| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 7–11, 1986 |
| Location | Toledo, Ohio |
| Course(s) | Inverness Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,982 yards (6,384 m)[1][2] |
| Field | 150 players, 72 after cut[3] |
| Cut | 146 (+4) |
| Prize fund | $800,000 |
| Winner's share | $140,000 |
| Champion | |
 Bob Tway | |
| 276 (−8) | |
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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.[4]
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, 25 feet (8 m) out. Tway improbably holed out for birdie[5] 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.[6]
Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1986, with Tway in second place.[7]
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.[8] The PGA Championship returned in 1993.
- ^ "How they played Inverness: Greg Norman's card". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 8, 1986. p. 17.
- ^ "Scorecard for Tway, Norman". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 12, 1986. p. 22.
- ^ "Tournament Info for: 1986 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
- ^ Hackenberg, Dave (August 11, 1986). "Downpour scores a birdie on Inverness field". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 20.
- ^ "The shot that won the PGA". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 12, 1986. p. 1.
- ^ McDermott, Barry (August 18, 1986). "Out of a bunker into history". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
- ^ "PGA Tour Statistics". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 5, 1986. p. 21.
- ^ Shanahan, Hal (August 12, 1986). "Members smiling, though Inverness par now sub-par". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 22.