Golf Network News
Sunday 7 August 1983Men’s majorsYear in Review
Sutton wins PGA Championship
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 August 1983 · purse $600,000 · winner's share $100,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/20°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/20°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/23°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/23°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 87 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1958-04-28, Shreveport, Louisiana; United States; age 25 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet