Masters 1988: Sandy Lyle wins

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Sunday 10 April 1988PGA TourYear in Review

Lyle wins Masters

Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 April 1988 · Sandy Lyle’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $1.0 million USD

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

12 h 42 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

R118°/11°C · wind 33 km/h WNW, gusts 68 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
R224°/8°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
R326°/7°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
R427°/6°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.

Mark Calcavecchia USA · 282led by a stroke at the 16th tee; Lyle birdied the 16th and the 72nd hole (from a fairway bunker) to beat him by one 1988 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia

90 started · cut +7, 46 made it

Men's major

Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia

3 of 5 researched

Winner

281Total

−7To par

1 strokeMargin

Runner-up: Mark Calcavecchia

Pos	Player	Rounds	Total	To par
1	Sandy Lyle	71 · 67 · 72 · 71	281	−7
2	Mark Calcavecchia	71 · 69 · 72 · 70	282	−6
3	Craig Stadler	76 · 69 · 70 · 68	283	−5
4	Ben Crenshaw	72 · 73 · 67 · 72	284	−4
T5	Fred Couples	75 · 68 · 71 · 71	285	−3
T5	Greg Norman	77 · 73 · 71 · 64	285	−3
T5	Don Pooley	71 · 72 · 72 · 70	285	−3
8	David Frost	73 · 74 · 71 · 68	286	−2
T9	Bernhard Langer	71 · 72 · 71 · 73	287	−1
T9	Tom Watson	72 · 71 · 73 · 71	287	−1

born 1958-02-09, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; SCO; turned pro 1977; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 2.

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