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
Dates	April 9−12, 1987
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field	85 players, 54 after cut
Cut	151 (+7)
Prize fund	$867,100
Winner's share	$162,000
Champion
Larry Mize
285 (−3), playoff

Augusta 

Location in the United States

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)

• George Archer, Jack Burke, Jr., Bob Goalby, Ralph Guldahl, 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, 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

• Peter Jacobsen (13) did not play.

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (68)	South America (0)	Europe (7)	Oceania (2)	Asia (4)	Africa (4)
Canada (1)		England (2)	Australia (2)	Japan (3)	South Africa (2)
United States (67)		Scotland (1)		Taiwan (1)	Zimbabwe (2)
		Northern Ireland (1)
		Spain (2)
		West Germany (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	73	71	70	71	285	−3	T2
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984	75	70	67	74	286	−2	T4
Bernhard Langer	West Germany	1985	71	72	70	76	289	+1	T7
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986	74	72	73	70	289	+1	T7
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	71	72	74	72	289	+1	T7
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	74	74	72	71	291	+3	T17
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	76	71	76	72	295	+7	T27
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	75	75	71	76	297	+9	T35
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	72	76	76	81	305	+17	T50
Billy Casper	United States	1970	77	74	75	79	305	+17	T50

Source:[8]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	75	77	152	+8
Charles Coody	United States	1971	75	80	155	+11
Doug Ford	United States	1957	79	81	160	+16
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	83	77	160	+16
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	80	81	161	+17
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	85	76	161	+17

Source:[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	John Cook	United States	69	−3
2	Larry Mize	United States	70	−2
T3	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	71	−1
	Corey Pavin	United States
	Calvin Peete	United States
	Payne Stewart	United States
	Curtis Strange	United States
	Tom Watson	United States
T9	Tommy Aaron	United States	72	E
	Jay Haas	United States
	Mac O'Grady	United States
	Scott Simpson	United States
	D. A. Weibring	United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Curtis Strange	United States	71-70=141	−3
T2	John Cook	United States	69-73=142	−2
	Roger Maltbie	United States	76-66=142
	Larry Mize	United States	70-72=142
	Corey Pavin	United States	71-71=142
T6	Chen Tze-chung	Taiwan	74-69=143	−1
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	71-72=143
	Tom Watson	United States	71-72=143
T9	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-71=144	E
	Andy Bean	United States	75-69=144
	Jay Haas	United States	72-72=144
	Joey Sindelar	United States	74-70=144

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ben Crenshaw	United States	75-70-67=212	−4
	Roger Maltbie	United States	76-66-70=212
T3	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	71-72-70=213	−3
	Greg Norman	Australia	73-74-66=213
T5	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-71-70=214	−2
	Chen Tze-chung	Taiwan	74-69-71=214
	Larry Mize	United States	70-72-72=214
	Curtis Strange	United States	71-70-73=214
T9	Mark McCumber	United States	75-71-69=215	−1
	Lanny Wadkins	United States	73-72-70=215

Source:[11]

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1987

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Larry Mize	United States	70-72-72-71=285	−3	Playoff
	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	73-71-70-71=285
	Greg Norman	Australia	73-74-66-72=285
T4	Ben Crenshaw	United States	75-70-67-74=286	−2	37,200
	Roger Maltbie	United States	76-66-70-74=286
	Jodie Mudd	United States	74-72-71-69=286
T7	Jay Haas	United States	72-72-72-73=289	+1	26,200
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	71-72-70-76=289
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-72-73-70=289
	Tom Watson	United States	71-72-74-72=289
	D. A. Weibring	United States	72-75-71-71=289

Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

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
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	−1	E	−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	−1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1
Chen	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	E	E	+1	+1	E	+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:[12]

Playoff

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Larry Mize	United States	4-3	−1	162,000
T2	Greg Norman	Australia	4-x		79,200
	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	5-

• Sudden-death playoff began on hole #10 and ended at hole #11, where Mize birdied.

References

1. Green, Bob (April 13, 1987). "Oh, what a feeling! Mize masters Masters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
2. "Larry Mize masters hometown course". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 13, 1987. p. 1B.
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.
5. Parascenzo, Marino (April 13, 1987). "Magnificent shot by Mize wins Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 23.
6. Van Sickle, Gary (April 13, 1987). "Mize miracle just masterful". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1C.
7. http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/2598236.html
8. "Golf: Masters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 13, 1987. p. C4.
9. Green, Bob (April 11, 1987). "Strange survives 5 bogeys for halfway lead". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1B.
10. Green, Bob (April 10, 1987). "Cook fires 69, tames fast Augusta greens". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1B.
11. Green, Bob (April 12, 1987). "Crenshaw ties Maltbie for lead". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 1B.
12. "Historic leaderboards: 1987 Masters". Augusta.com. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com − 1987 Masters
• 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

Preceded by 1986 PGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1987 U.S. Open