Tom Weiskopf finished -12 and took 18% of the purse. That $63,000 is worth about $216,904 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1982 Western Open purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 61% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
1982 Western Open prize money for every player
Final positions and prize money, with what the same untied position paid the year before.
| Pos | Player | To par | Last year | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Weiskopf | -12 | $54,000 | $63,000 +17% |
| 2 | Larry Nelson | -11 | $22,400 | $37,800 +69% |
| 3 | Bob Gilder | -10 | $23,800 | |
| T4 | Bill Rogers | -8 | $15,400 | |
| T4 | Jim Thorpe | -8 | $15,400 | |
| 6 | Curtis Strange | -6 | $10,800 | $12,600 +17% |
| 7 | Mark Pfeil | -5 | $9,038 | $11,725 +30% |
| T8 | Doug Tewell | -4 | $9,800 | |
| T8 | Lanny Wadkins | -4 | $9,800 | |
| T8 | Tom Jenkins | -4 | $9,800 | |
| T8 | George Burns | -4 | $9,800 | |
| 12 | Keith Fergus | -3 | $5,529 | $8,050 +46% |
| T13 | Rex Caldwell | -2 | $7,000 | |
| T13 | Jim Booros | -2 | $7,000 | |
| T15 | Andy Bean | -1 | $5,950 | |
| T15 | Kermit Zarley | -1 | $5,950 | |
| T15 | Tom Purtzer | -1 | $5,950 | |
| T18 | Larry Rinker | E | $4,260 | |
| T18 | Leonard Thompson | E | $4,260 | |
| T18 | Bobby Clampett | E | $4,260 | |
| T18 | Ben Crenshaw | E | $4,260 | |
| T18 | Lon Hinkle | E | $4,260 | |
| T18 | Billy Glisson | E | $4,260 | |
| T18 | Wayne Levi | E | $4,260 | |
| T25 | Bruce Lietzke | +1 | $2,450 | $2,559 |
| T25 | Steve Melnyk | +1 | $2,450 | $2,559 |
| T25 | Bob Murphy | +1 | $2,450 | $2,559 |
| T25 | Gibby Gilbert | +1 | $2,450 | $2,559 |
| T25 | Bobby Wadkins | +1 | $2,450 | $2,559 |
| T25 | J. C. Snead | +1 | $2,450 | $2,559 |
| T25 | Ed Sneed | +1 | $2,450 | $2,559 |
| T25 | Calvin Peete | +1 | $2,450 | $2,559 |
| T33 | Hal Sutton | +2 | $1,934 | |
| T33 | Alan Tapie | +2 | $1,934 | |
| T33 | D.A. Weibring | +2 | $1,934 | |
| T33 | Peter Jacobsen | +2 | $1,934 | |
| T37 | Barry Jaeckel | +3 | $1,410 | $1,610 |
| T37 | Jim Barber | +3 | $1,410 | $1,610 |
| T37 | Mark Calcavecchia | +3 | $1,410 | $1,610 |
| T37 | Don Pooley | +3 | $1,410 | $1,610 |
| T41 | John Schroeder | +4 | $1,295 | |
| T41 | Jack Renner | +4 | $1,295 | |
| T41 | Wally Armstrong | +4 | $1,295 | |
| T41 | Gil Morgan | +4 | $1,295 | |
| T41 | Mark McNulty | +4 | $1,295 | |
| T46 | Mark McCumber | +5 | $874 | $922 |
| T46 | Lindy Miller | +5 | $874 | $922 |
| T46 | Mike Holland | +5 | $874 | $922 |
| T46 | Vance Heafner | +5 | $874 | $922 |
| T46 | Dave Barr | +5 | $874 | $922 |
| T46 | Michael Brannan | +5 | $874 | $922 |
| T46 | Lee Elder | +5 | $874 | $922 |
| T46 | Ron Streck | +5 | $874 | $922 |
| T54 | Greg Powers | +6 | $788 | |
| T54 | Dale Douglass | +6 | $788 | |
| T54 | Ed Dougherty | +6 | $788 | |
| T54 | Ed Fiori | +6 | $788 | |
| T54 | Jay Cudd | +6 | $788 | |
| T54 | Woody Blackburn | +6 | $788 | |
| T54 | Larry Gilbert | +6 | $788 | |
| T54 | Dan Halldorson | +6 | $788 | |
| T62 | Curt Byrum | +7 | $742 | |
| T62 | Eric Batten | +7 | $742 | |
| T62 | Bob Shearer | +7 | $742 | |
| T62 | Howard Twitty | +7 | $742 | |
| T62 | Payne Stewart | +7 | $742 | |
| 67 | Mark Hayes | +9 | $615 | $721 +17% |
| T68 | Billy Kratzert | +10 | $707 | |
| T68 | Steve Benson | +10 | $707 | |
| T68 | Brad Bryant | +10 | $707 | |
| T71 | Gary McCord | +11 | $588 | $690 |
| T71 | Mark O'Meara | +11 | $588 | $690 |
| T73 | Clarence Rose | +12 | $665 | |
| T73 | Robert Thompson | +12 | $665 | |
| T73 | Bob Tway | +12 | $665 | |
| T73 | Hubert Green | +12 | $665 | |
| T73 | Antonio Cerdá | +12 | $665 | |
| 78 | Morris Hatalsky | +13 | $644 | |
| 79 | Larry Mize | +14 | $637 | |
| 80 | Tommy Valentine | +17 | $630 | |
| 81 | John Adams | +21 | $623 | |
| MC | Jim Bertoncino | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Chip Beck | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Michael Burke Jr. | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Ackerman | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Roger Calvin | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Lennie Clements | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Colbert | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Ron Commans | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Frank Conner | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Charles Coody | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | John Cook | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Fleisher | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Al Geiberger | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Douglass | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Terry Diehl | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Donald | +18 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Ferenz | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Allen Miller | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Ralph Landrum | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Kiely | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim King | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Don Levin | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Steven Liebler | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Lyn Lott | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mark Lye | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Roger Maltbie | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Thomas Gray | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Rik Massengale | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | John Mazza | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Blaine McCallister | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Groh | +17 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Hallberg | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Gove | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Lou Graham | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Garry Hopkins | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Joe Inman | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Jamieson | +22 | $0 | |
| MC | Hale Irwin | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Israelson | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Shaw | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Simpson | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Mick Soli | +13 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Sullivan | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Lance Ten Broeck | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | David Sann | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Victor Regalado | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Reid | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Pinns | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Oosterhuis | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Andy North | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Rod Nuckolls | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | David O'Kelly | +16 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Newton | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Nichols | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Nicolette | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Lonnie Nielsen | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Proben | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Jodie Mudd | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Rick Pearson | +10 | $0 | |
| MC | David Thore | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Denis Watson | +11 | $0 | |
| MC | Larry Ziegler | +15 | $0 | |
| MC | Dick Hart | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Phil Aldridge | +14 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeffrey Lange | +19 | $0 | |
| MC | Charlie Krenkel | +18 | $0 | |
| DQ | Tom Woodard | Not known | ||
| DQ | Phillip Hancock | Not known | ||
| — | Steve Hart | Not known | ||
| — | Ken Green | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Graham | Not known | ||
| — | Grier Jones | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Jones | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Inskeep | Not known | ||
| — | Jerry Heard | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Mauney | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Mann | Not known | ||
| — | Pat Lindsey | Not known | ||
| — | Kenny Knox | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Koch | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Mitchell | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Morley | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Nelford | Not known | ||
| — | David Edwards | Not known | ||
| — | Johnny Elam | Not known | ||
| — | Gene George | Not known | ||
| — | Charlie Gibson | Not known | ||
| — | Forrest Fezler | Not known | ||
| — | Buzz Fly | Not known | ||
| — | Buddy Gardner | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Chain | Not known | ||
| — | Rod Curl | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Booker | Not known | ||
| — | Rick Borg | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Buttner | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Calfee | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Black | Not known | ||
| — | Ronnie Black | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Anton | Not known | ||
| — | Tommy Armour III | Not known | ||
| — | Perry Arthur | Not known | ||
| — | Paul Azinger | Not known | ||
| — | Ray Barr Jr. | Not known | ||
| — | Billy Bassler | Not known | ||
| — | DeWitt Weaver | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Lange | Not known | ||
| — | Richard Poe | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Burton | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Gravley | Not known | ||
| — | John Hall | Not known | ||
| — | Randy Hartzell | Not known | ||
| — | Ralph Terry | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Dunaway | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Guttenberg | Not known | ||
| — | Richard Zokol | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Perry | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Smith | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Harrigan | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Norris | Not known | ||
| — | Bobby Pancratz | Not known | ||
| — | Don Reese | Not known | ||
| — | Clyde Rego | Not known | ||
| — | Ed Selser | Not known | ||
| — | Scott Steger | Not known | ||
| — | Rocky Thompson | Not known | ||
| — | Jeff Thomsen | Not known | ||
| — | John Traub | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Trivisonno | Not known | ||
| WD | Tim Simpson | +9 | Not known | |
| WD | Jim Simons | Not known | ||
| WD | Dan Pohl | +3 | Not known | |
| WD | Robert Powers | +16 | Not known | |
| WD | Scott Watkins | +10 | Not known | |
| WD | Mike Hill | +14 | Not known |
BMW Championship winner's share over time
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1982 Western Open payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1982 Western Open get?
Tom Weiskopf won $63,000 from a $350,000 purse.
What was the 1982 Western Open purse?
$350,000.
How much did last place get at the 1982 Western Open?
The smallest check was $623, to John Adams (81).
How many players made the cut at the 1982 Western Open?
81 players made the cut and finished, and 66 players missed it.