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Monday 11 April 1983PGA TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 7 to Monday 11 April 1983 · Seve Ballesteros’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $500,000 USD · Friday's play postponed by heavy rain (second round began Saturday); final round completed Monday, first Monday finish since 1973 (Wikipedia)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/18°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 32 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/17°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 53 · 13.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/17°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 58 · 31.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/8°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/9°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Ben Crenshaw USA · 284finished four strokes behind 1983 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
- Tom Kite USA · 284finished four strokes behind 1983 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
82 started · cut +3, 49 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
18 April 1983
The first four holes were the best I ever played in my life. If people say I'm lucky after that, I want to be a lucky golfer for many years.
Sports Illustrated
18 April 1983
He's a natural. He's the most imaginative player in golf. He knows how to invent shots because he grew up that way, playing with only one club—and sometimes at night.
Sports Illustrated
18 April 1983
I shot a dial tone. I couldn't get a number.
Sports Illustrated
18 April 1983
Suppose you had to go into your biggest trial and you were told you couldn't use your own legal secretary? That's what it's like for us at Augusta.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 68 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Ben Crenshaw | 76 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Tom Kite | 70 · 72 · 73 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Raymond Floyd | 67 · 72 · 71 · 75 | 285 | −3 |
| T4 | Tom Watson | 70 · 71 · 71 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Hale Irwin | 72 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Craig Stadler | 69 · 72 · 69 · 76 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Gil Morgan | 67 · 70 · 76 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Dan Pohl | 74 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Lanny Wadkins | 73 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1957-04-09, Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1974.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet