1987 Masters Tournament

1987 Masters Tournament
	Front cover of the 1987 Masters Guide
Tournament information
Dates	April 9−12, 1987
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)
Field	85 players, 54 after cut
Cut	151 (+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
	← 1986 1988 →

DatesApril 9−12, 1987

LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W

CourseAugusta National Golf Club

Organized byAugusta National Golf Club

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]

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.

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

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

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

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	Seve Ballesteros (c)	73-71-70-71=285	−3	Playoff
	Larry Mize	70-72-72-71=285
	Greg Norman	73-74-66-72=285
T4	Ben Crenshaw (c)	75-70-67-74=286	−2	37,200
	Roger Maltbie	76-66-70-74=286
	Jodie Mudd	74-72-71-69=286
T7	Jay Haas	72-72-72-73=289	+1	26,200
	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. Weibring	72-75-71-71=289

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Chip Beck	75-72-70-73=290	+2	17,640
	Chen Tze-chung	74-69-71-76=290
	Mark McCumber	75-71-69-75=290
	Curtis Strange	71-70-73-76=290
	Lanny Wadkins	73-72-70-75=290
T17	Paul Azinger	77-73-69-72=291	+3	13,050
	Mark Calcavecchia	73-72-78-68=291
	Sandy Lyle	77-74-68-72=291
	Craig Stadler (c)	74-74-72-71=291
21	Bobby Wadkins	76-69-73-74=292	+4	10,800
T22	Gary Koch	76-75-72-70=293	+5	9,750
T22	Nick Price	73-73-71-76=293	+5	9,750
T24	John Cook	69-73-74-78=294	+6	7,900
	Tom Kite	73-74-74-73=294
	Mark O'Meara	75-74-71-74=294
T27	David Graham	73-77-72-73=295	+7	6,267
	Donnie Hammond	73-75-74-73=295
	Corey Pavin	71-71-81-72=295
	Scott Simpson	72-75-72-76=295
	Denis Watson	76-74-73-72=295
	Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	76-71-76-72=295
T33	Calvin Peete	71-77-75-73=296	+8	5,200
T33	Gene Sauers	75-73-74-74=296	+8	5,200
T35	Andy Bean	75-69-78-75=297	+9	4,257
	Howard Clark	74-71-77-75=297
	Hubert Green	80-71-74-72=297
	John Mahaffey	73-75-76-73=297
	Gary Player (c)	75-75-71-76=297
	Joey Sindelar	74-70-81-72=297
	Mark Wiebe	73-74-71-79=297
T42	Johnny Miller	75-75-71-77=298	+10	3,333
	Payne Stewart	71-75-74-78=298
	Jim Thorpe	77-74-76-71=298
T45	David Frost	75-70-77-78=300	+12	2,800
	Kenny Knox	75-75-75-75=300
	Don Pooley	76-75-76-73=300
48	Mike Hulbert	76-75-71-79=301	+13	2,400
49	Bruce Lietzke	75-74-77-76=302	+14	2,300
T50	Tommy Aaron (c)	72-76-76-81=305	+17	2,200
	Dave Barr	79-68-79-79=305
	Billy Casper (c)	77-74-75-79=305
	Mac O'Grady	72-79-79-75=305
54	Bob Lewis (a)	74-77-79-79=309	+21	0
CUT	Buddy Alexander (a)	76-76=152	+8
	Billy Andrade (a)	74-78=152
	George Burns	78-74=152
	Raymond Floyd (c)	75-77=152
	Dan Pohl	81-71=152
	Scott Verplank	76-76=152
	Rick Fehr	78-75=153	+9
	Andy North	79-74=153
	Hal Sutton	77-76=153
	Bob Tway	78-75=153
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	73-81=154	+10
	Larry Nelson	75-79=154
	José María Olazábal	79-75=154
	Charles Coody (c)	75-80=155	+11
	Ken Green	78-77=155
	Bob Murphy	82-73=155
	Masashi Ozaki	73-82=155
	David Curry (a)	78-78=156	+12
	Chris Kite (a)	80-76=156
	Garth McGimpsey (a)	79-77=156
	Lee Trevino	80-76=156
	Fred Wadsworth	74-82=156
	Ernie Gonzalez	77-80=157	+13
	Isao Aoki	81-77=158	+14
	Doug Ford (c)	79-81=160	+16
	Arnold Palmer (c)	83-77=160
	Jay Sigel (a)	77-83=160
	Gay Brewer (c)	80-81=161	+17
	Brian Montgomery (a)	77-84=161
	Doug Tewell	85-76=161
	Art Wall Jr. (c)	85-76=161

1987 Masters Tournament

Round summaries

First round

Second round

Third round

Final round

Final leaderboard

Scorecard

Playoff

References

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Tournament information
Front cover of the 1987 Masters Guide
Dates	April 9−12, 1987
Location	Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour	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
Location map
Augusta National Location in the United States Show map of the United States Augusta National Location in Georgia Show map of Georgia
← 1986 1988 →

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

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

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