1986 PGA Championship

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)
Field150 players, 72 after cut
Cut146 (+4)
Prize fund$800,000
Winner's share$140,000
Champion
Bob Tway
276 (−8)
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Inverness
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Location in the United States
Inverness
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Location in Ohio

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.

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 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.

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

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. The PGA Championship returned in 1993.

Course layout

Main article: Inverness Club
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

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Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 7, 1986

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

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Second round

Friday, August 8, 1986

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

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Third round

Saturday, August 9, 1986

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

Final round

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

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

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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
Tway −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8
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
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Video

  • YouTube – Bob Tway wins the 1986 PGA Championship

References

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  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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