1996 Masters
Nick Faldo methodically chipped away at Greg Norman's six-stroke lead in the Masters and then methodically held on to capture his third green jacket. He finished at 12-under-par 276. Norman, his nearest competitor, was five strokes back.
1996 Masters
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Norman falters in the end
He saw the unthinkable: A 7 a few feet to the right of his good friend Greg Norman's name and a 9 just one line below, Nick Faldo's spot on the leader board. The leaders had just finished No. 12, but Price knew what lay ahead.
Shark smells blood
Greg Norman's stranglehold on the 60th Masters Tournament tightened Saturday. The question is: Can he bring it home? For the second straight day, the 41-year-old Australian increased his lead by two shots.
Mickelson still holds out hope
Norman, who has led the entire way in the 60th Masters Tournament, has a six-shot lead over his closest competitor, Nick Faldo, and is seven shots ahead of Mickelson, who is in third place.
Norman: His aura impressive
Face it. You still don't believe Greg Norman is going to win the Masters Tournament. You've been waiting all week for him to fade, for those well-documented demons to knock him headlong off the leader board.
Stories from April 14, 1996
- Duval disappointed by final round play
- Sharkskin just as tough without a green jacket
- Faldo wins third Masters as Norman collapses
- Golden Bear: Not a good Masters
- Many couldn't believe their hero's self-destruction during final round
- New Zealander closes with a 69 to finish fourth and earn an automatic bid to 1997 Masters
- Norman falters in the end
- Last of once-hefty lead evaporates as Norman finds Rae's Creek and scores double bogey
- Par scores and money
- Three things money can't buy
Stories from April 13, 1996
- Wife's drawings of green jackets on his golf balls propels Duffy onto leader board
- ''My round just worked out''
- Frost couldn't make up ground on Greg Norman after nine straight pars on front
- Shark smells blood
- Mickelson still holds out hope
- Norman: His aura impressive
Stories from April 12, 1996
- Amateur hour
- Some golfers avoid the leaderboard
- Crenshaw and Watson culled from pack
- Duval makes the cut
- Faldo and Norman tee off for first time since '90
- Fans flock to favorites
- Foreign legions inspired
- Mickelson in good shape after two rounds
- Palmer hasn't survived cut since 1983
- Shark losing pursuers
- Third-round pairings and tee times
Stories from April 11, 1996
- Daly and Woods put on double header for fans
- Duval's illness kept him down on Wednesday, factored into play on Thursday
- In only his fourth Masters, Mickelson turns in a 7-under par
- Norman ties course record on first round
- A fan travels from Bosnia to view Masters ... and watch Palmer hit a lawyer
- Second-round pairings and tee times
- Norman normally starts slow, but ravaged first round with a 9-under-par 63
- Tway has always followed the Masters every since he was in high school.
Stories from April 10, 1996
- Azinger on the run from well-wishers
- Ballesteros still stuck in severe slump
- Minor role stays for British major
- Even Ben Crenshaw's caddy cannot buy family tix
- Colin Montgomerie has dropped 40 pounds
- Crenshaw bidding to become only one of six three-time Masters champions
- Woods called ''most fundamentally sound golfer''
- Jokes, kids putting and high fives all a part of Haas' playoff victory over Augusta's Mize
- Sports writers and editors pick their prospective Masters champs
- Scoreboards keep fans up to date
- Any Masters broadcast could be the last for CBS
- Rookie's caddy is also his wife
- Watson hoping short-putt problems over
Stories from April 9, 1996
- First-round Masters Tournament pairings
- Augusta honors Arnold Palmer
- Austrailia may have a Masters, but Masters means Augusta
- In search of local knowledge
- Tuesday Update: Nicklaus arrives; Thursday pairings released
- Never count Norman out
- Golfers hail return of creek shot
- This year's reunion special for old pro from Ohio who won his only Masters 50 years ago
- Golfers aim to have fun at Par 3 event
- Player profiles analyzed
- Range finders finding eager buyers along pro golf circuit
- National's greens unlike anywhere else in the world
- Nicklaus enjoying increased length off the tee using a titanium driver
- Golfers fair game to some female fans
Stories from April 8, 1996
- Cejka takes first swings around the National
- BellSouth disappoints Daly
- Duval aces 12th
- The golf gods give favor to Augusta
- Pros can wait, Tiger's dad says
- Monday update: Bell South Classic winner Paul Stankowski opts not to play a practice round Monday
Stories from April 7, 1996
- Crenshaw claims player badge `1'
- Woods to practice with Palmer today
- Golf fans grab tickets and hotel rooms in preparation
- Duval eager to practice on National
- Some things have changed since last year's Masters
Stories from April 6, 1996 and before
- Three-Way Tie for Bay Hill Lead
- Boros, Burke Alone at Lead in Bunched Bay Hill Field
- BellSouth first round finishes in three-way tie
- Stankowski will attend the Masters with BellSouth win
- Tales from the caddyshack
- CBS Unveils Broadcast Lineup
- Couples becomes first repeat TPC winner in nearly two decades
- Crenshaw says injury won't keep him from Masters
- Ben Crenshaw building golf course in Georgia
- No one has a greater respect Masters history, or co-founder Bobby Jones, than Ben Crenshaw
- Daly looks to BellSouth for confidence going into Masters
- Norman Closes with 66 to Win Doral
- Golf at a glance from the Associated Press
- Is Tim Herron the next John Daly?
- Rookie Tim Herron Posts a Six-Stroke Lead in Second Round
- Blake hits hole-in-one on 13th
- Herron Finds Stroke of Success in Honda
- Herron Ties Course Record in Taking First-Round Lead
- Perry, Leonard tied for lead after first round
- Practice-Round Tickets in the Mail
- Conversation with 1995 Masters Champion Ben Crenshaw
- Duval just happy to be back on the course
- Singh's surliness makes for difficult interview
- Players Championship could be the setting for yet another first-time winner
- Leads disappear, hopes are dashed on No. 17
- Ten golfers close behind Tolles
- Bobby Jones special to be aired on CBS Sunday before Masters
- Mickelson close to lead
- Mediate gets relief
- 1986 was the year Jack came back
- Golf notes from the Associated Press
- Latest odds on winning the Masters
- Jose Maria Olazabal withdrawing from the 60th Masters Tournament
- Daly blazes around Players second round
- Norman doesn't make The Players third round
- Tolles takes second-round lead
- The Golf Channel Might Be Here to Stay
- Players ready for "fair" shot
- Lonely Reid shoots and even par without a partner
- Stadler Wins Nissan to End Dry Spell
- Mickelson close to lead
- Practice round ticket policy continues
- Palmer to unveil own statue at Golf Hall of Fame
- Tolles ties for second place
- Duval finishes in third
- Bad swings ground Grady
- Leonard's third round a nightmare
- Mediate hits 66 twice
- Tolles keeps TPC lead in third round
- Wadkins is out of the Masters if he doesn't win BellSouth
- BellSouth Classic is a pre-Masters option
- Ben Crenshaw building golf course in Georgia
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