1983 PGA Championship

1983 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Finishing hole at Riviera Country Club
Dates	August 4–7, 1983
Location	Los Angeles, California
Course(s)	Riviera Country Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,946 yards (6,351 m)
Field	150 players, 87 after cut^[1]
Cut	147 (+5)
Prize fund	$600,000
Winner's share	$100,000
Champion
Hal Sutton
274 (−10)
«1982 1984»

Riviera CC

Location in the United States

Riviera CC

Location in California

The 1983 PGA Championship was the 65th PGA Championship, held August 4–7 at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, California. Hal Sutton led wire-to-wire to win his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus, a five-time champion.^[2] Nicklaus shot a final round 66 (−5) for his 19th and final runner-up finish in a major championship.^[3] Sutton was under scrutiny as he entered the weekend; two weeks earlier in Virginia, he had a six-shot lead after 54 holes, shot a final round 77, and finished third.^[4]

It was the second major at Riviera, following the U.S. Open in 1948, won by Ben Hogan. The PGA Championship returned to the course in 1995, and it hosts a regular event on the PGA Tour, originally known as the Los Angeles Open.

Only the third PGA Championship in California, it was preceded by 1929 in Los Angeles at Hillcrest and 1977 at Pebble Beach. The 1962 event was originally awarded to Brentwood in L.A., but was moved to Philadelphia at Aronimink.^[5]^[6]

This was the first major championship to award a six-figure winner's share, $100,000, up substantially from the $65,000 of the previous year. The first five-figure winner's share in a major was the 1958 Masters and the 2001 Masters was the first to break seven figures.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973 1975, 1980	73	65	71	66	275	−9	2
Lee Trevino	United States	1974	70	68	74	71	283	−1	T14
David Graham	Australia	1979	70	69	74	70	283	−1	T14
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969, 1982	69	75	71	69	284	E	T20
Larry Nelson	United States	1981	72	68	68	80	288	+4	T36
Bobby Nichols	United States	1964	75	69	74	70	288	+4	T36
Gary Player	South Africa	1962, 1972	74	68	73	74	289	+5	T42

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
John Mahaffey	United States	1978	77	72	149	+7
Al Geiberger	United States	1966	74	75	149	+7
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1977	70	80	150	+8
Dave Stockton	United States	1970, 1976	78	74	152	+10
Jerry Barber	United States	1961	80	83	163	+21

Source:^[7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 4, 1983

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Scott Simpson	United States	65	−6
	Hal Sutton	United States
	Buddy Whitten	United States
T4	Danny Edwards	United States	67	−4
	John Fought	United States
	Bruce Lietzke	United States
T7	Ben Crenshaw	United States	68	−4
	Keith Fergus	United States
	Jay Haas	United States
	Pat McGowan	United States
	Jim Thorpe	United States

Source:^[8]

Second round

Friday, August 5, 1983

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hal Sutton	United States	65-66=131	−11
2	Ben Crenshaw	United States	68-66=134	−8
3	Pat McGowan	United States	68-67=135	−7
T4	John Fought	United States	67-69=136	−6
	Gibby Gilbert	United States	70-66=136
	Buddy Whitten	United States	66-70=136
T7	Keith Fergus	United States	68-70=138	−4
	Bruce Lietzke	United States	67-71=138
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	73-65=138
	Lee Trevino	United States	70-68=138

Source:^[9]

Third round

Saturday, August 6, 1983

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hal Sutton	United States	65-66-72=203	−10
2	Ben Crenshaw	United States	68-66-71=205	−8
3	John Fought	United States	67-69-71=278	−6
T4	Bruce Lietzke	United States	67-71-70=208	−5
	Pat McGowan	United States	68-67-73=208
	Larry Nelson	United States	68-67-73=208
T7	Jay Haas	United States	68-72-69=209	−4
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	73-65-71=209
	Scott Simpson	United States	66-73-70=209
	Buddy Whitten	United States	66-70-73=209

Source:^[10]

Final round

Sunday, August 7, 1983

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Hal Sutton	United States	65-66-72-71=274	−10	100,000
2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	73-65-71-66=275	−9	60,000
3	Peter Jacobsen	United States	73-70-68-65=276	−8	40,000
4	Pat McGowan	United States	68-67-73-69=277	−7	30,000
5	John Fought	United States	67-69-71-71=278	−6	25,000
T6	Bruce Lietzke	United States	67-71-70-71=279	−5	19,000
T6	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	72-71-67-69=279	−5	19,000
8	Dan Pohl	United States	72-70-69-69=280	−4	16,000
T9	Ben Crenshaw	United States	68-66-71-77=282	−2	10,880
	Jay Haas	United States	68-72-69-73=282
	Mike Reid	United States	69-71-72-70=282
	Scott Simpson	United States	66-73-70-73=282
	Doug Tewell	United States	74-72-69-67=282

Source:^[7]

References

↑ "Tournament Info for: 1983 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (August 8, 1983). "Out of Bear's reach, Sutton wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 21.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (August 15, 1983). "There's a new bear on the loose". Sports Illustrated: 16.
↑ "Peete wins from 6 back". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 25, 1983. p. 13.
↑ "PGA opens its doors to Negroes, world golfers". Florence Times (Alabama). Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 4, section 2.
↑ "PGA group abolishes 'Caucasian'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida). Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 22.
1 2 "1983 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
↑ "PGA Championship". Milwaukee Sentinel. August 5, 1983. p. 4, part 2.
↑ "Golf: PGA Championship". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 6, 1983. p. 18.
↑ Boswell, Thomas (August 7, 1983). "Can Sutton win the PGA?". Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.

External links

About.com: 1983 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1983 PGA Championship
Yahoo! Sports: 1983 PGA Championship leaderboard

Preceded by 1983 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1984 Masters

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