The 1982 PGA Championship was the 64th PGA Championship, held August 5–8 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Raymond Floyd won his second PGA Championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Lanny Wadkins, the 1977 champion. A few weeks shy of age 40, Floyd shot an opening round 63 (−7) and led wire-to-wire to secure the third of his four major titles. He won his first PGA Championship thirteen years earlier, in 1969.
Tournament summary Temperatures exceeded during the first two rounds and after a third round 68 (−2), Floyd was at 200 (−10), five shots ahead of Greg Norman and Jay Haas. At the end of a lackluster final round, Floyd had an opportunity to break the PGA's 72-hole record of 271, set 18 years earlier by Bobby Nichols in 1964, but double-bogeyed the final hole. The record lasted a dozen more years, until broken by Nick Price in 1994, also at Southern Hills.
The winner's share of $65,000 was the last in five figures at the PGA Championship. It rose over 50% to $100,000 the following year and to $125,000 in 1984, nearly doubling in just two years.
This was the fourth major for Southern Hills, which previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1970 and the U.S. Open in 1958 and 1977. The PGA Championship returned in 1994 and 2007 and the U.S. Open in 2001.
Floyd's win marked the tenth time that all four major championships were won by Americans in a calendar year. This was the last time this happened until 2024.
Course layout Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4474594063666141753832153733,4383751694444652074075693544343,4246,862Par444453434354344345443570
Round summaries
First round Thursday, August 5, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Raymond Floyd 63 −7 T2 Bob Gilder 66 −4 Greg Norman T4 Rex Caldwell 67 −3 Fred Couples Nick Faldo T7 Rex Caldwell 68 −2 David Graham Vance Heafner John Jackson Mark Pfeil Jim Simons Source:
Second round Friday, August 6, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Raymond Floyd 63-69=132 −8 2 Bob Gilder 66-68=134 −6 T3 Greg Norman 66-69=135 −5 Jim Simons 68-67=135T5 Nick Faldo 67-70=137 −3 Jay Haas 71-66=137 T7 Fred Couples 67-71=138 −2 Lon Hinkle 70-68=138 T9 Seve Ballesteros 71-68=139 −1 David Graham 68-71=139 Vance Heafner 68-71=139 Calvin Peete 69-70=139 Lanny Wadkins 71-68=139 Source:
Third round Saturday, August 7, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Raymond Floyd 63-69-68=200 −10 T2 Jay Haas 71-66-68=205 −5 Greg Norman 66-69-70=2054 Bob Gilder 66-68-72=206 −4 5 Calvin Peete 69-70-68=207 −3 T6 Seve Ballesteros 71-68-69=208 −2 Jim Simons 68-67-73=208 Lanny Wadkins 71-68-69=2089 Lon Hinkle 70-68-71=209 −1 T10 Fred Couples 67-71-72=210 E Danny Edwards 71-71-68=210 Nick Faldo 67-70-73=210 Gil Morgan 76-66-68=210 Hal Sutton 72-68-70=210 Source:
Final round Sunday, August 8, 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Raymond Floyd 63-69-68-72=272 −8 65,0002 Lanny Wadkins 71-68-69-67=275 −5 45,000T3 Fred Couples 67-71-72-66=276 −4 27,500 Calvin Peete 69-70-68-69=276T5 Jay Haas 71-66-68-72=277 −3 16,000 Greg Norman 66-69-70-72=277 Jim Simons 68-67-73-69=2778 Bob Gilder 66-68-72-72=278 −2 11,000T9 Lon Hinkle 70-68-71-71=280 E 7,919 Tom Kite 73-70-70-67=280 Jerry Pate 72-69-70-69=280 Tom Watson 72-69-71-68=280 Source:
Scorecard BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par444453434434534444 Floyd −10−10−9−9−8−8−8−9−8−7−7−8−8−8−9−10−10−8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:
References
External links PGA.com – 1982 PGA Championship