Sandy Lyle, who also won the 1985 British Open, won 30 times in his career. He was inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.

too far. Second place wasn’t good enough.”

Lyle hasn’t forgotten the great bunker escape. Neither will Calcavecchia. “Every time I play the hole, I look over there and shake my head,” he once said.

The last-hole dramatics came after Lyle nearly cost himself the tournament. He had a three-stroke lead after the front nine. He bogeyed No. 11 and double-bogeyed No. 12 after his shot on the par-3 hit the bank and rolled back into Rae’s Creek. After Amen Corner, Lyle trailed by a stroke. He would move back into a tie with a birdie at No. 16.

After so much, Lyle had a 10-foot putt to win.

The AJC’s Dave Kindred recounted the final stroke. He wrote: “Sandy Lyle said his knees were knocking over the 10-footer to win. To win, in his words, a man has to ‘dig down in the bottom of your stomach.’ For him on this one Sunday, ‘Second wasn’t good enough.’ To win he birdied 16 and 18, difficult anytime, improbable on this Sunday in April. If his knees knocked over that last putt, only Sandy Lyle knew it. The putt rolled straight and true.”

Lyle was awarded his green jacket by Larry Mize, who famously won the 1987 Masters with a playoff chip-in. Lyle’s victory was the start of a run of four straight Masters championships for golfers from the United Kingdom. Lyle, from Scotland, was followed by Nick Faldo (who won the next two in 1989-90) and Ian Woosnam (1991).

Lyle, who also won the 1985 British Open, won 30 times in his career. He was inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.