1988 Players Championship
| Dates | March 24–27, 1988 |
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| Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
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TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,857 yards (6,270 m) |
| Cut | 146 (+2) |
| Prize fund | $1.25 million |
| Winner's share | $225,000 |
 Mark McCumber
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| 273 (−15) | |
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The 1988 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 24–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the fifteenth Players Championship and the first without "Tournament" in the title.
Local resident Mark McCumber opened with 65 and won with 273 (−15), four strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid. McCumber's 72-hole score at the Stadium Course set a record; it was equaled in 1992 and broken in 1993.
Jay Haas was disqualified on Thursday after playing with a bent putter.Davis Love III had a similar occurrence on Friday, while Curtis Strange reported that he signed an incorrect scorecard. (Strange won the next two U.S. Opens.)
Weather delays on Saturday caused the leaders to complete only a few holes of the third round; play was resumed early on Sunday morning.
Defending champion Sandy Lyle missed the 36-hole cut by six strokes, and the purse was increased 25% this year to $1.25 million.
This was the seventh Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).
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Thursday, March 24, 1988
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Friday, March 25, 1988
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Saturday, March 26, 1988
Sunday, March 27, 1988
Due to weather delays, McCumber completed the last fourteen holes of his third round on Sunday morning and went to his nearby home between rounds.
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