1991 PGA Championship

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]

1991 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 8–11, 1991
Location	Carmel, Indiana 39.948°N 86.194°W / 39.948; -86.194
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
John Daly
276 (−12)
Location map
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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.^[4][5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

Course layout

Main article: Crooked Stick Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
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:^[8]

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

Source:^[9]

Scorecard

Eagle

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	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4
Daly	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−12	−12
Lietzke	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9
Gallagher	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7
Knox	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6

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.^[10][11][12]