1982 Masters Tournament


The 1982 Masters Tournament was the 46th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Stadler won his only major championship by defeating Dan Pohl on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Challenging weather conditions on Thursday and Friday led to the cut at 154, the highest since the cut was introduced in 1957 and still the highest through 2019, with the co-leaders, Stadler and Curtis Strange, at even par 144.
In the final round, Stadler shot a 33 on the front had a six-shot lead with seven holes to play. He bogeyed four of those holes, including a three-putt from twenty feet on the 72nd green to force a playoff with Pohl; the playoff began and ended at the tenth hole. Pohl carded two rounds of 67 on the weekend after two rounds of 75. In the sudden-death playoff, Stadler made a routine par and won the Masters when Pohl missed his six-foot par attempt.
This was the final year that players were required to use Augusta National club caddies. The practice was previously employed at the other majors and some PGA Tour events well into the 1970s; the U.S. Open first allowed the players to use their own caddies in 1976. The policy change at Augusta National was announced by chairman Hord Hardin in November 1982.
It was the final Masters as a competitor for 1946 champion Herman Keiser, age 67, who withdrew in the first round.

Course

Field

;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions
Hubert Green, Hale Irwin, Andy North
;3. The Open champions
Bill Rogers
;4. PGA champions
John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Lanny Wadkins
;5. 1981 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
Nathaniel Crosby, Bob Lewis, Brian Lindley, Willie Wood
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
;7. Members of the 1981 U.S. Walker Cup team
Frank Fuhrer III, Jim Holtgrieve, Jodie Mudd, Corey Pavin, Jay Sigel
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1981 Masters Tournament
John Cook, Ben Crenshaw, Bob Gilder, Peter Jacobsen, Tom Kite, Bruce Lietzke, Johnny Miller, Gil Morgan, Jerry Pate, Calvin Peete, Don Pooley, Jim Simons, Curtis Strange
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1981 U.S. Open
George Burns, Frank Conner, Mark Hayes, Lon Hinkle, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, John Schroeder, Jim Thorpe
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1981 PGA Championship
Keith Fergus, Dan Pohl
;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Andy Bean, Danny Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Ed Fiori, Jay Haas, Morris Hatalsky, Wayne Levi, Jack Renner, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Ron Streck, Lee Trevino, Tom Weiskopf
;12. Members of the U.S. 1981 Ryder Cup team
;13. Foreign invitations
Isao Aoki, Dave Barr, David Graham, Yutaka Hagawa, Bernhard Langer, Greg Norman, Peter Oosterhuis, Philippe Ploujoux

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus69−3
T2Jack Renner72E
T2Fuzzy Zoeller72E
T4Seve Ballesteros73+1
T4Gay Brewer73+1
T4David Graham73+1
T4Morris Hatalsky73+1
T4Greg Norman73+1
T4Peter Oosterhuis73+1
T10Ben Crenshaw74+2
T10Raymond Floyd74+2
T10Mark Hayes74+2
T10Jim Holtgrieve 74+2
T10Gary Player74+2
T10Jerry Pate74+2
T10Curtis Strange74+2
T10Ron Streck74+2

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Second round

Friday, April 9, 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Craig Stadler75-69=144E
T1Curtis Strange74-70=144E
3Tom Kite76-69=145+1
T4Seve Ballesteros73-73=146+2
T4Raymond Floyd74-72=146+2
T4Jack Nicklaus69-77=146+2
T4Tom Watson77-69=146+2
T8Andy Bean75-72=147+3
T8Mark Hayes74-73=147+3
T8Peter Oosterhuis73-74=147+3
T8Gary Player74-73=147+3
T8Jerry Pate74-73=147+3
T8Jack Renner72-75=147+3
T8Tom Weiskopf75-72=147+3

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Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Stadler75-69-67=211−5
T2Seve Ballesteros73-73-68=214−2
T2Jerry Pate74-73-67=214−2
T4Raymond Floyd74-72-69=215−1
T4Tom Weiskopf75-72-68=215−1
T6Bob Gilder79-71-66=216E
T6Tom Watson77-69-70=216E
T8Jack Nicklaus69-77-71=217+1
T8Dan Pohl75-75-67=217+1
T8Curtis Strange74-70-73=217+1

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Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Craig Stadler75-69-67-73=284−4Playoff
T1Dan Pohl75-75-67-67=284−4Playoff
T3Seve Ballesteros73-73-68-71=285−321,000
T3Jerry Pate74-73-67-71=285−321,000
T5Tom Kite76-69-73-69=287−113,500
T5Tom Watson77-69-70-71=287−113,500
T7Raymond Floyd74-72-69-74=289+111,067
T7Larry Nelson79-71-70-69=289+111,067
T7Curtis Strange74-70-73-72=289+111,067
T10Andy Bean75-72-73-70=290+28,550
T10Mark Hayes74-73-73-70=290+28,550
T10Tom Weiskopf75-72-68-75=290+28,550
T10Fuzzy Zoeller72-76-70-72=290+28,550

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff