1988 Masters Tournament Explained

1988 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 7–10, 1988
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:90 players, 46 after cut
Cut:151 (+7)
Purse:$1.0 million
Winners Share:$183,800
Champion: Sandy Lyle
Score:281 (−7)
Previous:1987
Next:1989
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

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 15feet 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 10feet 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 championsTommy 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-finalistsStephen Ford (a), Scott Gump (a), Billy Mayfair (6,7,a), Eric Rebmann (a)
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur championsBuddy Alexander (7,a), David Curry (a), Paul Mayo (a)
7. Members of the 1987 U.S. Walker Cup teamBob Lewis (a), Bill Loeffler (a), Len Mattiace (a), Brian Montgomery (a), Jay Sigel (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1987 Masters TournamentPaul 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. OpenIsao 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 ChampionshipScott Hoch (12), Don Pooley (11,12)
11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous MastersDave 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 listDavid Frost, Corey Pavin, Jeff Sluman, Payne Stewart (13)
13. Members of the U.S. 1987 Ryder Cup teamAndy Bean
14. Special foreign invitationRodger Davis, Mark McNulty, Ian Woosnam

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1988

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 69 −3
T3 71 −1
T7 72 E
T10 73 +1
Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1988

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 71-67=138 −6
2 71-69=140 −4
T3 73-69=142 −2
76-66=142
T5 73-70=143 −1
75-68=143
71-72=143
71-72=143
72-71=143
T10 74-70=144 E
69-75=144
Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1988

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 71-67-72=210 −6
T2 71-69-72=212 −4
72-73-67=212
T4 75-68-71=214 −2
71-72-71=214
76-66-72=214
T7 73-72-70=215 −1
71-72-72=215
76-69-70=215
T10 75-73-68=216 E
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 71-67-72-71=281 −7 183,800
2 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 75-68-71-71=285 −3 36,500
77-73-71-64=285
71-72-72-70=285
8 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

Sources:[8] [9]

Scorecard

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
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+1E−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+1EEEEEE+1E−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 EEE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EE+1E+1E−1
Ballesteros EEEE−1−1−1E−1−1−1−1EE−1−1−1E
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->
Source:[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Great Scot! Lyle wins Masters. Spokesman-Review. Juliano. Joe. Knight-Ridder. April 11, 1988. C1 .
  2. Masterful . Sports Illustrated . Reilly . Rick . Rick Reilly . April 18, 1988 . 26.
  3. News: Lyle clings to precarious lead at Masters . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). (Washington Post) . Denlinger . Ken . April 10, 1988 . 1C.
  4. News: Lyle escapes sand to trap the Masters . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Boswell . Thomas . Thomas Boswell . (Washington Post) . April 11, 1988 . 1B.
  5. News: Lyle birdies final hole to capture Masters . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Parascenzo . Marino . April 11, 1988 . 13.
  6. News: Wind blows up Masters scores . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). (Washington Post) . Denlinger . Ken . April 8, 1988 . 1C.
  7. News: Lyle steps into Masters lead . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). (Washington Post) . Boswell . Thomas . April 9, 1988 . 1C.
  8. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  9. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.
  10. Web site: Historic leaderboards: 1988 Masters . Augusta.com . August 16, 2013.

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