Jack Nicklaus won his record 18th professional major with a historic one-stroke victory.

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,8,9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd (4,8,11,12,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Bernhard Langer (8,11,12), Jack Nicklaus (8), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (8,12,13), Tom Watson (2,3,8,10,12), Fuzzy Zoeller (2,9,11,12,13) Larry Nelson (4) Bill Rogers Hubert Green (10,12,13), Hal Sutton (11,12,13), Lee Trevino (8,10) Chip Drury (a), Peter Persons (a), Sam Randolph (6,7,8,a) Scott Verplank (7,11,a) Bob Lewis (a), Jay Sigel (a), Michael Podolak (a), Randy Sonnier (a) Fred Couples (10), Jay Haas (9), Gary Hallberg, Billy Kratzert, Gary Koch, Wayne Levi (11,12), Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey (11,12), Mark McCumber, Mark O'Meara (9,12,13), Tim Simpson (11), Curtis Strange (11,12,13), Jim Thorpe (11,12), Lanny Wadkins (9,11,12,13) Andy Bean (10,11), Rick Fehr, Hale Irwin (11), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Johnny Miller, Corey Pavin (11,12), Don Pooley, Jack Renner (12), Tony Sills, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar (11,12), Payne Stewart (12) Buddy Gardner Phil Blackmar (12), George Burns (12), Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards (12), Dan Forsman, Bill Glasson (12), Ken Green, Donnie Hammond, Kenny Knox, Roger Maltbie (12), Calvin Peete (12,13), Doug Tewell, Bob Tway, Mark Wiebe Peter Jacobsen (13), Larry Mize, Mac O'Grady, Dan Pohl, Larry Rinker Isao Aoki (8), Dave Barr (9), Chen Tze-chung (9), Chen Tze-ming (10), David Graham (2,8), Jack Kay Jr. (5,a), Sandy Lyle (3,11), Garth McGimpsey (6,a), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Greg Norman (9), Nick Price (10), Denis Watson (9) Thursday, April 10, 1986 Friday, April 11, 1986 Saturday, April 12, 1986 Sunday, April 13, 1986 In one of the most memorable and exciting final rounds in Masters history, five different players held at least a share of the lead in the final round.

Seve Ballesteros gained a share of the lead on the front 9 helped by a hole-out eagle at 8.

After long deliberation, he holed his putt on 17 for sole possession of the lead for the first time in the tournament.

[4] Ballesteros three-putted the 17th to fall out of contention, but Kite had 12 feet for birdie on 18 to tie Nicklaus.

However, Norman pushed his approach shot into the gallery and subsequently missed his 15-foot (4.6 m) par putt to finish one stroke behind.

[5][6] Both Ballesteros and Norman stated the most regretful shots of their careers were during the final round of the 1986 Masters.