Top 10 shots in the history of The Masters

7. Sandy Lyle, 18th hole (1988)

It was going to be hard to top the finish of the 1987 Masters (more on that in a bit) but Sandy Lyle provided plenty of fantastic drama in the final round of the 1988 tournament. Lyle, who had great success throughout his career, including a major win at The Open Championship three years earlier, was in a group two back of the leaders after the opening round at Augusta. However, he took a two-shot lead into the weekend with a second-round 67 and maintained that same advantage over Mark Calcavecchia and 1984 Masters champion Ben Crenshaw (who would also win in 1995) heading into the final round.

Lyle would build a bigger lead heading into the back nine on Sunday, leading 1982 Masters champ Craig Stadler, who had shot a front-nine 32, by three strokes and Calcavecchia and Don Pooley by four. Lyle had shot a three-under 33 on his opening nine to get to 8-under for the tournament but after a bogey at 11 and a double at 12, he now found himself tied with Calcavecchia and Stadler.

Stadler would falter at the 16th, a hole Lyle would birdie to get into a tie with Calcavecchia and those two came to the last all square at 6-under. Lyle’s tee shot on the 18th found the steep bunker off the left side of the fairway. He had the option to pitch out and try to scramble to make par and force a playoff but Lyle went for it and hit a smooth 7-iron that cleared the lip. The ball landed some 30 feet away from the hole but hit the slope on the green and trickled back down to 10 feet. He would make the birdie to win by one and claim his second major championship.