1987 Masters Tournament

The 1987 Masters Tournament was the 51st Masters Tournament, held April 9−12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Augusta native Larry Mize won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman.[2][3] Norman had barely missed a 20-foot (6 m) birdie opportunity on the 72nd hole which would have won him the tournament in regulation.[4]

1987 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 9−12, 1987
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field85 players, 54 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$867,100
Winner's share$162,000
Champion
Larry Mize
285 (−3), playoff
Location Map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

The playoff began on the par-4 10th hole, where the approach shots of Ballesteros and Norman came to rest on the fringe, and Mize's was on the green, below the hole. Ballesteros failed to par and was eliminated while Norman two-putted for four. Mize's uphill birdie putt came up short and he tapped in to continue with Norman. Both of their tee shots were in the fairway on the next hole, the par-4 11th, but with the pond on the left of the green, Mize's avoidant approach shot was about pin-high but well right, about 140 feet (45 m) from the hole. Norman then played conservatively to the right fringe, with a 50-foot (15 m) putt, sensing a par could win the green jacket. But Mize chipped in for an improbable birdie 3 and a stunned Norman failed to hole his to tie, which ended the tournament.[4][5][6] Mize was the first, and only winner of the Masters to come from Augusta.[7]

It was considered one of the most miraculous shots (and endings) in major championship history, and was just one of the many "bad breaks" in Norman's career.

Field
1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (8,9,11,12), Raymond Floyd (2,4,9,11,12,13), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (8,9,12), Jack Nicklaus (8,9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (9,13), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (2,3,8,12), Fuzzy Zoeller (2,8,9,11,12,13)

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

Larry Nelson, Andy North (13)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Sandy Lyle (8,11), Greg Norman (8,9,10,11,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Hubert Green (13), Hal Sutton (9,11,12,13), Lee Trevino (9), Bob Tway (8,9,10,11,12)

5. 1986 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Buddy Alexander (6,7,a), Chris Kite (a), Bob Lewis (7,a), Brian Montgomery (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

David Curry (a), Garth McGimpsey (a)

  • Sam Randolph forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
7. Members of the 1986 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

Billy Andrade (a), Jay Sigel (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1986 Masters Tournament

Dave Barr, Chen Tze-chung (11), Jay Haas, Donnie Hammond (12), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Gary Koch (9), Roger Maltbie, Mark McCumber (9), Larry Mize (12), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Corey Pavin (11,12), Calvin Peete (12,13), Nick Price, Payne Stewart (9,10,11,12), Curtis Strange (11,13)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1986 U.S. Open

Chip Beck, Mark Calcavecchia (11), David Frost, David Graham (10), Jodie Mudd, Joey Sindelar (12), Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins (12), Lanny Wadkins (11,143), Denis Watson

10. Top eight players and ties from 1986 PGA Championship

Mike Hulbert (11,12), Bruce Lietzke, Jim Thorpe (11,12), D. A. Weibring

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Paul Azinger (12), Andy Bean (12), George Burns, Rick Fehr, Ernie Gonzalez, Ken Green (12), Johnny Miller, Bob Murphy, Mac O'Grady (12), Dan Pohl (12), Gene Sauers, Scott Simpson, Fred Wadsworth, Mark Wiebe (12)

12. Top 30 players from the 1986 PGA Tour money list

John Cook, Kenny Knox, John Mahaffey, Mark O'Meara (13), Don Pooley, Doug Tewell

13. Members of the U.S. 1985 Ryder Cup team
14. Special foreign invitation

Isao Aoki, Howard Clark, José María Olazábal, Masashi Ozaki

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1987

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Cook United States69−3
2Larry Mize United States70−2
T3Bernhard Langer West Germany71−1
Corey Pavin United States
Calvin Peete United States
Payne Stewart United States
Curtis Strange United States
Tom Watson United States
T9Tommy Aaron United States72E
Jay Haas United States
Mac O'Grady United States
Scott Simpson United States
D. A. Weibring United States

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1987

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Curtis Strange United States71-70=141−3
T2John Cook United States69-73=142−2
Roger Maltbie United States76-66=142
Larry Mize United States70-72=142
Corey Pavin United States71-71=142
T6Chen Tze-chung Taiwan74-69=143−1
Bernhard Langer West Germany71-72=143
Tom Watson United States71-72=143
T9Seve Ballesteros Spain73-71=144E
Andy Bean United States75-69=144
Jay Haas United States72-72=144
Joey Sindelar United States74-70=144

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1987

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ben Crenshaw United States75-70-67=212−4
Roger Maltbie United States76-66-70=212
T3Bernhard Langer West Germany71-72-70=213−3
Greg Norman Australia73-74-66=213
T5Seve Ballesteros Spain73-71-70=214−2
Chen Tze-chung Taiwan74-69-71=214
Larry Mize United States70-72-72=214
Curtis Strange United States71-70-73=214
T9Mark McCumber United States75-71-69=215−1
Lanny Wadkins United States73-72-70=215

Source:[10]

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1987

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
T1 Seve Ballesteros (c)73-71-70-71=285−3Playoff
Larry Mize70-72-72-71=285
Greg Norman73-74-66-72=285
T4 Ben Crenshaw (c)75-70-67-74=286−237,200
Roger Maltbie76-66-70-74=286
Jodie Mudd74-72-71-69=286
T7 Jay Haas72-72-72-73=289+126,200
Bernhard Langer (c)71-72-70-76=289
Jack Nicklaus (c)74-72-73-70=289
Tom Watson (c)71-72-74-72=289
D. A. Weibring72-75-71-71=289

Sources:[11][12]

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Mize−2−3−2−1−1−2−3−3−3−2−2−3−4−3−2−2−2−3
Norman−4−4−3−3−4−3−2−2−2−1E−1−2−2−3−2−3−3
Ballesteros−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3
Crenshaw−4−5−5−5−5−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2
Maltbie−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−4−4−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2
Langer−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−1−1E+1+1+1+1
Chen−2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2EE+1+1E+1+2+2
Strange−2−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−2−1+1+2+2+1+2+1+2+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[13]

Playoff
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Larry Mize United States4-3−1162,000
T2Greg Norman Australia4-x79,200
Seve Ballesteros Spain5- 
  • Sudden-death playoff began on hole #10 and ended at hole #11, where Mize birdied.

References
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  3. "Oh what a feeling! Mize masters Masters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder newspapers. April 13, 1987. p. C1.
  4. Ballard, Sarah (April 20, 1987). "My, Oh Mize". Sports Illustrated. pp. 36−43.
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  • Masters.com – past winners and results
  • Augusta.com – 1987 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
  • YouTube.com − video − 1987 Masters playoff highlights
  • YouTube.com − video − 1987 Masters playoff-winning shot, from CBS Sports
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