1983 PGA Tour

1983 PGA Tour season

Duration	January 6, 1983 (1983-01-06) – October 30, 1983 (1983-10-30)
Number of official events	43
Most wins	Seve Ballesteros (2) Jim Colbert (2) Mark McCumber (2) Gil Morgan (2) Calvin Peete (2) Hal Sutton (2) Lanny Wadkins (2) Fuzzy Zoeller (2)
Money list	Hal Sutton
PGA Player of the Year	Hal Sutton
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The 1983 PGA Tour was the 68th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 15th season since separating from the PGA of America.

Changes for 1983

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 the historic benchmark. ^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1983 season. ^{[3] [4]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Jan 9	Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open	Arizona	300,000	Gil Morgan (5)
Jan 16	Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open	California	300,000	Gil Morgan (6)
Jan 23	Bob Hope Desert Classic	California	375,000	Keith Fergus (3)	Pro-Am
Jan 30	Phoenix Open	Arizona	350,000	Bob Gilder (6)
Feb 6	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	California	325,000	Tom Kite (5)	Pro-Am
Feb 13	Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	325,000	Isao Aoki (1)
Feb 20	Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open	California	300,000	Gary Hallberg (1)
Feb 27	Doral-Eastern Open	Florida	300,000	Gary Koch (3)
Mar 6	Honda Inverrary Classic	Florida	400,000	Johnny Miller (23)
Mar 13	Bay Hill Classic	Florida	350,000	Mike Nicolette (1)
Mar 20	USF&G Classic	Louisiana	400,000	Bill Rogers (6)
Mar 28	Tournament Players Championship	Florida	700,000	Hal Sutton (2)	Special event
Apr 3	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	400,000	Lanny Wadkins (11)
Apr 10	Masters Tournament	Georgia	500,000	Seve Ballesteros (4)	Major championship
Apr 18	Sea Pines Heritage	South Carolina	350,000	Fuzzy Zoeller (4)	Invitational
Apr 24	MONY Tournament of Champions	California	400,000	Lanny Wadkins (12)	Winners-only event
May 1	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	400,000	Ben Crenshaw (9)
May 8	Houston Coca-Cola Open	Texas	400,000	David Graham (8)
May 15	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	400,000	Jim Colbert (7)	Invitational
May 22	Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic	Georgia	400,000	Calvin Peete (6)
May 29	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	400,000	Hale Irwin (15)	Invitational
Jun 5	Kemper Open	Maryland	400,000	Fred Couples (1)
Jun 12	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	New York	450,000	Seve Ballesteros (5)
Jun 19	U.S. Open	Pennsylvania	500,000	Larry Nelson (6)	Major championship
Jun 26	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	Tennessee	400,000	Larry Mize (1)
Jul 3	Western Open	Illinois	400,000	Mark McCumber (2)
Jul 10	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	250,000	Morris Hatalsky (2)
Jul 17	The Open Championship	England	£400,000	Tom Watson (33)	Major championship [lower-alpha 2]
Jul 17	Miller High Life QCO	Illinois	200,000	Danny Edwards (4)	Alternate event
Jul 24	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Virginia	350,000	Calvin Peete (7)
Jul 31	Canadian Open	Canada	350,000	John Cook (2)
Aug 7	PGA Championship	California	600,000	Hal Sutton (3)	Major championship
Aug 14	Buick Open	Michigan	350,000	Wayne Levi (6)
Aug 21	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	300,000	Curtis Strange (4)
Aug 28	World Series of Golf	Ohio	400,000	Nick Price (1)	Limited-field event
Sep 4	B.C. Open	New York	300,000	Pat Lindsey (1)
Sep 11	Bank of Boston Classic	Massachusetts	350,000	Mark Lye (1)
Sep 18	Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity Classic	Nevada	750,000	Fuzzy Zoeller (5)	New Pro-Am tournament
Sep 25	LaJet Coors Classic	Texas	350,000	Rex Caldwell (1)
Oct 2	Texas Open	Texas	300,000	Jim Colbert (8)
Oct 9	Southern Open	Georgia	250,000	Ronnie Black (1)
Oct 23	Walt Disney World Golf Classic	Florida	400,000	Payne Stewart (2)
Oct 30	Pensacola Open	Florida	250,000	Mark McCumber (3)

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner(s)	Notes
Oct 16	Ryder Cup	Florida	n/a	Team USA	Team event
Nov 6	Kapalua International	Hawaii	300,000	Greg Norman
Dec 11	World Cup	Indonesia	n/a	Rex Caldwell and John Cook	Team event
	World Cup Individual Trophy			Dave Barr
Nov 27	Skins Game	Arizona	360,000	Gary Player	New limited-field event
Dec 11	JCPenney Mixed Team Classic	Florida	550,000	Fred Couples and Jan Stephenson	Team event
Dec 18	Chrysler Team Championship	Florida	400,000	Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus	New team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^[5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Hal Sutton	426,668
2	Fuzzy Zoeller	417,597
3	Lanny Wadkins	319,271
4	Calvin Peete	313,845
5	Gil Morgan	306,133
6	Rex Caldwell	284,434
7	Ben Crenshaw	275,474
8	Mark McCumber	268,294
9	Tom Kite	257,066
10	Jack Nicklaus	256,158

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
PGA Player of the Year	Hal Sutton	[6]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)	Raymond Floyd	[7] [8]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)	Raymond Floyd	[9]

See also

• 1983 Senior PGA Tour

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

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. Boswell, Thomas (March 1, 1983). "Sitting here in limbo: PGA rabbits face extinction due to new tour rule". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Lewiston, Idaho. Washington Post. p. 4C. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
3. "1983 Schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 6, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
4. "1984 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
5. "1983 Official money". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
6. "Hal Sutton: Player of Year on PGA Tour" . The Bellingham Herald. Bellingham, Washington. October 21, 1983. p. 8 (2B in paper). Retrieved November 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
7. "2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide | Awards". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
8. "McCumber wins at Pensacola; Zoeller fails to catch Sutton" . The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. Associated Press. October 31, 1983. p. 8. Retrieved November 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
9. Rickard, Jack (November 12, 1983). "Nicklaus and Watson didn't win on'83 tour" . Tucson Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. p. 14 (4B in paper). Retrieved November 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website