1983 PGA Championship

1983 PGA Championship
Tournament information
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
United States Hal Sutton
274 (–10)
«1982
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Riviera CC
Location in the United States

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] It was Nicklaus' 19th and final runner-up finish in a major championship.[3]

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

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:[4]

Final leaderboard

Finishing hole at Riviera Country Club

Sunday, August 7, 1983

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
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
Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 72-71-67-69=279
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:[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament Info for: 1983 PGA Championship". PGA.com. 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. 1 2 "1983 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

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Preceded by
1983 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1984 Masters

Coordinates: 34°03′00″N 118°30′04″W / 34.050°N 118.501°W / 34.050; -118.501


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