# 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 15-foot (4.6 m) 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 10 feet (3 m) 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 (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, 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 |
| T1 | Robert Wrenn | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71 | −1 |
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | 71 | −1 |
| T3 | Sandy Lyle | 71 | −1 |
| T3 | Don Pooley | 71 | −1 |
| T7 | Ben Crenshaw | 72 | E |
| T7 | Gary Koch | 72 | E |
| T7 | Tom Watson | 72 | E |
| T10 | Seve Ballesteros | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Andy Bean | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Chip Beck | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Ken Brown | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | David Frost | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Gary Hallberg | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Tom Kite | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Davis Love III | 73 | +1 |
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### 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 |
| T3 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 76-66=142 | −2 |
| T5 | Chip Beck | 73-70=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Fred Couples | 75-68=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Bernhard Langer | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Don Pooley | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Tom Watson | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| T10 | Hubert Green | 74-70=144 | E |
| T10 | Robert Wrenn | 69-75=144 | E |
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### 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 |
| T2 | Ben Crenshaw | 72-73-67=212 | −4 |
| T4 | Fred Couples | 75-68-71=214 | −2 |
| T4 | Bernhard Langer | 71-72-71=214 | −2 |
| T4 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 76-66-72=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Seve Ballesteros | 73-72-70=215 | −1 |
| T7 | Don Pooley | 71-72-72=215 | −1 |
| T7 | Craig Stadler | 76-69-70=215 | −1 |
| T10 | Doug Tewell | 75-73-68=216 | E |
| T10 | Tom Watson | 72-71-73=216 | E |
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### 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$) |
| 1 | Sandy Lyle | 71-67-72-71=281 | −7 | 183,800 |
| 2 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71-69-72-70=282 | −6 | 110,200 |
| 3 | Craig Stadler (c) | 76-69-70-68=283 | −5 | 69,400 |
| 4 | Ben Crenshaw (c) | 72-73-67-72=284 | −4 | 48,900 |
| T5 | Fred Couples | 75-68-71-71=285 | −3 | 36,500 |
| T5 | Greg Norman | 77-73-71-64=285 | −3 | 36,500 |
| T5 | Don Pooley | 71-72-72-70=285 | −3 | 36,500 |
| 8 | David Frost | 73-74-71-68=286 | −2 | 31,000 |
| T9 | Bernhard Langer (c) | 71-72-71-73=287 | −1 | 28,000 |
| T9 | Tom Watson (c) | 72-71-73-71=287 | −1 | 28,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Seve Ballesteros (c) | 73-72-70-73=288 | E | 23,000 |
| T11 | Raymond Floyd (c) | 80-69-68-71=288 | E | 23,000 |
| T11 | Lanny Wadkins | 74-75-69-70=288 | E | 23,000 |
| T14 | Nick Price | 75-76-72-66=289 | +1 | 18,500 |
| T14 | Doug Tewell | 75-73-68-73=289 | +1 | 18,500 |
| T16 | Mark McNulty | 74-71-73-72=290 | +2 | 16,000 |
| T16 | Dan Pohl | 78-70-69-73=290 | +2 | 16,000 |
| T16 | Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 76-66-72-76=290 | +2 | 16,000 |
| T19 | Chen Tze-chung | 76-73-72-70=291 | +3 | 13,500 |
| T19 | Hubert Green | 74-70-75-72=291 | +3 | 13,500 |
| T21 | Chip Beck | 73-70-76-73=292 | +4 | 11,200 |
| T21 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 75-73-72-72=292 | +4 | 11,200 |
| T21 | Curtis Strange | 76-70-72-74=292 | +4 | 11,200 |
| 24 | Mark McCumber | 79-71-72-71=293 | +5 | 9,600 |
| T25 | Isao Aoki | 74-74-73-73=294 | +6 | 7,975 |
| T25 | Gary Koch | 72-73-74-75=294 | +6 | 7,975 |
| T25 | Payne Stewart | 75-76-71-72=294 | +6 | 7,975 |
| T25 | Robert Wrenn | 69-75-76-74=294 | +6 | 7,975 |
| 29 | Rodger Davis | 77-72-71-75=295 | +7 | 7,100 |
| T30 | Nick Faldo | 75-74-75-72=296 | +8 | 6,500 |
| T30 | Steve Jones | 74-74-75-73=296 | +8 | 6,500 |
| T30 | Mac O'Grady | 74-73-76-73=296 | +8 | 6,500 |
| T33 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 74-72-77-74=297 | +9 | 5,667 |
| T33 | Larry Nelson | 69-78-75-75=297 | +9 | 5,667 |
| T33 | Bob Tway | 74-73-74-76=297 | +9 | 5,667 |
| T36 | Ken Brown | 73-78-69-78=298 | +10 | 4,900 |
| T36 | Andy North | 74-74-75-75=298 | +10 | 4,900 |
| T36 | Steve Pate | 75-76-75-72=298 | +10 | 4,900 |
| T39 | Mark O'Meara | 74-76-74-76=300 | +12 | 4,400 |
| T39 | Jay Sigel (a) | 77-72-73-78=300 | +12 | 0 |
| T39 | Joey Sindelar | 79-70-74-77=300 | +12 | 4,400 |
| T42 | Gary Hallberg | 73-69-80-79=301 | +13 | 4,000 |
| T42 | Corey Pavin | 76-75-75-75=301 | +13 | 4,000 |
| 44 | Tom Kite | 73-76-77-76=302 | +14 | 3,700 |
| T45 | Larry Mize (c) | 78-71-76-79=304 | +16 | 3,400 |
| T45 | Jeff Sluman | 80-71-78-75=304 | +16 | 3,400 |
| CUT | Dave Barr | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Andy Bean | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jay Haas | 81-71=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Scott Hoch | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Kenny Knox | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Davis Love III | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Sam Randolph | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | John Cook | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Bob Eastwood | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Gary Player (c) | 78-75=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Charles Coody (c) | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | David Curry (a) | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Roger Maltbie | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Mike Reid | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Tim Simpson | 80-74=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | George Archer (c) | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Paul Azinger | 75-80=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Keith Clearwater | 82-73=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Billy Mayfair (a) | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Scott Simpson | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Bobby Wadkins | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Ian Woosnam | 81-74=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Lennie Clements | 75-81=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Bill Loeffler (a) | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Len Mattiace (a) | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Eric Rebmann (a) | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | D. A. Weibring | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Arnold Palmer (c) | 80-77=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Hal Sutton | 80-77=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Buddy Alexander (a) | 78-80=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | J. C. Snead | 79-79=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Gay Brewer (c) | 78-81=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Brian Montgomery (a) | 78-81=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Scott Gump (a) | 83-77=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Paul Mayo (a) | 81-80=161 | +17 | |
| CUT | Doug Ford (c) | 80-82=162 | +18 | |
| CUT | Jodie Mudd | 84-78=162 | +18 | |
| CUT | Stephen Ford (a) | 83-80=163 | +19 | |
| CUT | Lee Trevino | 81-83=164 | +20 | |
| CUT | Art Wall Jr. (c) | 86-79=165 | +21 | |
| CUT | Tommy Aaron (c) | 83-83=166 | +22 | |
| CUT | Billy Casper (c) | 80-86=166 | +22 | |
| CUT | Bob Lewis (a) | 87-83=170 | +26 | |
| WD | Jim Thorpe | | | |
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#### 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
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