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1987 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1987 Masters Tournament
image	1987_Masters_Tournament_Official_Guide_cover.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1987 Masters Guide
dates	April 9−12, 1987
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6905 yd
field	85 players, 54 after cut
cut	151 (+7)
purse	$867,100
winners_share	$162,000
champion	USA Larry Mize
score	285 (−3), playoff
previous	[1986](1986-masters-tournament)
next	[1988](1988-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

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

;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)

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.

;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

Peter Jacobsen (13) did not play.

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

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1987

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

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1987

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

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1987

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

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

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

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
USA Mize	−2	−3	−2	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3
AUS Norman	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	E	−1	−2	−2	−3	−2	−3	−3
ESP Ballesteros	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3
USA Crenshaw	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2
USA Maltbie	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2
FRG Langer	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1
TWN Chen	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	E	E	+1	+1	E	+1	+2	+2
USA 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 :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle -- |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

Playoff

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

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

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