Sandy Lyle
No Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1983 Ebel Swiss Open-European Masters Nick Faldo Lost to par on second extra hole
2 1984 Lancome Trophy Seve Ballesteros Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 1985 Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship Paul Way Lost to birdie on third extra hole
4 1985 Glasgow Open Howard Clark Lost to birdie on second extra hole
5 1987 German Masters Bernhard Langer Won with par on second extra hole
6 1992 Volvo Masters Colin Montgomerie Won with par on first extra hole
Professional wins ( 32 ) -- European Tour wins ( 18 )
Legend Major championships ( 2 ) Other European Tour ( 16 ) No . Date Tournament Winning score Margin ofvictory Runner ( s ) -up 1 3 Jun 1979 B.A./Avis Open −13 ( 66-71-66-68=271 ) 3 strokes Howard Clark 2 8 Jul 1979 Scandinavian Enterprise Open −12 ( 73-69-65-69=276 ) 3 strokes Seve Ballesteros 3 9 Sep 1979 European Open Championship −9 ( 71-67-72-65=275 ) 7 strokes Dale Hayes , Peter Townsend 4 29 Jun 1980 Coral Welsh Classic −11 ( 72-69-67-69=277 ) 5 strokes Martin Foster 5 10 May 1981 Paco Rabanne Open de France −14 ( 70-66-67-67=270 ) 4 strokes Bernhard Langer 6 7 Jun 1981 Lawrence Batley International −4 ( 70-70-69-71=280 ) 2 strokes Nick Faldo 7 25 Jul 1982 Lawrence Batley International ( 2 ) −15 ( 70-66-67-66=269 ) 2 strokes Manuel Piñero 8 24 Apr 1983 Cepsa Madrid Open −3 ( 70-69-76-70=285 ) 2 strokes Gordon J Brand 9 6 May 1984 Italian Open −11 ( 71-70-68-68=277 ) 4 strokes Bobby Clampett 10 7 Oct 1984 Lancome Trophy −10 ( 74-70-67-67=278 ) Playoff Seve Ballesteros 11 21 Jul 1985 The Open Championship +2 ( 68-71-73-70=282 ) 1 stroke Payne Stewart 12 18 Aug 1985 Benson & Hedges International Open −14 ( 70-69-71-64=274 ) 1 stroke Ian Woosnam 13 11 Oct 1987 German Masters −10 ( 73-69-70-66=278 ) Playoff Bernhard Langer 14 10 Apr 1988 Masters Tournament −7 ( 71-67-72-71=281 ) 1 stroke Mark Calcavecchia 15 5 Jun 1988 Dunhill British Masters −15 ( 66-68-68-71=273 ) 2 strokes Nick Faldo , Mark McNulty 16 13 Oct 1991 BMW International Open −20 ( 65-65-71-67=268 ) 3 strokes Tony Johnstone 17 3 May 1992 Lancia Martini Italian Open ( 2 ) −18 ( 66-71-65-68=270 ) 1 stroke Colin Montgomerie 18 1 Nov 1992 Volvo Masters +3 ( 72-70-72-73=287 ) Playoff Colin Montgomerie European Tour playoff record ( 3–3 )
Alexander Walter Barr Lyle (born 9 February 1958) is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. He spent 167 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from its introduction, in 1986, until 1989. Lyle was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in May 2012.