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  • 1980 World Match Play

    Greg Norman birdied the 36th hole Monday to beat Sandy Lyle of Britain 1-up for the Suntry World Match Play Golf Championship and a prize of $69,000. It was revenge for Norman, who led the European Order of Merit for most of the season but was narrowly edged by Lyle for top honors.

    Venue:Wentworth Golf Club
    Where:Virginia Water, Surrey, England

    Norman Tops Lyle To Win Match Play

    Greg Norman birdied the 36th hole Monday to beat Sandy Lyle of Britain 1-up for the Suntry World Match Play Golf Championship and a prize of $69,000.

    Lyle pulled back from two holes down and went to the last hole all square, but found the rough. He had to sink a 20-foot birdie putt to save the match, but missed.

    It was revenge for Norman, 25, who led the European Order of Merit for most of the season but was narrowly edged by Lyle for top honors.

    Norman was the third Australian to win this prestigious head-to-head knockout tournament, following David Graham and Graham Marsh. No Briton has ever won it.

    The tournament finished a day behind schedule because of heavy rain, which caused postponement of Saturday's semifinals. The final -- one of the few in the history of the event without an American -- was watched by 3,400 people over Wentworth's 6,945-yard, par 35-37--72 course.

    Norman took a 3-wood. "It was 260 yards to the hole, and my ball landed on the green about 10 yards short," he said. "It was the most important shot of the day for me."

    Lyle was in deeper rough and took three shots to reach the green. Norman putted to 2 feet past, and Lyle had to sink one from near the edge of the green to stay alive. Lyle's ball rolled past the hole, and he immediately conceded Norman's putt.

    Keizo Saji, President of Suntry, the Japanese sponsor, announced at the prize presentation that his firm will back the tournament again next year.

    This was one of the few occasions in the 17-year history of the World Match Play when no Americans reached the final. Lyle failed narrowly to become the first British golfer to win the head-to-head knockout competition.

    Norman was one of four seeded players who entered the tournament in the second round. Lyle and seven others played from the first round, so he had to come through four 36-hole matches in five days, compared with Norman's three.

    The match was always close and see-sawed back and forth in the best traditions of the tournament. Lyle was two holes up by No. 10 in the morning round, but Norman came back to go 2 up by the lunch interval after winning four of the last six holes -- including birdies on the 17th and 18th.

    Norman lost his lead, but went 2 up again by the 31st hole, again the result of two straight birdies. However, his putting let him down and he lose the lead once again.

    Lyle won the 33rd hole, when Norman three-putted, and the 35th, when Norman missed from only 3 feet. Then came the drama of the final hole.

    1976

    • West Lakes Classic

    1977

    • Kuzuha International
    • Martini International
    • South Seas Classic Pro-Am

    1978

    • Festival Of Sydney Open
    • Traralgon Classic
    • New South Wales Open

    1979

    • Traralgon Classic
    • Hong Kong Open
    • Martini International
    • Queensland PGA

    1980

    • French Open
    • Scandanavian Open
    • World Match Play
    • Australian Open

    1981

    • Australian Masters
    • Martini International
    • Dunlop Masters

    1982

    • Dunlop Masters
    • State Express Classic
    • Benson & Hedges

    1983

    • Australian Masters
    • Hong Kong Open
    • Cannes Invitational
    • World Match Play
    • Queensland Open
    • New South Wales Open
    • Kapalua International

    1984

    • Victorian Open
    • Australian Masters
    • Australian PGA Championship
    • Kemper Open
    • Canadian Open

    1985

    • Dunhill Cup
    • Australian PGA Championship
    • Australian Open
    • Australian Skins Challenge

    1986

    • Las Vegas Invitational
    • Kemper Open
    • British Open Championship
    • European Open
    • Dunhill Cup
    • World Match Play
    • Queensland Open
    • New South Wales Open
    • South Australian Open
    • West Australian Open
    • PGA Grand Slam Of Golf

    1987

    • Australian Masters
    • Australian Open

    1988

    • Palm Meadows Cup
    • ESP Open
    • Australian PGA National TPC
    • Italian Open
    • Heritage Classic
    • New South Wales Open
    • Desert Scramble

    1989

    • Australian PGA National TPC
    • Australian Masters
    • Greater Milwaukee Open
    • The International
    • Chunichi Crowns

    1990

    • Australian Masters
    • Doral-Ryder Open
    • Memorial Tournament

    1992

    • Canadian Open

    1993

    • Doral-Ryder Open
    • British Open Championship
    • Taiheiyo Masters
    • PGA Grand Slam Of Golf

    1994

    • Johnnie Walker Classic
    • Players Championship
    • PGA Grand Slam Of Golf

    1995

    • Memorial Tournament
    • Greater Hartford Open
    • World Series of Golf
    • Fred Meyer Challenge
    • Australian Open

    1996

    • South Australian Open
    • Australian Open
    • Doral-Ryder Open
    • Fred Meyer Challenge

    1997

    • World Championship of Golf
    • FedEx St. Jude Classic
    • Canadian Skins Game
    • World Series of Golf
    • Fred Meyer Challenge

    1998

    • Greg Norman Holden International
    • Shark Shootout
    • Presidents Cup

    2001

    • Skins Game
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