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

Front cover of the 1988 Masters Guide
Tournament information
Dates	April 7–10, 1988
Location	Augusta, Georgia 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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)
Location map
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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)

• 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. British 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 British 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, 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

• 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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1988

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

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1988

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

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1988

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Sandy Lyle	71-67-72=210	−6
T2	Mark Calcavecchia	71-69-72=212	−4
	Ben Crenshaw	72-73-67=212
T4	Fred Couples	75-68-71=214	−2
	Bernhard Langer	71-72-71=214
	Fuzzy Zoeller	76-66-72=214
T7	Seve Ballesteros	73-72-70=215	−1
	Don Pooley	71-72-72=215
	Craig Stadler	76-69-70=215
T10	Doug Tewell	75-73-68=216	E
	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	Sandy Lyle	71-67-72-71=281	−7	183,800
2	Mark Calcavecchia	71-69-72-70=282	−6	110,200
3	Craig Stadler (c)	76-69-70-68=283	−5	69,400
4	Ben Crenshaw (c)	72-73-67-72=284	−4	48,900
T5	Fred Couples	75-68-71-71=285	−3	36,500
	Greg Norman	77-73-71-64=285
	Don Pooley	71-72-72-70=285
8	David Frost	73-74-71-68=286	−2	31,000
T9	Bernhard Langer (c)	71-72-71-73=287	−1	28,000
	Tom Watson (c)	72-71-73-71=287

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Seve Ballesteros (c)	73-72-70-73=288	E	23,000
	Raymond Floyd (c)	80-69-68-71=288
	Lanny Wadkins	74-75-69-70=288
T14	Nick Price	75-76-72-66=289	+1	18,500
	Doug Tewell	75-73-68-73=289
T16	Mark McNulty	74-71-73-72=290	+2	16,000
	Dan Pohl	78-70-69-73=290
	Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	76-66-72-76=290
T19	Chen Tze-chung	76-73-72-70=291	+3	13,500
	Hubert Green	74-70-75-72=291
T21	Chip Beck	73-70-76-73=292	+4	11,200
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	75-73-72-72=292
	Curtis Strange	76-70-72-74=292
24	Mark McCumber	79-71-72-71=293	+5	9,600
T25	Isao Aoki	74-74-73-73=294	+6	7,975
	Gary Koch	72-73-74-75=294
	Payne Stewart	75-76-71-72=294
	Robert Wrenn	69-75-76-74=294
29	Rodger Davis	77-72-71-75=295	+7	7,100
T30	Nick Faldo	75-74-75-72=296	+8	6,500
	Steve Jones	74-74-75-73=296
	Mac O'Grady	74-73-76-73=296
T33	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	74-72-77-74=297	+9	5,667
	Larry Nelson	69-78-75-75=297
	Bob Tway	74-73-74-76=297
T36	Ken Brown	73-78-69-78=298	+10	4,900
	Andy North	74-74-75-75=298
	Steve Pate	75-76-75-72=298
T39	Mark O'Meara	74-76-74-76=300	+12	4,400
	Jay Sigel (a)	77-72-73-78=300		0
	Joey Sindelar	79-70-74-77=300		4,400
T42	Gary Hallberg	73-69-80-79=301	+13	4,000
	Corey Pavin	76-75-75-75=301
44	Tom Kite	73-76-77-76=302	+14	3,700
T45	Larry Mize (c)	78-71-76-79=304	+16	3,400
	Jeff Sluman	80-71-78-75=304
CUT	Dave Barr	77-75=152	+8
	Andy Bean	73-79=152
	Jay Haas	81-71=152
	Scott Hoch	79-73=152
	Kenny Knox	75-77=152
	Davis Love III	73-79=152
	Sam Randolph	78-74=152
	John Cook	77-76=153	+9
	Bob Eastwood	77-76=153
	Gary Player (c)	78-75=153
	Charles Coody (c)	78-76=154	+10
	David Curry (a)	74-80=154
	Roger Maltbie	76-78=154
	Mike Reid	78-76=154
	Tim Simpson	80-74=154
	George Archer (c)	80-75=155	+11
	Paul Azinger	75-80=155
	Keith Clearwater	82-73=155
	Billy Mayfair (a)	80-75=155
	Scott Simpson	79-76=155
	Bobby Wadkins	79-76=155
	Ian Woosnam	81-74=155
	Lennie Clements	75-81=156	+12
	Bill Loeffler (a)	77-79=156
	Len Mattiace (a)	79-77=156
	Eric Rebmann (a)	77-79=156
	D. A. Weibring	79-77=156
	Arnold Palmer (c)	80-77=157	+13
	Hal Sutton	80-77=157
	Buddy Alexander (a)	78-80=158	+14
	J. C. Snead	79-79=158
	Gay Brewer (c)	78-81=159	+15
	Brian Montgomery (a)	78-81=159
	Scott Gump (a)	83-77=160	+16
	Paul Mayo (a)	81-80=161	+17
	Doug Ford (c)	80-82=162	+18
	Jodie Mudd	84-78=162
	Stephen Ford (a)	83-80=163	+19
	Lee Trevino	81-83=164	+20
	Art Wall Jr. (c)	86-79=165	+21
	Tommy Aaron (c)	83-83=166	+22
	Billy Casper (c)	80-86=166
	Bob Lewis (a)	87-83=170	+26
WD	Jim Thorpe

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
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:^[10]