# 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 (−5) 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, increasing 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.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, August 4, 1983
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 65 | −6 |
| T2 | Scott Simpson | 66 | −5 |
| T2 | Buddy Whitten | 66 | −5 |
| T4 | Danny Edwards | 67 | −4 |
| T4 | John Fought | 67 | −4 |
| T4 | Bruce Lietzke | 67 | −4 |
| T7 | Ben Crenshaw | 68 | −3 |
| T7 | Keith Fergus | 68 | −3 |
| T7 | Jay Haas | 68 | −3 |
| T7 | Pat McGowan | 68 | −3 |
| T7 | Jim Thorpe | 68 | −3 |
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### Second round

Friday, August 5, 1983
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 65-66=131 | −11 |
| 2 | Ben Crenshaw | 68-66=134 | −8 |
| 3 | Pat McGowan | 68-67=135 | −7 |
| T4 | John Fought | 67-69=136 | −6 |
| T4 | Gibby Gilbert | 70-66=136 | −6 |
| T4 | Buddy Whitten | 66-70=136 | −6 |
| T7 | Keith Fergus | 68-70=138 | −4 |
| T7 | Bruce Lietzke | 67-71=138 | −4 |
| T7 | Jack Nicklaus | 73-65=138 | −4 |
| T7 | Lee Trevino | 70-68=138 | −4 |
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### Third round

Saturday, August 6, 1983
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 65-66-72=203 | −10 |
| 2 | Ben Crenshaw | 68-66-71=205 | −8 |
| 3 | John Fought | 67-69-71=207 | −6 |
| T4 | Bruce Lietzke | 67-71-70=208 | −5 |
| T4 | Pat McGowan | 68-67-73=208 | −5 |
| T4 | Larry Nelson | 68-67-73=208 | −5 |
| T7 | Jay Haas | 68-72-69=209 | −4 |
| T7 | Jack Nicklaus | 73-65-71=209 | −4 |
| T7 | Scott Simpson | 66-73-70=209 | −4 |
| T7 | Buddy Whitten | 66-70-73=209 | −4 |
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### Final round

Sunday, August 7, 1983

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 65-66-72-71=274 | −10 | 100,000 |
| 2 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 73-65-71-66=275 | −9 | 60,000 |
| 3 | Peter Jacobsen | 73-70-68-65=276 | −8 | 40,000 |
| 4 | Pat McGowan | 68-67-73-69=277 | −7 | 30,000 |
| 5 | John Fought | 67-69-71-71=278 | −6 | 25,000 |
| T6 | Bruce Lietzke | 67-71-70-71=279 | −5 | 19,000 |
| T6 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-71-67-69=279 | −5 | 19,000 |
| 8 | Dan Pohl | 72-70-69-69=280 | −4 | 16,000 |
| T9 | Ben Crenshaw | 68-66-71-77=282 | −2 | 10,880 |
| T9 | Jay Haas | 68-72-69-73=282 | −2 | 10,880 |
| T9 | Mike Reid | 69-71-72-70=282 | −2 | 10,880 |
| T9 | Scott Simpson | 66-73-70-73=282 | −2 | 10,880 |
| T9 | Doug Tewell | 74-72-69-67=282 | −2 | 10,880 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T14 | Keith Fergus | 68-70-72-73=283 | −1 | 6,750 |
| T14 | David Graham (c) | 70-69-74-70=283 | −1 | 6,750 |
| T14 | Hale Irwin | 72-70-73-68=283 | −1 | 6,750 |
| T14 | Roger Maltbie | 71-71-71-70=283 | −1 | 6,750 |
| T14 | Jim Thorpe | 68-72-74-69=283 | −1 | 6,750 |
| T14 | Lee Trevino (c) | 70-68-74-71=283 | −1 | 6,750 |
| T20 | John Cook | 74-71-68-71=284 | E | 4,750 |
| T20 | Danny Edwards | 67-76-71-70=284 | E | 4,750 |
| T20 | Raymond Floyd (c) | 69-75-71-69=284 | E | 4,750 |
| T23 | Chip Beck | 72-71-70-72=285 | +1 | 3,913 |
| T23 | Fred Couples | 71-70-73-71=285 | +1 | 3,913 |
| T23 | Jerry Pate | 69-72-70-74=285 | +1 | 3,913 |
| T23 | Don Pooley | 72-68-74-71=285 | +1 | 3,913 |
| T27 | Seve Ballesteros | 71-76-72-67=286 | +2 | 3,200 |
| T27 | Bobby Wadkins | 73-72-74-67=286 | +2 | 3,200 |
| T27 | Buddy Whitten | 66-70-73-77=286 | +2 | 3,200 |
| T30 | Andy Bean | 71-73-71-72=287 | +3 | 2,650 |
| T30 | Bob Boyd | 70-77-72-68=287 | +3 | 2,650 |
| T30 | Johnny Miller | 72-75-73-67=287 | +3 | 2,650 |
| T30 | Mark Pfeil | 73-71-70-73=287 | +3 | 2,650 |
| T30 | Jim Simons | 69-75-72-71=287 | +3 | 2,650 |
| T30 | Tom Weiskopf | 76-70-69-72=287 | +3 | 2,650 |
| T36 | Jim Colbert | 73-66-76-73=288 | +4 | 2,088 |
| T36 | Larry Nelson (c) | 72-68-68-80=288 | +4 | 2,088 |
| T36 | Bobby Nichols (c) | 75-69-74-70=288 | +4 | 2,088 |
| T36 | Calvin Peete | 69-71-76-72=288 | +4 | 2,088 |
| T36 | Bob Shearer | 73-67-76-72=288 | +4 | 2,088 |
| T36 | Tim Simpson | 76-70-70-72=288 | +4 | 2,088 |
| T42 | Lou Graham | 73-74-70-72=289 | +5 | 1,875 |
| T42 | Gary Hallberg | 71-75-71-72=289 | +5 | 1,875 |
| T42 | Barry Jaeckel | 73-74-67-75=289 | +5 | 1,875 |
| T42 | Greg Norman | 72-72-70-75=289 | +5 | 1,875 |
| T42 | Gary Player (c) | 74-68-73-74=289 | +5 | 1,875 |
| T47 | Gibby Gilbert | 70-66-80-74=290 | +6 | 1,730 |
| T47 | Morris Hatalsky | 69-75-73-73=290 | +6 | 1,730 |
| T47 | Vance Heafner | 73-74-72-71=290 | +6 | 1,730 |
| T47 | Lon Hinkle | 70-75-74-71=290 | +6 | 1,730 |
| T47 | Larry Mize | 70-70-75-75=290 | +6 | 1,730 |
| T47 | Mike Nicolette | 72-71-73-74=290 | +6 | 1,730 |
| T47 | Peter Oosterhuis | 75-71-71-73=290 | +6 | 1,730 |
| T47 | Tom Watson | 75-67-78-70=290 | +6 | 1,730 |
| T55 | John Adams | 75-71-72-73=291 | +7 | 1,610 |
| T55 | George Burns | 78-68-72-73=291 | +7 | 1,610 |
| T55 | Charles Coody | 73-72-70-76=291 | +7 | 1,610 |
| T55 | Ed Fiori | 75-69-73-74=291 | +7 | 1,610 |
| T55 | Gil Morgan | 72-73-74-72=291 | +7 | 1,610 |
| T55 | Jack Renner | 74-71-73-73=291 | +7 | 1,610 |
| T61 | Scott Hoch | 73-72-74-73=292 | +8 | 1,565 |
| T61 | Jim Nelford | 72-72-76-72=292 | +8 | 1,565 |
| T63 | Bruce Fleisher | 74-73-74-72=293 | +9 | 1,535 |
| T63 | Bob Gilder | 71-69-76-77=293 | +9 | 1,535 |
| T63 | Mark Lye | 75-67-75-76=293 | +9 | 1,535 |
| T63 | Craig Stadler | 72-73-76-72=293 | +9 | 1,535 |
| T67 | George Archer | 70-77-74-73=294 | +10 | 1,506 |
| T67 | Mike Donald | 71-71-76-76=294 | +10 | 1,506 |
| T67 | Tom Kite | 72-75-73-74=294 | +10 | 1,506 |
| T67 | Arnold Palmer | 74-73-74-73=294 | +10 | 1,506 |
| T67 | Nick Price | 72-74-74-74=294 | +10 | 1,506 |
| 72 | Chen Tze-chung | 72-75-79-69=295 | +11 | 1,500 |
| 73 | Larry Gilbert | 71-74-76-75=296 | +12 | 1,500 |
| T74 | Rex Caldwell | 74-73-75-75=297 | +13 | 1,500 |
| T74 | Pat Lindsey | 74-72-80-71=297 | +13 | 1,500 |
| 76 | Ron Streck | 72-73-77-76=298 | +14 | 1,500 |
| T77 | Bill Britton | 74-73-77-78=300 | +16 | 1,500 |
| T77 | Bobby Heins | 73-74-75-78=300 | +16 | 1,500 |
| T77 | Jim Logue | 73-74-77-76=300 | +16 | 1,500 |
| T80 | Lee Elder | 76-71-77-77=301 | +17 | 1,500 |
| T80 | Ed Sneed | 74-73-75-79=301 | +17 | 1,500 |
| T82 | Bob Eastwood | 76-70-77-79=302 | +18 | 1,500 |
| T82 | Allen Miller | 69-78-77-78=302 | +18 | 1,500 |
| T84 | Robert Hoyt | 71-72-80-80=303 | +19 | 1,500 |
| T84 | Leonard Thompson | 73-74-75-81=303 | +19 | 1,500 |
| 86 | Curtis Strange | 71-74-85-74=304 | +20 | 1,500 |
| 87 | Jim King | 73-73-78-84=308 | +24 | 1,500 |
| CUT | Hubert Green | 73-75=148 | +6 | |
| CUT | Mark Hayes | 72-76=148 | +6 | |
| CUT | Bob Lendzion | 74-74=148 | +6 | |
| CUT | Mark O'Meara | 72-76=148 | +6 | |
| CUT | Jim Albus | 74-75=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Gene Borek | 71-78=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Brad Bryant | 72-77=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Billy Casper | 74-75=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Al Geiberger (c) | 74-75=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | John Jackson | 72-77=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | John Mahaffey (c) | 77-72=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jim Masserio | 76-73=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Mark McCumber | 79-70=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Andy North | 75-74=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Pete Oakley | 72-77=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Don Padgett | 73-76=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | 74-75=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Payne Stewart | 78-71=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Paul Wise | 77-72=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Mike Wynn | 73-76=149 | +7 | |
| CUT | Bruce Ashworth | 72-78=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | David Edwards | 72-78=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Dan Halldorson | 73-77=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Gary Koch | 72-78=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mike McCullough | 72-78=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 76-74=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tim Norris | 74-76=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Victor Regalado | 71-79=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins (c) | 70-80=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | D. A. Weibring | 73-77=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Ed Whitman | 76-74=150 | +8 | |
| CUT | Isao Aoki | 75-76=151 | +9 | |
| CUT | Dave Barber | 76-75=151 | +9 | |
| CUT | Nick Faldo | 74-77=151 | +9 | |
| CUT | Kevin Morris | 75-76=151 | +9 | |
| CUT | Tom Robertson | 74-77=151 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jack Seltzer | 77-74=151 | +9 | |
| CUT | Mike Sullivan | 76-75=151 | +9 | |
| CUT | Tim Collins | 76-76=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Bob Elliott | 78-74=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | John Elliott Jr. | 77-75=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Rick Karbowski | 78-74=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Vic Lipscomb | 78-74=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Gary McCord | 72-80=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jack Sommers | 75-77=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Dave Stockton (c) | 78-74=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Rick Werner | 78-74=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jim White | 80-72=152 | +10 | |
| CUT | Steve Benson | 79-74=153 | +11 | |
| CUT | Bobby Clampett | 76-77=153 | +11 | |
| CUT | Gene Littler | 75-78=153 | +11 | |
| CUT | Bill Rogers | 81-72=153 | +11 | |
| CUT | J. C. Snead | 77-77=154 | +12 | |
| CUT | John Gentile | 79-76=155 | +13 | |
| CUT | Don Maddox | 79-76=155 | +13 | |
| CUT | Clarence Rose | 75-80=155 | +13 | |
| CUT | Phillip Hancock | 73-83=156 | +14 | |
| CUT | Thomas Gray | 78-79=157 | +15 | |
| CUT | Robbie Gilmore | 81-79=160 | +18 | |
| CUT | Jerry Barber (c) | 80-83=163 | +21 | |
| CUT | Denis Husse | 81-83=164 | +22 | |
| CUT | Jack McConachie | 82-84=166 | +24 | |
| CUT | John Kirchner | 87-83=170 | +28 | |
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