1983 PGA Championship Results
Winner: Hal Sutton, 274
Where it was played: Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, California
Tournament dates: August 4-7, 1983
Leader after first round: Hal Sutton, 65
Leader after second round: Hal Sutton, 131
Leader after third round: Hal Sutton, 203
Notable Notes: In the 1970s and 1980s, there were a lot of golfers tagged as "the next Jack Nicklaus." None of them turned out to be that, of course, but for a while it looked like Hal Sutton might. He was 1982 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, and he won this major wire-to-wire. He even held off Nicklaus to do it. Nicklaus charged on the last day with a 66, but Sutton held his nerve to finish one stroke better. It turned out to be Sutton's only win in a major. For Nicklaus, it was his four time finishing as PGA runner-up.
Final Scores
| Hal Sutton | 65-66-72-71—274 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 73-65-71-66—275 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 73-70-68-65—276 |
| Pat McGowan | 68-67-73-69—277 |
| John Fought | 67-69-71-71—278 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 67-71-70-71—279 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-71-67-69—279 |
| Dan Pohl | 72-70-69-69—280 |
| Mike Reid | 69-71-72-70—282 |
| Scott Simpson | 66-73-70-73—282 |
| Jay Haas | 68-72-69-73—282 |
| Doug Tewell | 74-72-69-67—282 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 68-66-71-77—282 |
| Roger Maltbie | 71-71-71-70—283 |
| Keith Fergus | 68-70-72-73—283 |
| Hale Irwin | 72-70-73-68—283 |
| Jim Thorpe | 68-72-74-69—283 |
| Lee Trevino | 70-68-74-71—283 |
| David Graham | 70-69-74-70—283 |
| John Cook | 74-71-68-71—284 |
| Raymond Floyd | 69-75-71-69—284 |
| Danny Edwards | 67-76-71-70—284 |
| Chip Beck | 72-71-70-72—285 |
| Fred Couples | 71-70-73-71—285 |
| Jerry Pate | 69-72-70-74—285 |
| Don Pooley | 72-68-74-71—285 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 73-72-74-67—286 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 71-76-72-67—286 |
| Buddy Whitten | 66-70-73-77—286 |
| Andy Bean | 71-73-71-72—287 |
| Mark Pfeil | 73-71-70-73—287 |
| Jim Simons | 69-75-72-71—287 |
| Johnny Miller | 72-75-73-67—287 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 76-70-69-72—287 |
| Bob Boyd | 70-77-72-68—287 |
| Bobby Nichols | 75-69-74-70—288 |
| Calvin Peete | 69-71-76-72—288 |
| Jim Colbert | 73-66-76-73—288 |
| Bob Shearer | 73-67-76-72—288 |
| Tim Simpson | 76-70-70-72—288 |
| Larry Nelson | 72-68-68-80—288 |
| Lou Graham | 73-74-70-72—289 |
| Gary Player | 74-68-73-74—289 |
| Gary Hallberg | 71-75-71-72—289 |
| Greg Norman | 72-72-70-75—289 |
| Barry Jaeckel | 73-74-67-75—289 |
| Mike Nicolette | 72-71-73-74—290 |
| Vance Heafner | 73-74-72-71—290 |
| Morris Hatalsky | 69-75-73-73—290 |
| Larry Mize | 70-70-75-75—290 |
| Lon Hinkle | 70-75-74-71—290 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 75-71-71-73—290 |
| Tom Watson | 75-67-78-70—290 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 70-66-80-74—290 |
| Gil Morgan | 72-73-74-72—291 |
| Jack Renner | 74-71-73-73—291 |
| Ed Fiori | 75-69-73-74—291 |
| John Adams | 75-71-72-73—291 |
| Charles Coody | 73-72-70-76—291 |
| George Burns | 78-68-72-73—291 |
| Jim Nelford | 72-72-76-72—292 |
| Scott Hoch | 73-72-74-73—292 |
| Bruce Fleisher | 74-73-74-72—293 |
| Craig Stadler | 72-73-76-72—293 |
| Mark Lye | 75-67-75-76—293 |
| Bob Gilder | 71-69-76-77—293 |
| Nick Price | 72-74-74-74—294 |
| Arnold Palmer | 74-73-74-73—294 |
| Tom Kite | 72-75-73-74—294 |
| Mike Donald | 71-71-76-76—294 |
| George Archer | 70-77-74-73—294 |
| T.C. Chen | 72-75-79-69—295 |
| Larry Gilbert | 71-74-76-75—296 |
| Rex Caldwell | 74-73-75-75—297 |
| Pat Lindsey | 74-72-80-71—297 |
| Ron Streck | 72-73-77-76—298 |
| Jim Logue | 73-74-77-76—300 |
| Bill Britton | 74-73-77-76—300 |
| Bobby Heins | 73-74-75-78—300 |
| Lee Elder | 76-71-77-77—301 |
| Ed Sneed | 74-73-75-79—301 |
| Allen Miller | 69-78-77-78—302 |
| Bob Eastwood | 76-70-77-79—302 |
| Robert Hoyt | 71-72-80-80—303 |
| Leonard Thompson | 73-74-75-81—303 |
| Curtis Strange | 71-74-85-74—304 |
| Jim King | 73-73-78-84—308 |
