| 1987 Masters | |
Hometown boy Larry Mize, a native of Augusta, Ga., won the 1987 Masters in what goes down as another of Greg Norman's hard-luck losses.
Mize birdied the 72nd hole to get in the clubhouse at 3-under 285. Norman and Seve Ballesteros each birdied the 71st hole to tie Mize. Ballesteros parred the final hole of regulation, while Norman had a putt to win the tournament but the ball skirted the left side of the cup. And that sent Norman, Mize and Ballesteros into a playoff.
And on that next hole, Mize found himself short of the par-4 green in two. He needed, everyone thought, to get the ball close enough to make his par putt and keep the playoff going. A bogey seemed a strong possibility from that position. But Mize did better than an up-and-down. His 140-foot chip bounced up onto the green, bounced again, and then rolled across the green, dropping into the cup. A chip-in birdie to win the 1987 Masters.
"I didn't think Larry would get down in two, and I was right," Norman said of the chip-in. "He got down in one."
It was another disappointing loss for Norman. The Shark had been a victim of Jack Nicklaus' famous charge at the 1986 Masters (and Norman's own wild approach into the final green); and at the major just previous to the 1987 Masters - the 1986 PGA Championship - Norman lost when Bob Tway pulled off an unlikely hole-out from a bunker on the final hole.
1987 Masters Scores
Results from the 1987 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| x-Larry Mize | 70-72-72-71--285 | $162,000 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 73-71-70-71--285 | $79,200 |
| Greg Norman | 73-74-66-72--285 | $79,200 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 75-70-67-74--286 | $37,200 |
| Roger Maltbie | 76-66-70-74--286 | $37,200 |
| Jodie Mudd | 74-72-71-69--286 | $37,200 |
| Jay Haas | 72-72-72-73--289 | $26,200 |
| Bernhard Langer | 71-72-70-76--289 | $26,200 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 74-72-73-70--289 | $26,200 |
| Tom Watson | 71-72-74-72--289 | $26,200 |
| D.A, Weibring | 72-75-71-71--289 | $26,200 |
| Chip Beck | 75-72-70-73--290 | $17,640 |
| T.C. Chen | 74-69-71-76--290 | $17,640 |
| Mark McCumber | 75-71-69-75--290 | $17,640 |
| Curtis Strange | 71-70-73-76--290 | $17,640 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 73-72-70-75--290 | $17,640 |
| Paul Azinger | 77-73-69-72--291 | $13,050 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 73-72-78-68--291 | $13,050 |
| Sandy Lyle | 77-74-68-72--291 | $13,050 |
| Craig Stadler | 74-74-72-71--291 | $13,050 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 76-69-73-74--292 | $10,800 |
| Gary Koch | 76-75-72-70--293 | $9,750 |
| Nick Price | 73-73-71-76--293 | $9,750 |
| John Cook | 69-73-74-78--294 | $7,900 |
| Tom Kite | 73-74-74-73--294 | $7,900 |
| Mark O'Meara | 75-74-71-74--294 | $7,900 |
| David Graham | 73 77 72 73--295 | $6,267 |
| Donnie Hammond | 73-75-74-73--295 | $6,267 |
| Corey Pavin | 71-71-81-72--295 | $6,267 |
| Scott Simpson | 72-75-72-76--295 | $6,267 |
| Dennis Watson | 76-74-73-72--295 | $6,267 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 76-71-76-72--295 | $6,267 |
| Calvin Peete | 71-77-75-73--296 | $5,200 |
| Gene Sauers | 75-73-74-74--296 | $5,200 |
| Andy Bean | 75-69-78-75--297 | $4,257 |
| Howard Clark | 74-71-77-75--297 | $4,257 |
| Hubert Green | 80-71-74-72--297 | $4,257 |
| John Mahaffey | 73-75-76-73--297 | $4,257 |
| Gary Player | 75-75-71-76--297 | $4,257 |
| Joey Sindelar | 74-70-81-72--297 | $4,257 |
| Mark Wiebe | 73-74-71-79--297 | $4,257 |
| Johnny Miller | 75-75-71-77--298 | $3,333 |
| Payne Stewart | 71-75-74-78--298 | $3,333 |
| Jim Thorpe | 77-74-76-71--298 | $3,333 |
| David Frost | 75-70-77-78--300 | $2,800 |
| Kenny Knox | 75-75-75-75--300 | $2,800 |
| Don Pooley | 76-75-76-73--300 | $2,800 |
| Mike Hulbert | 76-75-71-79--301 | $2,400 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 75-74-77-76--302 | $2,300 |
| Tommy Aaron | 72-76-76-81--305 | $2,200 |
| Dave Barr | 79-68-79-79--305 | $2,200 |
| Billy Casper | 77-74-75-79--305 | $2,200 |
| Mac O'Grady | 72-79-79-75--305 | $2,200 |
| a-Bob Lewis Jr. | 74-77-79-79--309 |
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