Great Masters Sundays

Hello. George White wrote a nice column on thegolfchannel.com re Nick Faldo and Greg Norman being paired together in the Shark Shootout 10 years after their Masters pairing when Faldo went in 6 shots behind and ended up winning by 5. Mr. White says that Masters Sunday was "quite possibly the most remembered Sunday in Masters history".
Sorry George, but I don't rank it in my Top 10. These others come ahead of it:

1. 1997 - Tiger Woods sets the 72 hole record becoming the youngest ever Masters champ, and the first African-American to win a major. Some have compared it to Jackie Robinson breaking the MLB colour barrier. I watched it in Hawaii on my honeymoon.
2. 1986 - Jack Nicklaus wins his 6th (and last) Masters by shooting 30 on the last 9 holes to pass the best players of the day.
3. 2003 - Mike Weir becomes the first Canadian to win on the 1st playoff hole
4. 1987 - Larry Mize chips in on the 2nd playoff hole to beat Norman.
5. 1998 - Mark O'Meara sinks a long one on the 72nd hole to beat David Duval and Jim Furyk and Fred Couples
6. 2004 - Phil Mickelson goes 5 under on the last 7 holes to beat Ernie Els
7. 1975 - Nicklaus wins over Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller
8. 1979 - Fuzzy Zoeller beats Ed Sneed and Tom Watson on the first playoff hole
9. 1989 - Scott Hoch misses a putt reportedly <>
10. 2005 - Tiger Woods chips in on the 16th hole to eventually beat Chris DiMarco

Where does the Norman/Faldo duel rank? Well, it should be required study for all competitive golfers on what not to do when you have a big lead, and what to do when you are trailing by a lot. Faldo was in the ideal mindset, and Norman clearly was not.

I asked Stu Hamilton, Ontario champion and world-class amateur, the day after the Norman/Flado duel what he would've done if he'd been Norman. Without hesitation, he said his game plan that Sunday would've been to beat Faldo on Sunday's 18 holes. Forget you had a 6 shot lead, and go for a low score. I agree.

If that lesson makes it "the most remembered Sunday in Masters history", then so be it.

Regards,

Steve