1983 Open Championship


The 1983 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 112th Open Championship, held from 14–17 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the sixth time the course had hosted, with the first in 1954.
Defending champion Tom Watson won his fifth Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Andy Bean and Hale Irwin. It was his second consecutive Open win and third in the last four, but was helped by Irwin "whiffing" a one-inch putt on the 14th hole on the third day, which cost him a chance of a play-off with Watson for the tournament.
At age 33, this was Watson's eighth and final major title; he had won three of the last six majors, but had not won any event for twelve months.
Watson was the fifth to win five Open Championships, last accomplished in 1965 by Peter Thomson, also at Royal Birkdale. He was the first to successfully defend the title in over a decade, since Lee Trevino in 1972 at Muirfield. Of his five Open wins, this was the only one outside Scotland.
Seven years earlier at Royal Birkdale in 1976, defending champion Watson posted an 80 in the third round, finishing with a pair of sixes, and missed the 54-hole cut by a stroke.

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

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Missed the first cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1983
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Stadler64–7
T2Bernhard Langer67–4
T2Bill Rogers67–4
T2Tom Watson67–4
T5Nick Faldo68–3
T5Mike Ferguson68–3
T5Vaughan Somers68–3
T5Hal Sutton68–3
T5Sam Torrance68–3
T10Eamonn Darcy69–2
T10David Dunk69–2
T10Hubert Green69–2
T10Graham Marsh69–2
T10Philip Parkin 69–2
T10Lee Trevino69–2

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Second round

Friday, 15 July 1983
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Stadler64-70=134–8
T2Lee Trevino69-66=135–7
T2Tom Watson67-68=135–7
4Nick Faldo68-68=136–6
5Hale Irwin69-68=137–5
T6Raymond Floyd72-66=138–4
T6Terry Gale72-66=138–4
T6Bill Rogers67-71=138–4
T9Andy Bean70-69=139–3
T9Denis Durnian73-66=139–3
T9Bernhard Langer67-72=139–3
T9Graham Marsh69-70=139–3
T9Hal Sutton68-71=139–3

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Amateurs: Parkin, Gilford, Plaxton, Thompson, Wood, Hamer, Thomas, Crosby.

Third round

Saturday, 16 July 1983
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Watson67-68-70=205–8
2Craig Stadler64-70-72=206–7
T3Nick Faldo68-68-71=207–6
T3Raymond Floyd72-66-69=207–6
T3David Graham71-69-67=207–6
6Lee Trevino69-66-73=208–5
T7Andy Bean70-69-70=209–4
T7Hale Irwin69-68-72=209–4
T7Mark McNulty72-69-68=209–4
T7Fuzzy Zoeller71-71-67=209–4

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Final round

Sunday, 17 July 1983
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tom Watson67-68-70-70=275–940,000
T2Andy Bean70-69-70-67=276–823,000
T2Hale Irwin69-68-72-67=276–823,000
4Graham Marsh69-70-74-64=277–715,000
5Lee Trevino69-66-73-70=278–613,600
T6Seve Ballesteros71-71-69-68=279–512,250
T6Harold Henning71-69-70-69=279–512,250
T8Denis Durnian73-66-74-67=280–49,625
T8Nick Faldo68-68-71-73=280–49,625
T8Christy O'Connor Jnr72-69-71-68=280–49,625
T8Bill Rogers67-71-73-69=280–49,625

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