1989 Masters Tournament

1989 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 6–9, 1989
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field	85 players, 52 after cut
Cut	151 (+7)
Prize fund	$1,000,000
Winner's share	$200,000
Champion
Nick Faldo
283 (−5), playoff
«1988 1990»

The 1989 Masters Tournament was the 53rd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Nick Faldo won the first of his three Masters titles, the second of his six major championships. After a third round 77 (+5), he shot a final round 65 (−7) and won with a birdie on the second sudden-death playoff hole over Scott Hoch.^[2] The 1989 Masters is remembered for Hoch missing a two-foot putt on the first playoff hole that would have won him the tournament.^[1][3] Greg Norman continued his misfortunes at the Masters with a bogey on the 72nd hole to miss a playoff by a stroke, similar to 1986. Third round leader Ben Crenshaw also bogeyed the final hole to tie Norman for third.^[4]

Faldo became the first from England to win the Masters and was the second consecutive winner from the United Kingdom. Defending champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland missed the cut by two strokes, but made history at the champions' dinner on Tuesday by sporting a kilt and serving haggis.^[5]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984	71	72	70	71	284	−4	T3
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	71	72	73	69	285	−3	5
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	72	73	74	71	290	+2	T14
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986	73	74	73	71	291	+3	T18
Bernhard Langer	West Germany	1985	74	75	71	73	293	+5	T26
Larry Mize	United States	1987	72	77	69	75	293	+5	T26
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	76	74	69	74	293	+5	T26
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	76	74	72	76	298	+10	T38
Charles Coody	United States	1971	76	74	76	72	298	+10	T38
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	76	75	73	74	298	+10	T38
George Archer	United States	1969	75	75	75	75	300	+12	T43

Source:^[6]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Billy Casper	United States	1970	75	78	153	+9
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	77	76	153	+9
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	76	77	153	+9
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	74	79	153	+9
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	81	80	161	+17
Doug Ford	United States	1957	81	82	163	+19
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	83		WD

Source:^[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1989

Lee Trevino, vying for an elusive Masters title, shot an opening round 67 to lead Nick Faldo by one shot. Only 10 players broke par on day one, including 1984 champion Ben Crenshaw and 1980 and 1983 champion Seve Ballesteros. Defending champion Sandy Lyle birdied 18 to shoot a disappointing 77.^[2]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Trevino	United States	67	−5
2	Nick Faldo	England	68	−4
3	Scott Hoch	United States	69	−3
T4	Andy Bean	United States	70	−2
	Don Pooley	United States
T6	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	71	−1
	Chen Tze-chung	Taiwan
	Ben Crenshaw	United States
	Jumbo Ozaki	Japan
	Tom Purtzer	United States

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1989

Lee Trevino and Nick Faldo, who both shot over par on the day, shared the lead after a difficult scoring day. Only four players broke par including Ken Green, who shot 69 and had the round of the day. Seve Ballesteros shot 72 even though he had a 4 putt on the 15th hole.^[2]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Nick Faldo	England	68-73=141	−3
	Lee Trevino	United States	67-74=141
T3	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	71-72=143	−1
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-72=143
	Ken Green	United States	74-69=143
	Scott Hoch	United States	69-74=143
	Mike Reid	United States	72-71=143
8	Tom Kite	United States	72-72=144	E
T9	Mark O'Meara	United States	74-71=145	+1
	Curtis Strange	United States	74-71=145
	Tom Watson	United States	72-73=145

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1989 & Sunday, April 9, 1989

Saturday was a long day that included a 90 minute delay and eventual suspension of play. Ben Crenshaw stormed to a 4 shot lead at the suspension of play. Crenshaw was 3 under on the day through 13. Nick Faldo got off to a slow start with a double bogey on the first hole. On the second hole Faldo holed an improbable 100 foot birdie putt, but was 3 over on the day through 12 holes. Out early, clubhouse leader Greg Norman posted a 68 to reach +1 and close within 5 shots of the lead when play was suspended. Lee Trevino, trying to complete the career Grand Slam, faded out of contention Saturday.^[2]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Hole
1	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-72-49=192	−4	13
T2	Nick Faldo	England	68-73-50=191	E	12
	Scott Hoch	United States	69-74-53=196		13
	Mike Reid	United States	72-71-53=196		13

Sunday

For the first time since 1984 the third round was completed on Sunday morning. Conditions were ideal, but overnight leader Ben Crenshaw was unable to take advantage as his four shot morning lead was cut to one by the end of the third round. Seve Ballesteros who was +3 at the suspension of play on Saturday birdied 14, 15 and 17 to get back to level par. Nick Faldo continued to struggle in the morning, playing his last 6 holes in +2, to fall 5 shots out of the lead at the end of the third round. First and second round leader Lee Trevino couldn't get any momentum in the morning and finally finished with an 81.^[2]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-72-70=213	−3
T2	Scott Hoch	United States	69-74-71=214	−2
	Mike Reid	United States	72-71-71=214
T4	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	71-72-73=216	E
	Ken Green	United States	74-69-73=216
	Tom Kite	United States	72-72-72=216
T7	Greg Norman	Australia	74-75-68=217	+1
	Mark O'Meara	United States	74-71-72=217
T9	Nick Faldo	England	68-73-77=218	+2
	Larry Mize	United States	72-77-69=218

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1989

An exciting final round had six different players hold at least a share of the lead on the back nine. Nick Faldo, five shots back to start the round, birdied four of his first seven holes to post 32 on the front nine. Faldo continued his comeback with miraculous birdies on 16 and 17 to post 65 and hold the clubhouse lead at −5. In the round Faldo made eight birdies and just one bogey at the 11th hole. Mike Reid chipped in for birdie on the 12th hole to take sole possession of the lead for the first time in the tournament at −6. However, Reid missed a short putt for par on 14 and double-bogeyed 15 after hitting his approach into the water to fade to 6th place. Seve Ballesteros, who held the lead earlier in the day, was just one shot back on 16, but underhit his tee-shot into the water ending any chances of his third Masters title. Greg Norman stormed into contention with birdies on 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 17 to tie for the lead. Norman however was unable to get up and down from the front of the green on 18, making bogey and missing a playoff by one shot.

In the end it came down to the final pairing of Ben Crenshaw and Scott Hoch. Hoch birdied the 15th to take sole possession of the lead at −6, but missed a short par putt at 17 to drop back to −5. Crenshaw, three back of the lead after the 15th hole, birdied 16 and 17 to share the lead with Hoch heading to the final hole. Both players hit the fairway off the tee, and then Hoch hit his approach on the green after Crenshaw missed in the front greenside bunker. After Crenshaw chipped out to 12 feet (4 m), Hoch had 25 feet (8 m) for birdie and his first major championship. Hoch barely missed his birdie putt and was able to tap in for par, tying Faldo for the clubhouse lead. Crenshaw then had 12 feet to join a playoff with Faldo and Hoch, but missed.^[2]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Nick Faldo	England	68-73-77-65=283	−5	Playoff
	Scott Hoch	United States	69-74-71-69=283
T3	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-72-70-71=284	−4	64,450
	Greg Norman	Australia	74-75-68-67=284
5	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	71-72-73-69=285	−3	44,400
6	Mike Reid	United States	72-71-71-72=286	−2	40,000
7	Jodie Mudd	United States	73-76-72-66=287	−1	37,200
T8	Chip Beck	United States	74-76-70-68=288	E	32,200
	José María Olazábal	Spain	77-73-70-68=288
	Jeff Sluman	United States	74-72-74-68=288

Source:^[6]

Scorecard

Final round

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
Faldo	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5
Hoch	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5
Crenshaw	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−4
Norman	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−5	−4
Ballesteros	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−2	−2	−3
Reid	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−3	−3	−3	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[4][7]

Playoff

Faldo and Hoch were in the 10th playoff in Masters history and the 4th to use the sudden death format. The first hole of the playoff was the 10th, where both players made par every day. Both players hit the fairway, but Faldo pushed his approach in the short right side bunker. Hoch then played it safe, hitting the front middle of the green, leaving an uphill birdie putt. After Faldo chipped out to 15 feet (5 m), Hoch had 25 feet (8 m) to win his first major championship. Hoch lagged his putt up to 2 feet, forcing Faldo to make his 15 footer for par. Faldo missed, but made his 4-foot comebacker for a bogey five. Hoch then had his third putt of the day to win the championship, but missed, then made the 4-foot comebacker to extend the playoff.

The next playoff hole was the 11th, which Faldo bogeyed all four times he played it during the week. After Faldo hit his approach to 25 feet, Hoch pushed his approach right of the green. Hoch chipped to six feet,^[8] but Faldo now had a putt to win. Faldo made the 25-foot birdie putt for his second major championship and first Masters title.^[2][9]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Nick Faldo	England	5-3	E	200,000
2	Scott Hoch	United States	5-x		120,000

References

1. Dorman, Larry (April 10, 1989). "Hoch's miss is Faldo's gain". Spokesman-Review. Knight-Ridder. p. D1. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
2. Swift, E.M. (April 17, 1989). "Jolly Good Show". Sports Illustrated. p. 18. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
3. Van Sickle, Gary (April 10, 1989). "Faldo becomes new master of Augusta". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1C. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
4. Hyman, Mark (April 10, 1989). "Faldo does when others don't". Eugene Register-Guard. (from The Baltimore Sun). p. 1B. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
5. Lader, Martin (April 8, 1989). "Lyle's reign as champion ends quietly". Schenectady Gazette. UPI. p. 20.
6. "1989 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
7. "Historic leaderboards: 1989 Masters". Augusta.com. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
8. "Faldo wins Masters in playoff". The New York Times. April 10, 1989. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
9. Harig, Bob (April 12, 2011). "1989 Masters: Nick Faldo wins in playoff". ESPN. Retrieved January 14, 2013.

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners and results
• About.com – 1989 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1989 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
• You Tube.com – video – 1989 Masters, final round

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