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The 1983 U.S. Open was the 83rd U.S. Open, held June 16–20 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Larry Nelson won his first U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of defending champion Tom Watson. It was the second of Nelson's three major titles. Watson and Seve Ballesteros shared the 54-hole lead, with Nelson a stroke back. He was 7-over for the championship after four holes in his third round, but then finished in 7-under to get to even-par 213, one shot behind the co-leaders. Watson was attempting to become the first to successfully defend a U.S. Open title in over thirty years, last by Ben Hogan in 1951. In the final round, Watson opened with a front-nine 31 to open up a three-stroke lead over Nelson, who shot 33. Nelson tied Watson with a birdie at 14 after Watson had bogeyed 10 and 12. A storm then came through Oakmont, with play postponed to the morning. Watson was on the 14th green, Nelson on the 16th tee, tied at four-under for the championship. On Monday morning, Nelson holed a birdie putt at the par-3 16th, but then three-putted at the 18th for bogey. Nelson finished at 4 under 280 total and waited for Watson. After he failed to save a par from bunker at 17th, Watson was one stroke behind Nelson. Watson needed a birdie at 18 to tie but again he failed to reach the green. Nelson became the winner after Watson missed his chip. Nelson established a new tournament record with 132 strokes over the last 36 holes, breaking Gene Sarazen's 51-year-old mark. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish at Oakmont for Watson, who lost a sudden-death playoff to John Mahaffey at the 1978 PGA Championship. Arnold Palmer made his last cut in an U.S. Open here and tied for 60th place.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=databasegolf.com )〕 He played the Open just once more, in 1994 when he was granted a special exemption when it returned to Oakmont. Future major champion Paul Azinger made his major championship debut but missed the cut. Johnny Miller, the champion when the Open was last played at Oakmont in 1973, also missed the cut. This was the sixth U.S. Open at Oakmont, and ninth major championship. Ticket prices were $24 per day, cash only. ==Course layout== (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1983 U.S. Open (golf)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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