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1983 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1983 Masters Tournament
image	1983_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1983 Masters Guide
dates	April 7–11, 1983
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6905 yd
field	82 players, 49 after cut
cut	147 (+3)
purse	$500,000
winners_share	$90,000
champion	ESP Seve Ballesteros
score	280 (−8)
previous	[1982](1982-masters-tournament)
next	[1984](1984-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

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. Play on Friday was postponed due to heavy rain, and the final round was completed on Monday for the first time since 1973.

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. 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.

During the postponement of Friday's round, the possibility was raised that the tournament would not complete the entire 72 holes,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sNURAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6938%2C4500837

Saturday's second round went off from split tees (1st and 10th) and six players did not complete their rounds until early Sunday morning. 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.

Four-time champion Arnold Palmer, 53, opened with a 68 on Thursday and made the cut at the Masters for the final time. In his 29th Masters, he stated that the conditions on Saturday were the worst he had ever seen at Augusta.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=guwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ujQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6486%2C1257585

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. Since 1982 champion Stadler was still on the course during the ceremony, Augusta National chairman Hord Hardin placed the green jacket on Ballesteros.

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.

Caddie policy change

This was the first year that players were allowed to use their own caddies, rather than those of Augusta National. Twelve players continued to use caddies from the club, including Nicklaus. 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. Archer finished tied for twelfth, one of his better finishes at Augusta.

Field

;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)

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.

;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)

Jerry Pate (12,13) did not play

;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

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1983

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

Source:

Second round

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; six players did not finish the second round until Sunday morning.

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

Source:

Third round

Sunday, April 10, 1983

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

Source:

Final round

Monday, April 11, 1983

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

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

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
11	USA Scott Simpson	70-73-72-73=288	E	12,500
T12	USA George Archer (c)	71-73-71-74=289	+1	10,125
USA Wayne Levi	72-70-74-73=289
USA Johnny Miller	72-72-71-74=289
USA J. C. Snead	68-74-74-73=289
T16	USA Keith Fergus	70-69-74-77=290	+2	8,000
JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima	72-70-72-76=290
USA Jack Renner	67-75-78-70=290
19	JPN Isao Aoki	70-76-74-71=291	+3	7,000
T20	ENG Nick Faldo	70-70-76-76=292	+4	5,214
USA Mark Hayes	71-73-76-72=292
USA Peter Jacobsen	73-71-76-72=292
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	73-69-78-72=292
USA Lee Trevino	71-72-72-77=292
USA Tom Weiskopf	75-72-71-74=292
USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	70-74-76-72=292
T27	USA Jay Haas	73-69-73-78=293	+5	3,667
USA Scott Hoch	74-69-74-76=293
USA Hal Sutton	73-73-70-77=293
T30	AUS Greg Norman	71-74-70-79=294	+6	3,350
USA Andy North	72-75-72-75=294
T32	USA Chip Beck	71-76-76-72=295	+7	2,900
USA Fred Couples	73-68-81-73=295
USA Gary Hallberg	71-71-75-78=295
USA Payne Stewart	70-76-78-71=295
T36	USA Charles Coody (c)	68-75-79-74=296	+8	2,450
USA Danny Edwards	70-76-79-71=296
JPN Yutaka Hagawa	72-75-75-74=296
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	68-74-76-78=296
T40	USA Jim Hallet (a)	68-73-78-78=297	+9	0
USA John Mahaffey	72-75-74-76=297	2,200
T42	USA Bruce Lietzke	69-75-82-72=298	+10	2,050
USA Jodie Mudd	72-68-72-86=298
T44	USA Bob Gilder	72-74-76-77=299	+11	1,970
USA Mike Nicolette	73-74-78-74=299
46	AUS David Graham	71-74-80-75=300	+12	1,940
47	USA Gay Brewer (c)	72-73-80-76=301	+13	1,920
48	AUS Bob Shearer	70-77-82-76=305	+17	1,900
49	USA Calvin Peete	70-72-87-80=309	+21	1,880
CUT	USA Billy Casper (c)	72-76=148	+4
USA Rick Fehr (a)	74-74=148
USA Lyn Lott	77-71=148
SCO Sandy Lyle	74-74=148
USA Larry Nelson	73-75=148
USA Ed Sneed	74-74=148
USA Bobby Clampett	74-75=149	+5
USA Curtis Strange	77-72=149
USA George Burns	77-73=150	+6
AUS Bruce Devlin	73-77=150
USA Tim Norris	75-75=150
USA Bill Rogers	72-78=150
USA Tommy Aaron (c)	76-75=151	+7
USA Morris Hatalsky	77-74=151
ZAF Gary Player (c)	73-78=151
USA Jim Simons	74-77=151
USA David Tolley (a)	77-74=151
USA Andy Bean	76-76=152	+8
TWN Hsieh Min-Nan	74-78=152
ENG Martin Thompson (a)	76-76=152
USA Gary Koch	76-77=153	+9
USA Bob Lewis (a)	74-79=153
USA Jay Sigel (a)	72-81=153
USA Bob Goalby (c)	76-79=155	+11
USA Larry Rinker	75-81=156	+12
USA Jim Holtgrieve (a)	78-80=158	+14
USA John Schroeder	79-79=158
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	74-84=158
USA Nathaniel Crosby (a)	79-81=160	+16
FRA Philippe Ploujoux (a)	81-84=165	+21
WD	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	73	+1
USA Sam Snead (c)	79	+7
USA Doug Ford (c)	85	+13

Sources:

Scorecard

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
ESP Ballesteros	−6	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
USA Crenshaw	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
USA Kite	−1	−2	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	−3	−3	−2	−3	−4
USA Floyd	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	-3	−4	−3
USA Watson	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−7	−6	−5	−4	−4	−5	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
USA Stadler	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2
USA 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

Source:--

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