1983 PGA Tour

The 1983 PGA Tour was the 68th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 15th season since separating from the PGA of America.

1983 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 6, 1983 (1983-01-06) – October 30, 1983 (1983-10-30)
Number of official events43
Most wins Seve Ballesteros (2)
Jim Colbert (2)
Mark McCumber (2)
Gil Morgan (2)
Calvin Peete (2)
Hal Sutton (2)
Lanny Wadkins (2)
Fuzzy Zoeller (2)
Money list Hal Sutton
PGA Player of the Year Hal Sutton
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Changes for 1983

This was also the first season of the "All-Exempt Tour" which provided many more exemptions per year. For example, those that finished in the top 125 of the money list maintained full-time status rather than the top 60 which had been the historic benchmark.[1][2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1983 season.[3][4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 9Joe Garagiola-Tucson OpenArizona300,000 Gil Morgan (5)
Jan 16Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia300,000 Gil Morgan (6)
Jan 23Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia375,000 Keith Fergus (3)Pro-Am
Jan 30Phoenix OpenArizona350,000 Bob Gilder (6)
Feb 6Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia325,000 Tom Kite (5)Pro-Am
Feb 13Hawaiian OpenHawaii325,000 Isao Aoki (1)
Feb 20Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego OpenCalifornia300,000 Gary Hallberg (1)
Feb 27Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida300,000 Gary Koch (3)
Mar 6Honda Inverrary ClassicFlorida400,000 Johnny Miller (23)
Mar 13Bay Hill ClassicFlorida350,000 Mike Nicolette (1)
Mar 20USF&G ClassicLouisiana400,000 Bill Rogers (6)
Mar 28Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida700,000 Hal Sutton (2)Special event
Apr 3Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina400,000 Lanny Wadkins (11)
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia500,000 Seve Ballesteros (4)Major championship
Apr 18Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina350,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (4)Invitational
Apr 24MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia400,000 Lanny Wadkins (12)Winners-only event
May 1Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas400,000 Ben Crenshaw (9)
May 8Houston Coca-Cola OpenTexas400,000 David Graham (8)
May 15Colonial National InvitationTexas400,000 Jim Colbert (7)Invitational
May 22Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia400,000 Calvin Peete (6)
May 29Memorial TournamentOhio400,000 Hale Irwin (15)Invitational
Jun 5Kemper OpenMaryland400,000 Fred Couples (1)
Jun 12Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York450,000 Seve Ballesteros (5)
Jun 19U.S. OpenPennsylvania500,000 Larry Nelson (6)Major championship
Jun 26Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee400,000 Larry Mize (1)
Jul 3Western OpenIllinois400,000 Mark McCumber (2)
Jul 10Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin250,000 Morris Hatalsky (2)
Jul 17The Open ChampionshipEngland£400,000 Tom Watson (33)Major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 17Miller High Life QCOIllinois200,000 Danny Edwards (4)Alternate event
Jul 24Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia350,000 Calvin Peete (7)
Jul 31Canadian OpenCanada350,000 John Cook (2)
Aug 7PGA ChampionshipCalifornia600,000 Hal Sutton (3)Major championship
Aug 14Buick OpenMichigan350,000 Wayne Levi (6)
Aug 21Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut300,000 Curtis Strange (4)
Aug 28World Series of GolfOhio400,000 Nick Price (1)Limited-field event
Sep 4B.C. OpenNew York300,000 Pat Lindsey (1)
Sep 11Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts350,000 Mark Lye (1)
Sep 18Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity ClassicNevada750,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (5)New tournament
Pro-Am
Sep 25LaJet Coors ClassicTexas350,000 Rex Caldwell (1)
Oct 2Texas OpenTexas300,000 Jim Colbert (8)
Oct 9Southern OpenGeorgia250,000 Ronnie Black (1)
Oct 23Walt Disney World Golf ClassicFlorida400,000 Payne Stewart (2)
Oct 30Pensacola OpenFlorida250,000 Mark McCumber (3)

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winner(s) Notes
Oct 16 Ryder Cup Florida n/a Team USA Team event
Nov 6 Kapalua International Hawaii 300,000 Greg Norman
Dec 11 World Cup Indonesia n/a Rex Caldwell and
John Cook		 Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy Dave Barr
Nov 27 Skins Game Arizona 360,000 Gary Player New tournament
Limited-field event
Dec 11 JCPenney Mixed Team Classic Florida 550,000 Fred Couples and
Jan Stephenson		 Team event
Dec 18 Chrysler Team Championship Florida 400,000 Johnny Miller and
Jack Nicklaus		 New tournament
Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Hal Sutton426,668
2 Fuzzy Zoeller417,597
3 Lanny Wadkins319,271
4 Calvin Peete313,845
5 Gil Morgan306,133
6 Rex Caldwell284,434
7 Ben Crenshaw275,474
8 Mark McCumber268,294
9 Tom Kite257,066
10 Jack Nicklaus256,158

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
PGA Player of the Year Hal Sutton[6]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Raymond Floyd[7][8]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Raymond Floyd[9]

See also

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References
  1. Radosta, John (January 3, 1983). "PGA Tour Preview 1983; Under a New Format, Scramble Resumes for Money". The New York Times. p. C-11. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. Boswell, Thomas (March 1, 1983). "Sitting here in limbo: PGA rabbits face extinction due to new tour rule". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Lewiston, Idaho. Washington Post. p. 4C. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  3. "1983 Schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 6, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  4. "1984 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  5. "1983 Official money". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  6. "Hal Sutton: Player of Year on PGA Tour". The Bellingham Herald. Bellingham, Washington. October 21, 1983. p. 8 (2B in paper). Retrieved November 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide | Awards". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  8. "McCumber wins at Pensacola; Zoeller fails to catch Sutton". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. Associated Press. October 31, 1983. p. 8. Retrieved November 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Rickard, Jack (November 12, 1983). "Nicklaus and Watson didn't win on'83 tour". Tucson Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. p. 14 (4B in paper). Retrieved November 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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