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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | June 16–20, 1988 |
| Location | Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Course(s) | The Country Club Composite Course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,010 yards (6,410 m) [1] |
| Field | 156 players, 65 after cut |
| Cut | 146 (+4) |
| Prize fund | US$1.0 million |
| Winner's share | $180,000 |
| Champion | |
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| 278 (−6), playoff | |
The 1988 U.S. Open was the 88th U.S. Open, held June 16–20 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston. Curtis Strange defeated Nick Faldo in an 18-hole playoff for the first of two consecutive U.S. Open titles.
Strange took the 54-hole lead after a third-round 69, while Faldo was a stroke behind after a 68. [2] Strange and Faldo battled back-and-forth during the final round. Strange three-putted from 15 feet (4.6 m) on the 17th green to fall into a tie, then saved par from a greenside bunker on the 18th to force a Monday playoff. [3] [4] [5]
In the playoff, Strange carried a one-stroke lead to the turn after birdies at the 4th and 7th holes. When Faldo bogeyed the 11th, the lead went to two, but Strange bogeyed the next hole to return it to one. Strange rebounded with a birdie on 13 and took a commanding three-shot lead when Faldo bogeyed. Faldo bogeyed three of his last four holes to card a 75, while Strange finished with an even-par 71 and a four-stroke victory. [1] [6] [7]
This was the third U.S. Open at The Country Club and all ended in playoffs. Julius Boros, age 43, defeated Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit in 1963, and 20-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet prevailed over Britons Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in 1913. [3] [8]
Strange successfully defended his title in 1989, the first to win consecutive U.S. Opens since Ben Hogan in 1950 and 1951. [9] Brooks Koepka became the first player since Strange to defend his title by winning the U.S. Open in 2017 at Erin Hills and again in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills.
Composite Course
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polo Field | 452 | 4 | 10 | Stockton | 439 | 4 | |
| 2 | Cottage | 185 | 3 | 11 | Primrose 1&2 | 453 | 4 | |
| 3 | Pond | 448 | 4 | 12 | Primrose 8 | 450 | 4 | |
| 4 | Hospital | 338 | 4 | 13 | Primrose 9 | 433 | 4 | |
| 5 | Newton | 439 | 4 | 14 | Quarry | 527 | 5 | |
| 6 | Bakers | 312 | 4 | 15 | Liverpool | 434 | 4 | |
| 7 | Plateau | 201 | 3 | 16 | Clyde | 185 | 3 | |
| 8 | Corner | 385 | 4 | 17 | Elbow | 381 | 4 | |
| 9 | Himalayas | 510 | 5 | 18 | Home | 438 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,270 | 35 | In | 3,740 | 36 | |||
| Total | 7,010 | 71 | ||||||
Source: [10]
Thursday, June 16, 1988
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | | 68 | −3 |
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| T4 | | 69 | −2 |
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| T9 | | 70 | −1 |
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Friday, June 17, 1988
Defending champion Scott Simpson shot 66 (−5) to lead after 36 holes. [12]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 69-66=135 | −7 |
| 2 | | 69-67=136 | −6 |
| T3 | | 68-69=137 | −5 |
| | 70-67=137 | ||
| T5 | | 69-70=139 | −3 |
| | 72-67=139 | ||
| | 72-67=139 | ||
| | 68-71=139 | ||
| T9 | | 73-67=140 | −2 |
| | 71-69=140 |
Amateurs: Mayfair (+1), Tolles (+14), Duncan (+15), Rintoul (+16)
Saturday, June 18, 1988
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 70-67-69=206 | −7 |
| T2 | | 72-67-68=207 | −6 |
| | 68-69-70=207 | ||
| | 69-66-72=207 | ||
| T5 | | 69-67-72=208 | −5 |
| | 71-69-68=208 | ||
| 7 | | 71-72-66=209 | −4 |
| 8 | | 72-67-71=210 | −3 |
| 9 | | 70-71-70=211 | −2 |
| 10 | | 72-70-70=212 | −1 |
Source: [2]
Sunday, June 19, 1988
| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (leading amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | | 70-67-69-72=278 | −6 | Playoff |
| | 72-67-68-71=278 | |||
| T3 | | 71-72-66-71=280 | −4 | 41,370 |
| | 72-69-72-67=280 | |||
| | 71-69-68-72=280 | |||
| T6 | | 69-70-76-66=281 | −3 | 25,414 |
| | 69-66-72-74=281 | |||
| T8 | | 68-69-70-75=282 | −2 | 20,903 |
| | 73-72-71-66=282 | |||
| T10 | | 72-67-71-73=283 | −1 | 17,870 |
| | 73-73-70-67=283 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) | |
| T12 | | 71-71-72-70=284 | E | 14,781 | |
| | 71-72-74-67=284 | ||||
| | 69-67-72-76=284 | ||||
| | 74-72-69-69=284 | ||||
| | 70-71-70-73=284 | ||||
Amateur: Billy Mayfair (+3)
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source: [4] [11]
Monday, June 20, 1988
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 34-37=71 | E | 180,000 |
| 2 | | 35-40=75 | +4 | 90,000 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| | E | E | E | +1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | E |
| | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +4 |
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey |

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