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.
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 historic benchmark.

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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse Winner's
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Jan 9Joe Garagiola-Tucson OpenArizona Gil Morgan 271 300,00054,000
Jan 16Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Gil Morgan 270 300,00054,000
Jan 23Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Keith Fergus 335 375,00067,500
Jan 30Phoenix OpenArizona Bob Gilder 271 350,00063,000
Feb 6Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Tom Kite 276 325,00058,500
Feb 13Hawaiian OpenHawaii Isao Aoki 268 325,00058,500
Feb 20Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego OpenCalifornia Gary Hallberg 271 300,00054,000
Feb 27Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Gary Koch 271 300,00054,000
Mar 6Honda Inverrary ClassicFlorida Johnny Miller 278 400,00072,000
Mar 13Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Mike Nicolette 283 350,00063,000
Mar 20USF&G ClassicLouisiana Bill Rogers 274 400,00072,000
Mar 28Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Hal Sutton 283 700,000126,000
Apr 3Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Lanny Wadkins 275 400,00072,000
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia Seve Ballesteros 280 500,00090,000
Apr 18Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina Fuzzy Zoeller 275 350,00063,000
Apr 24MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Lanny Wadkins 280 400,00072,000
May 1Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Ben Crenshaw 273 400,00072,000
May 8Houston Coca-Cola OpenTexas David Graham 275 400,00072,000
May 15Colonial National InvitationTexas Jim Colbert 278 400,00072,000
May 22Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Calvin Peete 206 400,00072,000
May 29Memorial TournamentOhio Hale Irwin 281 400,00072,000
Jun 5Kemper OpenMaryland Fred Couples 287 400,00072,000
Jun 12Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Seve Ballesteros 276 450,00081,000
Jun 19U.S. OpenPennsylvania Larry Nelson 280 500,00072,000
Jun 26Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Larry Mize 274 400,00072,000
Jul 3Western OpenIllinois Mark McCumber 284 400,00072,000
Jul 10Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Morris Hatalsky 275 250,00045,000
Jul 17British OpenEngland Tom Watson 275 600,00060,000
Jul 17Miller High Life QCOIllinois Danny Edwards 266 200,00036,000
Jul 24Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Calvin Peete 276 350,00063,000
Jul 31Canadian OpenCanada John Cook 277 350,00063,000
Aug 7PGA ChampionshipCalifornia Hal Sutton 274 600,000100,000
Aug 14Buick OpenMichigan Wayne Levi 272 350,00063,000
Aug 21Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Curtis Strange 268 300,00054,000
Aug 28World Series of GolfOhio Nick Price 270 400,000100,000
Sep 4B.C. OpenNew York Pat Lindsey 268 300,00054,000
Sep 11Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Mark Lye 273 350,00063,000
Sep 18Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity ClassicNevada Fuzzy Zoeller 340 750,000135,000
Sep 25LaJet Coors ClassicTexas Rex Caldwell 282 350,00063,000
Oct 2Texas OpenTexas Jim Colbert 261 300,00054,000
Oct 9Southern OpenGeorgia Ronnie Black 271 250,00045,000
Oct 23Walt Disney World Golf ClassicFlorida Payne Stewart 269 400,00072,000
Oct 30Pensacola OpenFlorida Mark McCumber 266 250,00045,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Raymond Floyd70.61
2Calvin Peete70.62
3Don Pooley70.80
4Hale Irwin70.82
5Jack Nicklaus70.88

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Hal Sutton426,668302
2Fuzzy Zoeller417,597282
3Lanny Wadkins319,271252
4Calvin Peete313,845242
5Gil Morgan306,133252

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Jack Nicklaus4,248,22971
2Tom Watson3,103,90233
3Lee Trevino2,754,18428
4Raymond Floyd2,387,14918
5Hale Irwin2,372,65915

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Awards