1982 Open Championship

1982 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 15 - 18 July 1982
Location Troon, Scotland
Course(s) Royal Troon Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,067
Field 135 players
86 after 1st cut
59 after 2nd cut
Cut 152 (+8) (1st cut)
226 (+10) (2nd cut)
Prize fund £300,000
$500,000
Winner's share £32,000
$54,400
Champion
Tom Watson
284 (-4)

The 1982 Open Championship was the 111th Open Championship held from 15-18 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Watson won his fourth Open Championship, second consecutive major title, and seventh major title by one stroke over Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price.

Contents

Round summaries

First round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Bobby Clampett  United States 67 -5
T2 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 69 -3
Tom Watson  United States
T4 Ken Brown  Scotland 70 -2
Bernhard Langer  West Germany
Des Smyth  Ireland
T7 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 71 -1
José María Cañizares  Spain
Danny Edwards  United States
Masahiro Kuramoto  Japan
Johnny Miller  United States
Arnold Palmer  United States
Craig Stadler  United States

Second round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Bobby Clampett  United States 67-66=133 -11
2 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 69-69=138 -6
T2 Bernhard Langer  West Germany 70-69=139 -5
Des Smyth  Ireland 70-69=139
T5 Sandy Lyle  Scotland 74-66=140 -4
Tom Watson  United States 69-71=140
T7 Ken Brown  Scotland 70=71=141 -3
Peter Oosterhuis  England 74-67=141
9 Tom Purtzer  United States 76-66=142 -2
T10 José María Cañizares  Spain 71-72=143 -1
David Graham  Australia 73-70=143
Bill Rogers  United States 73-70=143

Amateurs: Lewis (+4), Oldcorn (+9), Plaxton (+9), Stubbs (+10), Thompson (+10), Broadbent (+12), Persson (+12), Rose (+12), Thomson (+12), Ray (+13), Andersson (+16), Young (+17), Higgins (+19), Poxon (+19), Crosby (+22).

Third round

# Player Country Score To par
1 Bobby Clampett  United States 67-66-78=211 -5
2 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 69-69-74=212 -4
T3 Sandy Lyle  Scotland 74-66-73=213 -3
Des Smyth  Ireland 70-69-74=213
5 Tom Watson  United States 69-71-74=214 -2
T6 Peter Oosterhuis  England 74-67-74=215 -1
Masahiro Kuramoto  Japan 71-73-71=215
T8 Nick Faldo  England 73-71-71=217 +1
Bernhard Langer  West Germany 70-69-78=217
Tom Purtzer  United States 76-66-75=217
Denis Watson  Zimbabwe 75-69-73=217
Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 73-71-73=217

Amateurs: Lewis (+5).

Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings
1 Tom Watson  United States 69-71-74-70=284 -4 £32,000
T2 Peter Oosterhuis  England 74-67-74-70=285 -3 £19,300
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 69-69-74-73=285
T4 Nick Faldo  England 73-73-71-69=286 -2 £11,000
Masahiro Kuramoto  Japan 71-73-71-71=286
Tom Purtzer  United States 76-66-75-69=286
Des Smyth  Ireland 70-69-74-73=286
T8 Sandy Lyle  Scotland 74-66-73-74=287 -1 £8,750
Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 73-71-73-70=287
T10 Bobby Clampett  United States 67-66-78-77=288 E £7,350
Jack Nicklaus  United States 77-70-72-69=288

Amateurs: Lewis (+12).

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Preceded by
1982 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
1982 PGA Championship