1982 Open Championship


The 1982 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 111th Open Championship, held from 15–18 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Watson won his fourth Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price. It was Watson's second consecutive major victory; he won the U.S. Open a month earlier, and the seventh of his eight major titles.
Watson became the fifth to win the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining fellow Americans Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, and Lee Trevino. Tiger Woods later won both in 2000.
Watson's previous three Open wins also came in Scotland, at Carnoustie, Turnberry, and Muirfield. His fifth victory in the Open in 1983 came at Royal Birkdale in England.

Course

Old Course
Lengths of the course for previous Opens :
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Missed the second cut

Missed the first cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 15 July 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Clampett67–5
T2Nick Price69–3
T2Tom Watson69–3
T4Ken Brown70–2
T4Bernhard Langer70–2
T4Des Smyth70–2
T7Seve Ballesteros71–1
T7José Maria Cañizares71–1
T7Danny Edwards71–1
T7Masahiro Kuramoto71–1
T7Johnny Miller71–1
T7Arnold Palmer71–1
T7Craig Stadler71–1

Source:

Second round

Friday, 16 July 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Clampett67-66=133–11
2Nick Price69-69=138–6
T3Bernhard Langer70-69=139–5
T3Des Smyth70-69=139–5
T5Sandy Lyle74-66=140–4
T5Tom Watson69-71=140–4
T7Ken Brown70-71=141–3
T7Peter Oosterhuis74-67=141–3
9Tom Purtzer76-66=142–2
T10José Maria Cañizares71-72=143–1
T10David Graham73-70=143–1
T10Bill Rogers73-70=143–1

Amateurs: Lewis , Oldcorn, Plaxton, Stubbs, Thompson, Broadbent, Persson, Rose, Thomson, Ray, Andersson, Young, Higgins, Poxon, Crosby.

Third round

Saturday, 17 July 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Clampett67-66-78=211–5
2Nick Price69-69-74=212–4
T3Sandy Lyle74-66-73=213–3
T3Des Smyth70-69-74=213–3
5Tom Watson69-71-74=214–2
T6Masahiro Kuramoto71-73-71=215–1
T6Peter Oosterhuis74-67-74=215–1
T8Nick Faldo73-73-71=217+1
T8Bernhard Langer70-69-78=217+1
T8Tom Purtzer76-66-75=217+1
T8Denis Watson75-69-73=217+1
T8Fuzzy Zoeller73-71-73=217+1

Amateurs: Lewis .

Final round

Sunday, 18 July 1982
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tom Watson69-71-74-70=284–432,000
T2Peter Oosterhuis74-67-74-70=285–319,300
T2Nick Price69-69-74-73=285–319,300
T4Nick Faldo73-73-71-69=286–211,000
T4Masahiro Kuramoto71-73-71-71=286–211,000
T4Tom Purtzer76-66-75-69=286–211,000
T4Des Smyth70-69-74-73=286–211,000
T8Sandy Lyle74-66-73-74=287–18,750
T8Fuzzy Zoeller73-71-73-70=287–18,750
T10Bobby Clampett67-66-78-77=288E7,350
T10Jack Nicklaus77-70-72-69=288E7,350

Amateurs: Lewis
Source: