1988 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores

Sandy Lyle won the 1988 Masters, the 52nd edition of the golf major. It was Lyle's second major championship victory. He secured this win by birdieing the tournament's final hole.

Winner: Sandy Lyle, 281

Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia

Tournament dates: April 7-10, 1988

Leader after first round: Larry Nelson and Robert Wrenn, 69

Leader after second round: Sandy Lyle, 138

Leader after third round: Sandy Lyle, 210

What Happened in the 1988 Masters Tournament

Scotsman Sandy Lyle picked up his second major championship victory at the 1988 Masters, beating Mark Calcavecchia by one stroke. And that meant one thing to past winners of The Masters: Haggis would be on the menu at the 1989 Champions Dinner.

It turned out to be Lyle's final win on the PGA Tour, although he won four more times on the European Tour.

Lyle reached the 72nd hole tied with Calcavecchia at 6-under. A playoff appeared likely when Lyle's drive found the fairway bunker. But he hit a brilliant recovery shot, a 7-iron to within 10 feet of the cup. And then Lyle rolled in the downhill birdie putt for the win.

Lyle was the leader at the midway point, and carried the lead into the final round. But he hit into Rae's Creek in front of the 12th green in the final round (his ball hit the bank and rolled back down into the water) and made double-bogey. That dropped him into a tie, and Calcavecchia took the lead with a birdie on the 13th.

Calcavecchia parred out from there. But Lyle birdied the 16th to regain a tie for the lead, then birdied the 18th to win it.

Lyle was not only the first Scotsman to win The Masters, but the first British golfer to do so. And yes, the following year at Augusta National haggis (minced organ meats, suet and oatmeal cooked inside a sheep's stomach) was on the Champions Dinner menu.

Art Wall, the 1959 Masters champion, played the tournament for the final time this year, missing the cut.

1988 Masters Final Scores

Sandy Lyle	71-67-72-71—281
Mark Calcavecchia	71-69-72-70—282
Craig Stadler	76-69-70-68—283
Ben Crenshaw	72-73-67-72—284
Fred Couples	75-68-71-71—285
Greg Norman	77-73-71-64—285
Don Pooley	71-72-72-70—285
David Frost	73-74-71-68—286
Bernhard Langer	71-72-71-73—287
Tom Watson	72-71-73-71—287
Seve Ballesteros	73-72-70-73—288
Raymond Floyd	80-69-68-71—288
Lanny Wadkins	74-75-69-70—288
Nick Price	75-76-72-66—289
Doug Tewell	75-73-68-73—289
Mark McNulty	74-71-73-72—290
Dan Pohl	78-70-69-73—290
Fuzzy Zoeller	76-66-72-76—290
T.C. Chen	76-73-72-70—291
Hubert Green	74-70-75-72—291
Chip Beck	73-70-76-73—292
Jack Nicklaus	75-73-72-72—292
Curtis Strange	76-70-72-74—292
Mark McCumber	79-71-72-71—293
Isao Aoki	74-74-73-73—294
Gary Koch	72-73-74-75—294
Payne Stewart	75-76-71-72—294
Robert Wrenn	69-75-76-74—294
Rodger Davis	77-72-71-75—295
Nick Faldo	75-74-75-72—296
Steve Jones	74-74-75-73—296
Mac O'Grady	74-73-76-73—296
Tommy Nakajima	74-72-77-74—297
Larry Nelson	69-78-75-75—297
Bob Tway	74-73-74-76—297
Ken Brown	73-78-69-78—298
Andy North	74-74-75-75—298
Steve Pate	75-76-75-72—298
Mark O'Meara	74-76-74-76—300
a-Jay Sigel	77-72-73-78—300
Joey Sindelar	79-70-74-77—300
Gary Hallberg	73-69-80-79—301
Corey Pavin	76-75-75-75—301
Tom Kite	73-76-77-76—302
Larry Mize	78-71-76-79—304
Jeff Sluman	80-71-78-75—304

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