1991 PGA Championship
Daly, age 25, was the ninth alternate and only got into the field 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" Medlin. Daly's outgoing personality and "grip it and rip it" style of play made him an instant fan favorite. The PGA Championship was also his first PGA Tour victory.
A spectator, Thomas Weaver, died 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. Daly donated $30,000 to Weaver's family for a college fund. Both daughters went on to graduate from college and one is now a doctor.
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 |
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Round summaries
First round
Thursday, August 8, 1991
Kenny Knox shot an opening round 67 to take the 18-hole lead alongside reigning Masters champion Ian Woosnam.
Place | Player | 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 | 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 | 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 | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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Scorecard
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Television
After a quarter century with ABC Sports, the PGA Championship returned to CBS Sports in 1991.