1988 Masters Tournament

The 1988 Masters Tournament was the 52nd Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sandy Lyle won his second major title with a birdie on the 72nd hole to win by one stroke over runner-up Mark Calcavecchia.[2]

1988 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 7–10, 1988
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,925 yards (6,332 m)[1]
Field	90 players, 46 after cut
Cut	151 (+7)
Prize fund	$1.0 million
Winner's share	$183,800
Champion
Sandy Lyle
281 (−7)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Lyle led after 36 and 54 holes,[3] but relinquished the lead on the final nine; he carded a double-bogey on the par-3 12th after his tee shot hit the bank and rolled back into Rae's Creek. Having failed to make birdie on either of the two par-5s on the back nine, he remained one stroke behind Calcavecchia at the par-3 16th. Lyle's tee shot found the green and left him with a 15-foot (4.6 m) putt for birdie, which he holed.[4]

Tied for the lead on the 18th tee, Lyle's 1-iron tee shot found the fairway bunker. His 7-iron approach landed past the flag and up the slope of the tier running across the green, before gradually rolling back to finish around 10 feet (3 m) from the hole. After holing the birdie putt, Lyle danced up the green to claim his only green jacket.[5]

From Scotland, Lyle was the first winner of the Masters from the United Kingdom, which had four consecutive with Nick Faldo's playoff wins in 1989 and 1990 and Ian Woosnam's one-stroke victory in 1991. Decades later, Lyle's approach shot from the bunker on the final hole is still regularly referred to by BBC commentators, particularly Peter Alliss, who almost without fail, remark that any shot rolling back to the pin on the 18th has 'shades of Sandy Lyle' about it.

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,8,9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (8,9,10,11,12), Raymond Floyd (2), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (8,9,12), Larry Mize (9,12,13), Jack Nicklaus (8), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (8), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,11,12), Fuzzy Zoeller (2)

• Jack Burke, Jr., Bob Goalby, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, and Sam Snead did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Larry Nelson (4,11,12,13), Andy North, Scott Simpson (11,12,13)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Nick Faldo (11), Sandy Lyle (8,11), Greg Norman (8,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Hubert Green, Hal Sutton (12,13), Lee Trevino, Bob Tway

5. 1987 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Stephen Ford (a), Scott Gump (a), Billy Mayfair (6,7,a), Eric Rebmann (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Buddy Alexander (7,a), David Curry (a), Paul Mayo (a)

7. Members of the 1987 U.S. Walker Cup team

Bob Lewis (a), Bill Loeffler (a), Len Mattiace (a), Brian Montgomery (a), Jay Sigel (a)

• Billy Andrade, Chris Kite, Jim Sorenson forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1987 Masters Tournament

Paul Azinger (11,12), Chip Beck (11,12), Mark Calcavecchia (12,13), Chen Tze-chung, John Cook (11,12), Jay Haas (11), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Gary Koch, Roger Maltbie, Mark McCumber (10,11,12), Jodie Mudd, Mark O'Meara (12), Nick Price (12), Curtis Strange (9,11,12,13), Bobby Wadkins (9,10,12), Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12,13), D. A. Weibring (10,11,12)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1987 U.S. Open

Isao Aoki, Lennie Clements, Bob Eastwood, Tommy Nakajima, Mac O'Grady, Dan Pohl (12,13), Tim Simpson, Jim Thorpe

10. Top eight players and ties from 1987 PGA Championship

Scott Hoch (12), Don Pooley (11,12)

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Dave Barr, Ken Brown, Keith Clearwater, Fred Couples (12), Gary Hallberg, Steve Jones, Kenny Knox, Davis Love III, Steve Pate (12), Sam Randolph, Mike Reid (12), Joey Sindelar, J. C. Snead, Doug Tewell, Robert Wrenn

• John Inman, the winner of the Provident Classic was not invited.

12. Top 30 players from the 1987 PGA Tour money list

David Frost, Corey Pavin, Jeff Sluman, Payne Stewart (13)

13. Members of the U.S. 1987 Ryder Cup team

Andy Bean

14. Special foreign invitation

Rodger Davis, Mark McNulty, Ian Woosnam

Nationalities in the field

North America (73)	South America (0)	Europe (8)	Oceania (2)	Asia (3)	Africa (4)
Canada (1)		England (2)	Australia (2)	Japan (2)	South Africa (2)
United States (72)		Scotland (2)		Taiwan (1)	Zimbabwe (2)
		Wales (2)
		Spain (1)
		West Germany (1)

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	76	69	70	68	283	−5	3
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984	72	73	67	72	284	−4	4
Bernhard Langer	West Germany	1985	71	72	71	73	287	−1	T9
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	72	71	73	71	287	−1	T9
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	73	72	70	73	288	E	T11
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	80	69	68	71	288	E	T11
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	76	66	72	76	290	+2	T16
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986	75	73	72	72	292	+4	T21
Larry Mize	United States	1987	78	71	76	79	304	+16	T45

Source:[1][4][5]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	78	75	153	+9
Charles Coody	United States	1971	78	76	154	+10
George Archer	United States	1969	80	75	155	+11
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	80	77	157	+13
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	78	81	159	+15
Doug Ford	United States	1957	80	82	162	+18
Art Wall Jr.	United States	1959	86	79	165	+21
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	83	83	166	+22
Billy Casper	United States	1970	80	86	166	+22

Source:[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Larry Nelson	United States	69	−3
	Robert Wrenn	United States
T3	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	71	−1
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland
	Don Pooley	United States
T7	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72	E
	Gary Koch	United States
	Tom Watson	United States
T10	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73	+1
	Andy Bean	United States
	Chip Beck	United States
	Ken Brown	Scotland
	David Frost	South Africa
	Gary Hallberg	United States
	Tom Kite	United States
	Davis Love III	United States

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	71-67=138	−6
2	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	71-69=140	−4
T3	Gary Hallberg	United States	73-69=142	−2
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	76-66=142
T5	Chip Beck	United States	73-70=143	−1
	Fred Couples	United States	75-68=143
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	71-72=143
	Don Pooley	United States	71-72=143
	Tom Watson	United States	72-71=143
T10	Hubert Green	United States	74-70=144	E
	Robert Wrenn	United States	69-75=144

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	71-67-72=210	−6
T2	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	71-69-72=212	−4
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-73-67=212
T4	Fred Couples	United States	75-68-71=214	−2
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	71-72-71=214
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	76-66-72=214
T7	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-72-70=215	−1
	Don Pooley	United States	71-72-72=215
	Craig Stadler	United States	76-69-70=215
T10	Doug Tewell	United States	75-73-68=216	E
	Tom Watson	United States	72-71-73=216

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	71-67-72-71=281	−7	183,800
2	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	71-69-72-70=282	−6	110,200
3	Craig Stadler	United States	76-69-70-68=283	−5	69,400
4	Ben Crenshaw	United States	72-73-67-72=284	−4	48,900
T5	Fred Couples	United States	75-68-71-71=285	−3	36,500
	Greg Norman	Australia	77-73-71-64=285
	Don Pooley	United States	71-72-72-70=285
8	David Frost	South Africa	73-74-71-68=286	−2	31,000
T9	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	71-72-71-73=287	−1	28,000
	Tom Watson	United States	72-71-73-71=287

Source:[1][4][5]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Lyle	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7
Calcavecchia	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Stadler	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5
Crenshaw	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4
Couples	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3
Norman	+5	+4	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3
Pooley	−2	−3	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−3	−3	−3
Frost	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2
Langer	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1
Watson	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	E	+1	E	−1
Ballesteros	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[8]

References

1. Juliano, Joe (April 11, 1988). "Great Scot! Lyle wins Masters". Spokesman-Review. Knight-Ridder. p. C1.
2. Reilly, Rick (April 18, 1988). "Masterful". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
3. Denlinger, Ken (April 10, 1988). "Lyle clings to precarious lead at Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
4. Boswell, Thomas (April 11, 1988). "Lyle escapes sand to trap the Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
5. Parascenzo, Marino (April 11, 1988). "Lyle birdies final hole to capture Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 13.
6. Boswell, Thomas (April 9, 1988). "Lyle steps into Masters lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
7. Denlinger, Ken (April 8, 1988). "Wind blows up Masters scores". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
8. "Historic leaderboards: 1988 Masters". Augusta.com. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners and results
• About.com – 1988 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1988 Masters leaderboard and scorecards