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.

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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	1st Prize ($)
Jan 9	Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open	Arizona	Gil Morgan (5)	271 (-9)	54,000
Jan 16	Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open	California	Gil Morgan (6)	270 (-14)	54,000
Jan 23	Bob Hope Desert Classic	California	Keith Fergus (3)	335 (-25)	67,500
Jan 30	Phoenix Open	Arizona	Bob Gilder (6)	271 (-13)	63,000
Feb 6	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	California	Tom Kite (5)	276 (-12)	58,500
Feb 13	Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	Isao Aoki (1)	268 (-20)	58,500
Feb 20	Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open	California	Gary Hallberg (1)	271 (-17)	54,000
Feb 27	Doral-Eastern Open	Florida	Gary Koch (3)	271 (-17)	54,000
Mar 6	Honda Inverrary Classic	Florida	Johnny Miller (23)	278 (-10)	72,000
Mar 13	Bay Hill Classic	Florida	Mike Nicolette (1)	283 (-1)	63,000
Mar 20	USF&G Classic	Louisiana	Bill Rogers (6)	274 (-14)	72,000
Mar 28	Tournament Players Championship	Florida	Hal Sutton (2)	283 (-5)	126,000
Apr 3	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	Lanny Wadkins (11)	275 (-13)	72,000
Apr 10	Masters	Georgia	Seve Ballesteros (4)	280 (-8)	90,000
Apr 18	Sea Pines Heritage	South Carolina	Fuzzy Zoeller (4)	275 (-9)	63,000
Apr 24	MONY Tournament of Champions	California	Lanny Wadkins (12)	280 (-8)	72,000
May 1	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	Ben Crenshaw (9)	273 (-7)	72,000
May 8	Houston Coca-Cola Open	Texas	David Graham (8)	275 (-9)	72,000
May 15	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	Jim Colbert (7)	278 (-2)	72,000
May 22	Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic	Georgia	Calvin Peete (6)	206 (-10)	72,000
May 29	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	Hale Irwin (15)	281 (-7)	72,000
Jun 5	Kemper Open	Maryland	Fred Couples (1)	287 (-1)	72,000
Jun 12	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	New York	Seve Ballesteros (5)	276 (-8)	81,000
Jun 19	U.S. Open	Pennsylvania	Larry Nelson (6)	280 (-4)	72,000
Jun 26	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	Tennessee	Larry Mize (1)	274 (-14)	72,000
Jul 3	Western Open	Illinois	Mark McCumber (2)	284 (-4)	72,000
Jul 10	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	Morris Hatalsky (2)	275 (-13)	45,000
Jul 14	British Open	England	Tom Watson (33)	275 (-9)	60,000
Jul 17	Miller High Life QCO	Illinois	Danny Edwards (4)	266 (-14)	36,000
Jul 24	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Virginia	Calvin Peete (7)	276 (-8)	63,000
Jul 31	Canadian Open	Canada	John Cook (2)	277 (-7)	63,000
Aug 7	PGA Championship	California	Hal Sutton (3)	274 (-10)	100,000
Aug 14	Buick Open	Michigan	Wayne Levi (6)	272 (-16)	63,000
Aug 21	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	Curtis Strange (4)	268 (-16)	54,000
Aug 28	World Series of Golf	Ohio	Nick Price (1)	270 (-10)	100,000
Sep 4	B.C. Open	New York	Pat Lindsey (1)	268 (-16)	54,000
Sep 11	Bank of Boston Classic	Massachusetts	Mark Lye (1)	273 (-11)	63,000
Sep 25	LaJet Coors Classic	Texas	Rex Caldwell (1)	282 (-6)	63,000
Sep 28	Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity Classic	Nevada	Fuzzy Zoeller (5)	340 (-15)	135,000
Oct 2	Texas Open	Texas	Jim Colbert (8)	261 (-19)	54,000
Oct 9	Southern Open	Georgia	Ronnie Black (1)	271 (-9)	45,000
Oct 23	Walt Disney World Golf Classic	Florida	Payne Stewart (2)	269 (-19)	72,000
Oct 30	Pensacola Open	Florida	Mark McCumber (3)	266 (-18)	45,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Raymond Floyd	United States	70.61
2	Calvin Peete	United States	70.62
3	Don Pooley	United States	70.80
4	Hale Irwin	United States	70.82
5	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70.88

Full 1983 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Hal Sutton	United States	426,668	30	2
2	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	417,597	28	2
3	Lanny Wadkins	United States	319,271	25	2
4	Calvin Peete	United States	313,845	24	2
5	Gil Morgan	United States	306,133	25	2

Full 1983 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	4,248,229	71
2	Tom Watson	United States	3,103,902	33
3	Lee Trevino	United States	2,754,184	28
4	Raymond Floyd	United States	2,387,149	18
5	Hale Irwin	United States	2,372,659	15

Full 1983 Career Official Money List

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Hal Sutton	United States
PGA Player of the Year	Hal Sutton	United States
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy)	Raymond Floyd	United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award)	Raymond Floyd	United States

External links

• PGA Tour official site
• 1983 season coverage at golfstats.com