1983 Open Championship

1983 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–17 July 1983
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,968 yards (6,372 m)[1]
Field151 players
83 after 1st cut
63 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut146 (+4) (1st cut)
217 (+4) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£400,000
$600,000
Winner's share£40,000
$60,000
Champion
Tom Watson
275 (−9)
Southport
Location in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

The 1983 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 112th Open Championship, held from 14 to 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.[2][3] It was his second consecutive Open win and third in the last four,[4] 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.[5]

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.[6][5]

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.[2] Of his five Open wins, this was the only one outside Scotland.[7][8]

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.[9]

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 450 423 410 206 343 468 150 470 410 3,330 384 411 184 505 198 542 415 526 473 3,638 6,968
Par 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 34 4 4 3 5 3 5 4 5 4 37 71

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1983

Place Player Score To par
1 Craig Stadler 64 −7
T2 Bernhard Langer 67 −4
Bill Rogers
Tom Watson
T5 Nick Faldo 68 −3
Mike Ferguson
Vaughan Somers
Hal Sutton
Sam Torrance
T10 Eamonn Darcy 69 −2
David Dunk
Hubert Green
Graham Marsh
Philip Parkin (a)
Lee Trevino

Source:[10][11][12]

Second round

Friday, 15 July 1983

Place Player Score To par
1 Craig Stadler 64-70=134 −8
T2 Lee Trevino 69-66=135 −7
Tom Watson 67-68=135
4 Nick Faldo 68-68=136 −6
5 Hale Irwin 69-68=137 −5
T6 Raymond Floyd 72-66=138 −4
Terry Gale 72-66=138
Bill Rogers 67-71=138
T9 Andy Bean 70-69=139 −3
Denis Durnian 73-66=139
Bernhard Langer 67-72=139
Graham Marsh 69-70=139
Hal Sutton 68-71=139

Source:[13][14]
Amateurs: Parkin (+5), Gilford (+7), Plaxton (+12), Thompson (+12), Wood (+12), Hamer (+13), Thomas (+13), Crosby (+17).

Third round

Saturday, 16 July 1983

Place Player Score To par
1 Tom Watson 67-68-70=205 −8
2 Craig Stadler 64-70-72=206 −7
T3 Nick Faldo 68-68-71=207 −6
Raymond Floyd 72-66-69=207
David Graham 71-69-67=207
6 Lee Trevino 69-66-73=208 −5
T7 Andy Bean 70-69-70=209 −4
Hale Irwin 69-68-72=209
Mark McNulty 72-69-68=209
Fuzzy Zoeller 71-71-67=209

Source:[1][15]

Final round

Sunday, 17 July 1983

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Tom Watson 67-68-70-70=275 −9 40,000
T2 Andy Bean 70-69-70-67=276 −8 23,000
Hale Irwin 69-68-72-67=276
4 Graham Marsh 69-70-74-64=277 −7 15,000
5 Lee Trevino 69-66-73-70=278 −6 13,600
T6 Seve Ballesteros 71-71-69-68=279 −5 12,250
Harold Henning 71-69-70-69=279
T8 Denis Durnian 73-66-74-67=280 −4 9,625
Nick Faldo 68-68-71-73=280
Christy O'Connor Jnr 72-69-71-68=280
Bill Rogers 67-71-73-69=280

Source:[1][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 51, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b Paul, Ian (18 July 1983). "Watson picks up Open trophy − then drops it". Glasgow Herald. p. 1.
  3. ^ Husar, John (18 July 1983). "Watson flashes the V sign". The Chicago Tribune. p. 3, sec. 4.
  4. ^ Radosta, John (18 July 1983). "Watson's birdie on 16th vaults him to 5th British Open crown". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. (New York Times). p. 12B.
  5. ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (25 July 1983). "Breaking clear of the crowd". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  6. ^ "Watson wins 5th in Britain". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. 25 July 1983. p. 15.
  7. ^ "Tom Watson's four championships in the British Open". Chicago Tribune. 17 July 1983. p. 5, sec. 3.
  8. ^ Husar, John (18 July 1983). "Watson strangles that choker label". The Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 4.
  9. ^ "Ballesteros holds off world's best". Glasgow Herald. 10 July 1976. p. 16.
  10. ^ Husar, John (15 July 1983). "Stadler putts way into British lead". The Chicago Tribune. p. 2, sec. 3.
  11. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (15 July 1983). "Faldo steps out of Stadler's shadow". Glasgow Herald. p. 22.
  12. ^ "Stadler's 64 puts him 3-up in British Open". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. 15 July 1983. p. 16B.
  13. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (16 July 1983). "Gallant Faldo mounts close but lonely vigil". Glasgow Herald. p. 16.
  14. ^ Husar, John (15 July 1983). "Stadler holds on to lead". The Chicago Tribune. p. 3, sec. 2.
  15. ^ Husar, John (17 July 1983). "Watson overcomes 'hazard'". The Chicago Tribune. p. 5, sec. 3.
  16. ^ "1983 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  17. ^ "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1983". PoundSterling. July 1983. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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