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. Norman had barely missed a 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 from the hole. Norman then played conservatively to the right fringe, with a 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 Mize was the first, and only winner of the Masters to come from Augusta.
It was considered one of the most miraculous shots 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, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
;2. U.S. Open champions
Larry Nelson, Andy North
;3. The Open champions
Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman
;4. PGA champions
Hubert Green, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway
;5. 1986 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
Buddy Alexander, Chris Kite, Bob Lewis, Brian Montgomery
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
David Curry, Garth McGimpsey
;7. Members of the 1986 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
Billy Andrade, Jay Sigel
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1986 Masters Tournament
Dave Barr, Chen Tze-chung, Jay Haas, Donnie Hammond, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, Roger Maltbie, Mark McCumber, Larry Mize, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, Nick Price, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1986 U.S. Open
Chip Beck, Mark Calcavecchia, David Frost, David Graham, Jodie Mudd, Joey Sindelar, Scott Verplank, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Denis Watson
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1986 PGA Championship
Mike Hulbert, Bruce Lietzke, Jim Thorpe, D. A. Weibring
;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Paul Azinger, Andy Bean, George Burns, Rick Fehr, Ernie Gonzalez, Ken Green, Johnny Miller, Bob Murphy, Mac O'Grady, Dan Pohl, Gene Sauers, Scott Simpson, Fred Wadsworth, Mark Wiebe
;12. Top 30 players from the 1986 PGA Tour money list
John Cook, Kenny Knox, John Mahaffey, Mark O'Meara, 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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1987
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Cook69−3
2Larry Mize70−2
T3Bernhard Langer71−1
T3Corey Pavin71−1
T3Calvin Peete71−1
T3Payne Stewart71−1
T3Curtis Strange71−1
T3Tom Watson71−1
T9Tommy Aaron72E
T9Jay Haas72E
T9Mac O'Grady72E
T9Scott Simpson72E
T9D. A. Weibring72E

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Second round

Friday, April 10, 1987
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Curtis Strange71-70=141−3
T2John Cook69-73=142−2
T2Roger Maltbie76-66=142−2
T2Larry Mize70-72=142−2
T2Corey Pavin71-71=142−2
T6Chen Tze-chung74-69=143−1
T6Bernhard Langer71-72=143−1
T6Tom Watson71-72=143−1
T9Seve Ballesteros73-71=144E
T9Andy Bean75-69=144E
T9Jay Haas72-72=144E
T9Joey Sindelar74-70=144E

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Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1987
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ben Crenshaw75-70-67=212−4
T1Roger Maltbie76-66-70=212−4
T3Bernhard Langer71-72-70=213−3
T3Greg Norman73-74-66=213−3
T5Seve Ballesteros73-71-70=214−2
T5Chen Tze-chung74-69-71=214−2
T5Larry Mize70-72-72=214−2
T5Curtis Strange71-70-73=214−2
T9Mark McCumber75-71-69=215−1
T9Lanny Wadkins73-72-70=215−1

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Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1987
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Larry Mize70-72-72-71=285−3Playoff
T1Seve Ballesteros73-71-70-71=285−3Playoff
T1Greg Norman73-74-66-72=285−3Playoff
T4Ben Crenshaw75-70-67-74=286−237,200
T4Roger Maltbie76-66-70-74=286−237,200
T4Jodie Mudd74-72-71-69=286−237,200
T7Jay Haas72-72-72-73=289+126,200
T7Bernhard Langer71-72-70-76=289+126,200
T7Jack Nicklaus74-72-73-70=289+126,200
T7Tom Watson71-72-74-72=289+126,200
T7D. A. Weibring72-75-71-71=289+126,200

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Scorecard

Final round
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
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Playoff