1988 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
Sandy Lyle won the 1988 Masters, the 52nd edition of the golf major. It was Lyle's second major championship victory. He secured this win by birdieing the tournament's final hole.
Winner: Sandy Lyle, 281
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 7-10, 1988
Leader after first round: Larry Nelson and Robert Wrenn, 69
Leader after second round: Sandy Lyle, 138
Leader after third round: Sandy Lyle, 210
What Happened in the 1988 Masters Tournament
Scotsman Sandy Lyle picked up his second major championship victory at the 1988 Masters, beating Mark Calcavecchia by one stroke. And that meant one thing to past winners of The Masters: Haggis would be on the menu at the 1989 Champions Dinner.It turned out to be Lyle's final win on the PGA Tour, although he won four more times on the European Tour.
Lyle reached the 72nd hole tied with Calcavecchia at 6-under. A playoff appeared likely when Lyle's drive found the fairway bunker. But he hit a brilliant recovery shot, a 7-iron to within 10 feet of the cup. And then Lyle rolled in the downhill birdie putt for the win.
Lyle was the leader at the midway point, and carried the lead into the final round. But he hit into Rae's Creek in front of the 12th green in the final round (his ball hit the bank and rolled back down into the water) and made double-bogey. That dropped him into a tie, and Calcavecchia took the lead with a birdie on the 13th.
Calcavecchia parred out from there. But Lyle birdied the 16th to regain a tie for the lead, then birdied the 18th to win it.
Lyle was not only the first Scotsman to win The Masters, but the first British golfer to do so. And yes, the following year at Augusta National haggis (minced organ meats, suet and oatmeal cooked inside a sheep's stomach) was on the Champions Dinner menu.
Art Wall, the 1959 Masters champion, played the tournament for the final time this year, missing the cut.
1988 Masters Final Scores
| Sandy Lyle | 71-67-72-71—281 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 71-69-72-70—282 |
| Craig Stadler | 76-69-70-68—283 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 72-73-67-72—284 |
| Fred Couples | 75-68-71-71—285 |
| Greg Norman | 77-73-71-64—285 |
| Don Pooley | 71-72-72-70—285 |
| David Frost | 73-74-71-68—286 |
| Bernhard Langer | 71-72-71-73—287 |
| Tom Watson | 72-71-73-71—287 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 73-72-70-73—288 |
| Raymond Floyd | 80-69-68-71—288 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 74-75-69-70—288 |
| Nick Price | 75-76-72-66—289 |
| Doug Tewell | 75-73-68-73—289 |
| Mark McNulty | 74-71-73-72—290 |
| Dan Pohl | 78-70-69-73—290 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 76-66-72-76—290 |
| T.C. Chen | 76-73-72-70—291 |
| Hubert Green | 74-70-75-72—291 |
| Chip Beck | 73-70-76-73—292 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 75-73-72-72—292 |
| Curtis Strange | 76-70-72-74—292 |
| Mark McCumber | 79-71-72-71—293 |
| Isao Aoki | 74-74-73-73—294 |
| Gary Koch | 72-73-74-75—294 |
| Payne Stewart | 75-76-71-72—294 |
| Robert Wrenn | 69-75-76-74—294 |
| Rodger Davis | 77-72-71-75—295 |
| Nick Faldo | 75-74-75-72—296 |
| Steve Jones | 74-74-75-73—296 |
| Mac O'Grady | 74-73-76-73—296 |
| Tommy Nakajima | 74-72-77-74—297 |
| Larry Nelson | 69-78-75-75—297 |
| Bob Tway | 74-73-74-76—297 |
| Ken Brown | 73-78-69-78—298 |
| Andy North | 74-74-75-75—298 |
| Steve Pate | 75-76-75-72—298 |
| Mark O'Meara | 74-76-74-76—300 |
| a-Jay Sigel | 77-72-73-78—300 |
| Joey Sindelar | 79-70-74-77—300 |
| Gary Hallberg | 73-69-80-79—301 |
| Corey Pavin | 76-75-75-75—301 |
| Tom Kite | 73-76-77-76—302 |
| Larry Mize | 78-71-76-79—304 |
| Jeff Sluman | 80-71-78-75—304 |
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