1983 Open Championship
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1983 Open Championship
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 14 - 17 July 1983 |
| Location |  Southport, England |
| Course(s) | Royal Birkdale Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,869 |
| Field | 120 players 83 after 1st cut 63 after 2nd cut |
| Cut | 146 (+4) (1st cut) 217 (+4) (2nd cut) |
| Prize fund | £400,000 $600,000 |
| Winner's share | £40,000 $60,000 |
| Champion | |
| Tom Watson | |
| 275 (-9) | |
The 1983 Open Championship was the 112th Open Championship held from 14-17 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Tom Watson won his fifth Open Championship, second consecutive Open Championship, and eighth major title by one stroke over Andy Bean and Hale Irwin.
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Contents
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Round summaries
First round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Stadler |  United States |
64 | -7 |
| T2 | Bernhard Langer |  West Germany |
67 | -4 |
| Bill Rogers | United States |
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| Tom Watson | United States |
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| T5 | Nick Faldo | England |
68 | -3 |
| Mike Ferguson |  Australia |
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| Vaughan Somers | Australia |
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| Hal Sutton | United States |
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| Sam Torrance |  Scotland |
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| T10 | Eamonn Darcy |  Ireland |
69 | -2 |
| David Dunk | England |
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| Hubert Green | United States |
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| Graham Marsh | Australia |
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| Philip Parkin (a) |  Wales |
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| Lee Trevino | United States |
Second round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Stadler | United States |
64-70=134 | -8 |
| T2 | Lee Trevino | United States |
69-66=135 | -7 |
| Tom Watson | United States |
67-68=135 | ||
| 4 | Nick Faldo | England |
68-68=136 | -6 |
| 5 | Hale Irwin | United States |
69-68=137 | -5 |
| T6 | Raymond Floyd | United States |
72-66=138 | -4 |
| Terry Gale | Australia |
72-66=138 | ||
| Bill Rogers | United States |
67-71=138 | ||
| T9 | Andy Bean | United States |
70-69=139 | -3 |
| Denis Durnian | England |
73-66=139 | ||
| Bernhard Langer | West Germany |
67-72=139 | ||
| Graham Marsh | Australia |
69-70=139 | ||
| Hal Sutton | United States |
68-71=139 |
Amateurs: Parkin (+5), Gilford (+7), Plaxton (+12), Thompson (+12), Wood (+12), Hamer (+13), Thomas (+13), Crosby (+17).
Third round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Watson | United States |
67-68-70=205 | -8 |
| 2 | Craig Stadler | United States |
64-70-72=206 | -7 |
| T3 | Nick Faldo | England |
68-68-71=207 | -6 |
| Raymond Floyd | United States |
72-66-69=207 | ||
| David Graham | Australia |
71-69-67=207 | ||
| 5 | Lee Trevino | United States |
69-66-73=208 | -5 |
| T7 | Andy Bean | United States |
70-69-70=209 | -4 |
| Hale Irwin | United States |
69-68-72=209 | ||
| Mark McNulty |  Zimbabwe |
72-69-68=209 | ||
| Fuzzy Zoeller | United States |
71-71-67=209 |
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Watson | United States |
67-68-70-70=275 | -9 | £40,000 |
| T2 | Andy Bean | United States |
70-69-70-67=276 | -8 | £23,000 |
| Hale Irwin | United States |
69-68-72-67=276 | |||
| 4 | Graham Marsh | Australia |
69-70-74-64=277 | -7 | £15,000 |
| 5 | Lee Trevino | United States |
69-66-73-70=278 | -6 | £13,600 |
| T6 | Seve Ballesteros |  Spain |
71-71-69-68=279 | -5 | £12,250 |
| Harold Henning |  South Africa |
71-69-70-69=279 | |||
| T8 | Denis Durnian | England |
73-66-74-67=280 | -4 | £9,625 |
| Nick Faldo | England |
68-68-71-73=280 | |||
| Christy O'Connor Jnr | Ireland |
72-69-71-68=280 | |||
| Bill Rogers | United States |
67-71-73-69=280 |
External links
| Preceded by 1983 U.S. Open |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 1983 PGA Championship |
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