The incomplete farewell of the former Masters champion

After winning the Masters 1988, Lyle was given the privilege of competing for life. However, he chose this year's tournament as a stop when he was 65 years old and announced before the opening date of April 6. Round 1, Lyle scored +9. In the second round, he increased to +19 on the 18th green with a chance to keep par from a putter 3.6 meters from the target. At that time, Lyle was definitely eliminated due to being at the bottom of the table.

However, the old Scottish general had to stop, when the Organizing Committee blew the whistle to postpone the game due to bad weather, three more pine trees had just fallen at the same time between the green of hole 16 and the playing area of ​​hole 17.

And so, Lyle just finished the round and could not complete the farewell procedure as a competitor, in front of his family and about 500 field spectators.

Seeing that scene, 37-year-old player Jason Kokrak begged the female referee to supervise near the 18th green so that Lyle could "do a job". However, Kokrak's favor was not met.

"I asked the referee nearby to let Lyle finish the hole, but she said it was out of jurisdiction," Kokrak told Golf.com. During the conversation, he also analyzed the truth. "I also said it was a historic moment that Sandy will never see again. You are going to ruin the fun for him and his family."

According to Kokrak, the organizers of Augusta National and the referee team should be ashamed to handle rigidly in the situation of the former Masters champion. On the evening of April 8, Lyle returned to the 18th hole and scored a bogey after two strokes, with a gilded replica of the putter that helped him put on the "Green Jacket" in 1988.

When he finished, he waited for Larry Mize to be on the 17th hole, postponing all interview requests.

Mize won the Masters a year before Lyle, also choosing this period to close the journey to fight at Augusta National in her career. Mize closes the ring with a double bogey, at +15 and the +3 cut.