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 20 ft 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 ft from the hole. Norman then played conservatively to the right fringe, with a 50 ft 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
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)
 * 1. Masters champions


 * 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.

Larry Nelson, Andy North (13)
 * 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Sandy Lyle (8,11), Greg Norman (8,9,10,11,12)
 * 3. The Open champions (last five years)

Hubert Green (13), Hal Sutton (9,11,12,13), Lee Trevino (9), Bob Tway (8,9,10,11,12)
 * 4. PGA champions (last five years)

Buddy Alexander (6,7,a), Chris Kite (a), Bob Lewis (7,a), Brian Montgomery (a)
 * 5. 1986 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

David Curry (a), Garth McGimpsey (a)
 * 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions


 * Sam Randolph forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

Billy Andrade (a), Jay Sigel (a)
 * 7. Members of the 1986 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

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

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

Mike Hulbert (11,12), Bruce Lietzke, Jim Thorpe (11,12), D. A. Weibring
 * 10. Top eight players and ties from 1986 PGA Championship


 * Peter Jacobsen (13) did not play.

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)
 * 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

John Cook, Kenny Knox, John Mahaffey, Mark O'Meara (13), Don Pooley, Doug Tewell
 * 12. Top 30 players from the 1986 PGA Tour money list


 * 13. Members of the U.S. 1985 Ryder Cup team

Isao Aoki, Howard Clark, José María Olazábal, Masashi Ozaki
 * 14. Special foreign invitation

First round
Thursday, April 9, 1987 Source:

Second round
Friday, April 10, 1987 Source:

Third round
Saturday, April 11, 1987 Source:

Final round
Sunday, April 12, 1987

Final leaderboard
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Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff

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