1983 PGA Championship explained

1983 PGA Championship
Dates:August 4–7, 1983
Location:Los Angeles, California
Course:Riviera Country Club
Org:PGA of America
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:71
Field:150 players, 87 after cut[1]
Cut:147 (+5)
Purse:$600,000
Winners Share:$100,000
Champion: Hal Sutton
Score:274 (−10)
Previous:1982
Next:1984
Map:USA#USA California
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Riviera Country Club
Coordinates:34.05°N -118.501°W

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65 −6
T2 66 −5
Buddy Whitten
T4 67 −4
T7 68 −3
Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, August 5, 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65-66=131 −11
2 68-66=134 −8
3 68-67=135 −7
T467-69=136 −6
70-66=136
Buddy Whitten 66-70=136
T768-70=138 −4
67-71=138
73-65=138
70-68=138
Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 6, 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65-66-72=203 −10
2 68-66-71=205 −8
3 67-69-71=207 −6
T467-71-70=208 −5
68-67-73=208
68-67-73=208
T768-72-69=209 −4
73-65-71=209
66-73-70=209
Buddy Whitten 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 Hal Sutton 65-66-72-71=274 −10 100,000
2 Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-65-71-66=275 −9 60,000
3 73-70-68-65=276 −8 40,000
4 68-67-73-69=277 −7 30,000
5 67-69-71-71=278 −6 25,000
T667-71-70-71=279 −5 19,000
72-71-67-69=279
8 72-70-69-69=280 −4 16,000
T9 68-66-71-77=282 −2 10,880
68-72-69-73=282
69-71-72-70=282
66-73-70-73=282
74-72-69-67=282
Source:[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Info for: 1983 PGA Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20061023163248/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=409&date=1983&tourn_name_id=2. dead. October 23, 2006. PGA.com. August 4, 2012.
  2. News: Out of Bear's reach, Sutton wins PGA . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Parascenzo. Marino. August 8, 1983 . 21.
  3. There's a new bear on the loose. Sports Illustrated. Jenkins. Dan. Dan Jenkins. August 15, 1983. 16.
  4. News: Peete wins from 6 back . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . Associated Press . July 25, 1983 . 13 .
  5. News: PGA opens its doors to Negroes, world golfers . Florence Times . Alabama . Associated Press . November 10, 1961 . 4, section 2 .
  6. News: PGA group abolishes 'Caucasian' . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Florida . Associated Press . November 10, 1961 . 22.
  7. News: PGA Championship . Milwaukee Sentinel . August 5, 1983 . 4, part 2.
  8. News: Golf: PGA Championship . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . Associated Press . August 6, 1983 . 18.
  9. News: Can Sutton win the PGA? . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . (Washington Post) . Boswell . Thomas . August 7, 1983 . 1B .
  10. Web site: 1983 PGA Championship. August 19, 2013. databasegolf.com.

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