The 1986 PGA Championship was the 68th PGA Championship, held August 7–11 at

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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

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after the third round, but won only the Open. Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in

, with Tway in second place. This was the fifth major championship at Inverness, which hosted the U.S. Open in

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, 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

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Course layout

Source: Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, August 7, 1986'' Source:

Second round

''Friday, August 8, 1986'' Source:

Third round

''Saturday, August 9, 1986''

Final round

''Sunday, August 10, 1986''
''Monday, August 11, 1986'' Source:

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
Source:

Video

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– Bob Tway wins the 1986 PGA Championship

References

External links

– 1986 PGA Championship Yahoo! Sports: 1986 PGA Championship leaderboard
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