The 1982 Masters Tournament was the 46th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Stadler won his only major championship by defeating Dan Pohl on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Challenging weather conditions on Thursday and Friday led to the cut at 154 (+10), the highest since the cut was introduced in 1957 and still the highest through 2021, with the co-leaders, Stadler and Curtis Strange, at even par 144.

In the final round, Stadler shot a 33 on the front had a six-shot lead with seven holes to play. He bogeyed four of those holes, including a three-putt from on the 72nd green to force a playoff with Pohl; the playoff began and ended at the tenth hole. Pohl carded two rounds of 67 on the weekend after two rounds of 75. In the sudden-death playoff, Stadler made a routine par and won the Masters when Pohl missed his six-foot par attempt.

This was the final year that players were required to use Augusta National club caddies. The practice was previously employed at the other majors and some PGA Tour events well into the 1970s; the U.S. Open first allowed the players to use their own caddies in 1976. The policy change at Augusta National was announced by chairman Hord Hardin in November 1982.

It was the final Masters as a competitor for 1946 champion Herman Keiser, age 67, who withdrew in the first round.

Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4004 10Camellia48542Pink Dogwood555511White Dogwood45543Flowering Peach360412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea46555Magnolia435414Chinese Fir40546Juniper180315Firethorn50057Pampas360416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine535517Nandina40049Carolina Cherry435418Holly4054Out3,46536In3,44036Source:Total6,90572

Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Seve Ballesteros (3), Gay Brewer (8), Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,11,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (8), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,11,12), Fuzzy Zoeller (10,11)

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Hubert Green (8,11), Hale Irwin (11,12), Andy North

3. The Open champions (last five years) Bill Rogers (9,11,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years) John Mahaffey (8,11), Larry Nelson (10,12), Lanny Wadkins (8,9,11)

5. 1981 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Nathaniel Crosby (6, a), Bob Lewis (7, a), Brian Lindley (a), Willie Wood (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Hal Sutton (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

7. Members of the 1981 U.S. Walker Cup team Frank Fuhrer III (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Jodie Mudd (a), Corey Pavin (a), Jay Sigel (a)

Ron Commans, Joey Rassett, and Dick von Tacky forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1981 Masters Tournament John Cook (9), Ben Crenshaw (9,12), Bob Gilder (10), Peter Jacobsen, Tom Kite (10,11,12), Bruce Lietzke (10,11,12), Johnny Miller (11,12), Gil Morgan, Jerry Pate (11,12), Calvin Peete (9), Don Pooley, Jim Simons (11), Curtis Strange

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1981 U.S. Open George Burns, Frank Conner, Mark Hayes, Lon Hinkle, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, John Schroeder, Jim Thorpe

Sammy Rachels did not play

10. Top eight players and ties from 1981 PGA Championship Keith Fergus (11), Dan Pohl

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Andy Bean, Danny Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Ed Fiori, Jay Haas, Morris Hatalsky, Wayne Levi, Jack Renner, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Ron Streck, Lee Trevino (12), Tom Weiskopf

12. Members of the U.S. 1981 Ryder Cup team

13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki (9,10), Dave Barr (11), David Graham (2,4,8,9), Yutaka Hagawa, Bernhard Langer, Greg Norman (8,10), Peter Oosterhuis (11), Philippe Ploujoux (6, a)

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round Thursday, April 8, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jack Nicklaus 69 −3T2 Jack Renner 72 E Fuzzy Zoeller T4 Seve Ballesteros 73 +1 Gay Brewer David Graham Morris Hatalsky Greg Norman Peter OosterhuisT10 Ben Crenshaw 74 +2 Raymond Floyd Mark Hayes Jim Holtgrieve (a) Gary Player Jerry Pate Curtis Strange Ron Streck Source:

Second round Friday, April 9, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Craig Stadler 75-69=144 E Curtis Strange 74-70=1443 Tom Kite 76-69=145 +1 T4 Seve Ballesteros 73-73=146 +2 Raymond Floyd 74-72=146 Jack Nicklaus 69-77=146 Tom Watson 77-69=146T8 Andy Bean 75-72=147 +3 Mark Hayes 74-73=147 Peter Oosterhuis 73-74=147 Gary Player 74-73=147 Jerry Pate 74-73=147 Jack Renner 72-75=147 Tom Weiskopf 75-72=147 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 10, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Craig Stadler 75-69-67=211 −5 T2 Seve Ballesteros 73-73-68=214 −2 Jerry Pate 74-73-67=214T4 Raymond Floyd 74-72-69=215 −1 Tom Weiskopf 75-72-68=215T6 Bob Gilder 79-71-66=216 E Tom Watson 77-69-70=216T8 Jack Nicklaus 69-77-71=217 +1 Dan Pohl 75-75-67=217 Curtis Strange 74-70-73=217 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 11, 1982

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 Dan Pohl 75-75-67-67=284 −4 Playoff Craig Stadler 75-69-67-73=284T3 Seve Ballesteros (c) 73-73-68-71=285 −3 21,000 Jerry Pate 74-73-67-71=285T5 Tom Kite 76-69-73-69=287 −1 13,500 Tom Watson (c) 77-69-70-71=287T7 Raymond Floyd (c) 74-72-69-74=289 +1 11,067 Larry Nelson 79-71-70-69=289 Curtis Strange 74-70-73-72=289T10 Andy Bean 75-72-73-70=290 +2 8,550 Mark Hayes 74-73-73-70=290 Tom Weiskopf 75-72-68-75=290 Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 72-76-70-72=290 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)14 Bob Gilder 79-71-66-75=291 +3 6,700T15 Yutaka Hagawa 75-74-71-72=292 +4 5,850 Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-77-71-75=292 Gary Player (c) 74-73-71-74=292 Jim Simons 77-74-69-72=29219 David Graham 73-77-70-73=293 +5 5,000T20 Peter Jacobsen 78-75-70-71=294 +6 4,300 Bruce Lietzke 76-75-69-74=294 Jodie Mudd (a) 77-74-67-76=294 0 Jack Renner 72-75-76-71=294 4,300T24 Ben Crenshaw 74-80-70-71=295 +7 3,075 Danny Edwards 75-74-74-72=295 Morris Hatalsky 73-77-75-70=295 Wayne Levi 77-76-72-70=295 Peter Oosterhuis 73-74-75-73=295 John Schroeder 77-71-70-77=295T30 George Archer (c) 79-74-72-71=296 +8 2,475 Calvin Peete 77-72-73-74=29632 Ron Streck 74-76-75-73=298 +10 2,300T33 George Burns 75-79-71-74=299 +11 2,100 Keith Fergus 76-74-72-77=299 Lanny Wadkins 75-78-72-74=299T36 Tommy Aaron (c) 78-72-77-73=300 +12 1,875 Greg Norman 73-75-73-79=300T38 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 78-75-73-75=301 +13 1,667 Bill Rogers 77-77-77-70=301 Lee Trevino 75-78-75-73=301T41 Jim Holtgrieve (a) 74-76-72-80=302 +14 0 Willie Wood (a) 78-75-73-76=30243 Hubert Green 76-72-77-78=303 +15 1,50044 Jay Haas 76-74-76-78=304 +16 1,50045 Gay Brewer (c) 73-80-72-80=305 +17 1,50046 Bob Goalby (c) 81-72-78-77=308 +20 1,50047 Arnold Palmer (c) 75-76-78-80=309 +21 1,500CUT Isao Aoki 75-80=155 +11 Bernhard Langer 77-78=155 Jay Sigel (a) 80-75=155 Charles Coody (c) 75-81=156 +12 John Cook 82-74=156 Dave Eichelberger 79-77=156 Ed Fiori 76-80=156 Lon Hinkle 81-75=156 John Mahaffey 76-80=156 Gil Morgan 78-78=156 Dave Barr 75-82=157 +13 Art Wall Jr. (c) 75-82=157 Hale Irwin 80-78=158 +14 Brian Lindley (a) 80-78=158 Andy North 86-72=158 Corey Pavin (a) 79-79=158 Billy Casper (c) 85-74=159 +15 Don Pooley 79-80=159 Bob Lewis (a) 83-78=161 +17 Johnny Miller 81-80=161 Jim Thorpe 88-74=162 +18 Nathaniel Crosby (a) 85-78=163 +19 Philippe Ploujoux (a) 81-82=163 Frank Fuhrer III (a) 86-79=165 +21 Doug Ford (c) 86-83=169 +25 Frank Conner 89-82=171 +27WD Sam Snead (c) 82 +10 Herman Keiser (c) DQ J. C. Snead 78-75=153 +9

Sources:

Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par 454343454 443545344 Stadler −5−6−6−6−6−7−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−6−5−5−4 Pohl E−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−4−3−3−4−4−4 Ballesteros −1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1EEE−1−1−2−3 Pate −1−1−1EEEEEE−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

Playoff PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Craig Stadler 4 E64,0002 Dan Pohl x 39,000 Sudden-death playoff began and ended on hole #10, when Stadler parred to win.

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1982 Masters leaderboard and scorecards