1987 PGA Championship

1987 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 6–9, 1987
Location	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Course(s)	PGA National Golf Club Champion Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,002 yards (6,403 m)
Field	150 players, 74 after cut^[1]
Cut	151 (+7)
Prize fund	$900,000
Winner's share	$150,000
Champion
Larry Nelson
287 (−1), playoff
«1986 1988»

PGA National

Location in the United States

PGA National

Location in Florida

The 1987 PGA Championship was the 69th PGA Championship, held August 6–9 at the Champion Course of PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. In hot and windy conditions, Larry Nelson won his second PGA Championship in a sudden-death playoff over 1977 champion Lanny Wadkins.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was Nelson's third and final major title.

D.A. Weibring, a 54-hole co-leader,^[5] shot 76 (+4) and finished a stroke back at even-par 288. The other co-leader, Mark McCumber, posted 77 and finished in a tie for fifth. Two major champions in contention shot high scores and fell back: Seve Ballesteros (78) and Raymond Floyd (80).

In the August heat of Florida, the attendance was low.^[4]^[6] A record high temperature for the day of 97 °F (36 °C) was recorded on Sunday.^[7] It was the second major played in Florida, following the PGA Championship in 1971, played in February at the old PGA National. Through 2016, this is the last major played in the state. The purse was the last under $1 million at the PGA Championship.

With the win, Nelson gained an automatic bid to the Ryder Cup team in 1987, his third, bumping Don Pooley.^[8] Nelson's record in that competition in late September was 0–3–1, as the U.S. lost the Cup for the first time on home soil. He lost all three pairs matches and halved his singles match.

The Champion Course hosted the Ryder Cup in 1983 and the Senior PGA Championship for 19 years (1982–2000). Since 2007, it has been the venue of The Honda Classic on the PGA Tour, played in March.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Larry Nelson	United States	1981	70	72	73	72	287	−1	1
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1977	70	70	74	73	287	−1	2
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969, 1982	70	70	73	80	293	+5	T14
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980	76	73	74	73	296	+8	T24
Hal Sutton	United States	1983	73	74	74	76	297	+9	T28
Bob Tway	United States	1986	78	71	76	75	300	+12	T47
Hubert Green	United States	1985	74	73	80	74	301	+13	T56
John Mahaffey	United States	1978	77	72	77	80	306	+18	T65

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
David Graham	Australia	1979	79	75	154	+10
Dave Stockton	United States	1970, 1976	79	80	159	+15
Lee Trevino	United States	1974, 1984	WD

Source:^[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 6, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bobby Wadkins	United States	68	−4
T2	David Edwards	United States	69	−3
T2	Fred Funk	United States	69	−3
T4	Raymond Floyd	United States	70	−2
	Bernard Langer	West Germany
	Larry Nelson	United States
	Curtis Strange	United States
	Lanny Wadkins	United States
T9	Bobby Clampett	United States	71	−1
	Bobby Cole	South Africa
	Ray Freeman	United States
	Dan Pohl	United States
	Mike Reid	United States
	Tim Simpson	United States

Source:^[10]

Second round

Saturday, August 7, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Raymond Floyd	United States	70-70=140	−4
T1	Lanny Wadkins	United States	70-70=140	−4
T3	Tim Simpson	United States	71-70=141	−3
T3	Jeff Sluman	United States	72-69=141	−3
T5	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	72-70=142	−2
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-70=142
	Larry Nelson	United States	70-72=142
	Bobby Wadkins	United States	68-74=142
T9	Bobby Clampett	United States	71-72=143	−1
T9	Mark McCumber	United States	74-69=143	−1

Source:^[11]

Third round

Saturday, August 8, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Mark McCumber	United States	74-69-69=212	−4
T1	D. A. Weibring	United States	73-72-67=212	−4
T3	Raymond Floyd	United States	70-70-73=213	−3
T3	Bobby Wadkins	United States	68-74-71=213	−3
T5	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	72-70-72=214	−2
T5	Lanny Wadkins	United States	70-70-74=214	−2
7	Larry Nelson	United States	70-72-73=215	−1
T8	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-70-74=216	E
T8	David Frost	South Africa	75-70-71=216	E
T10	Curt Byrum	United States	74-75-68=217	+1
	Don Pooley	United States	73-71-73=217
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	76-71-70=217
	Curtis Strange	United States	70-76-71=217

Source:^[5]

Final round

Sunday, August 9, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Larry Nelson	United States	70-72-73-72=287	−1	Playoff
T1	Lanny Wadkins	United States	70-70-74-73=287	−1	Playoff
T3	Scott Hoch	United States	74-74-71-69=288	E	58,750
T3	D. A. Weibring	United States	73-72-67-76=288	E	58,750
T5	Mark McCumber	United States	74-69-69-77=289	+1	37,500
T5	Don Pooley	United States	73-71-73-72=289	+1	37,500
T7	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-70-74-74=290	+2	27,500
T7	Bobby Wadkins	United States	68-74-71-77=290	+2	27,500
9	Curtis Strange	United States	70-76-71-74=291	+3	22,500
T10	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	72-70-72-78=292	+4	17,000
	David Frost	South Africa	75-70-71-76=292
	Tom Kite	United States	72-77-71-72=292
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	76-71-70-75=292

Source:^[1]^[9]

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	5	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	5
Nelson	−1	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	−1	−1
Wadkins	−3	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−2	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1

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

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the par-4 10th hole, where both missed the green. Nelson chipped to six feet (1.8 m) and Wadkins to four. First to putt, Nelson saved par but Wadkins missed his attempt to extend the playoff.^[2]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Larry Nelson	United States	4	E	150,000
2	Lanny Wadkins	United States	x	+1	90,000

References

1 2 "Tournament Info for: 1987 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
1 2 3 "Wadkins' poor putt gives Nelson victory". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. August 10, 1987. p. 1-part 2.
↑ Boswell, Thomas (August 10, 1987). "Nelson beats heat, pressure, Wadkins". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1B.
1 2 Diaz, Jaime (August 17, 1987). "Cool customer in a hot PGA". Sports Illustrated. p. 28.
1 2 Boswell, Thomas (August 9, 1987). "McCumber, Weibring tied for PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1C.
↑ Boswell, Thomas (August 9, 1987). "The heat isn't as bad as PGA's profit motive". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 7C.
↑ Hackenberg, Dave (August 10, 1987). "Steady Nelson survives". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 24.
↑ "Nelson joins U.S. Ryder Cup team". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 10, 1987. p. 26.
1 2 "1987 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
↑ Glick, Shav (August 7, 1987). "A rough first day at the PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1C.
↑ Glick, Shav (August 8, 1987). "A Wadkins shares lead with Floyd". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1C.

External links

About.com – 1987 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1987 PGA Championship

Preceded by 1987 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1988 Masters

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