1983 PGA Championship


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 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, up substantially 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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 4, 1983
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton65−6
T2Scott Simpson66−5
T2Buddy Whitten66−5
T4Danny Edwards67−4
T4John Fought67−4
T4Bruce Lietzke67−4
T7Ben Crenshaw68−3
T7Keith Fergus68−3
T7Jay Haas68−3
T7Pat McGowan68−3
T7Jim Thorpe68−3

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Second round

Friday, August 5, 1983
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton65-66=131−11
2Ben Crenshaw68-66=134−8
3Pat McGowan68-67=135−7
T4John Fought67-69=136−6
T4Gibby Gilbert70-66=136−6
T4Buddy Whitten66-70=136−6
T7Keith Fergus68-70=138−4
T7Bruce Lietzke67-71=138−4
T7Jack Nicklaus73-65=138−4
T7Lee Trevino70-68=138−4

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Third round

Saturday, August 6, 1983
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton65-66-72=203−10
2Ben Crenshaw68-66-71=205−8
3John Fought67-69-71=207−6
T4Bruce Lietzke67-71-70=208−5
T4Pat McGowan68-67-73=208−5
T4Larry Nelson68-67-73=208−5
T7Jay Haas68-72-69=209−4
T7Jack Nicklaus73-65-71=209−4
T7Scott Simpson66-73-70=209−4
T7Buddy Whitten66-70-73=209−4

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Final round

Sunday, August 7, 1983
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Hal Sutton65-66-72-71=274−10100,000
2Jack Nicklaus73-65-71-66=275−960,000
3Peter Jacobsen73-70-68-65=276−840,000
4Pat McGowan68-67-73-69=277−730,000
5John Fought67-69-71-71=278−625,000
T6Bruce Lietzke67-71-70-71=279−519,000
T6Fuzzy Zoeller72-71-67-69=279−519,000
8Dan Pohl72-70-69-69=280−416,000
T9Ben Crenshaw68-66-71-77=282−210,880
T9Jay Haas68-72-69-73=282−210,880
T9Mike Reid69-71-72-70=282−210,880
T9Scott Simpson66-73-70-73=282−210,880
T9Doug Tewell74-72-69-67=282−210,880

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