1983 PGA Championship

August 2023 1983 PGA Championship RivieraCountryClub18th.jpg 240 Finishing hole at Riviera Country Club August 4–7, 1983 Los Angeles, California Riviera Country Club PGA of America PGA Tour 71 6946 yd 150 players, 87 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=409&date=1983&tourn_name_id=2 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 Tournament Info for: 1983 PGA Championship August 4, 2012 147 (+5) $600,000 $100,000 USA Hal Sutton 274 (−10) 1982 1984 USA#USA California yes Riviera Country Club Location in the United States##Location in California 34.05 -118.501 type:event_region:US-GA inline,title 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uKlRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pm0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1608%2C1580782 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Out of Bear's reach, Sutton wins PGA August 8, 1983 21 Nicklaus shot a final round 66 (−5) for his 19th and final runner-up finish in a major championship.https://www.si.com/vault/1983/08/15/618972/theres-a-new-bear-on-the-loose Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins There's a new bear on the loose August 15, 1983 16 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uTExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KggEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6825%2C4243895 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Peete wins from 6 back July 25, 1983 13 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QP0rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ssYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=612%2C1259647 Florence Times Alabama Associated Press PGA opens its doors to Negroes, world golfers November 10, 1961 4, section 2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qbcqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QmUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7100%2C1775561 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Associated Press PGA group abolishes 'Caucasian' November 10, 1961 22 This was the first major championship to award a six-figure winner's share, $100,000, increasing from the $65,000 of the previous year. The first five-figure winner's share in a major was the 1958 Masters and the 2001 Masters was the first to break seven figures. Round summaries First round Thursday, August 4, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Hal Sutton 65 −6T2 USA Scott Simpson 66 −5 USA Buddy Whitten T4 USA Danny Edwards 67 −4 USA John Fought USA Bruce Lietzke T7 USA Ben Crenshaw 68 −3 USA Keith Fergus USA Jay Haas USA Pat McGowan USA Jim Thorpe Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ToJQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6820%2C867065 Milwaukee Sentinel PGA Championship August 5, 1983 4, part 2 Second round Friday, August 5, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Hal Sutton 65-66=131 −11 2 USA Ben Crenshaw 68-66=134 −83 USA Pat McGowan 68-67=135 −7T4 USA John Fought 67-69=136 −6 USA Gibby Gilbert 70-66=136 USA Buddy Whitten 66-70=136T7 USA Keith Fergus 68-70=138 −4 USA Bruce Lietzke 67-71=138 USA Jack Nicklaus 73-65=138 USA Lee Trevino 70-68=138 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=he8vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ve4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3671%2C2766088 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Golf: PGA Championship August 6, 1983 18 Third round Saturday, August 6, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Hal Sutton 65-66-72=203 −10 2 USA Ben Crenshaw 68-66-71=205 −83 USA John Fought 67-69-71=207 −6 T4 USA Bruce Lietzke 67-71-70=208 −5 USA Pat McGowan 68-67-73=208 USA Larry Nelson 68-67-73=208T7 USA Jay Haas 68-72-69=209 −4 USA Jack Nicklaus 73-65-71=209 USA Scott Simpson 66-73-70=209 USA Buddy Whitten 66-70-73=209 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7g1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OeIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6335%2C1499655 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Washington Post) Boswell Thomas Can Sutton win the PGA? August 7, 1983 1B Final round Sunday, August 7, 1983 Final leaderboard Champion(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Hal Sutton 65-66-72-71=274 −10 100,0002 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-65-71-66=275 −9 60,0003 USA Peter Jacobsen 73-70-68-65=276 −8 40,0004 USA Pat McGowan 68-67-73-69=277 −7 30,0005 USA John Fought 67-69-71-71=278 −6 25,000T6 USA Bruce Lietzke 67-71-70-71=279 −5 19,000 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 72-71-67-69=2798 USA Dan Pohl 72-70-69-69=280 −4 16,000T9 USA Ben Crenshaw 68-66-71-77=282 −2 10,880 USA Jay Haas 68-72-69-73=282 USA Mike Reid 69-71-72-70=282 USA Scott Simpson 66-73-70-73=282 USA Doug Tewell 74-72-69-67=282 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 USA Keith Fergus 68-70-72-73=283 −1 6,750 AUS David Graham (c) 70-69-74-70=283 USA Hale Irwin 72-70-73-68=283 USA Roger Maltbie 71-71-71-70=283 USA Jim Thorpe 68-72-74-69=283 USA Lee Trevino (c) 70-68-74-71=283T20 USA John Cook 74-71-68-71=284 E 4,750 USA Danny Edwards 67-76-71-70=284 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 69-75-71-69=284T23 USA Chip Beck 72-71-70-72=285 +1 3,913 USA Fred Couples 71-70-73-71=285 USA Jerry Pate 69-72-70-74=285 USA Don Pooley 72-68-74-71=285T27 ESP Seve Ballesteros 71-76-72-67=286 +2 3,200 USA Bobby Wadkins 73-72-74-67=286 USA Buddy Whitten 66-70-73-77=286T30 USA Andy Bean 71-73-71-72=287 +3 2,650 USA Bob Boyd 70-77-72-68=287 USA Johnny Miller 72-75-73-67=287 USA Mark Pfeil 73-71-70-73=287 USA Jim Simons 69-75-72-71=287 USA Tom Weiskopf 76-70-69-72=287T36 USA Jim Colbert 73-66-76-73=288 +4 2,088 USA Larry Nelson (c) 72-68-68-80=288 USA Bobby Nichols (c) 75-69-74-70=288 USA Calvin Peete 69-71-76-72=288 USA Bob Shearer 73-67-76-72=288 USA Tim Simpson 76-70-70-72=288T42 USA Lou Graham 73-74-70-72=289 +5 1,875 USA Gary Hallberg 71-75-71-72=289 USA Barry Jaeckel 73-74-67-75=289 AUS Greg Norman 72-72-70-75=289 ZAF 1982 Gary Player (c) 74-68-73-74=289T47 USA Gibby Gilbert 70-66-80-74=290 +6 1,730 USA Morris Hatalsky 69-75-73-73=290 USA Vance Heafner 73-74-72-71=290 USA Lon Hinkle 70-75-74-71=290 USA Larry Mize 70-70-75-75=290 USA Mike Nicolette 72-71-73-74=290 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 75-71-71-73=290 USA Tom Watson 75-67-78-70=290T55 USA John Adams 75-71-72-73=291 +7 1,610 USA George Burns 78-68-72-73=291 USA Charles Coody 73-72-70-76=291 USA Ed Fiori 75-69-73-74=291 USA Gil Morgan 72-73-74-72=291 USA Jack Renner 74-71-73-73=291T61 USA Scott Hoch 73-72-74-73=292 +8 1,565 CAN Jim Nelford 72-72-76-72=292T63 USA Bruce Fleisher 74-73-74-72=293 +9 1,535 USA Bob Gilder 71-69-76-77=293 USA Mark Lye 75-67-75-76=293 USA Craig Stadler 72-73-76-72=293T67 USA George Archer 70-77-74-73=294 +10 1,506 USA Mike Donald 71-71-76-76=294 USA Tom Kite 72-75-73-74=294 USA Arnold Palmer 74-73-74-73=294 ZWE Nick Price 72-74-74-74=29472 TWN Chen Tze-chung 72-75-79-69=295 +11 1,50073 USA Larry Gilbert 71-74-76-75=296 +12T74 USA Rex Caldwell 74-73-75-75=297 +13 USA Pat Lindsey 74-72-80-71=29776 USA Ron Streck 72-73-77-76=298 +14T77 USA Bill Britton 74-73-77-78=300 +16 USA Bobby Heins 73-74-75-78=300 USA Jim Logue 73-74-77-76=300T80 USA Lee Elder 76-71-77-77=301 +17 USA Ed Sneed 74-73-75-79=301T82 USA Bob Eastwood 76-70-77-79=302 +18 USA Allen Miller 69-78-77-78=302T84 USA Robert Hoyt 71-72-80-80=303 +19 USA Leonard Thompson 73-74-75-81=30386 USA Curtis Strange 71-74-85-74=304 +2087 USA Jim King 73-73-78-84=308 +24CUT USA Hubert Green 73-75=148 +6 USA Mark Hayes 72-76=148 USA Bob Lendzion 74-74=148 USA Mark O'Meara 72-76=148 USA Jim Albus 74-75=149 +7 USA Gene Borek 71-78=149 USA Brad Bryant 72-77=149 USA Billy Casper 74-75=149 USA Al Geiberger (c) 74-75=149 USA John Jackson 72-77=149 USA John Mahaffey (c) 77-72=149 USA Jim Masserio 76-73=149 USA Mark McCumber 79-70=149 USA Andy North 75-74=149 USA Pete Oakley 72-77=149 USA Don Padgett 73-76=149 USA Tom Purtzer 74-75=149 USA Payne Stewart 78-71=149 USA Paul Wise 77-72=149 USA Mike Wynn 73-76=149 USA Bruce Ashworth 72-78=150 +8 USA David Edwards 72-78=150 CAN Dan Halldorson 73-77=150 USA Gary Koch 72-78=150 USA Mike McCullough 72-78=150 JPN 1947 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 76-74=150 USA Tim Norris 74-76=150 MEX Victor Regalado 71-79=150 USA Lanny Wadkins (c) 70-80=150 USA D. A. Weibring 73-77=150 USA Ed Whitman 76-74=150 JPN Isao Aoki 75-76=151 +9 USA Dave Barber 76-75=151 ENG Nick Faldo 74-77=151 USA Kevin Morris 75-76=151 USA Tom Robertson 74-77=151 USA Jack Seltzer 77-74=151 USA Mike Sullivan 76-75=151 USA Tim Collins 76-76=152 +10 USA Bob Elliott 78-74=152 USA John Elliott Jr. 77-75=152 USA Rick Karbowski 78-74=152 USA Vic Lipscomb 78-74=152 USA Gary McCord 72-80=152 USA Jack Sommers 75-77=152 USA Dave Stockton (c) 78-74=152 USA Rick Werner 78-74=152 USA Jim White 80-72=152 USA Steve Benson 79-74=153 +11 USA Bobby Clampett 76-77=153 USA Gene Littler 75-78=153 USA Bill Rogers 81-72=153 USA J. C. Snead 77-77=154 +12 USA John Gentile 79-76=155 +13 USA Don Maddox 79-76=155 USA Clarence Rose 75-80=155 USA Phillip Hancock 73-83=156 +14 USA Thomas Gray 78-79=157 +15 USA Robbie Gilmore 81-79=160 +18 USA Jerry Barber (c) 80-83=163 +21 USA Denis Husse 81-83=164 +22 USA Jack McConachie 82-84=166 +24 USA John Kirchner 87-83=170 +28 Source:1983 PGA Championship http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1983&tid=22 August 19, 2013 databasegolf.com References 2 External links PGA.com https://web.archive.org/web/20130814011041/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1983.html August 14, 2013 – 1983 PGA Championship Yahoo! Sports: 1983 PGA Championship leaderboard 1983 Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in California Category:Golf in Los Angeles PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship