1983 Open Championship

1983 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 14–17 July 1983
Location Southport, England
Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 71[1]
Length 6,968 yards (6,372 m)[1]
Field 151 players
83 after 1st cut
63 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut 146 (+4) (1st cut)
217 (+4) (2nd cut))[1]
Prize fund £400,000
$600,000
Winner's share £40,000
$60,000
Champion
United States Tom Watson
275 (–9)
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Southport
Location in England

The 1983 Open Championship was the 112th Open Championship held 14–17 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Tom Watson won his fifth Open Championship, and second consecutive, one stroke ahead of runners-up Andy Bean and Hale Irwin. It was Watson's eighth and final major title.[2][3]

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982
67 68 70 70 275 –9 1
Lee Trevino  United States 1971, 1972 69 66 73 70 278 –6 5
Seve Ballesteros  Spain 1979 71 71 69 68 279 –5 T6
Bill Rogers  United States 1981 67 71 73 69 280 –4 T8
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966, 1970, 1978 71 72 72 70 285 +1 T29
Tony Jacklin  England 1969 71 75 71 69 286 +2 T39
Tom Weiskopf  United States 1973 73 73 69 72 287 +3 T45
Arnold Palmer  United States 1961, 1962 72 74 68 75 289 +5 T56

Missed the first cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968, 1974 76 71 147 +5

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1983

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Stadler United States64–7
T2Bernhard Langer West Germany67–4
Bill Rogers United States
Tom Watson United States
T5Nick Faldo England68–3
Mike Ferguson Australia
Vaughan Somers Australia
Hal Sutton United States
Sam Torrance Scotland
T10Eamonn Darcy Ireland69–2
David Dunk England
Hubert Green United States
Graham Marsh Australia
Philip Parkin (a) Wales
Lee Trevino United States

Second round

Friday, 15 July 1983

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Stadler United States64-70=134–8
T2Lee Trevino United States69-66=135–7
Tom Watson United States67-68=135
4 Nick Faldo England68-68=136–6
5 Hale Irwin United States69-68=137–5
T6Raymond Floyd United States72-66=138–4
Terry Gale Australia72-66=138
Bill Rogers United States67-71=138
T9Andy Bean United States70-69=139–3
Denis Durnian England73-66=139
Bernhard Langer West Germany67-72=139
Graham Marsh Australia69-70=139
Hal Sutton United States68-71=139

Amateurs: Parkin (+5), Gilford (+7), Plaxton (+12), Thompson (+12), Wood (+12), Hamer (+13), Thomas (+13), Crosby (+17).

Third round

Saturday, 16 July 1983

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Watson United States67-68-70=205–8
2Craig Stadler United States64-70-72=206–7
T3Nick Faldo England68-68-71=207–6
Raymond Floyd United States72-66-69=207
David Graham Australia71-69-67=207
5Lee Trevino United States69-66-73=208–5
T7Andy Bean United States70-69-70=209–4
Hale Irwin United States69-68-72=209
Mark McNulty Zimbabwe72-69-68=209
Fuzzy Zoeller United States71-71-67=209

Final round

Sunday, 17 July 1983

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Tom Watson  United States 67-68-70-70=275 –9 40,000
T2 Andy Bean  United States 70-69-70-67=276 –8 23,000
Hale Irwin  United States 69-68-72-67=276
4 Graham Marsh  Australia 69-70-74-64=277 –7 15,000
5 Lee Trevino  United States 69-66-73-70=278 –6 13,600
T6 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 71-71-69-68=279 –5 12,250
Harold Henning  South Africa 71-69-70-69=279
T8 Denis Durnian  England 73-66-74-67=280 –4 9,625
Nick Faldo  England 68-68-71-73=280
Christy O'Connor Jnr  Ireland 72-69-71-68=280
Bill Rogers  United States 67-71-73-69=280

Source:[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 51, 203. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. "Watson wins 5th in Britain". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. 25 July 1983. p. 15.
  3. Jenkins, Dan (25 July 1983). "Breaking clear of the crowd". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  4. "1983 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

External links

Preceded by
1983 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
1983 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 53°37′17″N 3°01′57″W / 53.6215°N 3.0325°W / 53.6215; -3.0325

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