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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hal Sutton 65 −6T2 Scott Simpson 66 −5 Buddy Whitten T4 Danny Edwards 67 −4 John Fought Bruce Lietzke T7 Ben Crenshaw 68 −3 Keith Fergus Jay Haas Pat McGowan Jim Thorpe Source:

Second round Friday, August 5, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hal Sutton 65-66=131 −11 2 Ben Crenshaw 68-66=134 −83 Pat McGowan 68-67=135 −7T4 John Fought 67-69=136 −6 Gibby Gilbert 70-66=136 Buddy Whitten 66-70=136T7 Keith Fergus 68-70=138 −4 Bruce Lietzke 67-71=138 Jack Nicklaus 73-65=138 Lee Trevino 70-68=138 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 6, 1983 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hal Sutton 65-66-72=203 −10 2 Ben Crenshaw 68-66-71=205 −83 John Fought 67-69-71=207 −6 T4 Bruce Lietzke 67-71-70=208 −5 Pat McGowan 68-67-73=208 Larry Nelson 68-67-73=208T7 Jay Haas 68-72-69=209 −4 Jack Nicklaus 73-65-71=209 Scott Simpson 66-73-70=209 Buddy Whitten 66-70-73=209 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 7, 1983

Final leaderboard Champion(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Hal Sutton 65-66-72-71=274 −10 100,0002 Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-65-71-66=275 −9 60,0003 Peter Jacobsen 73-70-68-65=276 −8 40,0004 Pat McGowan 68-67-73-69=277 −7 30,0005 John Fought 67-69-71-71=278 −6 25,000T6 Bruce Lietzke 67-71-70-71=279 −5 19,000 Fuzzy Zoeller 72-71-67-69=2798 Dan Pohl 72-70-69-69=280 −4 16,000T9 Ben Crenshaw 68-66-71-77=282 −2 10,880 Jay Haas 68-72-69-73=282 Mike Reid 69-71-72-70=282 Scott Simpson 66-73-70-73=282 Doug Tewell 74-72-69-67=282 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 Keith Fergus 68-70-72-73=283 −1 6,750 David Graham (c) 70-69-74-70=283 Hale Irwin 72-70-73-68=283 Roger Maltbie 71-71-71-70=283 Jim Thorpe 68-72-74-69=283 Lee Trevino (c) 70-68-74-71=283T20 John Cook 74-71-68-71=284 E 4,750 Danny Edwards 67-76-71-70=284 Raymond Floyd (c) 69-75-71-69=284T23 Chip Beck 72-71-70-72=285 +1 3,913 Fred Couples 71-70-73-71=285 Jerry Pate 69-72-70-74=285 Don Pooley 72-68-74-71=285T27 Seve Ballesteros 71-76-72-67=286 +2 3,200 Bobby Wadkins 73-72-74-67=286 Buddy Whitten 66-70-73-77=286T30 Andy Bean 71-73-71-72=287 +3 2,650 Bob Boyd 70-77-72-68=287 Johnny Miller 72-75-73-67=287 Mark Pfeil 73-71-70-73=287 Jim Simons 69-75-72-71=287 Tom Weiskopf 76-70-69-72=287T36 Jim Colbert 73-66-76-73=288 +4 2,088 Larry Nelson (c) 72-68-68-80=288 Bobby Nichols (c) 75-69-74-70=288 Calvin Peete 69-71-76-72=288 Bob Shearer 73-67-76-72=288 Tim Simpson 76-70-70-72=288T42 Lou Graham 73-74-70-72=289 +5 1,875 Gary Hallberg 71-75-71-72=289 Barry Jaeckel 73-74-67-75=289 Greg Norman 72-72-70-75=289 Gary Player (c) 74-68-73-74=289T47 Gibby Gilbert 70-66-80-74=290 +6 1,730 Morris Hatalsky 69-75-73-73=290 Vance Heafner 73-74-72-71=290 Lon Hinkle 70-75-74-71=290 Larry Mize 70-70-75-75=290 Mike Nicolette 72-71-73-74=290 Peter Oosterhuis 75-71-71-73=290 Tom Watson 75-67-78-70=290T55 John Adams 75-71-72-73=291 +7 1,610 George Burns 78-68-72-73=291 Charles Coody 73-72-70-76=291 Ed Fiori 75-69-73-74=291 Gil Morgan 72-73-74-72=291 Jack Renner 74-71-73-73=291T61 Scott Hoch 73-72-74-73=292 +8 1,565 Jim Nelford 72-72-76-72=292T63 Bruce Fleisher 74-73-74-72=293 +9 1,535 Bob Gilder 71-69-76-77=293 Mark Lye 75-67-75-76=293 Craig Stadler 72-73-76-72=293T67 George Archer 70-77-74-73=294 +10 1,506 Mike Donald 71-71-76-76=294 Tom Kite 72-75-73-74=294 Arnold Palmer 74-73-74-73=294 Nick Price 72-74-74-74=29472 Chen Tze-chung 72-75-79-69=295 +11 1,50073 Larry Gilbert 71-74-76-75=296 +12T74 Rex Caldwell 74-73-75-75=297 +13 Pat Lindsey 74-72-80-71=29776 Ron Streck 72-73-77-76=298 +14T77 Bill Britton 74-73-77-78=300 +16 Bobby Heins 73-74-75-78=300 Jim Logue 73-74-77-76=300T80 Lee Elder 76-71-77-77=301 +17 Ed Sneed 74-73-75-79=301T82 Bob Eastwood 76-70-77-79=302 +18 Allen Miller 69-78-77-78=302T84 Robert Hoyt 71-72-80-80=303 +19 Leonard Thompson 73-74-75-81=30386 Curtis Strange 71-74-85-74=304 +2087 Jim King 73-73-78-84=308 +24CUT Hubert Green 73-75=148 +6 Mark Hayes 72-76=148 Bob Lendzion 74-74=148 Mark O'Meara 72-76=148 Jim Albus 74-75=149 +7 Gene Borek 71-78=149 Brad Bryant 72-77=149 Billy Casper 74-75=149 Al Geiberger (c) 74-75=149 John Jackson 72-77=149 John Mahaffey (c) 77-72=149 Jim Masserio 76-73=149 Mark McCumber 79-70=149 Andy North 75-74=149 Pete Oakley 72-77=149 Don Padgett 73-76=149 Tom Purtzer 74-75=149 Payne Stewart 78-71=149 Paul Wise 77-72=149 Mike Wynn 73-76=149 Bruce Ashworth 72-78=150 +8 David Edwards 72-78=150 Dan Halldorson 73-77=150 Gary Koch 72-78=150 Mike McCullough 72-78=150 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 76-74=150 Tim Norris 74-76=150 Victor Regalado 71-79=150 Lanny Wadkins (c) 70-80=150 D. A. Weibring 73-77=150 Ed Whitman 76-74=150 Isao Aoki 75-76=151 +9 Dave Barber 76-75=151 Nick Faldo 74-77=151 Kevin Morris 75-76=151 Tom Robertson 74-77=151 Jack Seltzer 77-74=151 Mike Sullivan 76-75=151 Tim Collins 76-76=152 +10 Bob Elliott 78-74=152 John Elliott Jr. 77-75=152 Rick Karbowski 78-74=152 Vic Lipscomb 78-74=152 Gary McCord 72-80=152 Jack Sommers 75-77=152 Dave Stockton (c) 78-74=152 Rick Werner 78-74=152 Jim White 80-72=152 Steve Benson 79-74=153 +11 Bobby Clampett 76-77=153 Gene Littler 75-78=153 Bill Rogers 81-72=153 J. C. Snead 77-77=154 +12 John Gentile 79-76=155 +13 Don Maddox 79-76=155 Clarence Rose 75-80=155 Phillip Hancock 73-83=156 +14 Thomas Gray 78-79=157 +15 Robbie Gilmore 81-79=160 +18 Jerry Barber (c) 80-83=163 +21 Denis Husse 81-83=164 +22 Jack McConachie 82-84=166 +24 John Kirchner 87-83=170 +28 Source:

References

External links PGA.com – 1983 PGA Championship Yahoo! Sports: 1983 PGA Championship leaderboard