# 1989 Masters Tournament

The 1989 Masters Tournament was the 53rd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Nick Faldo won the first of his three Masters titles, the second of his six major championships. After a third round 77 (+5), he shot a final round 65 (−7) and won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Scott Hoch. The 1989 Masters is remembered for Hoch missing a two-foot (0.6 m) putt on the first playoff hole that would have won him the green jacket. Greg Norman continued his misfortunes at the Masters with a bogey on the 72nd hole to miss a playoff by a stroke, similar to 1986. Third round leader Ben Crenshaw also bogeyed the final hole to tie Norman for third.
Faldo became the first man from England to win the Masters and was the second consecutive winner from the United Kingdom. Defending champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland missed the cut by two strokes, but made history at the champions' dinner on Tuesday by sporting a kilt and serving haggis.

## Field
### 1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,9,12), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (9,10,13,14), Raymond Floyd (2,9), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle (3,13), Larry Mize (10,14), Jack Nicklaus (9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (9), Tom Watson (3,9), Fuzzy Zoeller (2,9,10)
* Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play.

### 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Andy North, Scott Simpson (10,14), Curtis Strange (9,12,13,14)

### 3. The Open champions (last five years)

Nick Faldo (10,11), Greg Norman (9,12,13)

### 4. PGA champions (last five years)

Hubert Green (9), Larry Nelson (12,13,14), Jeff Sluman (12,13), Lee Trevino, Bob Tway (13)

### 5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Eric Meeks (a), Danny Yates (a)

### 6. The Amateur champion

Christian Hardin (a)

### 7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Ralph Howe III (a)

### 8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

David Eger (a)

### 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1988 Masters Tournament

Chip Beck (12,13), Mark Calcavecchia (12,13,14), Chen Tze-chung, Fred Couples (10,13), David Frost (12,13), Mark McCumber (13), Mark McNulty, Dan Pohl (10,11,13,14), Don Pooley, Nick Price, Doug Tewell, Lanny Wadkins (10,12,13,14)

### 10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1988 U.S. Open

Paul Azinger (11,13), Andy Bean (14), Bob Gilder (11), Mark O'Meara (12,13), Steve Pate (13), Payne Stewart (13,14), D. A. Weibring

### 11. Top eight players and ties from 1988 PGA Championship

Tom Kite (12,13,14), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Dave Rummells

### 12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Jim Benepe, Mark Brooks, Bill Glasson (13), Ken Green (13), Morris Hatalsky, Steve Jones, Gary Koch (13), Bruce Lietzke (13), Bob Lohr, Andrew Magee, Blaine McCallister, Jodie Mudd (13), Corey Pavin, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid (13), Gene Sauers, Tom Sieckmann, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar (13), Mike Sullivan, Greg Twiggs, Scott Verplank
* Phil Blackmar, the winner of the Provident Classic was not invited.

### 13. Top 30 players from the 1988 PGA Tour money list

Jay Haas, Scott Hoch, Peter Jacobsen, Mark Wiebe

### 14. Members of the U.S. 1987 Ryder Cup team

Hal Sutton

### 15. Special foreign invitation

José María Olazábal, Masashi Ozaki, Ian Woosnam

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, April 6, 1989
Lee Trevino, vying for an elusive Masters title, shot an opening round 67 to lead Nick Faldo by one shot. Only 10 players broke par on day one, including 1984 champion Ben Crenshaw and 1980 and 1983 champion Seve Ballesteros. Defending champion Sandy Lyle birdied 18 to shoot a disappointing 77.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lee Trevino | 67 | −5 |
| 2 | Nick Faldo | 68 | −4 |
| 3 | Scott Hoch | 69 | −3 |
| T4 | Andy Bean | 70 | −2 |
| T4 | Don Pooley | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Seve Ballesteros | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Chen Tze-chung | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Ben Crenshaw | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Masashi Ozaki | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Tom Purtzer | 71 | −1 |

### Second round

Friday, April 7, 1989
Lee Trevino and Nick Faldo, who both shot over par on the day, shared the lead after a difficult scoring day. Only four players broke par including Ken Green, who shot 69 and had the round of the day. Seve Ballesteros shot 72 even though he had a 4 putt on the 15th hole.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Nick Faldo | 68-73=141 | −3 |
| T1 | Lee Trevino | 67-74=141 | −3 |
| T3 | Seve Ballesteros | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T3 | Ben Crenshaw | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T3 | Ken Green | 74-69=143 | −1 |
| T3 | Scott Hoch | 69-74=143 | −1 |
| T3 | Mike Reid | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| 8 | Tom Kite | 72-72=144 | E |
| T9 | Mark O'Meara | 74-71=145 | +1 |
| T9 | Curtis Strange | 74-71=145 | +1 |
| T9 | Tom Watson | 72-73=145 | +1 |
Amateurs: Howe III (+12), Yates (+14), Eger (+18), Meeks (+18), Hardin (+26)

### Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1989
Saturday was a long day that included a 90-minute delay and eventual suspension of play. Ben Crenshaw stormed to a four-shot lead at the suspension of play. Crenshaw was 3-under on the day through 13. Nick Faldo got off to a slow start with a double bogey on the first hole. On the second hole, he holed an improbable 100-foot (30 m) birdie putt, but was 3 over on the day through 12 holes. Out early, clubhouse leader Greg Norman posted a 68 to reach +1 and close within five shots of the lead when play was suspended. Lee Trevino, trying to complete the career Grand Slam, faded out of contention Saturday.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Hole |
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | 71-72-49=192 | −4 | 13 |
| T2 | Nick Faldo | 68-73-50=191 | E | 12 |
| T2 | Scott Hoch | 69-74-53=196 | E | 13 |
| T2 | Mike Reid | 72-71-53=196 | E | 13 |
Sunday, April 9, 1989
For the first time since 1984, the third round was completed on Sunday morning. Conditions were ideal, but overnight leader Ben Crenshaw was unable to take advantage as his four-shot morning lead was cut to one by the end of the third round. Seve Ballesteros who was +3 at the suspension of play on Saturday birdied 14, 15, and 17 to get back to level par. Nick Faldo continued to struggle in the morning, playing his last six holes in two over par, to fall 5 shots out of the lead at the end of the third round. First and second round leader Lee Trevino couldn't get any momentum in the morning and stumbled to an 81.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | 71-72-70=213 | −3 |
| T2 | Scott Hoch | 69-74-71=214 | −2 |
| T2 | Mike Reid | 72-71-71=214 | −2 |
| T4 | Seve Ballesteros | 71-72-73=216 | E |
| T4 | Ken Green | 74-69-73=216 | E |
| T4 | Tom Kite | 72-72-72=216 | E |
| T7 | Greg Norman | 74-75-68=217 | +1 |
| T7 | Mark O'Meara | 74-71-72=217 | +1 |
| T9 | Nick Faldo | 68-73-77=218 | +2 |
| T9 | Larry Mize | 72-77-69=218 | +2 |

### Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1989

#### Summary

An exciting final round had six different players hold at least a share of the lead on the back nine. Nick Faldo, five shots back to start the round, birdied four of his first seven holes to post 32 on the front nine. Faldo continued his comeback with miraculous birdies on 16 and 17 to post 65 and hold the clubhouse lead at −5. In the round Faldo made eight birdies and just one bogey at the 11th hole. Mike Reid chipped in for birdie on the 12th hole to take sole possession of the lead for the first time in the tournament at −6. However, Reid missed a short putt for par on 14 and double-bogeyed 15 after hitting his approach into the water to fade to 6th place. Seve Ballesteros, who went out in 5-under 31, had held the lead earlier in the day and was still only 1 behind as he teed off on the par-3 16th but underhit his tee-shot into the water and took a double dogey. Ballesteros later birdied 18 to finish 3-under. Meanwhile, Greg Norman had stormed into contention with birdies on 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 17 to tie for the lead at 5-under. Norman, however, mis-clubbed his 2nd shot from the fairway on 18 and came up short. Subsequently, he was unable to get up and down from the chipping area fronting the green and made bogey, missing the playoff by one stroke.
In the end it came down to the final pairing of Ben Crenshaw and Scott Hoch. Hoch birdied the 15th to take sole possession of the lead at −6, but missed a short par putt at 17 to drop back to −5. Crenshaw, three back of the lead after the 15th hole, birdied 16 and 17 to share the lead with Hoch heading to the final hole. Both players hit the fairway off the tee, and then Hoch hit his approach on the green after Crenshaw missed in the front greenside bunker. After Crenshaw chipped out to 12 feet (4 m), Hoch had 25 feet (8 m) for birdie and his first major championship. Hoch barely missed his birdie putt and was able to tap in for par, tying Faldo for the clubhouse lead. Crenshaw then had 12 feet to join a playoff with Faldo and Hoch, but missed.

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| T1 | Nick Faldo | 68-73-77-65=283 | −5 | Playoff |
| T1 | Scott Hoch | 69-74-71-69=283 | −5 | Playoff |
| T3 | Ben Crenshaw (c) | 71-72-70-71=284 | −4 | 64,450 |
| T3 | Greg Norman | 74-75-68-67=284 | −4 | 64,450 |
| 5 | Seve Ballesteros (c) | 71-72-73-69=285 | −3 | 44,400 |
| 6 | Mike Reid | 72-71-71-72=286 | −2 | 40,000 |
| 7 | Jodie Mudd | 73-76-72-66=287 | −1 | 37,200 |
| T8 | Chip Beck | 74-76-70-68=288 | E | 32,200 |
| T8 | José María Olazábal | 77-73-70-68=288 | E | 32,200 |
| T8 | Jeff Sluman | 74-72-74-68=288 | E | 32,200 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Fred Couples | 72-76-74-67=289 | +1 | 25,567 |
| T11 | Ken Green | 74-69-73-73=289 | +1 | 25,567 |
| T11 | Mark O'Meara | 74-71-72-72=289 | +1 | 25,567 |
| T14 | Paul Azinger | 75-75-69-71=290 | +2 | 19,450 |
| T14 | Don Pooley | 70-77-76-67=290 | +2 | 19,450 |
| T14 | Tom Watson (c) | 72-73-74-71=290 | +2 | 19,450 |
| T14 | Ian Woosnam | 74-76-71-69=290 | +2 | 19,450 |
| T18 | David Frost | 76-72-73-70=291 | +3 | 14,000 |
| T18 | Tom Kite | 72-72-72-75=291 | +3 | 14,000 |
| T18 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 73-74-73-71=291 | +3 | 14,000 |
| T18 | Masashi Ozaki | 71-75-73-72=291 | +3 | 14,000 |
| T18 | Curtis Strange | 74-71-74-72=291 | +3 | 14,000 |
| T18 | Lee Trevino | 67-74-81-69=291 | +3 | 14,000 |
| T24 | Tom Purtzer | 71-76-73-72=292 | +4 | 10,250 |
| T24 | Payne Stewart | 73-75-74-70=292 | +4 | 10,250 |
| T26 | Bernhard Langer (c) | 74-75-71-73=293 | +5 | 8,240 |
| T26 | Larry Mize (c) | 72-77-69-75=293 | +5 | 8,240 |
| T26 | Steve Pate | 76-75-74-68=293 | +5 | 8,240 |
| T26 | Lanny Wadkins | 76-71-73-73=293 | +5 | 8,240 |
| T26 | Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 76-74-69-74=293 | +5 | 8,240 |
| T31 | Mark Calcavecchia | 74-72-74-74=294 | +6 | 6,900 |
| T31 | Steve Jones | 74-73-80-67=294 | +6 | 6,900 |
| T31 | Dave Rummells | 74-74-75-71=294 | +6 | 6,900 |
| T34 | Hubert Green | 74-75-76-71=296 | +8 | 6,000 |
| T34 | Peter Jacobsen | 74-73-78-71=296 | +8 | 6,000 |
| T34 | Bruce Lietzke | 74-75-79-68=296 | +8 | 6,000 |
| 37 | Bob Gilder | 75-74-77-71=297 | +9 | 5,400 |
| T38 | Tommy Aaron (c) | 76-74-72-76=298 | +10 | 4,900 |
| T38 | Charles Coody (c) | 76-74-76-72=298 | +10 | 4,900 |
| T38 | Raymond Floyd (c) | 76-75-73-74=298 | +10 | 4,900 |
| T38 | Scott Simpson | 72-77-72-77=298 | +10 | 4,900 |
| 42 | Dan Pohl | 72-74-78-75=299 | +11 | 4,300 |
| T43 | George Archer (c) | 75-75-75-75=300 | +12 | 3,900 |
| T43 | Mark McCumber | 72-75-81-72=300 | +12 | 3,900 |
| T43 | Greg Twiggs | 75-76-79-70=300 | +12 | 3,900 |
| T46 | Jay Haas | 73-77-79-72=301 | +13 | 3,125 |
| T46 | Bob Lohr | 75-76-77-73=301 | +13 | 3,125 |
| T46 | Mike Sullivan | 76-74-73-78=301 | +13 | 3,125 |
| T46 | D. A. Weibring | 72-79-74-76=301 | +13 | 3,125 |
| 50 | Corey Pavin | 74-74-78-76=302 | +14 | 2,800 |
| 51 | Andy Bean | 70-80-77-77=304 | +16 | 2,700 |
| 52 | Chen Tze-chung | 71-75-76-84=306 | +18 | 2,600 |
| CUT | Andy North | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tim Simpson | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mark Wiebe | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Billy Casper (c) | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Sandy Lyle (c) | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Andrew Magee | 73-80=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Blaine McCallister | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Larry Nelson | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Gary Player (c) | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Gene Sauers | 74-79=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Joey Sindelar | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler (c) | 74-79=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Bill Glasson | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Tom Sieckmann | 79-75=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Hal Sutton | 72-82=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Bob Tway | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Mark Brooks | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Mark McNulty | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Ralph Howe III (a) | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Gary Koch | 76-80=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Jim Benepe | 82-75=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 76-81=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Nick Price | 76-82=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Doug Tewell | 77-81=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Scott Verplank | 79-79=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Danny Yates (a) | 81-77=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Morris Hatalsky | 78-81=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Arnold Palmer (c) | 81-80=161 | +17 | |
| CUT | David Eger (a) | 84-78=162 | +18 | |
| CUT | Eric Meeks (a) | 83-79=162 | +18 | |
| CUT | Doug Ford (c) | 81-82=163 | +19 | |
| CUT | Christian Hardin (a) | 85-85=170 | +26 | |
| WD | Gay Brewer (c) | 83 | +11 | |
Sources:

#### 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 |
| Faldo | +1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 |
| Hoch | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 |
| Crenshaw | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −4 |
| Norman | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −4 |
| Ballesteros | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −2 | −2 | −3 |
| Reid | −2 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:

### Playoff

Faldo and Hoch were in the tenth playoff in Masters history and the fourth to use the sudden death format. The playoff began at the 10th hole, where both had made par every day. Both hit the fairway, but Faldo pushed his approach in the short right side bunker. Hoch then played safely, hitting the front middle of the green, leaving an uphill birdie putt. After Faldo chipped out to 15 feet (5 m), Hoch had 25 feet (8 m) to win his first major championship. Hoch lagged his putt up to 2 feet, forcing Faldo to make his 15 footer for par. Faldo missed, but made his 4-foot comebacker for a bogey five. Hoch then had his third putt of the day to win the championship, but missed, then made the 4-foot comebacker for bogey to extend the playoff.
The playoff went to the 11th hole, which Faldo had bogeyed in all four rounds. After Faldo hit his approach to 25 feet, Hoch pushed his approach right of the green. Hoch chipped to six feet, but Faldo made his long birdie putt for his second major championship and first Masters title.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Nick Faldo | 5-3 | E | 200,000 |
| 2 | Scott Hoch | 5-x | | 120,000 |