1983 U.S. Open (golf)

1983 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 16–20, 1983
Location	Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Oakmont Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,972 yards (6,375 m)^[1]
Field	155 players, 71 after cut
Cut	151 (+9)
Prize fund	$500,000
Winner's share	$72,000
Champion
Larry Nelson
280 (–4)
«1982 1984»

Oakmont

Location in the United States

Oakmont

Location in Pennsylvania

The 1983 U.S. Open was the 83rd U.S. Open, held June 16–20 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Larry Nelson won the second of his three major titles, and only U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of defending champion Tom Watson.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Watson and Seve Ballesteros shared the 54-hole lead, with Nelson a stroke back. Nelson was 7-over for the championship after four holes in his third round, but then played the final fourteen holes on Saturday in 7-under to get to even-par 213, one shot behind the co-leaders. Watson was attempting to become the first to successfully defend a U.S. Open title in over thirty years, last achieved by Ben Hogan in 1951.

In the final round, Watson opened with a front-nine 31 to open up a three-stroke lead over Nelson, who shot 33. Nelson tied Watson with a birdie at 14 after Watson had bogeyed 10 and 12. A storm came through Oakmont around 5:30 p.m., which postponed play to the following morning. Watson was on the 14th green, Nelson on the 16th tee, tied at four-under for the championship.^[6]

On Monday morning, Nelson holed a 62-foot (19 m) birdie putt at the par-3 16th, but then three-putted at the 18th for bogey.^[5] Nelson finished at 4 under 280 total and waited for Watson. After he failed to save a par from a bunker at the 17th, Watson was one stroke behind Nelson. Watson needed a birdie at 18 to tie but his approach flew over the green. Nelson became the winner when Watson failed to hole out his chip shot.

Nelson established a new tournament record with 132 strokes over the last 36 holes, breaking Gene Sarazen's 51-year-old mark. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish at Oakmont for Watson, who lost a sudden-death playoff to John Mahaffey at the 1978 PGA Championship.

Arnold Palmer made his last cut in an U.S. Open here and tied for 60th place.^[7] He played the Open just once more, in 1994 when he was granted a special exemption when it returned to Oakmont. Future major champion Paul Azinger made his major championship debut but missed the cut. Johnny Miller, the champion when the Open was last played at Oakmont in 1973, also missed the cut.

This was the sixth U.S. Open at Oakmont, and ninth major championship. Ticket prices were $24 per day, cash only.^[8]

Course layout

Main article: Oakmont Country Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	469	343	425	561	379	201	434	240	480	3,532	462	371	603	185	360	453	228	322	456	3,440	6,972
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	36	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	71

Source:^[1]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

6,989 yards (6,391 m), par 71 - 1978 PGA Championship
6,921 yards (6,329 m), par 71 - 1973 U.S. Open
6,894 yards (6,304 m), par 71 - 1962 U.S. Open
6,916 yards (6,324 m), par 72 - 1953 U.S. Open

6,882 yards (6,293 m), par 72 - 1951 PGA Championship
6,981 yards (6,383 m), par 72 - 1935 U.S. Open
6,965 yards (6,369 m), par 72 - 1927 U.S. Open
6,707 yards (6,133 m), par 74 - 1922 PGA Championship

Before 1962, the first hole was played as a par 5.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tom Watson	United States	1982	72	70	70	69	281	–3	2
David Graham	Australia	1981	74	75	73	69	291	+7	T8
Andy North	United States	1978	73	71	72	76	292	+8	T10
Gary Player	South Africa	1965	73	74	76	71	294	+10	T20
Hale Irwin	United States	1974, 1979	72	76	75	76	299	+15	T39
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962, 1967, 1972, 1980	73	74	77	76	300	+16	T43
Lou Graham	United States	1975	71	77	78	76	302	+18	T50
Arnold Palmer	United States	1960	74	75	78	76	303	+19	T60
Hubert Green	United States	1977	74	74	76	79	303	+19	T60

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jerry Pate	United States	1976	78	74	152	+10
Johnny Miller	United States	1973	78	76	154	+12

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 1983

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69	–2
	John Mahaffey	United States
	Bob Murphy	United States
4	Bruce Devlin	Australia	70	–1
T5	Lou Graham	United States	71	E
	Bobby Wadkins	United States
	D. A. Weibring	United States
T8	Jim Booros	United States	72	+1
	Frank Conner	United States
	Raymond Floyd	United States
	Hale Irwin	United States
	Jim Nelford	Canada
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe
	Joey Rassett	United States
	Lanny Wadkins	United States
	Tom Watson	United States

Second round

Friday, June 17, 1983
Saturday, June 18, 1983

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	John Mahaffey	United States	69-72=141	–1
T1	Joey Rassett	United States	72-69=141	–1
T3	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-70=142	E
T3	Tom Watson	United States	72-70=142	E
T5	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69-74=143	+1
	Calvin Peete	United States	75-68=143
	Hal Sutton	United States	73-70=143
T8	Andy North	United States	73-71=144	+2
	David Ogrin	United States	75-69=144
	Scott Simpson	United States	73-71=144

Amateurs: Faxon (+9), Sherman (+9), Sigel (+13), Lewis (+15), Rinker (+15), Moise (+18), McNamara (+19), Taylor (+21), Farlow (+23).

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 1983

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69-74-69=212	–1
T1	Tom Watson	United States	72-70-70=212	–1
T3	Larry Nelson	United States	75-73-65=213	E
T3	Calvin Peete	United States	75-68-70=213	E
5	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-70-72=214	+1
6	Gil Morgan	United States	73-72-70=215	+2
T7	Andy North	United States	73-71-72=216	+3
T7	Hal Sutton	United States	73-70-73=216	+3
T9	Ralph Landrum	United States	75-73-69=217	+4
	Roger Maltbie	United States	76-72-69=217
	Scott Simpson	United States	73-71-73=217

Source:^[9]

Final round

Sunday, June 19, 1983
Monday, June 20, 1983

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Larry Nelson	United States	75-73-65-67=280	–4	72,000
2	Tom Watson	United States	72-70-70-69=281	–3	44,000
3	Gil Morgan	United States	73-72-70-68=283	–1	29,000
T4	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	69-74-69-74=286	+2	17,968
T4	Calvin Peete	United States	75-68-70-73=286	+2	17,968
6	Hal Sutton	United States	73-70-73-71=287	+3	13,254
7	Lanny Wadkins	United States	72-73-74-69=288	+4	12,088
T8	David Graham	Australia	74-75-73-69=291	+7	10,711
T8	Ralph Landrum	United States	75-73-69-74=291	+7	10,711
T10	Chip Beck	United States	73-74-74-71=292	+8	8,976
	Andy North	United States	73-71-72-76=292
	Craig Stadler	United States	76-74-73-69=292

Source:^[4]^[7]

Amateurs: Brad Faxon (+18), Sherman (+20).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4
Nelson	E	E	–1	–1	–1	–2	–3	–2	–3	–3	–3	–3	–3	–4	–4	–5	–5	–4
Watson	–1	–2	–3	–4	–4	–5	–4	–5	–6	–5	–5	–4	–4	–4	–4	–4	–3	–3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[4]

References

1 2 "Yardage, par at Oakmont". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 16, 1983. p. 22.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (June 27, 1983). "Lord, Nelson was tougher than the iron men". Sports Illustrated. p. 28.
↑ Kienzl, Ray (June 20, 1983). "Nelson beats out Watson by a stroke". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, special section.
1 2 3 Parascenzo, Marino (June 21, 1983). "Longshot Nelson wins by one long shot". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 21.
1 2 White, Gordon S., Jr. (June 21, 1983). "Nelson wins Open by 1 on 62-foot birdie putt". New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (June 20, 1983). "Rain leaves Nelson, Watson tied". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17.
1 2 "1983 U.S. Open". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
↑ "Facts and figures". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 17, 1983. p. 15.
↑ "It's a battle of the best at U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire services. June 19, 1983. p. 1B.

External links

About.com – 1983 U.S. Open
USGA – Nelson: The forgotten Open champion at Oakmont
USOpen.com – 1983

Preceded by 1983 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1983 Open Championship

1983 Men's Major Golf Championships

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Coordinates: 40°31′34″N 79°49′37″W / 40.526°N 79.827°W / 40.526; -79.827

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