1986 PGA Championship

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1986 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 7–11, 1986
Location Toledo, Ohio
Course(s) Inverness Club
Organized by PGA 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
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Tway
276 (−8)
  1985
1987  
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Inverness
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Inverness
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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.

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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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3983851904664012114525284203,4513633781625234484584094313543,5316,982
Par443443454354435444443671

Source: [1]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 7, 1986

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman 65−6
T2 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Blackmar 67−4
Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stadler
T4 Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Black 68−3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Grady
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Jacobsen
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Koch
Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Levi
T9 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 69−2
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Gilder
Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hulbert
Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Lietzke
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Mize
Flag of the United States.svg Gene Sauers
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Wadkins

Source: [9]

Second round

Friday, August 8, 1986

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman 65-68=133−9
T2 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hulbert 69-68=137−5
Flag of the United States.svg Payne Stewart 70-67=137
T3 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Jacobsen 68-70=138−4
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus 70-68=138
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe 71-67=138
6 Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Black 68-71=139−3
T7 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Blackmar 67-73=140−2
Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Lietzke 69-71=140
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson 70-70=140

Source: [10]

Third round

Saturday, August 9, 1986

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman 65-68-69=202−11
2 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Tway 72-70-64=206−7
3 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70=208−5
T4 Flag of the United States.svg Donnie Hammond 70-71-68=209−4
Flag of the United States.svg Payne Stewart 70-67-72=209
T6 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Lietzke 69-71-70=210−3
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus 70-68-72=210
T8 Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg David Frost 70-73-68=211−2
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hulbert 69-68-74=211
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe 71-67-73=211
Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Weibring 71-72-68=211

Final round

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Tway 72-70-64-70=276−8140,000
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman 65-68-69-76=278−680,000
3 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70-71=279−560,000
4 Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Weibring 71-72-68-69=280−442,865
T5 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Lietzke 69-71-70-71=281−332,500
Flag of the United States.svg Payne Stewart 70-67-72-72=281
T7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Graham 75-69-71-67=282−220,833
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hulbert 69-68-74-71=282
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe 71-67-73-71=282
10 Flag of the United States.svg Doug Tewell 73-71-68-71=283−115,000

Source: [11]

Scorecard

BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par443443454443544444
Flag of the United States.svg Tway−7−7−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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]

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