Watched this 31 years ago as a 13 year old brings back some memories. To date got to be my greatest sporting moment of all time along with Murray winning first major. What bottle Lyle had bogeying the 11 with 3 putt after playing safe so going right at it on 12 must have thought it was stone dead on the tee. Then 2 birdies in the last 3 holes what a legend
According to his caddie Dave Musgrove, Lyle had mud on his ball for his 2nd shot at 11 - hence it hung out further to the right than he intended. And because it landed on the fringe he still couldn't clean it, causing his first putt to come up six feet short.
I mean when we think of legendary shots at Augusta we think of Mize's chip in at 11, Tigers chip in on 16 - but that shot on 18 from the back fairway bunker from Lyle is one of the most incredible shots ever seen at Augusta and surely the most underrated one. I can't believe he even gets it above the lip with a 7 iron but to then lazer it over the flag and bring it back to what, 8 feet? Freaking incredible.
Paul, so true. Theres a classic from Peter Aliss at the 1990 masters 3rd round. Stadler just clears the pond on 2nd shot at 15. He smiles and Aliss utters the classic...." Wonderfully expressive face. I wouldnt like a clip round the ear from him I must confess" Awesome.
Wow, thanks very much for posting. As a Scot and golf nut, I remember watching this on sunday night back in 88.. Sandy had a nightmare 11 and 12 and I'd thought he'd blown it so I went to bed (didn't want to see it,) Boy did I get that wrong. Big Sandys finest hour and a personal all time sports favourite
I remember watching this live in '88. The final hole is imprinted in my mind - Sandy hit his tee shot and looked concerned as I guess he'd really caught it and into the bunker it went. The bunker shot was just a perfectly clean hit and then watching the ball gather momentum and roll back down to the flag. Then the wiggly putt which went in. Amazing. It was a remarkable 4 years for British golf (or if you prefer Scottish 88, English Faldo 89/90 Faldo and Welsh Woosie 91).
Thank you so much for putting this up: as a 15 year old in the UK, this was the tournament that made me take up golf. And 7 years later I had the opportunity to work at the Masters as a gallery guard on the 10th, and then return and play the course. Naturally I tried the shot from that bunker - and that lip was really high!!!! Sandy Lyle - proving that, just sometimes, nice guys do finish first.
Darrly Brannen absolutely, even more than tv shows. Everybody that goes to Augusta for the 1st time is always amazing how “hilly” it is. Tv flattens it out, especially the greens.
@@darrlybrannen1597 Yes! Unless you can it hit it long and left, you're left with a horrible downhill lie with a long iron. The other really big hill is the 8th - uphill all the way!!!
1988, when international golf was on a hot streak of sorts. Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman, Bernhard Langer, Nick Price, Ian Baker-Finch, Jose Maria Olazabal all in their primes. Lyle had such a natural swing, but then in 1992 he tweaked it and was never the same again. Brent Musburger's last Masters as well. While I think in his prime he was one of the best in the business, he never came off as a golf guy. I can see why by this point Jim Nantz was doing a majority of the hosting role, and in 1989 would be given the role officially, which he still has today.
Wow, I had missed this in '88 and never knew how close Calc came to a green jacket. Lot's of great golf down the stretch from both him and Sandy. I always loved Calc's move into his left side. So simple.
Proud Scotsman loved this quiet discreet guy who never stayed in europe for the easy money he put hiomself up againest the best in the world on the U.S tour oh sandy sandy!!!!!!!!!!!!!still my hero:)
I don't think you understand the term "sneaky long". "Sneaky long" means hitting it with a low draw and loads of overspin, giving it fifty yards of run after landing. So the ball ends up a long way out there, without the player having actually carried it a long way through the air. Hence the term "sneaky long". Applies to smaller-looking guys who don't appear all that powerful. Sandy Lyle was just a long powerful hitter through the air - he wasn't a "sneaky long" hitter.
First Masters I ever watched AND my 15 Yr old brain had predicted a Lyle win after he won the Greater Greensboro Open the week before. A short-lived career in sports betting awaited me...
Everyone is talking about the sand shot Sandy did on 18th.. I was stunned by the shot on 13th, a real pressure shot and by far longest and that after 3 over last two holes!
The last Masters hosted by Brent Musburger Also the only time between 1983-1990 that the winner came from the final pairing. After 1990 we had 16 consecutive winners that came from the final pairing.
In 1989, Jim Nantz become a lead host of the Masters Tournament... But from 1986, 1987 and 1988, Nantz did a described from the different holes in Augusta National..
I like when they don't show the winner on the thumbnail..even though I've probably watched most of these I still forget who won and I'd like to watch it that way.
I've been watching a lot of the final rounds so far no one who lost the lead by putting in water has managed to recover and win except Lyle, amazing mind set to comeback from that.
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Interesting to see Bernhard Langer putting fairly well here. About a month later he went down with a horrendous case of the yips which ruined the remainder of his season.
Squeak caddying for Couples before going to Price in the 90's... before his early passing from Lukemia. By chance, due to Price being ill, he caddied for Daly in his '91 PGA win.
Venturi, McCord, Wright and Lundquist, it doesn’t get much better than that for commentary. It takes me back to simpler times, when Augusta didn’t have to fend off the long hitters. The Lyle bunker shot on 18 was one of the best closing hole shots in Masters history.
I remember during the honorary starters ceremony Curtis Strange said enjoy these legends because they are not going to be with us much longer meaning, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and Tom Watson and to think 35 years later out of all the commentators from this Masters only Verne Lundquist and Jim Nantz remain and this was the last year that Brent Musberger hosted the coverage and Jim Nantz took over in 89. We need to also enjoy legends of broadcasting like Verne Lundquist and Brent Musberger, because they will not be with us much longer even though Brent is retired. So consider in another 10 years there will be another group of honorary starters probably Nick Faldo and Ben Crenshaw and to think during this time Jim Nantz will be the only commentator from this Masters left as he said before he wants to cover this event for as long as possible
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The last Masters hosted by Brent Musberger. (Thank goodness! 😳😱😂🤓) Brent just about gave the green jacket to Mark, after Sandy put his tee-shot in the water at the 12th hole. (Like the great Yogi Berra said, "It is not over, till it is over!")
Remember watching this live 32 years ago, wow where have all these years gone, crazy!!!!! Sandy’s first name is Alexander, but in Scotland anyone with that name is called Sandy. I agree with one of the other comments, Sandy had so much natural talent, in my opinion more than Faldo, and should have won more majors, but tried to get way too technical. He was possibly influenced by Nick Faldo’s success.
Seve never looks as though he is enjoying himself in these mid- to late-80s tournaments. It seems a shame he couldn't have just relaxed and allowed himself to have fun.
If I recall, the reason Mark Calcaveccia was able to land the ball so softly was that his Irons had deep square grooves which helped him win the Open late in 1988. Soon after, they were banned from all competitions.
Being from west palm beach, fl, i was rooting for Calc, but you have to hand it to Lyle, hitting that great 7 iron, shot out of the bunker on 18. He deserved to win
The narrow green and the creek angle away from the tee to the right. Anything slightly right and/or short is in the water. Short or long and left, at least you are on dry land. Wind is swirling and unpredictable in that part of the course, making distance control a pill too. I agree with the announcers. It depends on the circumstance, and how you're hitting them at the time. 3-4 back and swinging well, I'm going for it. Any closer to the lead, it's not worth the double bogey+ risk.
He cut his hand as a teenager and had nerve damage. Remained an amatuer as he was from money and had a successful insurance business. Decided at 50 he was competitive for the Senior Tour and decided he could make some money playing it.
Hard to believe CBS’s coverage was even more insufferably precious back then. The jackets and ties, the reverential comments about the course, the bowing to the golf gods of Sarazen, Sneed, and Jones...enough to make me gag.
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commentators are dreadful compared to brilliant BBC Coverage. Sandys 7 iron from bunker on 72nd hole is still the greatest Masters golf shot of all time.
Venturi is the Donald trump of golf commentators.. Half sentences... Barely coherent.. Knows what everyone is thinking.. Has feelings this or that will happen
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