1983 PGA Tour

The 1983 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to October 30. The season consisted of 43 official money golf tournaments. Seve Ballesteros, Jim Colbert, Mark McCumber, Gil Morgan, Calvin Peete, Hal Sutton, Lanny Wadkins, and Fuzzy Zoeller won the most tournaments, two, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

This was also the first season of the "All-Exempt Tour" which provided many more exemptions per year. For example, those that finished in the top 125 of the money list maintained full-time status rather than the top 60 which had been historic benchmark.[1]

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1983 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Jan 9Joe Garagiola-Tucson OpenArizona Gil Morgan (5)271 (−9)300,00054,000
Jan 16Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Gil Morgan (6)270 (−14)300,00054,000
Jan 23Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Keith Fergus (3)335 (−25)375,00067,500
Jan 30Phoenix OpenArizona Bob Gilder (6)271 (−13)350,00063,000
Feb 6Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Tom Kite (5)276 (−12)325,00058,500
Feb 13Hawaiian OpenHawaii Isao Aoki (1)268 (−20)325,00058,500
Feb 20Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego OpenCalifornia Gary Hallberg (1)271 (−17)300,00054,000
Feb 27Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Gary Koch (3)271 (−17)300,00054,000
Mar 6Honda Inverrary ClassicFlorida Johnny Miller (23)278 (−10)400,00072,000
Mar 13Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Mike Nicolette (1)283 (−1)350,00063,000
Mar 20USF&G ClassicLouisiana Bill Rogers (6)274 (−14)400,00072,000
Mar 28Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Hal Sutton (2)283 (−5)700,000126,000
Apr 3Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Lanny Wadkins (11)275 (−13)400,00072,000
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia Seve Ballesteros (4)280 (−8)500,00090,000
Apr 18Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina Fuzzy Zoeller (4)275 (−9)350,00063,000
Apr 24MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Lanny Wadkins (12)280 (−8)400,00072,000
May 1Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Ben Crenshaw (9)273 (−7)400,00072,000
May 8Houston Coca-Cola OpenTexas David Graham (8)275 (−9)400,00072,000
May 15Colonial National InvitationTexas Jim Colbert (7)278 (−2)400,00072,000
May 22Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Calvin Peete (6)206 (−10)400,00072,000
May 29Memorial TournamentOhio Hale Irwin (15)281 (−7)400,00072,000
Jun 5Kemper OpenMaryland Fred Couples (1)287 (−1)400,00072,000
Jun 12Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Seve Ballesteros (5)276 (−8)450,00081,000
Jun 19U.S. OpenPennsylvania Larry Nelson (6)280 (−4)500,00072,000
Jun 26Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Larry Mize (1)274 (−14)400,00072,000
Jul 3Western OpenIllinois Mark McCumber (2)284 (−4)400,00072,000
Jul 10Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Morris Hatalsky (2)275 (−13)250,00045,000
Jul 17British OpenEngland Tom Watson (33)275 (−9)600,00060,000
Jul 17Miller High Life QCOIllinois Danny Edwards (4)266 (−14)200,00036,000
Jul 24Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Calvin Peete (7)276 (−8)350,00063,000
Jul 31Canadian OpenCanada John Cook (2)277 (−7)350,00063,000
Aug 7PGA ChampionshipCalifornia Hal Sutton (3)274 (−10)600,000100,000
Aug 14Buick OpenMichigan Wayne Levi (6)272 (−16)350,00063,000
Aug 21Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Curtis Strange (4)268 (−16)300,00054,000
Aug 28World Series of GolfOhio Nick Price (1)270 (−10)400,000100,000
Sep 4B.C. OpenNew York Pat Lindsey (1)268 (−16)300,00054,000
Sep 11Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Mark Lye (1)273 (−11)350,00063,000
Sep 18Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity ClassicNevada Fuzzy Zoeller (5)340 (−18)750,000135,000
Sep 25LaJet Coors ClassicTexas Rex Caldwell (1)282 (−6)350,00063,000
Oct 2Texas OpenTexas Jim Colbert (8)261 (−19)300,00054,000
Oct 9Southern OpenGeorgia Ronnie Black (1)271 (−9)250,00045,000
Oct 23Walt Disney World Golf ClassicFlorida Payne Stewart (2)269 (−19)400,00072,000
Oct 30Pensacola OpenFlorida Mark McCumber (3)266 (−18)250,00045,000

Source:[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Raymond Floyd United States70.61
2Calvin Peete United States70.62
3Don Pooley United States70.80
4Hale Irwin United States70.82
5Jack Nicklaus United States70.88

Source:[3]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Hal Sutton United States426,668302
2Fuzzy Zoeller United States417,597282
3Lanny Wadkins United States319,271252
4Calvin Peete United States313,845242
5Gil Morgan United States306,133252

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Jack Nicklaus United States4,248,22971
2Tom Watson United States3,103,90233
3Lee Trevino United States2,754,18428
4Raymond Floyd United States2,387,14918
5Hale Irwin United States2,372,65915

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Hal Sutton United States
PGA Player of the YearHal Sutton United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Raymond Floyd United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Raymond Floyd United States

References
  1. Radosta, John (January 3, 1983). "PGA Tour Preview 1983; Under a New Format, Scramble Resumes for Money". The New York Times. p. C-11. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. "1983 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  3. "Scoring Average – 1983". PGA Tour.
  4. "Money Leaders – 1983". PGA Tour.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 1983". PGA Tour.
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