The 1982 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 111th Open Championship, held from 15 to 18 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Watson won his fourth Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price. It was Watson's second consecutive major victory—he won the U.S. Open a month earlier—and the seventh of his eight major titles.

Watson became the fifth to win the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining fellow Americans Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), Ben Hogan (1953), and Lee Trevino (1971). Tiger Woods later won both in 2000.

Watson's previous three Open wins also came in Scotland, at Carnoustie (1975), Turnberry (1977), and Muirfield (1980). His fifth victory in the Open in 1983 came at Royal Birkdale in England.

Course

Old Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Seal3624 10Sandhills43742Black Rock391411The Railway48153Gyaws381412The Fox43244Dunure556513Burmah46845Greenan210314Alton18036Turnberry577515Crosbie45747Tel-el-Kebir400416Well54258Postage Stamp126317Rabbit22339The Monk419418Craigend4254Out3,42236In3,64536Source: Total7,06772 Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): 1973: , par 72 1962: , par 72 1950: , par 70 Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Round summaries First round Thursday, 15 July 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bobby Clampett67−5T2 Nick Price69−3 Tom WatsonT4 Ken Brown70−2 Bernhard Langer Des SmythT7 Seve Ballesteros71−1 José María Cañizares Danny Edwards Masahiro Kuramoto Johnny Miller Arnold Palmer Craig Stadler Source:

Second round Friday, 16 July 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bobby Clampett67-66=133−112 Nick Price69-69=138−6T3 Bernhard Langer70-69=139−5 Des Smyth70-69=139T5 Sandy Lyle74-66=140−4 Tom Watson69-71=140T7 Ken Brown70-71=141−3 Peter Oosterhuis74-67=1419 Tom Purtzer76-66=142−2T10 José María Cañizares71-72=143−1 David Graham73-70=143 Bill Rogers73-70=143

Amateurs: Lewis (+4), Oldcorn (+9), Plaxton (+9), Stubbs (+10), Thompson (+10), Broadbent (+12), Persson (+12), Rose (+12), Thomson (+12), Ray (+13), Andersson (+16), Young (+17), Higgins (+19), Poxon (+19), Crosby (+22).

Third round Saturday, 17 July 1982 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bobby Clampett67-66-78=211−52 Nick Price69-69-74=212−4T3 Sandy Lyle74-66-73=213−3 Des Smyth70-69-74=2135 Tom Watson69-71-74=214−2T6 Masahiro Kuramoto71-73-71=215−1 Peter Oosterhuis74-67-74=215T8 Nick Faldo73-73-71=217 +1 Bernhard Langer70-69-78=217 Tom Purtzer76-66-75=217 Denis Watson75-69-73=217 Fuzzy Zoeller73-71-73=217

Amateurs: Lewis (+5).

Final round Sunday, 18 July 1982 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Medal winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Tom Watson (c) 69-71-74-70=284 −4 32,000T2 Peter Oosterhuis 74-67-74-70=285 −3 19,300 Nick Price 69-69-74-73=285T4 Nick Faldo 73-73-71-69=286 −2 11,000 Masahiro Kuramoto 71-73-71-71=286 Tom Purtzer 76-66-75-69=286 Des Smyth 70-69-74-73=286T8 Sandy Lyle 74-66-73-74=287 −1 8,750 Fuzzy Zoeller 73-71-73-70=287T10 Bobby Clampett 67-66-78-77=288 E 7,350 Jack Nicklaus (c) 77-70-72-69=288 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)12 Sam Torrance 73-72-73-71=289 +1 8,820T13 Seve Ballesteros (c) 71-75-73-71=290 +2 7,560 Bernhard Langer 70-69-78-73=290T15 Ben Crenshaw 74-75-72-70=291 +3 5,460 Raymond Floyd 74-73-77-67=291 Curtis Strange 72-73-76-70=291 Denis Watson 75-69-73-74=29119 Ken Brown 70-71-79-72=292 +4 4,060T20 Isao Aoki 75-69-75-74=293 +5 3,500 Tōru Nakamura 77-68-77-71=293T22 José María Cañizares 71-72-79-72=294 +6 3,080 Johnny Miller (c) 71-76-75-72=294 Bill Rogers (c) 73-70-76-75=294T25 Bernard Gallacher 75-71-74-75=295 +7 2,730 Graham Marsh 76-76-72-71=295T27 David Graham 70-73-76-77=296 +8 2,240 Jay Haas 78-72-75-71=296 Greg Norman 73-75-76-72=296 Arnold Palmer (c) 71-73-78-74=296 Lee Trevino (c) 78-72-71-75=296T32 Mike Miller 74-72-78-73=297 +9 1,680 Larry Nelson 77-69-77-74=297 Mark Thomas 72-74-75-76=297T35 Brian Barnes 75-69-76-78=298 +10 1,166 Eamonn Darcy 75-73-78-72=298 Jack Ferenz 76-69-80-73=298 David A. Russell 72-72-76-78=298 Craig Stadler 71-74-79-74=298 Paul Way 72-75-78-73=29841 Harold Henning 74-74-76-75=299 +11 910T42 Neil Coles 73-73-72-82=300 +12 Terry Gale 76-74-75-75=300 Malcolm Lewis (a) 74-74-77-75=300 0 Gary Player (c) 75-74-76-75=300 910 Bob Shearer 73-72-81-74=300T47 Tienie Britz 81-70-74-76=301 +13 Roger Chapman 75-76-74-76=301 Bill Longmuir 77-72-77-75=301 Brian Waites 75-77-73-76=301T51 Mark James 74-73-79-76=302 +14 863 Manuel Piñero 75-75-74-78=302 Hsu Sheng-san 75-75-75-77=302T54 Mark McNulty 76-74-76-77=303 +15 840 Martin Poxon 74-70-78-81=303 Peter Townsend 76-73-76-78=303 Keith Waters 73-78-71-81=30358 Philip Harrison 78-74-74-78=304 +1659 Michael King 73-78-74-80=305 +1760 Michael Cahill 73-76-77-80=306 +182nd CUT Rex Caldwell 84-68-75=227 +11 560 Peter Dawson 78-73-76=227 Jeff Hawkes 79-73-75=227 Warren Humphreys 76-75-76=227 Tom Weiskopf (c) 79-73-75=227 Chip Beck 75-73-80=228 +12 John Bland 80-72-76=228 Paul Hoad 73-79-76=228 Brian Jones 81-71-76=228 Tom Kite 73-76-79=228 Joey Rassett 76-76-76=228 Hugh Baiocchi 77-75-77=229 +13 525 Jeremy Bennett 74-73-82=229 Antonio Garrido 75-77-77=229 Tommy Horton 77-73-79=229 Gil Morgan 74-74-81=229 Vaughan Somers 78-73-78=229 Brian Evans 77-72-81=230 +14 Hubert Green 76-75-79=230 David Matthew 76-76-78=230 Gordon J. Brand 77-75-79=231 +15 Simon Owen 73-77-81=231 Ian Woosnam 78-73-80=231 Tony Johnstone 75-77-80=232 +16 Peter Tupling 75-77-81=233 +17 Simon Bishop 76-75-83=234 +18 Danny Edwards 71-81-86=238 +221st CUT Bob Charles (c) 79-74=153 +9 315 Steve Cipa 75-78=153 Denny Hepler 78-75=153 Tony Jacklin (c) 77-76=153 Mark Johnson 76-77=153 Brian Marchbank 76-77=153 Carl Mason 78-75=153 Andrew Oldcorn (a) 79-74=153 0 Jonathan Plaxton (a) 77-76=153 Denis Scanlan 78-75=153 315 Ed Sneed 76-77=153 Hal Sutton 80-73=153 Peter Berry 79-75=154 +10 Gordon Brand Jnr 75-79=154 Mike Ferguson 76-78=154 Jaime Gonzalez 78-76=154 Robert Jamieson 74-80=154 Steve Rooke 76-78=154 Ian Stanley (a) 77-77=154 0 Andrew Stubbs (a) 74-80=154 Martyn Thompson 78-76=154 315 Maurice Bembridge 79-76=155 +11 Pip Elson 79-76=155 Joe Inman 79-76=155 Bruce Lietzke 77-78=155 Jim McAlister 79-76=155 Christy O'Connor Jnr 76-79=155 Greg Powers 77-78=155 Graham Walker 80-75=155 John Wilkinson 83-72=155 Paul Bradley 75-81=156 +12 Gary Broadbent (a) 80-76=156 0 David Feherty 81-75=156 315 David Jagger 75-81=156 Mike McLean 81-75=156 Magnus Persson (a) 83-73=156 0 Andy Rose (a) 79-77=156 John Thomson (a) 79-77=156 Manuel Calero 83-74=157 +13 315 John Fowler 76-81=157 Bill Pelham 78-79=157 David Ray (a) 84-73=157 0 Ross Whitehead 78-79=157 315 Peter Cowan 83-75=158 +14 Rodger Davis 79-79=158 Andrew Murray 78-80=158 Howard Clark 79-80=159 +15 Steve Martin 81-78=159 Per Anderrson (a) 81-79=160 +16 0 Denis Durnian 82-78=160 315 Hedley Muscroft 81-79=160 Carlo Knauss 79-82=161 +17 Keith Lobban 81-80=161 Ian Young (a) 82-79=161 0 David Williams 81-81=162 +18 315 Jimmy Heggarty 81-82=163 +19 Michael Higgins (a) 83-80=163 0 Nick Job 83-80=163 315 Chris Poxon (a) 80-83=163 0 Nathaniel Crosby (a) 82-84=166 +22WD Garry Hay 75 +3 315 John O'Leary 80 +8 Jerry Pate 81 +9

Amateurs: Lewis (+12)Source: The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.74 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444535434454434534 Watson −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 Oosterhuis −1 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 Price −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −4 −5 −6 −7 −6 −6 −4 −4 −3 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

References

External links Royal Troon 1982 (Official site) 111th Open Championship – Royal Troon (European Tour)