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Sunday 17 July 1983PGA European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Watson wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 July 1983 · Tom Watson’s win no. 33 on the PGA European Tour · purse £400,000 GBP
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/16°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/16°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 26 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/15°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 28 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Andy Bean USA · 276finished one stroke behind (final-round 67) 1983 Open Championship - Wikipedia
- Hale Irwin USA · 276whiffed a one-inch putt on the 14th hole in the third round, costing him a chance of a play-off 1983 Open Championship - Wikipedia
151 started · cut +4, 63 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
3 of 5 researched
Winner
275Total
−9To par
1 strokeMargin
Runner-up: Andy Bean, Hale Irwin
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Watson | 67 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T2 | Andy Bean | 70 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T2 | Hale Irwin | 69 · 68 · 72 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| 4 | Graham Marsh | 69 · 70 · 74 · 64 | 277 | −7 |
| 5 | Lee Trevino | 69 · 66 · 73 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T6 | Seve Ballesteros | 71 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Harold Henning | 71 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Denis Durnian | 73 · 66 · 74 · 67 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Nick Faldo | 68 · 68 · 71 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 72 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Bill Rogers | 67 · 71 · 73 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1971.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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