1983 PGA Championship

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1983 PGA Championship
Finishing hole at Riviera Country Club
Tournament information
DatesAugust 4–7, 1983
LocationLos Angeles, California
34°03′00″N 118°30′04″W / 34.05°N 118.501°W / 34.05; -118.501
Course(s)Riviera Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,946 yards (6,351 m)
Field150 players, 87 after cut[1]
Cut147 (+5)
Prize fund$600,000
Winner's share$100,000
Champion
United States Hal Sutton
274 (−10)
Location map
Riviera Country Club is located in the United States
Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club
Location in the United States
Riviera Country Club is located in California
Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club
Location in California
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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, increasing 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.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 4, 1983

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Hal Sutton  United States 65 −6
T2 Scott Simpson  United States 66 −5
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 −3
Keith Fergus  United States
Jay Haas  United States
Pat McGowan  United States
Jim Thorpe  United States

Source:[7]

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:[8]

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=207 −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:[9]

Final round

Sunday, August 7, 1983

Final leaderboard

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

Source:[10]

References

  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1983 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  2. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (August 8, 1983). "Out of Bear's reach, Sutton wins PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 21.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dan (August 15, 1983). "There's a new bear on the loose". Sports Illustrated: 16.
  4. ^ "Peete wins from 6 back". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 25, 1983. p. 13.
  5. ^ "PGA opens its doors to Negroes, world golfers". Florence Times. Alabama. Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 4, section 2.
  6. ^ "PGA group abolishes 'Caucasian'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 22.
  7. ^ "PGA Championship". Milwaukee Sentinel. August 5, 1983. p. 4, part 2.
  8. ^ "Golf: PGA Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 6, 1983. p. 18.
  9. ^ Boswell, Thomas (August 7, 1983). "Can Sutton win the PGA?". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  10. ^ "1983 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

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