1983 Open Championship

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.

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

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
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4504234102063434681504704103,3303844111845051985424155264733,6386,968
Par444344344344435354543771

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Craig Stadler64−7
T2 Bernhard Langer67−4
Bill Rogers
Tom Watson
T5 Nick Faldo68−3
Mike Ferguson
Vaughan Somers
Hal Sutton
Sam Torrance
T10 Eamonn Darcy69−2
David Dunk
Hubert Green
Graham Marsh
Philip Parkin (a)
Lee Trevino

Source:[10][11][12]

Second round

Friday, 15 July 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Craig Stadler64-70=134−8
T2 Lee Trevino69-66=135−7
Tom Watson67-68=135
4 Nick Faldo68-68=136−6
5 Hale Irwin69-68=137−5
T6 Raymond Floyd72-66=138−4
Terry Gale72-66=138
Bill Rogers67-71=138
T9 Andy Bean70-69=139−3
Denis Durnian73-66=139
Bernhard Langer67-72=139
Graham Marsh69-70=139
Hal Sutton68-71=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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tom Watson67-68-70=205−8
2 Craig Stadler64-70-72=206−7
T3 Nick Faldo68-68-71=207−6
Raymond Floyd72-66-69=207
David Graham71-69-67=207
6 Lee Trevino69-66-73=208−5
T7 Andy Bean70-69-70=209−4
Hale Irwin69-68-72=209
Mark McNulty72-69-68=209
Fuzzy Zoeller71-71-67=209

Source:[1][15]

Final round

Sunday, 17 July 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Tom Watson67-68-70-70=275−940,000
T2 Andy Bean70-69-70-67=276−823,000
Hale Irwin69-68-72-67=276
4 Graham Marsh69-70-74-64=277−715,000
5 Lee Trevino69-66-73-70=278−613,600
T6 Seve Ballesteros71-71-69-68=279−512,250
Harold Henning71-69-70-69=279
T8 Denis Durnian73-66-74-67=280−49,625
Nick Faldo68-68-71-73=280
Christy O'Connor Jnr72-69-71-68=280
Bill Rogers67-71-73-69=280

Source:[1][16]

References
  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 51, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. 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. 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.

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