1988 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–10, 1988
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,925 yards (6,332 m)[1]
Field90 players, 46 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$1.0 million
Winner's share$183,800
Champion
Scotland Sandy Lyle
281 (−7)
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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]

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.[citation needed]

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)

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)

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, Tsuneyuki 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

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1988

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

Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1988

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

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1988

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

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1988

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Scotland Sandy Lyle 71-67-72-71=281 −7 183,800
2 United States Mark Calcavecchia 71-69-72-70=282 −6 110,200
3 United States Craig Stadler (c) 76-69-70-68=283 −5 69,400
4 United States Ben Crenshaw (c) 72-73-67-72=284 −4 48,900
T5 United States Fred Couples 75-68-71-71=285 −3 36,500
Australia Greg Norman 77-73-71-64=285
United States Don Pooley 71-72-72-70=285
8 South Africa David Frost 73-74-71-68=286 −2 31,000
T9 West Germany Bernhard Langer (c) 71-72-71-73=287 −1 28,000
United States Tom Watson (c) 72-71-73-71=287

Sources:[8][9]

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
Scotland Lyle −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7
United States Calcavecchia −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
United States Stadler −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5
United States Crenshaw −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4
United States Couples −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3
Australia Norman +5 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3
United States Pooley −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3
South Africa Frost +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 E E E E E E +1 E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2
West Germany Langer −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1
United States Watson E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 E +1 E −1
Spain 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:[10]

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. ^ a b 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. ^ Denlinger, Ken (April 8, 1988). "Wind blows up Masters scores". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
  7. ^ Boswell, Thomas (April 9, 1988). "Lyle steps into Masters lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
  8. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Historic leaderboards: 1988 Masters". Augusta.com. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

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