The 1989 PGA Championship was the 71st PGA Championship, held August 10–13 at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Long Grove, Illinois, northwest of Chicago. Payne Stewart won the first of his three major championships, one stroke ahead of runners-up Andy Bean, Mike Reid, and Curtis Strange.

Weather stopped play on Friday and Saturday with the rounds completed the following morning. In the last pairing, Reid played the final nine holes of the third round on Sunday morning. He nearly led wire-to-wire, but struggled on the final three holes, all with water in play. His tee shot at the 16th hole was pushed and found the water hazard, and he made bogey. On the par-3 17th, Reid stayed dry but misplayed a greenside chip shot from thick rough, then three-putted for double bogey and lost the lead. He had a birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff, but did not convert. Stewart was five-under on the final nine and birdied four of the final five holes.

Four months earlier at the Masters, Reid led with five holes to play, but finished sixth after finding water at the 15th hole.

In search of a PGA Championship victory to complete a career grand slam, both Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer were on the first page of the leaderboard after the first round, with 67 and 68, respectively. Watson, 39, tied for ninth at 281 (−7) while Palmer, 59, was well back at 293 (+5). It was the final time that Palmer made the cut at the PGA Championship, though he played in the next five. Watson finished as high as fifth in 1993, but also never secured the title.

Venue

This was the first PGA Tour event at Kemper Lakes, a daily-fee course opened ten years earlier in 1979. It had previously hosted several editions of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.

Course layout Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4063911735084421805574214483,5264535343932194205784691724333,6717,197 Par443543544364543454343672 Source:

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 10, 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Mike Reid 66 −6 Leonard ThompsonT3 Tom Kite 67 −5 Chris Perry Tom WatsonT6 Phil Blackmar 68 −4 Ben Crenshaw Jack Nicklaus Mark O'Meara Arnold Palmer Dave Rummells Ian Woosnam Source:

Second round Friday, August 11, 1989 Saturday, August 12, 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Mike Reid 66-67=133−11T2 Leonard Thompson 66-69=135 −9 Craig Stadler 71-64=1354 Tom Watson 67-69=136 −8T5 Andy Bean 70-67=137 −7 Ed Fiori 70-67=137 Chris Perry 67-70=137 Dave Rummells 68-69=137T9 Scott Hoch 69-69=138 −6 Curtis Strange 70-68=138 Ian Woosnam 68-70=138 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 12, 1989 Sunday, August 13, 1989

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Mike Reid 66-67-70=203−132 Dave Rummells 68-69-69=206 −10T3 Scott Hoch 69-69-69=207 −9 Chris Perry 67-70-70=207 Craig Stadler 71-64-72=207T6 Isao Aoki 72-71-65=208 −8 Seve Ballesteros 72-70-66=208 Curtis Strange 70-68-70=208 Ian Woosnam 68-70-70=208T10 Payne Stewart 74-66-69=209 −7 Mike Sullivan 76-66-67=209 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 13, 1989 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Payne Stewart 74-66-69-67=276 −12 200,000T2 Andy Bean 70-67-74-66=277 −11 83,333 Mike Reid 66-67-70-74=277 Curtis Strange 70-68-70-69=2775 Dave Rummells 68-69-69-72=278 −10 45,0006 Ian Woosnam 68-70-70-71=279 −9 40,000T7 Scott Hoch 69-69-69-73=280 −8 36,250 Craig Stadler 71-64-72-73=280T9 Nick Faldo 70-73-69-69=281 −7 30,000 Ed Fiori 70-67-75-69=281 Tom Watson 67-69-74-71=281 Source:

Scorecard BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par443543544 454345434 Stewart −7−7−8−8−9−8−8−8−7−7−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−12 Bean −5−6−6−7−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−9−9−10−10−11−11 Reid −13−13−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−13−14−14−14−14−14−13−11−11 Strange −8−8−8−8−8−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11 Rummells −10−10−9−9−10−9−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−10 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

References

External links PGA.com – 1989 PGA Championship