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.
Lyle led after 36 and 54 holes, 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 putt for birdie, which he holed.
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 from the hole. After holing the birdie putt, Lyle danced up the green to claim his only green jacket.
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, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
;2. U.S. Open champions
Larry Nelson, Andy North, Scott Simpson
;3. The Open champions
Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman
;4. PGA champions
Hubert Green, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway
;5. 1987 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
Stephen Ford, Scott Gump, Billy Mayfair, Eric Rebmann
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
Buddy Alexander, David Curry, Paul Mayo
;7. Members of the 1987 U.S. Walker Cup team
Bob Lewis, Bill Loeffler, Len Mattiace, Brian Montgomery, Jay Sigel
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1987 Masters Tournament
Paul Azinger, Chip Beck, Mark Calcavecchia, Chen Tze-chung, John Cook, Jay Haas, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Roger Maltbie, Mark McCumber, Jodie Mudd, Mark O'Meara, Nick Price, Curtis Strange, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, D. A. Weibring
;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, Tim Simpson, Jim Thorpe
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1987 PGA Championship
Scott Hoch, Don Pooley
;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Dave Barr, Ken Brown, Keith Clearwater, Fred Couples, Gary Hallberg, Steve Jones, Kenny Knox, Davis Love III, Steve Pate, Sam Randolph, Mike Reid, 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. 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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1988
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Larry Nelson69−3
T1Robert Wrenn69−3
T3Mark Calcavecchia71−1
T3Bernhard Langer71−1
T3Sandy Lyle71−1
T3Don Pooley71−1
T7Ben Crenshaw72E
T7Gary Koch72E
T7Tom Watson72E
T10Seve Ballesteros73+1
T10Andy Bean73+1
T10Chip Beck73+1
T10Ken Brown73+1
T10David Frost73+1
T10Gary Hallberg73+1
T10Tom Kite73+1
T10Davis Love III73+1

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Second round

Friday, April 8, 1988
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sandy Lyle71-67=138−6
2Mark Calcavecchia71-69=140−4
T3Gary Hallberg73-69=142−2
T3Fuzzy Zoeller76-66=142−2
T5Chip Beck73-70=143−1
T5Fred Couples75-68=143−1
T5Bernhard Langer71-72=143−1
T5Don Pooley71-72=143−1
T5Tom Watson72-71=143−1
T10Hubert Green74-70=144E
T10Robert Wrenn69-75=144E

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Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1988
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sandy Lyle71-67-72=210−6
T2Mark Calcavecchia71-69-72=212−4
T2Ben Crenshaw72-73-67=212−4
T4Fred Couples75-68-71=214−2
T4Bernhard Langer71-72-71=214−2
T4Fuzzy Zoeller76-66-72=214−2
T7Seve Ballesteros73-72-70=215−1
T7Don Pooley71-72-72=215−1
T7Craig Stadler76-69-70=215−1
T10Doug Tewell75-73-68=216E
T10Tom Watson72-71-73=216E

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Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1988
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Sandy Lyle71-67-72-71=281−7183,800
2Mark Calcavecchia71-69-72-70=282−6110,200
3Craig Stadler76-69-70-68=283−569,400
4Ben Crenshaw72-73-67-72=284−448,900
T5Fred Couples75-68-71-71=285−336,500
T5Greg Norman77-73-71-64=285−336,500
T5Don Pooley71-72-72-70=285−336,500
8David Frost73-74-71-68=286−231,000
T9Bernhard Langer71-72-71-73=287−128,000
T9Tom Watson72-71-73-71=287−128,000

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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