1982 PGA Championship: Raymond Floyd wins at Southern Hills Country Club
Raymond Floyd won the 1982 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma with 272 (−8), by 3 strokes over Lanny Wadkins.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1982 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- August 5, 1982 to August 8, 1982
- Course
- Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Edition
- 64th PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 70 · 6,862 yards
- Field
- 150
- Made the cut
- 74 (cut at 145)
- Purse
- $450,000 · winner's share $65,000
- Champion
- Raymond Floyd · age 39 · United States · born Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Champion's title
- 2nd PGA Championship
- Winning score
- 63-69-68-72 = 272 (−8) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Lanny Wadkins
- 54-hole leader
- Raymond Floyd (200)
- Low club professional
- Don Padgett II (295)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond Floyd | 63 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 272 | −8 |
| 2 | Lanny Wadkins | 71 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 275 | −5 |
What happened at the 1982 PGA Championship
Raymond Floyd opened with a tournament-record-tying 63 in heat that reached 104 degrees on day one.
Floyd double-bogeyed the 72nd hole, costing him the chance to break Bobby Nichols' 271 record, but still won by three, wire to wire.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).