Larry Mize

United States · born September 23, 1958, Augusta, Georgia, USA

1major championship

Masters1 win
Ryder Cup1 Cup

Summary

First major 1987 The Masters
Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 1-1-2 · 2 points (50.0%)

Wins

1987 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 285 (-3) · won a playoff against Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 4 matches: 1 won, 1 lost, 2 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 0-1-1, four-ball 1-0-0, singles 0-0-1.

1987 Muirfield Village Golf Club USA · Europe won 15–13 · 1-1-2, 2 points · automatic

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Seve Ballesteros' rivals →

Moments

1987 Masters Augusta native Larry Mize won a three-man sudden-death playoff by chipping in from well off the green for birdie on the second extra hole.
1987 Masters Ballesteros was eliminated on the first playoff hole after a three-putt, leaving Mize and Greg Norman to play on.

Results by championship

Best day

1987 Masters

Augusta National Golf Club · 285 (-3) · won a playoff against Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman (Hole 1: Ballesteros bogey (three-putt, eliminated), Mize par, Norman par; Hole 2: Mize birdie (chip-in), Norman missed birdie putt)

Augusta native Larry Mize won a three-man sudden-death playoff by chipping in from well off the green for birdie on the second extra hole.

Ballesteros was eliminated on the first playoff hole after a three-putt, leaving Mize and Greg Norman to play on.

Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1987.

Career line, 1987–1987

Masters

1987 Masters: won

Ryder Cup

1987 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-1-2

19871988

2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

Major win
Ryder Cup, USA

Larry Mize was born on September 23, 1958, in Augusta, Georgia, USA. Mize won one major championship: the 1987 Masters. Mize played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1987), winning 1, losing 1 and halving 2 of 4 matches for 2 points.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

1987 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 285 (-3) · won a playoff against Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman (Hole 1: Ballesteros bogey (three-putt, eliminated), Mize par, Norman par; Hole 2: Mize birdie (chip-in), Norman missed birdie putt)

Ryder Cup

Mize played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 4 matches, 1 won, 1 lost, 2 halved, 2 points (50.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-1, four-ball 1-0-0, singles 0-0-1 (won-lost-halved).

1987 Muirfield Village Golf Club USA · Europe won 15–13 · 1-1-2, 2 points · automatic

Partners, with matches played together: Hal Sutton (2), Lanny Wadkins (1).

Masters Champions Dinner

1988, as the 1987 champion

Confidence: Reported. Menu status: Full. Mize: "I'm kind of a meat and potatoes guy… I did have peach cobbler being from the peach state of Georgia." Peach cobbler also listed by Today's Golfer (2011) and Bookies.com.

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.