1983 Masters Tournament

The 1983 Masters Tournament was the 47th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters and third major title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite.[2] Play on Friday was postponed due to heavy rain, and the final round was completed on Monday for the first time since 1973.[3]

1983 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–11, 1983
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field82 players, 49 after cut
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$500,000
Winner's share$90,000
Champion
Spain Seve Ballesteros
280 (−8)
Location Map
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Defending champion Craig Stadler was tied for the 54-hole lead with 1976 champion Raymond Floyd, with Ballesteros one stroke back, and two-time champion Tom Watson an additional stroke behind.[4] Ballesteros got off to a fast start in the final round on Monday with a birdie-eagle start. With another birdie at the difficult par-3 fourth, he added four pars and another birdie at the ninth for a five-under 31 on the front nine. Ballesteros cruised to a 69 (−3) and a comfortable win as neither Stadler, Floyd, nor Watson broke par.[2][5]

During the postponement of Friday's round, the possibility was raised that the tournament would not complete the entire 72 holes,[6][7] as the southeastern U.S. was experiencing heavy rains and flooding and forecasts were not favorable.[8][9]

Saturday's second round went off from split tees (1st and 10th)[10][11] and six players did not complete their rounds until early Sunday morning.[12] With this extension, the tournament committee did not attempt to complete the final two rounds on Sunday, opting for the third round only on Sunday and the fourth on Monday.[10][12]

Four-time champion Arnold Palmer, 53, opened with a 68 on Thursday and made the cut at the Masters for the final time.[13] In his 29th Masters, he stated that the conditions on Saturday were the worst he had ever seen at Augusta.[14] Five-time winner Jack Nicklaus 43, withdrew before his second round start time due to back spasms experienced while warming up. Nicklaus had shot a first round of 73.[3][12] It was only his second withdrawal as a pro, the first was three years earlier at the 1980 World Series of Golf.[15] Nicklaus had missed only one cut in the previous 23 Masters and made ten consecutive after this year, including his record sixth green jacket in 1986.

It was the final major championship for Sam Snead, 70, a three-time Masters champion. He withdrew after a first round 79 as he assessed he could not make the cut.[13]

Caddie policy change

This was the first year that players were allowed to use their own caddies, rather than those of Augusta National.[3][16][17] Twelve players continued to use caddies from the club, including Nicklaus.[18] The first female caddie at the Masters appeared this year as George Archer, the 1969 champion, employed his 19-year-old daughter Elizabeth. She had carried the bag for her father for twenty previous events since the summer of 1980.[18][19] Archer finished tied for twelfth, one of his better finishes at Augusta.

Field
1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (4,8,10,11,12,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,11,12,13), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (8), Sam Snead, Craig Stadler (8,11,12), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (2,3,8,9,12,13), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,9,12)

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Hale Irwin (12,13), Andy North

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Bill Rogers (9,11,12,13)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson (8,12,13)

5. 1982 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Rick Fehr (a), Jim Hallet (a), Jay Sigel (6,7,a), David Tolley (a)

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

Nathaniel Crosby (7,a)

7. Members of the 1982 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

Jim Holtgrieve (a), Bob Lewis (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1982 Masters Tournament

Andy Bean (12), Ben Crenshaw (13), Danny Edwards (9,12), Bob Gilder (10,11,12), Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Peter Jacobsen (12), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Wayne Levi (11,12), Bruce Lietzke (11,12,13), Jodie Mudd, Dan Pohl (9), Jack Renner, John Schroeder, Jim Simons (10), Curtis Strange (12), Tom Weiskopf (11,12)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1982 U.S. Open

Chip Beck, Bobby Clampett (11,12), Jay Haas (10,11,12), Gary Koch (11), Lyn Lott, Calvin Peete (10,11,12), Larry Rinker, Scott Simpson (12), J. C. Snead, Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1982 PGA Championship

Fred Couples

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Keith Fergus (12), Gary Hallberg, Scott Hoch (12), Johnny Miller (12,13), Gil Morgan (12), Mike Nicolette, Tim Norris, Ed Sneed (12), Payne Stewart, Hal Sutton (12)

12. Top 30 players from the 1982 PGA Tour money list

George Burns

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

Lee Trevino

14. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki (11), Bruce Devlin (9), Nick Faldo, David Graham (2,4,8,9), Yutaka Hagawa (8), Hsieh Min-Nan, Sandy Lyle, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Greg Norman (10), Peter Oosterhuis (8), Philippe Ploujoux (6,a), Bob Shearer (11), Martin Thompson (6,a)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Raymond Floyd67−5
United States Gil Morgan
United States Jack Renner
T4Spain Seve Ballesteros68−4
United States Charles Coody
United States Jim Hallet (a)
United States Arnold Palmer
United States J. C. Snead
T9United States Bruce Lietzke69−3
United States Craig Stadler

Source:[1]

Second round

Saturday, April 9, 1983
Sunday, April 10, 1983

Play on Friday was completely washed out due to rain and the second round started on Saturday;[20]
six players did not finish the second round until Sunday morning.[21]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Gil Morgan67-70=137−7
2Spain Seve Ballesteros68-70=138−6
T3United States Keith Fergus70-69=139−5
United States Raymond Floyd67-72=139
T5England Nick Faldo70-70=140−4
United States Jodie Mudd72-68=140
T7United States Fred Couples73-68=141−3
United States Craig Stadler69-72=141
United States Tom Watson70-71=141
T10United States Jay Haas73-69=142−2
United States Gary Hallberg71-71=142
United States Tom Kite70-72=142
United States Wayne Levi72-70=142
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima72-70=142
England Peter Oosterhuis73-69=142
United States Arnold Palmer68-74=142
United States Jack Renner67-75=142
United States J. C. Snead68-74=142

Source:[12][21]

Third round

Sunday, April 10, 1983

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Raymond Floyd67-72-71=210−6
United States Craig Stadler69-72-69=210
3Spain Seve Ballesteros68-70-73=211−5
T4United States Jodie Mudd72-68-72=212−4
United States Tom Watson70-71-71=212
T6United States Keith Fergus70-69-74=213−3
United States Gil Morgan67-70-76=213
8Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima72-70-72=214−2
T9United States George Archer71-73-71=215−1
United States Jay Haas73-69-73=215
United States Tom Kite70-72-73=215
United States Johnny Miller72-72-71=215
Australia Greg Norman71-74-70=215
United States Scott Simpson70-73-72=215
United States Lee Trevino71-72-72=215

Source:[22]

Final round

Monday, April 11, 1983

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Spain Seve Ballesteros (c)68-70-73-69=280−890,000
T2United States Ben Crenshaw76-70-70-68=284−444,000
United States Tom Kite70-72-73-69=284
T4United States Raymond Floyd (c)67-72-71-75=285−322,000
United States Tom Watson (c)70-71-71-73=285
T6United States Hale Irwin72-73-72-69=286−217,400
United States Craig Stadler (c)69-72-69-76=286
T8United States Gil Morgan67-70-76-74=287−114,500
United States Dan Pohl74-72-70-71=287
United States Lanny Wadkins73-70-73-71=287

Sources:[23][24]

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Spain Ballesteros−6−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8
United States CrenshawE−1−2−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−4−4−4−4−4−4
United States Kite−1−2−1−1EEEEEEE−1−2−3−3−2−3−4
United States Floyd−6−6−6−6−5−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−3-3−4−3
United States Watson−4−5−5−5−6−6−5−7−6−5−4−4−5−3−3−3−3−3
United States Stadler−5−6−6−6−6−5−6−6−6−6−5−4−4−3−2−2−2−2
United States Irwin+1E−1−1−1−1−1−1EEEEE−1−1−2−2−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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