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Rating The Recent Majors

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1985: << BRITISH OPEN: Sandy Lyle becomes the first Scot to win the Open since 1931, beating Payne Stewart at Royal St. George's.
MASTERS: After rounds of 80-65, Curtis Strange finds water at the 13th and 15th on Sunday and loses to Bernhard Langer.
U.S. OPEN: Andy North wins by a shot over Dave Barr, Denis Watson and T.C. Chen, who has a double-chip 8 at Oakland Hills.
PGA: Hubert Green shoots a final-round 72 to beat defending champion Lee Trevino by two strokes at Cherry Hills.

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1986: << MASTERS: A 65 at age 46 gives Jack Nicklaus his sixth green jacket, by a stroke over Greg Norman and Tom Kite.
U.S. OPEN: At age 43, Raymond Floyd shoots a 66 at Shinnecock Hills, becoming the oldest winner of the Open at that time.
BRITISH OPEN: Greg Norman shoots a second-round 63 at Turnberry and earns his first major title, winning by five strokes.
PGA: Bob Tway holes out from a greenside bunker at the 72nd hole to beat Greg Norman by two strokes at Inverness.

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1987: << MASTERS: Larry Mize beats Greg Norman with a birdie chip from 140 feet in a playoff that includes Seve Ballesteros.
U.S. OPEN: Scott Simpson birdies 14, 15 and 16 to defeat Tom Watson by a stroke at the Olympic Club, playing at 6,714 yards, par 70.
BRITISH OPEN: Nick Faldo makes 18 pars in the final round at Muirfield and wins the first of his six major championships.
PGA: Larry Nelson beats Lanny Wadkins with a par on the first playoff hole in brutal heat at PGA National.

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1988: << U.S. OPEN: Curtis Strange's sand save at the 72nd hole gets him into a playoff that he wins over Nick Faldo at The Country Club.
MASTERS: Sandy Lyle wins by making a 10-footer for birdie at the 72nd hole after a 7-iron from a fairway bunker.
BRITISH OPEN: Seve Ballesteros' final-round 65 beats Nick Price by two strokes at Royal Lytham and St. Annes for his last major victory.
PGA: Jeff Sluman's final-round 65 overtakes Paul Azinger for a three-stroke victory at Oak Tree.

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1989: << MASTERS: Nick Faldo's 25-foot birdie putt at the second playoff hole wins it after Scott Hoch misses from two feet on the first.
U.S. OPEN: Curtis Strange becomes the first back-to-back Open champion since Ben Hogan, winning by a shot at Oak Hill.
BRITISH OPEN: Greg Norman has a final-round 64 at Royal Troon but loses to Mark Calcavecchia in a playoff that includes Wayne Grady.
PGA: Payne Stewart birdies four of the last five holes to win at Kemper Lakes; Mike Reid plays the last three in three over par.

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1990: << U.S. OPEN: Hale Irwin makes a 45-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole and beats Mike Donald in a 19-hole playoff at Medinah.
MASTERS: Nick Faldo wins on the second playoff hole after Raymond Floyd hits his approach into the water at the 11th.
BRITISH OPEN: Nick Faldo's 18-under-par 270 total at St. Andrews beats Payne Stewart and Mark McNulty by five.
PGA: Wayne Grady's final-round 71 at Shoal Creek is enough to win by three strokes over Fred Couples, who bogeys 13, 14, 15 and 16.

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1991: << PGA: John Daly, the ninth alternate, stuns the golf world and beats Bruce Lietzke by three at Crooked Stick.
MASTERS: Ian Woosnam's six-foot par putt beats Jose Maria Olazabal by a shot. Tom Watson doubles the 72nd and is two back.
U.S. OPEN: Payne Stewart defeats Scott Simpson in a playoff at Hazeltine for the first of his two Open victories.
BRITISH OPEN: Ian Baker-Finch finishes 64-66 -- including a 29 on Sunday's outward nine -- to win by two at Royal Birkdale.