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1983 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1983 U.S. Open
dates	June 16–20, 1983
location	Oakmont, Pennsylvania
course	Oakmont Country Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6972 yd
field	155 players,
71 after cut
cut	151 (+9)
purse	$500,000
winners_share	$72,000
champion	USA Larry Nelson
score	280 (−4)
previous	[1982](1982-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1984](1984-u-s-open-golf)
map	USA#USA Pennsylvania
map_relief	yes
map_label	Oakmont
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Pennsylvania
coordinates

71 after cut The 1983 U.S. Open was the 83rd U.S. Open, held June 16–20 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Larry Nelson won the second of his three major titles, and only U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of defending champion Tom Watson.

Watson and Seve Ballesteros shared the 54-hole lead, with Nelson a stroke back. Nelson was 7-over for the championship after four holes in his third round, but then played the final fourteen holes on Saturday in 7-under to get to even-par 213, one shot behind the co-leaders. Watson was attempting to become the first to successfully defend a U.S. Open title in over thirty years, last achieved by Ben Hogan in 1951.

In the final round, Watson opened with a front-nine 31 to open up a three-stroke lead over Nelson, who shot 33. Nelson tied Watson with a birdie at 14 after Watson had bogeyed 10 and 12. A storm came through Oakmont around 5:30 p.m., which postponed play to the following morning. Watson was on the 14th green, Nelson on the 16th tee, tied at four-under for the championship.

On Monday morning, Nelson holed a 62 ft birdie putt at the par-3 16th, but then three-putted at the 18th for bogey. Nelson finished at four-under 280 total and waited for Watson. After he failed to save a par from a bunker at the 17th, Watson was one stroke behind Nelson. Watson needed a birdie at 18 to tie but his approach flew over the green. Nelson became the winner when Watson failed to hole out his chip shot.

Nelson established a new tournament record with 132 strokes over the last 36 holes, breaking Gene Sarazen's 51-year-old mark. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish at Oakmont for Watson, who lost a sudden-death playoff to John Mahaffey five years earlier at the PGA Championship in 1978.

Arnold Palmer made his last cut in a U.S. Open here and tied for 60th place. He played the Open just once more, in 1994 when he was granted a special exemption when it returned to Oakmont. Future major champion Paul Azinger made his major championship debut but missed the cut. Johnny Miller, the champion when the Open was last played at Oakmont in 1973, battled health issues, and also missed the cut.

This was the sixth U.S. Open at Oakmont, and ninth major championship. Ticket prices were $24 per day, cash only; practice days were $14.

Course layout

Main article: Oakmont Country Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	469	343	425	561	379	201	434	240	480	3,532	462	371	603	185	360	453	228	322	456	3,440	6,972
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	36	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	71

Source:

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

6989 yd, par 71 - 1978 PGA Championship
6921 yd, par 71 - 1973 U.S. Open
6894 yd, par 71 - 1962 U.S. Open
6916 yd, par 72 - 1953 U.S. Open
6882 yd, par 72 - 1951 PGA Championship
6981 yd, par 72 - 1935 U.S. Open
6965 yd, par 72 - 1927 U.S. Open
6707 yd, par 74 - 1922 PGA Championship

Before 1962, the first hole was played as a par 5.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 16, 1983

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	69	−2
USA John Mahaffey
USA Bob Murphy
4	AUS Bruce Devlin	70	−1
T5	USA Lou Graham	71	E
USA Bobby Wadkins
USA D. A. Weibring
T8	USA Jim Booros	72	+1
USA Frank Conner
USA Raymond Floyd
USA Hale Irwin
CAN Jim Nelford
ZWE Nick Price
USA Joey Rassett
USA Lanny Wadkins
USA Tom Watson

Second round

Friday, June 17, 1983

Saturday, June 18, 1983

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA John Mahaffey	69-72=141	−1
USA Joey Rassett	72-69=141
T3	USA Raymond Floyd	72-70=142	E
USA Tom Watson	72-70=142
T5	ESP Seve Ballesteros	69-74=143	+1
USA Calvin Peete	75-68=143
USA Hal Sutton	73-70=143
T8	USA Andy North	73-71=144	+2
USA David Ogrin	75-69=144
USA Scott Simpson	73-71=144

Amateurs: Faxon (+8), Sherman (+9), Sigel (+13), Lewis (+15), Rinker (+15), Moise (+18), McNamara (+19), Taylor (+21), Farlow (+23).

Third round

Saturday, June 18, 1983

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	69-74-69=212	−1
USA Tom Watson	72-70-70=212
T3	USA Larry Nelson	75-73-65=213	E
USA Calvin Peete	75-68-70=213
5	USA Raymond Floyd	72-70-72=214	+1
6	USA Gil Morgan	73-72-70=215	+2
T7	USA Andy North	73-71-72=216	+3
USA Hal Sutton	73-70-73=216
T9	USA Ralph Landrum	75-73-69=217	+4
USA Roger Maltbie	76-72-69=217
USA Scott Simpson	73-71-73=217

Source:

Final round

Sunday, June 19, 1983

Monday, June 20, 1983

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Larry Nelson	75-73-65-67=280	−4	72,000
2	USA Tom Watson	72-70-70-69=281	−3	44,000
3	USA Gil Morgan	73-72-70-68=283	−1	29,000
T4	ESP Seve Ballesteros	69-74-69-74=286	+2	17,968
USA Calvin Peete	75-68-70-73=286
6	USA Hal Sutton	73-70-73-71=287	+3	13,254
7	USA Lanny Wadkins	72-73-74-69=288	+4	12,088
T8	AUS David Graham	74-75-73-69=291	+7	10,711
USA Ralph Landrum	75-73-69-74=291
T10	USA Chip Beck	73-74-74-71=292	+8	8,976
USA Andy North	73-71-72-76=292
USA Craig Stadler	76-74-73-69=292

Source:

Amateurs: Brad Faxon (+18), Sherman (+20).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4
USA Nelson	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4
USA Watson	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−4	−5	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3
USA Morgan	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1
ESP Ballesteros	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2
USA Peete	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2
USA Sutton	+3	+3	+4	+3	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+3	+3	+4	+3	+2	+1	+2	+2	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle-- |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

References

(June 16, 1983). "Yardage, par at Oakmont". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jenkins, Dan. (June 27, 1983). "Lord, Nelson was tougher than the iron men". Sports Illustrated.
Kienzl, Ray. (June 20, 1983). "Nelson beats out Watson by a stroke". Pittsburgh Press.
Parascenzo, Marino. (June 21, 1983). "Longshot Nelson wins by one long shot". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
White, Gordon S. Jr.. (June 21, 1983). "Nelson wins Open by 1 on 62-foot birdie putt". New York Times.
Parascenzo, Marino. (June 20, 1983). "Rain leaves Nelson, Watson tied". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
"1983 U.S. Open". databasegolf.com.
(June 15, 1983). "Miller may be forced to sideline by surgery". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Sherrod, Blackie. (June 21, 1983). "Miller's Open final-day 63 long will be remembered". Tuscaloosa News.
(June 17, 1983). "Facts and figures". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(June 15, 1983). "Facts and figures". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(June 19, 1983). "It's a battle of the best at U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
"U.S. Open History". USGA.

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