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1983 Masters Tournament

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1983 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1983 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–11, 1983
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 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)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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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]

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.

As of 2024, it is still the most recent Masters Tournament to have a Monday finish. Due to time constraints with local news/primetime programming, the green jacket ceremony happened before all the players had finished their final rounds, as Stadler and Floyd, the final two golfers on the course, were deemed mathematically too far behind winner Ballesteros for their results to change the outcome of who would win the tournament.

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

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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

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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

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First round

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Thursday, April 7, 1983

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Raymond Floyd 67 −5
United States Gil Morgan
United States Jack Renner
T4 Spain Seve Ballesteros 68 −4
United States Charles Coody
United States Jim Hallet (a)
United States Arnold Palmer
United States J. C. Snead
T9 United States Bruce Lietzke 69 −3
United States Craig Stadler

Source:[1]

Second round

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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]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Gil Morgan 67-70=137 −7
2 Spain Seve Ballesteros 68-70=138 −6
T3 United States Keith Fergus 70-69=139 −5
United States Raymond Floyd 67-72=139
T5 England Nick Faldo 70-70=140 −4
United States Jodie Mudd 72-68=140
T7 United States Fred Couples 73-68=141 −3
United States Craig Stadler 69-72=141
United States Tom Watson 70-71=141
T10 United States Jay Haas 73-69=142 −2
United States Gary Hallberg 71-71=142
United States Tom Kite 70-72=142
United States Wayne Levi 72-70=142
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 72-70=142
England Peter Oosterhuis 73-69=142
United States Arnold Palmer 68-74=142
United States Jack Renner 67-75=142
United States J. C. Snead 68-74=142

Source:[12][21]

Third round

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Sunday, April 10, 1983

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Raymond Floyd 67-72-71=210 −6
United States Craig Stadler 69-72-69=210
3 Spain Seve Ballesteros 68-70-73=211 −5
T4 United States Jodie Mudd 72-68-72=212 −4
United States Tom Watson 70-71-71=212
T6 United States Keith Fergus 70-69-74=213 −3
United States Gil Morgan 67-70-76=213
8 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 72-70-72=214 −2
T9 United States George Archer 71-73-71=215 −1
United States Jay Haas 73-69-73=215
United States Tom Kite 70-72-73=215
United States Johnny Miller 72-72-71=215
Australia Greg Norman 71-74-70=215
United States Scott Simpson 70-73-72=215
United States Lee Trevino 71-72-72=215

Source:[22]

Final round

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Monday, April 11, 1983

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Spain Seve Ballesteros (c) 68-70-73-69=280 −8 90,000
T2 United States Ben Crenshaw 76-70-70-68=284 −4 44,000
United States Tom Kite 70-72-73-69=284
T4 United States Raymond Floyd (c) 67-72-71-75=285 −3 22,000
United States Tom Watson (c) 70-71-71-73=285
T6 United States Hale Irwin 72-73-72-69=286 −2 17,400
United States Craig Stadler (c) 69-72-69-76=286
T8 United States Gil Morgan 67-70-76-74=287 −1 14,500
United States Dan Pohl 74-72-70-71=287
United States Lanny Wadkins 73-70-73-71=287

Sources:[23][24]

Scorecard

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Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Spain Ballesteros −6 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
United States Crenshaw E −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4
United States Kite −1 −2 −1 −1 E E E E E E E −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 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

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  1. ^ a b "Masters Thursday's results". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 9, 1983. p. 19.
  2. ^ a b Parascenzo, Marino (April 12, 1983). "Ballesteros takes Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 9.
  3. ^ a b c Jenkins, Dan (April 18, 1983). "Another Green Jacket for Seve". Sports Illustrated. p. 30.
  4. ^ "Stadler bids for second straight". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 11, 1983. p. 15.
  5. ^ "Ballesteros ends Masters race early". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 12, 1983. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Masters may not see champion". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 9, 1983. p. 17.
  7. ^ Anderson, Dave (April 9, 1983). "Arnie isn't upset by the rain". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (New York Times). p. 17.
  8. ^ "Record floods plague South". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. April 9, 1983. p. 1, part 1.
  9. ^ "Thousands flee floods". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 9, 1983. p. 1.
  10. ^ a b Breitenbucher, Cathy (April 9, 1983). "Rains dampen Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 2.
  11. ^ "Scoreboard: 47th Masters". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (tee times). April 9, 1983. p. 19.
  12. ^ a b c d "Morgan goes to the front while Nicklaus backs out". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire services. April 10, 1983. p. 3E.
  13. ^ a b "Arnie stirs memories". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 8, 1983. p. 25.
  14. ^ "Morgan leads after 2 incomplete rounds". Rome News-Tribune. Georgia. Associated Press. April 10, 1983. p. 1C.
  15. ^ "Back spasms take Jack Nicklaus out of Masters field". Rome News-Tribune. Georgia. Associated Press. April 10, 1983. p. 1C.
  16. ^ Wade, Harless (April 7, 1983). "Augusta loses caddy tradition". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. (Dallas Morning News). p. C1.
  17. ^ Anderson, Dave (April 10, 1983). "New Masters caddies collide". Sunday Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. p. 6D.
  18. ^ a b Greenday, Joe (April 11, 1983). "Elizabeth Archer enjoying a first in golf at Masters". Boca Raton News. Florida. Knight Ridder Newspapers. p. 1D.
  19. ^ "Pro Archer has daughter carry bag". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. Associated Press. August 17, 1980. p. 8B.
  20. ^ "They're still waiting for skies to clear at Augusta". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 9, 1983. p. 1B.
  21. ^ a b "Morgan goes to the front as Nicklaus backs out". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 10, 1983. p. 3E.
  22. ^ "A great 'final four' at the Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). April 11, 1983. p. 1B.
  23. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  24. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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