 yards (6,384 m)[1][2]
Field150 players, 72 after cut[3]
Cut146 (+4)
Prize fund$800,000
Winner's share$140,000
Champion
United States Bob Tway
276 (−8)
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The 1986 PGA Championship was the 68th PGA Championship, held August 7–11 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Bob Tway won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader.

Heavy rains on Sunday stopped play for the day in mid-afternoon. In the final group, Norman and Tway completed just one hole of their final round and resumed play on Monday afternoon.[4]

Norman started the round with a four-shot lead and held that margin through the front nine. After a double bogey at 11 and a bogey at 14, the two were tied. They halved the next three holes at par and were tied at the 72nd tee. Tway put his approach shot in a greenside bunker, while Norman was just off the green on the fringe, 25 feet (8 m) out. Tway improbably holed out for birdie[5] and Norman's attempt to tie missed, as did his par-saving putt. Norman led all four majors in 1986 after the third round, but won only the Open.[6]

Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1986, with Tway in second place.[7]

This was the fifth major championship at Inverness, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1920, 1931, 1957, and 1979, and was the first in which the winning score was under-par; the previous best was even-par in 1979 by Hale Irwin.[8] The PGA Championship returned in 1993.

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 398 385 190 466 401 211 452 528 420 3,451 363 378 162 523 448 458 409 431 354 3,531 6,982
Par 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 35 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 36 71

Source:[1]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 7, 1986

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Greg Norman 65 −6
T2 United States Phil Blackmar 67 −4
United States Craig Stadler
T4 United States Ronnie Black 68 −3
Australia Wayne Grady
United States Peter Jacobsen
United States Gary Koch
United States Wayne Levi
T9 United States Fred Couples 69 −2
United States Bob Gilder
United States Jay Haas
United States Mike Hulbert
United States Bruce Lietzke
United States Larry Mize
United States Bruce Lietzke
United States Gene Sauers
United States Bobby Wadkins

Source:[9]

Second round

Friday, August 8, 1986

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Greg Norman 65-68=133 −9
T2 United States Mike Hulbert 69-68=137 −5
United States Payne Stewart 70-67=137
T3 United States Peter Jacobsen 68-70=138 −4
United States Jack Nicklaus 70-68=138
United States Jim Thorpe 71-67=138
6 United States Ronnie Black 68-71=139 −3
T7 United States Phil Blackmar 67-73=140 −2
United States Bruce Lietzke 69-71=140
United States Scott Simpson 70-70=140

Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 9, 1986

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Greg Norman 65-68-69=202 −11
2 United States Bob Tway 72-70-64=206 −7
3 United States Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70=208 −5
T4 United States Donnie Hammond 70-71-68=209 −4
United States Payne Stewart 70-67-72=209
T6 United States Bruce Lietzke 69-71-70=210 −3
United States Jack Nicklaus 70-68-72=210
T8 South Africa David Frost 70-73-68=211 −2
United States Mike Hulbert 69-68-74=211
United States Jim Thorpe 71-67-73=211
United States D. A. Weibring 71-72-68=211

Final round

Sunday, August 10, 1986
Monday, August 11, 1986

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Bob Tway 72-70-64-70=276 −8 140,000
2 Australia Greg Norman 65-68-69-76=278 −6 80,000
3 United States Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70-71=279 −5 60,000
4 United States D. A. Weibring 71-72-68-69=280 −4 42,865
T5 United States Bruce Lietzke 69-71-70-71=281 −3 32,500
United States Payne Stewart 70-67-72-72=281
T7 Australia David Graham 75-69-71-67=282 −2 20,833
United States Mike Hulbert 69-68-74-71=282
United States Jim Thorpe 71-67-73-71=282
10 United States Doug Tewell 73-71-68-71=283 −1 15,000

Source:[11]

Scorecard

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Final round

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4
United States Tway −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8
Australia Norman −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −10 −10 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[2]

Video

  • YouTube – Bob Tway wins the 1986 PGA Championship

References

  1. ^ a b "How they played Inverness: Greg Norman's card". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 8, 1986. p. 17.
  2. ^ a b "Scorecard for Tway, Norman". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 12, 1986. p. 22.
  3. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1986 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  4. ^ Hackenberg, Dave (August 11, 1986). "Downpour scores a birdie on Inverness field". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 20.
  5. ^ "The shot that won the PGA". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 12, 1986. p. 1.
  6. ^ McDermott, Barry (August 18, 1986). "Out of a bunker into history". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
  7. ^ "PGA Tour Statistics". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 5, 1986. p. 21.
  8. ^ Shanahan, Hal (August 12, 1986). "Members smiling, though Inverness par now sub-par". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 22.
  9. ^ "A record round one for Norman". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 8, 1986. p. 1D.
  10. ^ "Norman in charge but Nicklaus close". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 9, 1986. p. 1D.
  11. ^ "1986 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

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