1986 Masters Tournament

1986 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 10–13, 1986
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)
Field	88 players, 48 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$785,000
Winner's share	$144,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
279 (−9)

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Location in the United States

The 1986 Masters Tournament was the 50th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Nicklaus won his record 18th professional major with a historic one-stroke victory. He shot a final round 65 (−7), with a back nine of 30 (−6), for a total score of 279 (−9). At age 46, he became the oldest winner of the Masters and the second-oldest winner of any major championship, behind Julius Boros, who was 48 when he captured the PGA Championship in 1968. The win also gave Nicklaus a record six Masters victories, the first in 1963, less than ten months after his first major win at the 1962 U.S. Open. The 23-year span of Masters victories and 24-year span of major victories are also records. The runners-up were Tom Kite and Greg Norman, whose near-misses at the Masters are also noteworthy. The winner's share was $144,000, more than seven times what Nicklaus earned for his first Augusta win.

Course

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Tea Olive	400	4		10	Camellia	485	4
2	Pink Dogwood	555	5		11	White Dogwood	455	4
3	Flowering Peach	360	4		12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Flowering Crab Apple	205	3		13	Azalea	465	5
5	Magnolia	435	4		14	Chinese Fir	405	4
6	Juniper	180	3		15	Firethorn	500	5
7	Pampas	360	4		16	Redbud	170	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	535	5		17	Nandina	400	4
9	Carolina Cherry	435	4		18	Holly	405	4
Out		3,465	36		In		3,440	36
Source:					Total		6,905	72

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,8,9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd (4,8,11,12,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Bernhard Langer (8,11,12), Jack Nicklaus (8), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (8,12,13), Tom Watson (2,3,8,10,12), Fuzzy Zoeller (2,9,11,12,13)

• Jack Burke, Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead and Art Wall Jr. did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Larry Nelson (4)

• Andy North (9,12,13) did not play.

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Bill Rogers

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Hubert Green (10,12,13), Hal Sutton (11,12,13), Lee Trevino (8,10)

5. 1985 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Chip Drury (a), Peter Persons (a), Sam Randolph (6,7,8,a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Scott Verplank (7,11,a)

7. Members of the 1985 U.S. Walker Cup team

Bob Lewis (a), Jay Sigel (a), Michael Podolak (a), Randy Sonnier (a)

• Clark Burroughs, Jerry Haas, Davis Love III, and Duffy Waldorf forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1985 Masters Tournament

Fred Couples (10), Jay Haas (9), Gary Hallberg, Billy Kratzert, Gary Koch, Wayne Levi (11,12), Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey (11,12), Mark McCumber, Mark O'Meara (9,12,13), Tim Simpson (11), Curtis Strange (11,12,13), Jim Thorpe (11,12), Lanny Wadkins (9,11,12,13)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1985 U.S. Open

Andy Bean (10,11), Rick Fehr, Hale Irwin (11), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Johnny Miller, Corey Pavin (11,12), Don Pooley, Jack Renner (12), Tony Sills, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar (11,12), Payne Stewart (12)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1985 PGA Championship

Buddy Gardner

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Phil Blackmar (12), George Burns (12), Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards (12), Dan Forsman, Bill Glasson (12), Ken Green, Donnie Hammond, Kenny Knox, Roger Maltbie (12), Calvin Peete (12,13), Doug Tewell, Bob Tway, Mark Wiebe

12. Top 30 players from the 1985 PGA Tour money list

Peter Jacobsen (13), Larry Mize, Mac O'Grady, Dan Pohl, Larry Rinker

13. Members of the U.S. 1985 Ryder Cup team

14. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki (8), Dave Barr (9), Chen Tze-chung (9), Chen Tze-ming (10), David Graham (2,8), Jack Kay, Jr. (5,a), Sandy Lyle (3,11), Garth McGimpsey (6,a), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Greg Norman (9), Nick Price (10), Denis Watson (9)

• Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Nationalities in the field

North America (75)	South America (0)	Europe (4)	Oceania (2)	Asia (4)	Africa (3)
Canada (2)		Scotland (1)	Australia (2)	Japan (2)	South Africa (1)
United States (73)		Northern Ireland (1)		Taiwan (2)	Zimbabwe (2)
		Spain (1)
		West Germany (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975	74	71	69	65	279	−9	1
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	71	68	72	70	281	−7	4
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	70	74	68	71	283	−5	T6
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984	71	71	74	70	286	−2	T16
Bernhard Langer	West Germany	1985	74	68	69	75	286	−2	T16
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	73	73	69	72	287	−1	T21

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	77	73	150	+6
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	74	76	150	+6
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	74	78	152	+8
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	77	76	153	+9
Billy Casper	United States	1970	78	75	153	+9
Charles Coody	United States	1971	76	77	153	+9
George Archer	United States	1969	75	80	155	+11
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	79	77	156	+12
Doug Ford	United States	1957	78	78	156	+12
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	80	76	156	+12
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	79	81	160	+16

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ken Green	United States	68	−4
	Billy Kratzert	United States
T3	Chen Tze-chung	Taiwan	69	−3
	Gary Koch	United States
T5	Dave Barr	Canada	70	−2
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan
	Greg Norman	Australia
	Tom Kite	United States
	Bob Tway	United States
	Tom Watson	United States

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	71-68=139	−5
2	Billy Kratzert	United States	68-72=140	−4
3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	70-71=141	−3
T4	Chen Tze-chung	Taiwan	69-73=142	−2
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-71=142
	Danny Edwards	United States	71-71=142
	Greg Norman	Australia	70-72=142
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	74-68=142
T9	Gary Koch	United States	69-74=143	−1
	Mark McCumber	United States	76-67=143
	Corey Pavin	United States	71-72=143
	Bob Tway	United States	70-73=143

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1986

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Greg Norman	Australia	70-72-68=210	−6
T2	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	71-68-72=211	−5
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	74-68-69=211
	Donnie Hammond	United States	73-71-67=211
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	79-69-63=211
T6	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	70-71-71=212	−4
	Tom Kite	United States	70-74-68=212
	Tom Watson	United States	70-74-68=212
T9	Danny Edwards	United States	71-71-72=214	−2
	Gary Koch	United States	69-74-71=214
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	76-70-68=214
	Mark McCumber	United States	76-67-71=214
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-71-69=214
	Corey Pavin	United States	71-72-71=214
	Bob Tway	United States	70-73-71=214

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1986

In one of the most memorable and exciting final rounds in Masters history, five different players held at least a share of the lead in the final round. Seve Ballesteros gained a share of the lead on the front 9 helped by a hole-out eagle at 8. Jack Nicklaus played his first eight holes in even par, but stormed into contention with birdies at 9, 10 and 11. However, Nicklaus bogeyed the 12th to fall three behind the leaders. Greg Norman, tied for the lead at −7 as he made the turn, double-bogeyed the 10th hole to give Ballesteros the outright lead by one shot over Tom Kite. Ballesteros hit his second shot at 13 to within six feet. After Kite lagged up his own eagle putt on 13, Ballesteros holed his putt for his second eagle of the day and a three shot lead over Kite. Kite then holed his birdie putt to cut the lead back to two.

After a par at 14, Nicklaus began his legendary charge at 15. After hitting his 204-yard (187 m) approach to 12 feet (3.7 m), he buried the putt for eagle to pull within two shots of Ballesteros. Nicklaus then hit his tee shot on 16 to within 3 feet and after holing his birdie putt he was within one shot of Ballesteros who was playing the 15th hole. Ballesteros, who was in prime position to go for the green in two, pull hooked his approach into the water. After failing to get up and down, Ballesteros bogeyed the hole, giving Nicklaus a share of the lead. Kite made birdie at 15 to enter into a three-way tie with Ballesteros and Nicklaus. After a wayward drive, Nicklaus hit his approach on 17 to 18 feet (5.5 m). After long deliberation, he holed his putt on 17 for sole possession of the lead for the first time in the tournament. He two-putted for par on 18 to post −9 and a one shot lead.

Ballesteros three-putted the 17th to fall out of contention, but Kite had 12 feet for birdie on 18 to tie Nicklaus. Kite barely missed his putt on the high side to miss a playoff by one shot. Norman, left for dead after his double-bogey on 10, birdied 14, 15 and 16 to pull within one shot of the lead. After hooking his drive way left on 17, Norman made an incredible shot between two pines to within eight feet. Norman buried the birdie putt, his fourth straight, to tie for the lead. Norman then hit a perfect drive on 18, needing birdie for his first major championship. However, Norman pushed his approach shot into the gallery and subsequently missed his 15-foot (4.6 m) par putt to finish one stroke behind. Nicklaus had stormed back, shooting 30 on the back nine, to win his sixth Masters title and became the oldest Masters champion at age 46.

Both Ballesteros and Norman have stated the most regretful shots of their careers were during the final round. For Ballesteros it was his approach shot to the 15th hole and for Norman his approach shot to the 18th.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-71-69-65=279	−9	144,000
T2	Tom Kite	United States	70-74-68-68=280	−8	70,400
	Greg Norman	Australia	70-72-68-70=280
4	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	71-68-72-70=281	−7	38,400
5	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	79-69-63-71=282	−6	32,000
T6	Jay Haas	United States	76-69-71-67=283	−5	27,800
	Tom Watson	United States	70-74-68-71=283
T8	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	70-71-71-72=284	−4	23,200
	Payne Stewart	United States	75-71-69-69=284
	Bob Tway	United States	70-73-71-70=284

Scorecard

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
Nicklaus	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−5	−4	−5	−5	−7	−8	−9	−9
Kite	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Norman	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−9	−8
Ballesteros	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7
Price	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6
Watson	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5
Nakajima	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4
Hammond	−4	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3
Langer	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:

Tournament notes

• Jack Nicklaus increased his record for most Masters wins to six, and most major championship wins to 18.
• Nicklaus became the oldest winner of a Masters at 46 years, 82 days.
• Nicklaus tied the course record with a 30 on the second nine in the final round, while Nick Price shot a 30 on the second nine a day earlier (tied with four others). Nicklaus' 30 included a bogey, at the par-3 12th. The record for the back nine is now 29, set in the fourth round in 1992 by Mark Calcavecchia, and tied by David Toms in the fourth round in 1998.
• Gary Koch won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23 (−4); he tied for 16th at 286 (−2)
• Nick Price set a course record with his third-round 63 (−9), later tied by Greg Norman in the first round in 1996.
  • The previous course record of 64 was set by Lloyd Mangrum in 1940.
• Price set a single-round record at Augusta with ten birdies in round 3. The record is now 11 birdies in a single round set by Anthony Kim in the second round in 2009.
• Sam Randolph was low amateur for the second consecutive year.

Quotes

• "Yes sir! The battle is joined. My goodness. There is life in the old Bear yet." – Ben Wright's (CBS Sports) call as Nicklaus sank his eagle putt on the 15th hole to pull within two shots of the lead.
• "And there's no doubt about it, the Bear has come out of hibernation." – Jim Nantz's (CBS Sports) call as Nicklaus sank his 3-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to pull within one shot of the lead.
• "Oh he's pulled it! Oh he has pull hooked that! That's destined for the water! And the foreign invasion is reeling under the Bear's attack!" – Ben Wright's call as Ballesteros pulled his 2nd shot into the water at 15.
• "Maybe... Yes sir!" – Verne Lundquist's (CBS Sports) call as Nicklaus made his 18-foot (5 m) birdie putt on the 17th hole to take sole possession of the lead for the first time in the tournament.

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners and results
• About.com – 1986 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1986 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
• You Tube.com – video – 1986 Masters: highlights of final holes from CBS Sports broadcast