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.

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.

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, out. Tway improbably holed out for birdie 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.

Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1986, with Tway in second place.

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. The PGA Championship returned in 1993.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards3983851904664012114525284203,4513633781625234484584094313543,5316,982Par443443454354435444443671 Source:

Lengths of the course for previous major championships: , par 71 - 1979 U.S. Open , par 71 - 1957 U.S. Open , par 71 - 1931 U.S. Open , par 71 - 1920 U.S. Open

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 7, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Greg Norman 65 −6 T2 Phil Blackmar 67 −4 Craig StadlerT4 Ronnie Black 68 −3 Wayne Grady Peter Jacobsen Gary Koch Wayne Levi T9 Fred Couples 69 −2 Bob Gilder Jay Haas Mike Hulbert Bruce Lietzke Larry Mize Gene Sauers Bobby Wadkins Source:

Second round Friday, August 8, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Greg Norman 65-68=133 −9 T2 Mike Hulbert 69-68=137 −5 Payne Stewart 70-67=137T3 Peter Jacobsen 68-70=138 −4 Jack Nicklaus 70-68=138 Jim Thorpe 71-67=1386 Ronnie Black 68-71=139 −3 T7 Phil Blackmar 67-73=140 −2 Bruce Lietzke 69-71=140 Scott Simpson 70-70=140 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 9, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Greg Norman 65-68-69=202 −11 2 Bob Tway 72-70-64=206 −7 3 Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70=208 −5 T4 Donnie Hammond 70-71-68=209 −4 Payne Stewart 70-67-72=209T6 Bruce Lietzke 69-71-70=210 −3 Jack Nicklaus 70-68-72=210T8 David Frost 70-73-68=211 −2 Mike Hulbert 69-68-74=211 Jim Thorpe 71-67-73=211 D. A. Weibring 71-72-68=211

Final round Sunday, August 10, 1986 Monday, August 11, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Bob Tway 72-70-64-70=276 −8 140,0002 Greg Norman 65-68-69-76=278 −6 80,0003 Peter Jacobsen 68-70-70-71=279 −5 60,0004 D. A. Weibring 71-72-68-69=280 −4 42,865T5 Bruce Lietzke 69-71-70-71=281 −3 32,500 Payne Stewart 70-67-72-72=281T7 David Graham 75-69-71-67=282 −2 20,833 Mike Hulbert 69-68-74-71=282 Jim Thorpe 71-67-73-71=28210 Doug Tewell 73-71-68-71=283 −1 15,000 Source:

Scorecard BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Final round Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par443443454 443544444 Tway −7−7−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8 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:

Video YouTube – Bob Tway wins the 1986 PGA Championship

References

External links PGA.com – 1986 PGA Championship