pga tour leaders driving distance leaders 1988

Steve Thomas had the longest average driving distance in 1988, at 284.6 yards.

NAME DRIVING DISTANCE AVG SEASON EVENTS TOP 10 WINS SCORING AVG ROUNDS GIR% FWY% PUTTING AVG SAND SAVE% SCRAMBLING % FEDEXCUP POINTS MONEY
1 Steve Thomas
S. Thomas
284.6
1988
77
1
72.3
77
63.6
53.4
1.8
42.1
$22,669
2 Craig Stadler
C. Stadler
279.5
1988
73
5
70.2
77
63.5
60.7
1.8
49.1
$278,313
3 Greg Norman
G. Norman
279.4
1988
52
7
1
69.4
52
63.8
69.9
1.8
55.3
$514,854
4 Bill Glasson
B. Glasson
278.4
1988
91
6
2
70.6
103
70.1
62.8
1.8
46.4
$380,651
5 Dan Pohl
D. Pohl
277.9
1988
92
7
70.3
96
71.1
66.6
1.8
45.3
$396,400
6 Davis Love III
D. Love III
276.4
1988
89
3
71.2
91
66.1
63.4
1.8
51.0
$156,068
7 John Adams
J. Adams
276.1
1988
68
1
70.6
72
73.9
60.5
1.8
54.8
$64,341
8 Kenny Perry
K. Perry
275.6
1988
101
3
70.9
105
68.2
65.9
1.8
40.4
$139,421
9 Duffy Waldorf
D. Waldorf
275.6
1988
92
1
71.4
92
67.3
61.6
1.8
46.6
$58,221
10 Mark Calcavecchia
M. Calcavecchia
275.5
1988
118
12
1
70.3
124
67.1
59.4
1.8
55.8
$751,912
11 Tom Sieckmann
T. Sieckmann
275
1988
78
3
1
71.5
82
65.9
52.8
1.8
54.5
$209,151
12 Bill Sander
B. Sander
275
1988
86
1
71.2
90
63.4
51.5
1.8
50.8
$104,324
13 Mac O'Grady
M. O'Grady
274.8
1988
65
1
72
69
61.4
60.0
1.8
38.9
$116,153
14 Tommy Armour
T. Armour
274
1988
95
4
70.9
103
68.2
60.0
1.8
46.2
$175,461
15 Joey Sindelar
J. Sindelar
273.7
1988
111
10
2
70.1
115
68.7
64.3
1.8
47.0
$813,732
16 Sandy Lyle
S. Lyle
273.5
1988
63
5
3
69.5
67
63.2
66.6
1.7
32.6
$726,934
17 Tom Purtzer
T. Purtzer
273.4
1988
80
3
1
70.7
88
69.2
61.6
1.8
54.4
$197,740
18 Curt Byrum
C. Byrum
273.2
1988
99
3
71
107
66.8
61.7
1.8
48.6
$208,853
19 Barry Cheesman
B. Cheesman
273
1988
73
72.6
73
66.2
54.0
1.9
46.2
$26,476
20 Dan Forsman
D. Forsman
272.9
1988
122
4
71
126
67.1
53.8
1.7
45.8
$269,440
21 Jodie Mudd
J. Mudd
272.8
1988
104
4
1
70.8
108
66.2
58.4
1.8
50.3
$422,022
22 Fred Couples
F. Couples
272.6
1988
101
10
69.8
105
69.6
63.4
1.8
54.2
$489,822
23 Andy Bean
A. Bean
272.6
1988
52
71.8
64
60.0
60.7
1.8
47.5
$48,961
24 Jim Gallagher
J. Gallagher
272.1
1988
66
1
70.5
70
68.8
61.6
1.8
47.5
$83,766
25 Tom Watson
T. Watson
272.1
1988
65
6
69.7
69
68.4
66.0
1.8
53.3
$273,216
StatMuse has season-level data for driving distance average going back to the 1980 season.