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 hole of a sudden-death playoff with Scott Hoch. The 1989 Masters is remembered for Hoch missing a putt on the first playoff hole that would have won him the green jacket. 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.

Faldo became the first man 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.

Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,9,12), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (9,10,13,14), Raymond Floyd (2,9), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle (3,13), Larry Mize (10,14), Jack Nicklaus (9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (9), Tom Watson (3,9), Fuzzy Zoeller (2,9,10)

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

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Andy North, Scott Simpson (10,14), Curtis Strange (9,12,13,14)

3. The Open champions (last five years) Nick Faldo (10,11), Greg Norman (9,12,13)

4. PGA champions (last five years) Hubert Green (9), Larry Nelson (12,13,14), Jeff Sluman (12,13), Lee Trevino, Bob Tway (13)

5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Eric Meeks (a), Danny Yates (a)

6. The Amateur champion Cristian Härdin (a)

7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Ralph Howe III (a)

8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion David Eger (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1988 Masters Tournament Chip Beck (12,13), Mark Calcavecchia (12,13,14), Chen Tze-chung, Fred Couples (10,13), David Frost (12,13), Mark McCumber (13), Mark McNulty, Dan Pohl (10,11,13,14), Don Pooley, Nick Price, Doug Tewell, Lanny Wadkins (10,12,13,14)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1988 U.S. Open Paul Azinger (11,13), Andy Bean (14), Bob Gilder (11), Mark O'Meara (12,13), Steve Pate (13), Payne Stewart (13,14), D. A. Weibring

11. Top eight players and ties from 1988 PGA Championship Tom Kite (12,13,14), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Dave Rummells

12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Jim Benepe, Mark Brooks, Bill Glasson (13), Ken Green (13), Morris Hatalsky, Steve Jones, Gary Koch (13), Bruce Lietzke (13), Bob Lohr, Andrew Magee, Blaine McCallister, Jodie Mudd (13), Corey Pavin, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid (13), Gene Sauers, Tom Sieckmann, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar (13), Mike Sullivan, Greg Twiggs, Scott Verplank

Phil Blackmar, the winner of the Provident Classic was not invited.

13. Top 30 players from the 1988 PGA Tour money list Jay Haas, Scott Hoch, Peter Jacobsen, Mark Wiebe

14. Members of the U.S. 1987 Ryder Cup team Hal Sutton

15. Special foreign invitation José María Olazábal, Masashi Ozaki, Ian Woosnam

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lee Trevino67−52 Nick Faldo68−43 Scott Hoch69−3T4 Andy Bean70−2 Don PooleyT6 Seve Ballesteros71−1 Chen Tze-chung Ben Crenshaw Masashi Ozaki Tom Purtzer

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Nick Faldo 68-73=141 −3 Lee Trevino67-74=141T3 Seve Ballesteros 71-72=143−1 Ben Crenshaw71-72=143 Ken Green74-69=143 Scott Hoch69-74=143 Mike Reid72-71=1438 Tom Kite 72-72=144ET9 Mark O'Meara 74-71=145+1 Curtis Strange74-71=145 Tom Watson72-73=145

Amateurs: Howe III (+12), Yates (+14), Eger (+18), Meeks (+18), Härdin (+26)

Third round Saturday, April 8, 1989

Saturday was a long day that included a 90-minute delay and eventual suspension of play. Ben Crenshaw stormed to a four-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, he holed an improbable 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 five shots of the lead when play was suspended. Lee Trevino, trying to complete the career Grand Slam, faded out of contention Saturday.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parHole1 Ben Crenshaw 71-72-49=192 −4 13T2 Nick Faldo 68-73-50=191 E 12 Scott Hoch 69-74-53=196 13 Mike Reid 72-71-53=196 13

Sunday, April 9, 1989

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 six holes in two over par, 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 stumbled to an 81.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ben Crenshaw 71-72-70=213−3T2 Scott Hoch 69-74-71=214−2 Mike Reid72-71-71=214T4 Seve Ballesteros 71-72-73=216E Ken Green74-69-73=216 Tom Kite72-72-72=216T7 Greg Norman 74-75-68=217+1 Mark O'Meara74-71-72=217T9 Nick Faldo 68-73-77=218+2 Larry Mize72-77-69=218

Final round Sunday, April 9, 1989

Summary 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 went out in 5-under 31, had held the lead earlier in the day and was still only 1 behind as he teed off on the par-3 16th but underhit his tee-shot into the water and took a double bogey. Ballesteros later birdied 18 to finish 3-under. Meanwhile, Greg Norman had stormed into contention with birdies on 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 17 to tie for the lead at 5-under. Norman, however, mis-clubbed his 2nd shot from the fairway on 18 and came up short. Subsequently, he was unable to get up and down from the chipping area fronting the green and made bogey, missing the playoff by one stroke.

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 , Hoch had 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.

Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 Nick Faldo 68-73-77-65=283 −5 Playoff Scott Hoch 69-74-71-69=283T3 Ben Crenshaw (c) 71-72-70-71=284 −4 64,450 Greg Norman 74-75-68-67=2845 Seve Ballesteros (c) 71-72-73-69=285 −3 44,4006 Mike Reid 72-71-71-72=286 −2 40,0007 Jodie Mudd 73-76-72-66=287 −1 37,200T8 Chip Beck 74-76-70-68=288 E 32,200 José María Olazábal 77-73-70-68=288 Jeff Sluman 74-72-74-68=288 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Fred Couples 72-76-74-67=289 +1 25,567 Ken Green 74-69-73-73=289 Mark O'Meara 74-71-72-72=289T14 Paul Azinger 75-75-69-71=290 +2 19,450 Don Pooley 70-77-76-67=290 Tom Watson (c) 72-73-74-71=290 Ian Woosnam 74-76-71-69=290T18 David Frost 76-72-73-70=291 +3 14,000 Tom Kite 72-72-72-75=291 Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-74-73-71=291 Masashi Ozaki 71-75-73-72=291 Curtis Strange 74-71-74-72=291 Lee Trevino 67-74-81-69=291T24 Tom Purtzer 71-76-73-72=292 +4 10,250 Payne Stewart 73-75-74-70=292T26 Bernhard Langer (c) 74-75-71-73=293 +5 8,240 Larry Mize (c) 72-77-69-75=293 Steve Pate 76-75-74-68=293 Lanny Wadkins 76-71-73-73=293 Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 76-74-69-74=293T31 Mark Calcavecchia 74-72-74-74=294 +6 6,900 Steve Jones 74-73-80-67=294 Dave Rummells 74-74-75-71=294T34 Hubert Green 74-75-76-71=296 +8 6,000 Peter Jacobsen 74-73-78-71=296 Bruce Lietzke 74-75-79-68=29637 Bob Gilder 75-74-77-71=297 +9 5,400T38 Tommy Aaron (c) 76-74-72-76=298 +10 4,900 Charles Coody (c) 76-74-76-72=298 Raymond Floyd (c) 76-75-73-74=298 Scott Simpson 72-77-72-77=29842 Dan Pohl 72-74-78-75=299 +11 4,300T43 George Archer (c) 75-75-75-75=300 +12 3,900 Mark McCumber 72-75-81-72=300 Greg Twiggs 75-76-79-70=300T46 Jay Haas 73-77-79-72=301 +13 3,125 Bob Lohr 75-76-77-73=301 Mike Sullivan 76-74-73-78=301 D. A. Weibring 72-79-74-76=30150 Corey Pavin 74-74-78-76=302 +14 2,80051 Andy Bean 70-80-77-77=304 +16 2,70052 Chen Tze-chung 71-75-76-84=306 +18 2,600CUT Andy North 77-75=152 +8 Tim Simpson 75-77=152 Mark Wiebe 77-75=152 Billy Casper (c) 75-78=153 +9 Sandy Lyle (c) 77-76=153 Andrew Magee 73-80=153 Blaine McCallister 76-77=153 Larry Nelson 77-76=153 Gary Player (c) 76-77=153 Gene Sauers 74-79=153 Joey Sindelar 75-78=153 Craig Stadler (c) 74-79=153 Bill Glasson 77-77=154 +10 Tom Sieckmann 79-75=154 Hal Sutton 72-82=154 Bob Tway 77-77=154 Mark Brooks 77-78=155 +11 Mark McNulty 80-75=155 Ralph Howe III (a) 77-79=156 +12 Gary Koch 76-80=156 Jim Benepe 82-75=157 +13 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 76-81=157 Nick Price 76-82=158 +14 Doug Tewell 77-81=158 Scott Verplank 79-79=158 Danny Yates (a) 81-77=158 Morris Hatalsky 78-81=159 +15 Arnold Palmer (c) 81-80=161 +17 David Eger (a) 84-78=162 +18 Eric Meeks (a) 83-79=162 Doug Ford (c) 81-82=163 +19 Cristian Härdin (a) 85-85=170 +26WD Gay Brewer (c) 83 +11

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Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Faldo +1EE−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 EE+1+1+1+1+1+1E−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 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:

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