1982 Open Championship
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The 1982 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 111th Open Championship, held from 15 to 18 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Watson won his fourth Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price. It was Watson's second consecutive major victory—he won the U.S. Open a month earlier—and the seventh of his eight major titles.
Watson became the fifth to win the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining fellow Americans Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), Ben Hogan (1953), and Lee Trevino (1971). Tiger Woods later won both in 2000.
Watson's previous three Open wins also came in Scotland, at Carnoustie (1975), Turnberry (1977), and Muirfield (1980). His fifth victory in the Open in 1983 came at Royal Birkdale in England.
Course
Old Course
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seal | 362 | 4 | 10 | Sandhills | 437 | 4 | |
| 2 | Black Rock | 391 | 4 | 11 | The Railway | 481 | 5 | |
| 3 | Gyaws | 381 | 4 | 12 | The Fox | 432 | 4 | |
| 4 | Dunure | 556 | 5 | 13 | Burmah | 468 | 4 | |
| 5 | Greenan | 210 | 3 | 14 | Alton | 180 | 3 | |
| 6 | Turnberry | 577 | 5 | 15 | Crosbie | 457 | 4 | |
| 7 | Tel-el-Kebir | 400 | 4 | 16 | Well | 542 | 5 | |
| 8 | Postage Stamp | 126 | 3 | 17 | Rabbit | 223 | 3 | |
| 9 | The Monk | 419 | 4 | 18 | Craigend | 425 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,422 | 36 | In | 3,645 | 36 | |||
| Source: | Total | 7,067 | 72 |
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):
| 1973: 7,064 yards (6,459 m), par 72 1962: 7,045 yards (6,442 m), par 72 1950: 6,583 yards (6,019 m), par 70 |
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 15 July 1982
Source:
Second round
Friday, 16 July 1982
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Bobby Clampett | 67-66=133 | −11 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe Nick Price | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| T3 | West Germany Bernhard Langer | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| Republic of Ireland Des Smyth | 70-69=139 | ||
| T5 | Scotland Sandy Lyle | 74-66=140 | −4 |
| United States Tom Watson | 69-71=140 | ||
| T7 | Scotland Ken Brown | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| England Peter Oosterhuis | 74-67=141 | ||
| 9 | United States Tom Purtzer | 76-66=142 | −2 |
| T10 | Spain José María Cañizares | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| Australia David Graham | 73-70=143 | ||
| United States Bill Rogers | 73-70=143 |
Amateurs: Lewis (+4), Oldcorn (+9), Plaxton (+9), Stubbs (+10), Thompson (+10), Broadbent (+12), Persson (+12), Rose (+12), Thomson (+12), Ray (+13), Andersson (+16), Young (+17), Higgins (+19), Poxon (+19), Crosby (+22).
Third round
Saturday, 17 July 1982
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Bobby Clampett | 67-66-78=211 | −5 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe Nick Price | 69-69-74=212 | −4 |
| T3 | Scotland Sandy Lyle | 74-66-73=213 | −3 |
| Republic of Ireland Des Smyth | 70-69-74=213 | ||
| 5 | United States Tom Watson | 69-71-74=214 | −2 |
| T6 | Japan Masahiro Kuramoto | 71-73-71=215 | −1 |
| England Peter Oosterhuis | 74-67-74=215 | ||
| T8 | England Nick Faldo | 73-73-71=217 | +1 |
| West Germany Bernhard Langer | 70-69-78=217 | ||
| United States Tom Purtzer | 76-66-75=217 | ||
| Zimbabwe Denis Watson | 75-69-73=217 | ||
| United States Fuzzy Zoeller | 73-71-73=217 |
Amateurs: Lewis (+5).
Final round
Sunday, 18 July 1982
Final leaderboard
| Champion |
| Silver Medal winner (low amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Tom Watson (c) | 69-71-74-70=284 | −4 | 32,000 |
| T2 | England Peter Oosterhuis | 74-67-74-70=285 | −3 | 19,300 |
| Zimbabwe Nick Price | 69-69-74-73=285 | |||
| T4 | England Nick Faldo | 73-73-71-69=286 | −2 | 11,000 |
| Japan Masahiro Kuramoto | 71-73-71-71=286 | |||
| United States Tom Purtzer | 76-66-75-69=286 | |||
| Republic of Ireland Des Smyth | 70-69-74-73=286 | |||
| T8 | Scotland Sandy Lyle | 74-66-73-74=287 | −1 | 8,750 |
| United States Fuzzy Zoeller | 73-71-73-70=287 | |||
| T10 | United States Bobby Clampett | 67-66-78-77=288 | E | 7,350 |
| United States Jack Nicklaus (c) | 77-70-72-69=288 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
| 12 | Scotland Sam Torrance | 73-72-73-71=289 | +1 | 8,820 |
| T13 | Spain Seve Ballesteros (c) | 71-75-73-71=290 | +2 | 7,560 |
| West Germany Bernhard Langer | 70-69-78-73=290 | |||
| T15 | United States Ben Crenshaw | 74-75-72-70=291 | +3 | 5,460 |
| United States Raymond Floyd | 74-73-77-67=291 | |||
| United States Curtis Strange | 72-73-76-70=291 | |||
| Zimbabwe Denis Watson | 75-69-73-74=291 | |||
| 19 | Scotland Ken Brown | 70-71-79-72=292 | +4 | 4,060 |
| T20 | Japan Isao Aoki | 75-69-75-74=293 | +5 | 3,500 |
| Japan Tōru Nakamura | 77-68-77-71=293 | |||
| T22 | Spain José María Cañizares | 71-72-79-72=294 | +6 | 3,080 |
| United States Johnny Miller (c) | 71-76-75-72=294 | |||
| United States Bill Rogers (c) | 73-70-76-75=294 | |||
| T25 | Scotland Bernard Gallacher | 75-71-74-75=295 | +7 | 2,730 |
| Australia Graham Marsh | 76-76-72-71=295 | |||
| T27 | Australia David Graham | 70-73-76-77=296 | +8 | 2,240 |
| United States Jay Haas | 78-72-75-71=296 | |||
| Australia Greg Norman | 73-75-76-72=296 | |||
| United States Arnold Palmer (c) | 71-73-78-74=296 | |||
| United States Lee Trevino (c) | 78-72-71-75=296 | |||
| T32 | Scotland Mike Miller | 74-72-78-73=297 | +9 | 1,680 |
| United States Larry Nelson | 77-69-77-74=297 | |||
| England Mark Thomas | 72-74-75-76=297 | |||
| T35 | Scotland Brian Barnes | 75-69-76-78=298 | +10 | 1,166 |
| Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy | 75-73-78-72=298 | |||
| United States Jack Ferenz | 76-69-80-73=298 | |||
| England David A. Russell | 72-72-76-78=298 | |||
| United States Craig Stadler | 71-74-79-74=298 | |||
| England Paul Way | 72-75-78-73=298 | |||
| 41 | South Africa Harold Henning | 74-74-76-75=299 | +11 | 910 |
| T42 | England Neil Coles | 73-73-72-82=300 | +12 | |
| Australia Terry Gale | 76-74-75-75=300 | |||
| England Malcolm Lewis (a) | 74-74-77-75=300 | 0 | ||
| South Africa Gary Player (c) | 75-74-76-75=300 | 910 | ||
| Australia Bob Shearer | 73-72-81-74=300 | |||
| T47 | South Africa Tienie Britz | 81-70-74-76=301 | +13 | |
| England Roger Chapman | 75-76-74-76=301 | |||
| Scotland Bill Longmuir | 77-72-77-75=301 | |||
| England Brian Waites | 75-77-73-76=301 | |||
| T51 | England Mark James | 74-73-79-76=302 | +14 | 863 |
| Spain Manuel Piñero | 75-75-74-78=302 | |||
| Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san | 75-75-75-77=302 | |||
| T54 | Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty | 76-74-76-77=303 | +15 | 840 |
| England Martin Poxon | 74-70-78-81=303 | |||
| England Peter Townsend | 76-73-76-78=303 | |||
| England Keith Waters | 73-78-71-81=303 | |||
| 58 | England Philip Harrison | 78-74-74-78=304 | +16 | |
| 59 | England Michael King | 73-78-74-80=305 | +17 | |
| 60 | Australia Michael Cahill | 73-76-77-80=306 | +18 | |
| 2nd CUT | United States Rex Caldwell | 84-68-75=227 | +11 | 560 |
| England Peter Dawson | 78-73-76=227 | |||
| South Africa Jeff Hawkes | 79-73-75=227 | |||
| England Warren Humphreys | 76-75-76=227 | |||
| United States Tom Weiskopf (c) | 79-73-75=227 | |||
| United States Chip Beck | 75-73-80=228 | +12 | ||
| South Africa John Bland | 80-72-76=228 | |||
| England Paul Hoad | 73-79-76=228 | |||
| Australia Brian Jones | 81-71-76=228 | |||
| United States Tom Kite | 73-76-79=228 | |||
| Belgium Joey Rassett | 76-76-76=228 | |||
| South Africa Hugh Baiocchi | 77-75-77=229 | +13 | 525 | |
| England Jeremy Bennett | 74-73-82=229 | |||
| Spain Antonio Garrido | 75-77-77=229 | |||
| England Tommy Horton | 77-73-79=229 | |||
| United States Gil Morgan | 74-74-81=229 | |||
| Australia Vaughan Somers | 78-73-78=229 | |||
| England Brian Evans | 77-72-81=230 | +14 | ||
| United States Hubert Green | 76-75-79=230 | |||
| Scotland David Matthew | 76-76-78=230 | |||
| England Gordon J. Brand | 77-75-79=231 | +15 | ||
| New Zealand Simon Owen | 73-77-81=231 | |||
| Wales Ian Woosnam | 78-73-80=231 | |||
| Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone | 75-77-80=232 | +16 | ||
| England Peter Tupling | 75-77-81=233 | +17 | ||
| England Simon Bishop | 76-75-83=234 | +18 | ||
| United States Danny Edwards | 71-81-86=238 | +22 | ||
| 1st CUT | New Zealand Bob Charles (c) | 79-74=153 | +9 | 315 |
| England Steve Cipa | 75-78=153 | |||
| England Denny Hepler | 78-75=153 | |||
| England Tony Jacklin (c) | 77-76=153 | |||
| United States Mark Johnson | 76-77=153 | |||
| Scotland Brian Marchbank | 76-77=153 | |||
| England Carl Mason | 78-75=153 | |||
| Scotland Andrew Oldcorn (a) | 79-74=153 | 0 | ||
| England Jonathan Plaxton (a) | 77-76=153 | |||
| Nepal Denis Scanlan | 78-75=153 | 315 | ||
| United States Ed Sneed | 76-77=153 | |||
| United States Hal Sutton | 80-73=153 | |||
| Mexico Peter Berry | 79-75=154 | +10 | ||
| Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr | 75-79=154 | |||
| Australia Mike Ferguson | 76-78=154 | |||
| Brazil Jaime Gonzalez | 78-76=154 | |||
| United States Robert Jamieson | 74-80=154 | |||
| England Steve Rooke | 76-78=154 | |||
| Australia Ian Stanley (a) | 77-77=154 | 0 | ||
| England Andrew Stubbs (a) | 74-80=154 | |||
| Mexico Martyn Thompson | 78-76=154 | 315 | ||
| England Maurice Bembridge | 79-76=155 | +11 | ||
| England Pip Elson | 79-76=155 | |||
| United States Joe Inman | 79-76=155 | |||
| United States Bruce Lietzke | 77-78=155 | |||
| Scotland Jim McAlister | 79-76=155 | |||
| Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr | 76-79=155 | |||
| United States Greg Powers | 77-78=155 | |||
| England Graham Walker | 80-75=155 | |||
| England John Wilkinson | 83-72=155 | |||
| England Paul Bradley | 75-81=156 | +12 | ||
| England Gary Broadbent (a) | 80-76=156 | 0 | ||
| Northern Ireland David Feherty | 81-75=156 | 315 | ||
| England David Jagger | 75-81=156 | |||
| England Mike McLean | 81-75=156 | |||
| Sweden Magnus Persson (a) | 83-73=156 | 0 | ||
| Scotland Andy Rose (a) | 79-77=156 | |||
| England John Thomson (a) | 79-77=156 | |||
| Spain Manuel Calero | 83-74=157 | +13 | 315 | |
| England John Fowler | 76-81=157 | |||
| United States Bill Pelham | 78-79=157 | |||
| England David Ray (a) | 84-73=157 | 0 | ||
| England Ross Whitehead | 78-79=157 | 315 | ||
| England Peter Cowan | 83-75=158 | +14 | ||
| Australia Rodger Davis | 79-79=158 | |||
| England Andrew Murray | 78-80=158 | |||
| England Howard Clark | 79-80=159 | +15 | ||
| Scotland Steve Martin | 81-78=159 | |||
| Sweden Per Anderrson (a) | 81-79=160 | +16 | 0 | |
| England Denis Durnian | 82-78=160 | 315 | ||
| England Hedley Muscroft | 81-79=160 | |||
| West Germany Carlo Knauss | 79-82=161 | +17 | ||
| Scotland Keith Lobban | 81-80=161 | |||
| Scotland Ian Young (a) | 82-79=161 | 0 | ||
| England David Williams | 81-81=162 | +18 | 315 | |
| Northern Ireland Jimmy Heggarty | 81-82=163 | +19 | ||
| England Michael Higgins (a) | 83-80=163 | 0 | ||
| England Nick Job | 83-80=163 | 315 | ||
| England Chris Poxon (a) | 80-83=163 | 0 | ||
| United States Nathaniel Crosby (a) | 82-84=166 | +22 | ||
| WD | Scotland Garry Hay | 75 | +3 | 315 |
| Republic of Ireland John O'Leary | 80 | +8 | ||
| United States Jerry Pate | 81 | +9 |
Amateurs: Lewis (+12) Source:
- The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.74 dollars (US) per pound sterling.
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