1983 PGA Championship
Finishing hole at Riviera Country Club
Tournament information
DatesAugust 4–7, 1983
LocationLos Angeles, California
34°03′00″N 118°30′04″W / 34.05°N 118.501°W / 34.05; -118.501
Course(s)Riviera Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,946 yards (6,351 m)
Field150 players, 87 after cut[1]
Cut147 (+5)
Prize fund$600,000
Winner's share$100,000
Champion
United States Hal Sutton
274 (−10)
Location Map
Riviera Country Club is located in the United States
Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club
Location in the United States
Riviera Country Club is located in California
Riviera Country Club
Riviera Country Club
Location in California

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
1United States Hal Sutton65−6
T2United States Scott Simpson66−5
United States Buddy Whitten
T4United States Danny Edwards67−4
United States John Fought
United States Bruce Lietzke
T7United States Ben Crenshaw68−3
United States Keith Fergus
United States Jay Haas
United States Pat McGowan
United States Jim Thorpe

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, August 5, 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Hal Sutton65-66=131−11
2United States Ben Crenshaw68-66=134−8
3United States Pat McGowan68-67=135−7
T4United States John Fought67-69=136−6
United States Gibby Gilbert70-66=136
United States Buddy Whitten66-70=136
T7United States Keith Fergus68-70=138−4
United States Bruce Lietzke67-71=138
United States Jack Nicklaus73-65=138
United States Lee Trevino70-68=138

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 6, 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Hal Sutton65-66-72=203−10
2United States Ben Crenshaw68-66-71=205−8
3United States John Fought67-69-71=207−6
T4United States Bruce Lietzke67-71-70=208−5
United States Pat McGowan68-67-73=208
United States Larry Nelson68-67-73=208
T7United States Jay Haas68-72-69=209−4
United States Jack Nicklaus73-65-71=209
United States Scott Simpson66-73-70=209
United States Buddy Whitten66-70-73=209

Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, August 7, 1983

Final leaderboard

Champion
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Hal Sutton65-66-72-71=274−10100,000
2United States Jack Nicklaus (c)73-65-71-66=275−960,000
3United States Peter Jacobsen73-70-68-65=276−840,000
4United States Pat McGowan68-67-73-69=277−730,000
5United States John Fought67-69-71-71=278−625,000
T6United States Bruce Lietzke67-71-70-71=279−519,000
United States Fuzzy Zoeller72-71-67-69=279
8United States Dan Pohl72-70-69-69=280−416,000
T9United States Ben Crenshaw68-66-71-77=282−210,880
United States Jay Haas68-72-69-73=282
United States Mike Reid69-71-72-70=282
United States Scott Simpson66-73-70-73=282
United States Doug Tewell74-72-69-67=282

Source:[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament Info for: 1983 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. 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. ↑ "Peete wins from 6 back". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 25, 1983. p. 13.
  5. ↑ "PGA opens its doors to Negroes, world golfers". Florence Times. Alabama. Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 4, section 2.
  6. ↑ "PGA group abolishes 'Caucasian'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 22.
  7. ↑ "PGA Championship". Milwaukee Sentinel. August 5, 1983. p. 4, part 2.
  8. ↑ "Golf: PGA Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 6, 1983. p. 18.
  9. ↑ Boswell, Thomas (August 7, 1983). "Can Sutton win the PGA?". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  10. ↑ "1983 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
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