1991 PGA Championship
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 8–11, 1991 |
Location | Carmel, Indiana |
Course(s) | Crooked Stick Golf Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,289 yards (6,665 m) |
Field | 151 players, 77 after cut[1] |
Cut | 147 (+3) |
Prize fund | $1.35 million |
Winner's share | $230,000 |
Champion | |
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276 (−12) | |
The 1991 PGA Championship was the 73rd PGA Championship, held August 8–11 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north of Indianapolis. John Daly won the first of his two major titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Lietzke.[2][3]
Daly was quite arguably the most unforeseen major championship winner in modern history. He was the ninth alternate who only qualified after several others pulled out of the tournament. Nick Price withdrew for the birth of his first child and Daly hired his caddy, Jeff "Squeaky" Medlen. Daly's outgoing personality and "grip it and rip it" style of play made him an instant fan favorite. The PGA Championship was his first tour victory.[4][5]
A spectator, Thomas Weaver, was killed after being struck by lightning during a weather delay in the first round. It was the second fatality at a major championship in 1991. Two months earlier at the U.S. Open in Minnesota, six people were hit by lightning with one fatality.[6]
Course layout
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yards | 343 | 432 | 196 | 457 | 600 | 195 | 441 | 438 | 525 | 3,627 | 453 | 533 | 395 | 180 | 468 | 507 | 469 | 212 | 445 | 3,662 | 7,289 |
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Source:[7]
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raymond Floyd | ![]() |
1969, 1982 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 284 | −4 | T7 |
Hal Sutton | ![]() |
1983 | 74 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 284 | −4 | T7 |
Payne Stewart | ![]() |
1989 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 285 | −3 | T13 |
Jack Nicklaus | ![]() |
1963, 1971, 1973 1975, 1980 |
71 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 287 | −1 | T23 |
Wayne Grady | ![]() |
1990 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 290 | +2 | T43 |
Lanny Wadkins | ![]() |
1977 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 290 | +2 | T43 |
David Graham | ![]() |
1979 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 292 | +4 | T52 |
Jeff Sluman | ![]() |
1988 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 294 | +6 | T61 |
Bob Tway | ![]() |
1986 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 74 | 296 | +8 | T66 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Dave Stockton | ![]() |
1970, 1976 | 71 | 77 | 148 | +4 |
John Mahaffey | ![]() |
1978 | 77 | 74 | 151 | +7 |
Hubert Green | ![]() |
1985 | 73 | 78 | 151 | +7 |
Larry Nelson | ![]() |
1981, 1987 | 75 | 77 | 152 | +8 |
Source:[8]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, August 8, 1991
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Kenny Knox | ![]() |
67 | −5 |
Ian Woosnam | ![]() | |||
T3 | Ken Green | ![]() |
68 | −4 |
Bruce Lietzke | ![]() | |||
Sandy Lyle | ![]() | |||
Tom Sieckmann | ![]() | |||
Craig Stadler | ![]() | |||
T8 | Billy Ray Brown | ![]() |
69 | −3 |
John Daly | ![]() | |||
Raymond Floyd | ![]() | |||
Jim Hallet | ![]() | |||
Andrew Magee | ![]() | |||
Tom Purtzer | ![]() |
Second round
Friday, August 9, 1991
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Daly | ![]() |
69-67=136 | −8 |
2 | Bruce Lietzke | ![]() |
68-69=137 | −7 |
3 | Kenny Knox | ![]() |
67-71=138 | −6 |
T4 | Nick Faldo | ![]() |
70-69=139 | −5 |
Craig Stadler | ![]() |
68-71=139 | ||
Ian Woosnam | ![]() |
67-72=139 | ||
7 | Fred Funk | ![]() |
71-69=140 | −4 |
T8 | Fred Couples | ![]() |
74-67=141 | −3 |
Ken Green | ![]() |
68-73=141 | ||
Gil Morgan | ![]() |
70-71=141 | ||
Hal Sutton | ![]() |
74-67=141 | ||
Howard Twitty | ![]() |
70-71=141 |
Third round
Saturday, August 10, 1991
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Daly | ![]() |
69-67-69=205 | −11 |
T2 | Kenny Knox | ![]() |
67-71-70=208 | −8 |
Craig Stadler | ![]() |
68-71-69=208 | ||
4 | Bruce Lietzke | ![]() |
68-69-72=209 | −7 |
T5 | Nick Faldo | ![]() |
70-69-71=210 | −6 |
Bob Gilder | ![]() |
73-70-67=210 | ||
Andrew Magee | ![]() |
69-73-68=210 | ||
T8 | Fred Funk | ![]() |
71-69-72=212 | −4 |
Ken Green | ![]() |
68-73-71=212 | ||
John Huston | ![]() |
70-72-70=212 |
Final round
Sunday, August 11, 1991
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | John Daly | ![]() |
69-67-69-71=276 | −12 | 230,000 |
2 | Bruce Lietzke | ![]() |
68-69-72-70=279 | −9 | 140,000 |
3 | Jim Gallagher, Jr. | ![]() |
70-72-72-67=281 | −7 | 95,000 |
4 | Kenny Knox | ![]() |
67-71-70-74=282 | −6 | 75,000 |
T5 | Bob Gilder | ![]() |
73-70-67-73=283 | −5 | 60,000 |
Steven Richardson | ![]() |
70-72-72-69=283 | |||
T7 | David Feherty | ![]() |
71-74-71-68=284 | −4 | 38,000 |
Raymond Floyd | ![]() |
69-74-72-69=284 | |||
John Huston | ![]() |
70-72-70-72=284 | |||
Steve Pate | ![]() |
70-75-70-69=284 | |||
Craig Stadler | ![]() |
68-71-69-76=284 | |||
Hal Sutton | ![]() |
74-67-72-71=284 |
Source:[8]
Scorecard
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[3]
Television
After a quarter century with ABC Sports, the PGA Championship returned to CBS Sports in 1991.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ "Tournament Info for: 1991 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ Shapiro, Leonard (August 12, 1991). "Daly knocks out PGA field". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1B.
- ^ a b Bunch, Ken (August 12, 1991). "Daly drives his way to easy PGA victory". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1B.
- ^ Garrity, John (August 19, 1991). "Over drive". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
- ^ Saylor, Jack (August 12, 1991). "Daly comes long way to reach the top". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (Knight-Ridder Newspapers). p. C1.
- ^ Hackenberg, Dave (August 9, 1991). "Lightning kills spectator at PGA Championship". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 15.
- ^ "1991 PGA Championship: map and card". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. August 8, 1991.
- ^ a b "1991 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
- ^ "Television". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 28, 1990. p. 30.
- ^ "CBS locks up PGA Championship rights through 2011". ESPN. September 11, 2005. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (August 6, 1991). "TV sports; If it's action you want, CBS says you'll have it". New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2013.