| 1982 British Open | |
The 1982 British Open was the site of Tom Watson's fourth victory in this championship, but is also remembered for Bobby Clampett's demise in a pothole bunker.
Clampett was a 22-year-old hotshot of whom big things were expected. He finished third at the 1982 U.S. Open a month earlier. At Royal Troon, he opened with a 67 and followed that with a 66 to take a 5-stroke lead over Nick Price at the midway point.
Watson began the final round three strokes behind Clampett, who was one ahead of Price. But the Price of 1982 wasn't the same golfer who was one of the best in the world in the early 1990s. This Nick Price had only one win on the European Tour and none on the USPGA.
But as Clampett's collapse continued, it was the unproven Price who took advantage. When Price birdied the 10th, 11th and 12th holes of the final round, he held a three-stroke lead.
Then Price went off the rails, too. He was 4-over par over the final six holes. Watson wasn't doing anything spectacular, but he didn't have to. Watson played steadily, finished with a 2-under 70, and that was good enough to win his fourth British Open title. Price finished second, a stroke behind, tied with Peter Oosterhuis.
1982 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1982 British Open golf tournament played on the par-72 Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland (a-amateur):
| Tom Watson | 69-71-74-70--284 | $54,400 |
| Nick Price | 69-69-74-73--285 | $32,810 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 74-67-74-70--285 | $32,810 |
| Massy Kuramoto | 71-73-71-71--286 | $18,700 |
| Nick Faldo | 73-73-71-69--286 | $18,700 |
| Des Smyth | 70-69-74-73--286 | $18,700 |
| Tom Purtzer | 76-66-75-69--286 | $18,700 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 73-71-73-70--287 | $14,875 |
| Sandy Lyle | 74-66-73-74--287 | $14,875 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 77-70-72-69--288 | $12,495 |
| Bobby Clampett | 67-66-78-77--288 | $12,495 |
| Sam Torrance | 73-72-73-71--289 | $10,710 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 71-75-73-71--290 | $9,180 |
| Bernhard Langer | 70-69-78-73--290 | $9,180 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 74-75-72-70--291 | $6,630 |
| Denis Watson | 75-69-73-74--291 | $6,630 |
| Curtis Strange | 72-73-76-70--291 | $6,630 |
| Raymond Floyd | 74-73-77-67--291 | $6,630 |
| Ken Brown | 70-71-79-72--292 | $4,930 |
| Isao Aoki | 75-69-75-74--293 | $4,250 |
| Toru Nakamura | 77-68-77-71--293 | $4,250 |
| Johnny Miller | 71-76-75-72--294 | $3,740 |
| Bill Rogers | 73-70-76-75--294 | $3,740 |
| Jose Maria Canizares | 71-72-79-72--294 | $3,740 |
| Bernard Gallacher | 75-71-74-75--295 | $3,315 |
| Graham Marsh | 76-76-72-71--295 | $3,315 |
| Greg Norman | 73-75-76-72--296 | $2,720 |
| David Graham | 73-70-76-77--296 | $2,720 |
| Arnold Palmer | 71-73-78-74--296 | $2,720 |
| Lee Trevino | 78-72-71-75--296 | $2,720 |
| Jay Haas | 78-72-75-71--296 | $2,720 |
| Mark Thomas | 72-74-75-76--297 | $2,040 |
| Larry Nelson | 77-69-77-74--297 | $2,040 |
| Mike Miller | 74-72-78-73--297 | $2,040 |
| David J. Russell | 72-72-76-78--298 | $1,416 |
| Paul Way | 72-75-78-73--298 | $1,416 |
| Brian Barnes | 75-69-76-78--298 | $1,416 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 75-73-78-72--298 | $1,416 |
| Craig Stadler | 71-74-79-74--298 | $1,416 |
| Jack Ferenz | 76-69-80-73--298 | $1,416 |
| Harold Henning | 74-74-76-75--299 | $1,105 |
| Gary Player | 75-74-76-75--300 | $1,105 |
| Terry Gale | 76-74-75-75--300 | $1,105 |
| a-Malcolm Lewis | 74-74-77-75--300 | |
| Bob Shearer | 73-72-81-74--300 | $1,105 |
| Neil Coles | 73-73-72-82--300 | $1,105 |
| Roger Chapman | 75-76-74-76--301 | $1,105 |
| Brian Waites | 75-77-73-76--301 | $1,105 |
| Bill Longmuir | 77-72-77-75--301 | $1,105 |
| Tienie Britz | 81-70-74-76--301 | $1,105 |
| Hsu Sheng San | 75-75-75-77--302 | $1,105 |
| Manuel Pinero | 75-75-74-78--302 | $1,105 |
| Mark James | 74-73-79-76--302 | $1,105 |
| Mark McNulty | 76-74-76-77--303 | $1,020 |
| Peter Townsend | 76-73-76-78--303 | $1,020 |
| Keith Waters | 73-78-71-81--303 | $1,020 |
| Martin Poxon | 74-70-78-81--303 | $1,020 |
| Philip Harrison | 78-74-74-78--304 | $1,020 |
| Michael King | 73-78-74-80--305 | $1,020 |
| Mike Cahill | 73-76-77-80--306 | $1,020 |
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