1982 Masters Tournament

The 1982 Masters Tournament was the 46th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Stadler won his only major championship by defeating Dan Pohl on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Challenging weather conditions on Thursday and Friday led to the cut at 154 (+10), the highest since the cut was introduced in 1957 and still the highest through 2021, with the co-leaders, Stadler and Curtis Strange, at even par 144.

In the final round, Stadler shot a 33 on the front had a six-shot lead with seven holes to play. He bogeyed four of those holes, including a three-putt from twenty feet (6 m) on the 72nd green to force a playoff with Pohl; the playoff began and ended at the tenth hole. Pohl carded two rounds of 67 on the weekend after two rounds of 75. In the sudden-death playoff, Stadler made a routine par and won the Masters when Pohl missed his six-foot par attempt.

This was the final year that players were required to use Augusta National club caddies. The practice was previously employed at the other majors and some PGA Tour events well into the 1970s;  the U.S. Open first allowed the players to use their own caddies in 1976. The policy change at Augusta National was announced by chairman Hord Hardin in November 1982.

It was the final Masters as a competitor for 1946 champion Herman Keiser, age 67, who withdrew in the first round.

Field
Tommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Seve Ballesteros (3), Gay Brewer (8), Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,11,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (8), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,11,12), Fuzzy Zoeller (10,11)
 * 1. Masters champions


 * Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.


 * The following categories only apply to Americans

Hubert Green (8,11), Hale Irwin (11,12), Andy North
 * 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Bill Rogers (9,11,12)
 * 3. The Open champions (last five years)

John Mahaffey (8,11), Larry Nelson (10,12), Lanny Wadkins (8,9,11)
 * 4. PGA champions (last five years)

Nathaniel Crosby (6,a), Bob Lewis (7,a), Brian Lindley (a), Willie Wood (a)
 * 5. 1981 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists


 * 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions


 * Hal Sutton (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

Frank Fuhrer III (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Jodie Mudd (a), Corey Pavin (a), Jay Sigel (a)
 * 7. Members of the 1981 U.S. Walker Cup team


 * Ron Commans, Joey Rassett, and Dick von Tacky forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

John Cook (9), Ben Crenshaw (9,12), Bob Gilder (10), Peter Jacobsen, Tom Kite (10,11,12), Bruce Lietzke (10,11,12), Johnny Miller (11,12), Gil Morgan, Jerry Pate (11,12), Calvin Peete (9), Don Pooley, Jim Simons (11), Curtis Strange
 * 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1981 Masters Tournament

George Burns, Frank Conner, Mark Hayes, Lon Hinkle, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, John Schroeder, Jim Thorpe
 * 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1981 U.S. Open


 * Sammy Rachels did not play

Keith Fergus (11), Dan Pohl
 * 10. Top eight players and ties from 1981 PGA Championship

Andy Bean, Danny Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Ed Fiori, Jay Haas, Morris Hatalsky, Wayne Levi, Jack Renner, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Ron Streck, Lee Trevino (12), Tom Weiskopf
 * 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters


 * 12. Members of the U.S. 1981 Ryder Cup team

Isao Aoki (9,10), Dave Barr (11), David Graham (2,4,8,9), Yutaka Hagawa, Bernhard Langer, Greg Norman (8,10), Peter Oosterhuis (11), Philippe Ploujoux (6,a)
 * 13. Foreign invitations


 * Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

First round
Thursday, April 8, 1982 Source:

Second round
Friday, April 9, 1982 Source:

Third round
Saturday, April 10, 1982 Source:

Final round
Sunday, April 11, 1982

Final leaderboard
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Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

Playoff

 * Sudden-death playoff began and ended on hole #10, when Stadler parred to win.