1983 PGA Championship
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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. Nicklaus shot a final round 66 (−5) for his 19th and final runner-up finish in a major championship. 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.
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.
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
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Hal Sutton | 65 | −6 |
| T2 | United States Scott Simpson | 66 | −5 |
| United States Buddy Whitten | |||
| T4 | United States Danny Edwards | 67 | −4 |
| United States John Fought | |||
| United States Bruce Lietzke | |||
| T7 | United States Ben Crenshaw | 68 | −3 |
| United States Keith Fergus | |||
| United States Jay Haas | |||
| United States Pat McGowan | |||
| United States Jim Thorpe |
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Second round
Friday, August 5, 1983
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Hal Sutton | 65-66=131 | −11 |
| 2 | United States Ben Crenshaw | 68-66=134 | −8 |
| 3 | United States Pat McGowan | 68-67=135 | −7 |
| T4 | United States John Fought | 67-69=136 | −6 |
| United States Gibby Gilbert | 70-66=136 | ||
| United States Buddy Whitten | 66-70=136 | ||
| T7 | United States Keith Fergus | 68-70=138 | −4 |
| United States Bruce Lietzke | 67-71=138 | ||
| United States Jack Nicklaus | 73-65=138 | ||
| United States Lee Trevino | 70-68=138 |
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Third round
Saturday, August 6, 1983
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Hal Sutton | 65-66-72=203 | −10 |
| 2 | United States Ben Crenshaw | 68-66-71=205 | −8 |
| 3 | United States John Fought | 67-69-71=207 | −6 |
| T4 | United States Bruce Lietzke | 67-71-70=208 | −5 |
| United States Pat McGowan | 68-67-73=208 | ||
| United States Larry Nelson | 68-67-73=208 | ||
| T7 | United States Jay Haas | 68-72-69=209 | −4 |
| United States Jack Nicklaus | 73-65-71=209 | ||
| United States Scott Simpson | 66-73-70=209 | ||
| United States Buddy Whitten | 66-70-73=209 |
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Final round
Sunday, August 7, 1983
Final leaderboard
| Champion |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Hal Sutton | 65-66-72-71=274 | −10 | 100,000 |
| 2 | United States Jack Nicklaus (c) | 73-65-71-66=275 | −9 | 60,000 |
| 3 | United States Peter Jacobsen | 73-70-68-65=276 | −8 | 40,000 |
| 4 | United States Pat McGowan | 68-67-73-69=277 | −7 | 30,000 |
| 5 | United States John Fought | 67-69-71-71=278 | −6 | 25,000 |
| T6 | United States Bruce Lietzke | 67-71-70-71=279 | −5 | 19,000 |
| United States Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-71-67-69=279 | |||
| 8 | United States Dan Pohl | 72-70-69-69=280 | −4 | 16,000 |
| T9 | United States Ben Crenshaw | 68-66-71-77=282 | −2 | 10,880 |
| United States Jay Haas | 68-72-69-73=282 | |||
| United States Mike Reid | 69-71-72-70=282 | |||
| United States Scott Simpson | 66-73-70-73=282 | |||
| United States Doug Tewell | 74-72-69-67=282 |
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External links
- – 1983 PGA Championship