Sandy Lyle crown, as well as the 1988 Masters and 1985 Open titles. European Tour playoff record (3–3) PGA Tour playoff record (3–1) CUT = missed the half way cut (3rd round cut in 1974 and 1983 Open Championships)<br> WD = withdrew<br> "T" indicates a tie for a place. Amateur Professional Sandy Lyle Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE (born 9 February 1958) is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. He spent 167 weeks in the top-10 of
1972 Masters Tournament 69. The 1972 Masters was also the debut of 20 year old University of Texas golfer and future two-time champion Ben Crenshaw who was low amateur at 295 (T19). Banned from the last five Masters, commentator Jack Whitaker returned to the CBS telecast in 1972. At the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff in 1966, he had referred to the portion of the gallery trailing the players as a "mob." Nicklaus became the third wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, following Craig Wood in 1941 and Arnold Palmer in 1960. Through 2016, there have been five; the next were Raymond Floyd