1987 Masters Tournament

1987 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 9−12, 1987
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 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)
Field85 players, 54 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$867,100
Winner's share$162,000
Champion
United States Larry Mize
285 (−3), playoff
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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. Norman had barely missed a 20-foot (6 m) birdie opportunity on the 72nd hole which would have won him the tournament in regulation.

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. Mize was the first, and only winner of the Masters to come from Augusta.

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

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

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1987

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

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1987

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

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1987

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
T1 Spain Seve Ballesteros (c) 73-71-70-71=285 −3 Playoff
United States Larry Mize 70-72-72-71=285
Australia Greg Norman 73-74-66-72=285
T4 United States Ben Crenshaw (c) 75-70-67-74=286 −2 37,200
United States Roger Maltbie 76-66-70-74=286
United States Jodie Mudd 74-72-71-69=286
T7 United States Jay Haas 72-72-72-73=289 +1 26,200
West Germany Bernhard Langer (c) 71-72-70-76=289
United States Jack Nicklaus (c) 74-72-73-70=289
United States Tom Watson (c) 71-72-74-72=289
United States D. A. Weibring 72-75-71-71=289

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
United States Mize −2 −3 −2 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3
Australia Norman −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 E −1 −2 −2 −3 −2 −3 −3
Spain Ballesteros −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3
United States Crenshaw −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2
United States Maltbie −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2
West Germany Langer −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1
Taiwan Chen −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 E E +1 +1 E +1 +2 +2
United States 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:

Playoff

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Larry Mize 4-3 −1 162,000
T2 Australia Greg Norman 4-x 79,200
Spain Seve Ballesteros 5- 
  • Sudden-death playoff began on hole #10 and ended at hole #11, where Mize birdied.

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