1983 U.S. Open (golf)

February 2019 March 2026 1983 U.S. Open June 16–20, 1983 Oakmont, Pennsylvania Oakmont Country Club PGA Tour 71 6972 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=08daAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5915%2C3428121 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Yardage, par at Oakmont June 16, 1983 22 155 players,71 after cut 151 (+9) $500,000 $72,000 USA Larry Nelson 280 (−4) 1982 1984 USA#USA Pennsylvania yes Oakmont Location in the United States##Location in Pennsylvania 40.526 -79.827 type:event_region:US-PA inline,title The 1983 U.S. Open was the 83rd U.S. Open, held June 16–20 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Larry Nelson won the second of his three major titles, and only U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of defending champion Tom Watson.https://www.si.com/vault/1983/06/27/626139/lord-nelson-was-tougher-than-the-iron-men Sports Illustrated Lord, Nelson was tougher than the iron men Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins June 27, 1983 28https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dbQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=12EEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2330%2C2913767 Pittsburgh Press Kienzl Ray Nelson beats out Watson by a stroke June 20, 1983 1, special section https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=18daAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2733%2C4520979 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Longshot Nelson wins by one long shot June 21, 1983 21https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/21/sports/nelson-wins-open-by-1-on-62-foot-birdie-putt.html New York Times White Gordon S. Jr. Nelson wins Open by 1 on 62-foot birdie putt June 21, 1983 June 15, 2016 Watson and Seve Ballesteros shared the 54-hole lead, with Nelson a stroke back. Nelson was 7-over for the championship after four holes in his third round, but then played the final fourteen holes on Saturday in 7-under to get to even-par 213, one shot behind the co-leaders. Watson was attempting to become the first to successfully defend a U.S. Open title in over thirty years, last achieved by Ben Hogan in 1951. In the final round, Watson opened with a front-nine 31 to open up a three-stroke lead over Nelson, who shot 33. Nelson tied Watson with a birdie at 14 after Watson had bogeyed 10 and 12. A storm came through Oakmont around 5:30 p.m., which postponed play to the following morning. Watson was on the 14th green, Nelson on the 16th tee, tied at four-under for the championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1sdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5570%2C4324485 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Rain leaves Nelson, Watson tied June 20, 1983 17 On Monday morning, Nelson holed a 62 ft 0 on birdie putt at the par-3 16th, but then three-putted at the 18th for bogey. Nelson finished at four-under 280 total and waited for Watson. After he failed to save a par from a bunker at the 17th, Watson was one stroke behind Nelson. Watson needed a birdie at 18 to tie but his approach flew over the green. Nelson became the winner when Watson failed to hole out his chip shot. Nelson established a new tournament record with 132 strokes over the last 36 holes, breaking Gene Sarazen's 51-year-old mark. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish at Oakmont for Watson, who lost a sudden-death playoff to John Mahaffey five years earlier at the PGA Championship in 1978. Arnold Palmer made his last cut in a U.S. Open here and tied for 60th place.http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1983&tid=33 databasegolf.com 1983 U.S. Open August 14, 2013 He played the Open just once more, in 1994 when he was granted a special exemption when it returned to Oakmont. Future major champion Paul Azinger made his major championship debut but missed the cut. Johnny Miller, the champion when the Open was last played at Oakmont in 1973, battled health issues,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0sdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6482%2C3199734 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff and wire reports Miller may be forced to sideline by surgery June 15, 1983 17 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=18sdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U6UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2958%2C3105175 Tuscaloosa News Alabama (Dallas Times Herald) Sherrod Blackie Miller's Open final-day 63 long will be remembered June 21, 1983 21 and also missed the cut. This was the sixth U.S. Open at Oakmont, and ninth major championship. Ticket prices were $24 per day, cash only;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1MdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309%2C3960408 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Facts and figures June 17, 1983 15 practice days were $14.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0sdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6512%2C3198607 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Facts and figures June 15, 1983 17 Course layout Oakmont Country Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4693434255613792014342404803,5324623716031853604532283224563,4406,972Par444543435364453443443571 Source: Lengths of the course for previous major championships: 6989 yd, par 71 - 1978 PGA Championship 6921 yd, par 71 - 1973 U.S. Open 6894 yd, par 71 - 1962 U.S. Open 6916 yd, par 72 - 1953 U.S. Open 6882 yd, par 72 - 1951 PGA Championship 6981 yd, par 72 - 1935 U.S. Open 6965 yd, par 72 - 1927 U.S. Open 6707 yd, par 74 - 1922 PGA Championship Before 1962, the first hole was played as a par 5. Round summaries First round Thursday, June 16, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ESP Seve Ballesteros69−2 USA John Mahaffey USA Bob Murphy4 AUS Bruce Devlin70−1T5 USA Lou Graham71E USA Bobby Wadkins USA D. A. WeibringT8 USA Jim Booros72+1 USA Frank Conner USA Raymond Floyd USA Hale Irwin CAN Jim Nelford ZWE Nick Price USA Joey Rassett USA Lanny Wadkins USA Tom Watson Second round Friday, June 17, 1983 Saturday, June 18, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA John Mahaffey69-72=141−1 USA Joey Rassett72-69=141T3 USA Raymond Floyd72-70=142E USA Tom Watson72-70=142T5 ESP Seve Ballesteros69-74=143+1 USA Calvin Peete75-68=143 USA Hal Sutton73-70=143T8 USA Andy North73-71=144+2 USA David Ogrin75-69=144 USA Scott Simpson73-71=144 Amateurs: Faxon (+8), Sherman (+9), Sigel (+13), Lewis (+15), Rinker (+15), Moise (+18), McNamara (+19), Taylor (+21), Farlow (+23). Third round Saturday, June 18, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ESP Seve Ballesteros69-74-69=212−1 USA Tom Watson72-70-70=212T3 USA Larry Nelson75-73-65=213E USA Calvin Peete75-68-70=2135 USA Raymond Floyd72-70-72=214+16 USA Gil Morgan73-72-70=215+2T7 USA Andy North73-71-72=216+3 USA Hal Sutton73-70-73=216T9 USA Ralph Landrum75-73-69=217+4 USA Roger Maltbie76-72-69=217 USA Scott Simpson73-71-73=217 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-PRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726%2C4753231 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services It's a battle of the best at U.S. Open June 19, 1983 1B Final round Sunday, June 19, 1983 Monday, June 20, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Larry Nelson 75-73-65-67=280 −4 72,0002 USA Tom Watson 72-70-70-69=281 −3 44,0003 USA Gil Morgan 73-72-70-68=283 −1 29,000T4 ESP Seve Ballesteros 69-74-69-74=286 +2 17,968 USA Calvin Peete 75-68-70-73=2866 USA Hal Sutton 73-70-73-71=287 +3 13,2547 USA Lanny Wadkins 72-73-74-69=288 +4 12,088T8 AUS David Graham 74-75-73-69=291 +7 10,711 USA Ralph Landrum 75-73-69-74=291T10 USA Chip Beck 73-74-74-71=292 +8 8,976 USA Andy North 73-71-72-76=292 USA Craig Stadler 76-74-73-69=292 Source: Amateurs: Brad Faxon (+18), Sherman (+20). Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444543435445344344USA Nelson EE−1−1−1−2−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−4USA Watson−1−2−3−4−4−5−4−5−6−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−3−3 USA Morgan +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 ESP Ballesteros −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 USA Peete +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E +1 +2 +2 +2 USA Sutton +3 +3 +4 +3 +2 +2 +1 +2 +1 +3 +3 +4 +3 +2 +1 +2 +2 +3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:https://www.usopen.com/history-landing/scoring-and-stats/scoring.html#!&y=1983 USGA U.S. Open History April 24, 2019 References External links GolfCompendium.com – 1983 U.S. Open USGA https://web.archive.org/web/20160811185512/http://usga.usopen.com/2007/news/forgotten_champion.html August 11, 2016 – Nelson: The forgotten Open champion at Oakmont USOpen.com – 1983 1983 Category:U.S. Open (golf) Category:Golf tournaments in Pennsylvania U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open (golf)