1982 U.S. Open: Watson Over Nicklaus
Winner: Tom Watson, 282
Where it was played: Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California
Tournament dates: June 17-20, 1982
Leader after first round: Bill Rogers and Bruce Devlin, 70
Leader after second round: Bruce Devlin, 139
Leader after third round: Bill Rogers and Tom Watson, 212
Notable Notes: One of the famous shots in golf history happened at the 1982 U.S. Open: Tom Watson's chip-in on the 71st hole. Watson's chances appeared dead when his ball nestled down into deep rough off the green, with the green running away from him. It looked like Jack Nicklaus, who just finished a round of 69 to post 284, would win his fifth title here. But then Watson - after telling his caddie he was going to make it — pulled off what many observers at the scene thought was an impossible shot, knocking his chip into the cup. And one hole later, Watson was the winner by two over Nicklaus.
Final Scores
| Tom Watson | 72-72-68-70—282 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 74-70-71-69—284 |
| Bobby Clampett | 71-73-72-70—286 |
| Dan Pohl | 72-74-70-70—286 |
| Bill Rogers | 70-73-69-74—286 |
| David Graham | 73-72-69-73—287 |
| Jay Haas | 75-74-70-68—287 |
| Gary Koch | 78-73-69-67—287 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 73-76-67-71—287 |
| Bruce Devlin | 70-69-75-74—288 |
| Calvin Peete | 71-72-72-73—288 |
| Chip Beck | 76-75-69-69—289 |
| Danny Edwards | 71-75-73-70—289 |
| Lyn Lott | 72-71-75-71—289 |
| Larry Rinker | 74-67-75-74—290 |
| Scott Simpson | 73-69-72-76—290 |
| J.C. Snead | 73-75-71-71—290 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-76-71-71—290 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 76-74-68-73—291 |
| Larry Nelson | 74-72-74-71—291 |
| Hal Sutton | 73-76-72-70—291 |
| Mike Brannan | 75-74-71-72—292 |
| Joe Hager | 78-72-72-70—292 |
| Gene Littler | 74-75-72-71—292 |
| John Mahaffey | 77-72-70-73—292 |
| Gil Morgan | 75-75-68-74—292 |
| Andy North | 72-71-77-72—292 |
| Craig Stadler | 76-70-70-76—292 |
| Tom Kite | 73-71-75-74—293 |
| Isao Aoki | 77-74-72-71—294 |
| Don Bies | 73-74-74-73—294 |
| George Burns | 72-72-70-80—294 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 73-78-67-76—294 |
| Greg Powers | 77-71-74-72—294 |
| Jack Renner | 74-71-77-72—294 |
| Jim Thorpe | 72-73-72-77—294 |
| Terry Diehl | 71-77-75-72—295 |
| Bob Gilder | 73-76-74-72—295 |
| Lou Graham | 75-73-74-74—296 |
| Hale Irwin | 76-75-68-77—296 |
| Rod Nuckolls | 78-73-69-76—296 |
| Curtis Strange | 74-73-74-75—296 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 74-77-73-72—296 |
| Kermit Zarley | 75-74-69-78—296 |
| Woody Blackburn | 75-73-73-76—297 |
| Lon Hinkle | 73-75-69-80—297 |
| Johnny Miller | 78-69-78-72—297 |
| Dave Stockton | 79-71-73-74—297 |
| Raymond Floyd | 78-73-75-72—298 |
| Skeeter Heath | 73-74-74-77—298 |
| Clarence Rose | 73-78-73-74—298 |
| Bob Shearer | 75-75-72-76—298 |
| Butch Baird | 72-75-78-74—299 |
| Vance Heafner | 75-74-74-76—299 |
| Larry Ziegler | 77-74-73-75—299 |
| Tom Sieckmann | 77-73-75-76—301 |
| Ron Streck | 72-77-75-77—301 |
| Mark O'Meara | 77-74-77-74—302 |
| a-Nataniel Crosby | 77-73-76-77—303 |
| a-Corey Pavin | 77-74-78-75—304 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 73-74-82-75—304 |
| Jim King | 71-77-80-77—305 |
| Kenny Knox | 76-75-77-77—305 |
| Lloyd Monroe | 79-70-78-78—305 |
| Bill Israelson | 76-69-80-83—308 |
| Doug Tewell | 75-75-79-90—319 |
