Hale Irwin finished -19 and took 18% of the purse. That $72,000 is worth about $247,891 in 2026 dollars.
How the 1982 Honda Inverrary Classic purse was split
Every paid player in finishing order. The top 10 took 59% of the money, and the dashed line marks the smallest check.
1982 Honda Inverrary Classic 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 | Hale Irwin | -19 | $54,000 | $72,000 +33% |
| T2 | Tom Kite | -18 | $32,400 | $35,200 |
| T2 | George Burns | -18 | $32,400 | $35,200 |
| 4 | Bobby Clampett | -17 | $13,200 | $19,200 +45% |
| 5 | Calvin Peete | -16 | $16,000 | |
| 6 | Ray Floyd | -14 | $10,425 | $14,400 +38% |
| 7 | Ed Sneed | -13 | $13,400 | |
| 8 | Peter Oosterhuis | -12 | $9,300 | $12,400 +33% |
| T9 | David Graham | -11 | $8,100 | $11,200 |
| T9 | Andy Bean | -11 | $8,100 | $11,200 |
| T11 | Seve Ballesteros | -10 | $8,480 | |
| T11 | Johnny Miller | -10 | $8,480 | |
| T11 | Andy North | -10 | $8,480 | |
| T11 | Scott Simpson | -10 | $8,480 | |
| T11 | Denis Watson | -10 | $8,480 | |
| T16 | Lee Trevino | -9 | $6,200 | |
| T16 | Don Pooley | -9 | $6,200 | |
| T16 | Bill Britton | -9 | $6,200 | |
| T16 | Bob Gilder | -9 | $6,200 | |
| T20 | Isao Aoki | -8 | $4,035 | |
| T20 | Gil Morgan | -8 | $4,035 | |
| T20 | Mark McNulty | -8 | $4,035 | |
| T20 | Mark McCumber | -8 | $4,035 | |
| T20 | Bruce Lietzke | -8 | $4,035 | |
| T20 | Greg Powers | -8 | $4,035 | |
| T20 | Bobby Wadkins | -8 | $4,035 | |
| T20 | Tom Watson | -8 | $4,035 | |
| T28 | Howard Twitty | -7 | $2,720 | |
| T28 | Larry Ziegler | -7 | $2,720 | |
| T28 | Morris Hatalsky | -7 | $2,720 | |
| T28 | Mike McCullough | -7 | $2,720 | |
| T28 | George Archer | -7 | $2,720 | |
| T33 | Bud Allin | -6 | $2,069 | |
| T33 | Brad Bryant | -6 | $2,069 | |
| T33 | Mark Hayes | -6 | $2,069 | |
| T33 | J. C. Snead | -6 | $2,069 | |
| T33 | Jim Simons | -6 | $2,069 | |
| T33 | Tom Purtzer | -6 | $2,069 | |
| T33 | Bill Rogers | -6 | $2,069 | |
| T40 | Gary Hallberg | -5 | $1,170 | $1,680 |
| T40 | Mark Lye | -5 | $1,170 | $1,680 |
| T42 | Billy Kratzert | -4 | $1,322 | |
| T42 | Woody Blackburn | -4 | $1,322 | |
| T42 | Charles Coody | -4 | $1,322 | |
| T42 | Doug Tewell | -4 | $1,322 | |
| T42 | Hal Sutton | -4 | $1,322 | |
| T42 | Payne Stewart | -4 | $1,322 | |
| T42 | D.A. Weibring | -4 | $1,322 | |
| T49 | Mick Soli | -3 | $998 | |
| T49 | Leonard Thompson | -3 | $998 | |
| T49 | Dan Pohl | -3 | $998 | |
| T49 | Mark James | -3 | $998 | |
| T53 | Ken Green | -2 | $917 | |
| T53 | Vance Heafner | -2 | $917 | |
| T53 | Lindy Miller | -2 | $917 | |
| T53 | John Cook | -2 | $917 | |
| T53 | Mark Calcavecchia | -2 | $917 | |
| T53 | Mike Reid | -2 | $917 | |
| T59 | Tom Shaw | -1 | $872 | |
| T59 | Michael Brannan | -1 | $872 | |
| T59 | Frank Conner | -1 | $872 | |
| T59 | Dave Eichelberger | -1 | $872 | |
| T59 | Mark O'Meara | -1 | $872 | |
| T64 | Dan Halldorson | E | $840 | |
| T64 | Barry Jaeckel | E | $840 | |
| T64 | Manuel Piñero | E | $840 | |
| 67 | Bill Robinson | +1 | $824 | |
| T68 | Sandy Lyle | +2 | $804 | |
| T68 | Dick Mast | +2 | $804 | |
| T68 | Ben Crenshaw | +2 | $804 | |
| T68 | Ed Fiori | +2 | $804 | |
| T72 | Rod Curl | +3 | $768 | |
| T72 | Lonnie Nielsen | +3 | $768 | |
| T72 | Mike Morley | +3 | $768 | |
| T72 | Gary Koch | +3 | $768 | |
| T72 | Tommy Valentine | +3 | $768 | |
| T77 | Tim Simpson | +5 | $736 | |
| T77 | Jack Renner | +5 | $736 | |
| T77 | Buddy Gardner | +5 | $736 | |
| MC | Gene George | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Bruce Fleisher | E | $0 | |
| MC | John Fought | E | $0 | |
| MC | Lou Graham | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Eastwood | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Lee Elder | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Keith Fergus | E | $0 | |
| MC | Forrest Fezler | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Donald | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim Colbert | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Cole | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Fred Couples | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Bill Buttner | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Howard Clark | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Beau Baugh | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Chain | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Paul Azinger | +5 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Baker | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Barr | +9 | $0 | |
| MC | Ray Barr Jr. | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bernhard Langer | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Pat Lindsey | E | $0 | |
| MC | Harold Henning | +12 | $0 | |
| MC | Jim King | +6 | $0 | |
| MC | Phillip Hancock | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Steve Hart | E | $0 | |
| MC | Barry Harwell | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Gibby Gilbert | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Hubert Green | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Jerry Heard | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Peter Jacobsen | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Hoch | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Holland | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Lyn Lott | E | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Murphy | +4 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Nichols | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Jack Nicklaus | E | $0 | |
| MC | Wayne Levi | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Bobby Mitchell | E | $0 | |
| MC | Larry Mize | E | $0 | |
| MC | Larry Rinker | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Bob Proben | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Gary Player | E | $0 | |
| MC | Mike Smith | E | $0 | |
| MC | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Jeff Sanders | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | DeWitt Weaver | +3 | $0 | |
| MC | Scott Watkins | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Ken Still | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Dave Stockton | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Curtis Strange | E | $0 | |
| MC | Ron Streck | E | $0 | |
| MC | Danny Talbot | +8 | $0 | |
| MC | Lance Ten Broeck | +2 | $0 | |
| MC | Barney Thompson | +1 | $0 | |
| MC | Tom Woodard | +7 | $0 | |
| MC | Victor Regalado | E | $0 | |
| MC | Jet Ozaki | +8 | $0 | |
| — | Jerry Impellittiere | Not known | ||
| — | Mike O'Sullivan | Not known | ||
| — | Brien Charter | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Perry | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Burton | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Dwyer | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Gravley | Not known | ||
| — | John Hall | Not known | ||
| — | Dave Hicks | Not known | ||
| — | Charlie MacK | Not known | ||
| — | Eric Meyers | Not known | ||
| — | Sal Monte | Not known | ||
| — | Steve Philbrook | Not known | ||
| — | Richard Zokol | Not known | ||
| — | Ralph Terry | Not known | ||
| — | Skip Dunaway | Not known | ||
| — | Mark Guttenberg | Not known | ||
| — | Charlie Krenkel | Not known | ||
| — | Kermit Zarley | Not known | ||
| — | Scott Steger | Not known | ||
| — | Gary Trivisonno | Not known | ||
| — | Robert Thompson | Not known | ||
| — | Rocky Thompson | Not known | ||
| — | Jeff Thomsen | Not known | ||
| — | David Thore | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Thorpe | Not known | ||
| — | John Traub | Not known | ||
| — | David Sann | Not known | ||
| — | Cesar Sanudo | Not known | ||
| — | Ed Selser | Not known | ||
| — | Clarence Rose | Not known | ||
| — | Dana Quigley | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Ralston | Not known | ||
| — | Don Reese | Not known | ||
| — | Rick Pearson | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Molt | Not known | ||
| — | Pat McGowan | Not known | ||
| — | Don Levin | Not known | ||
| — | Steven Liebler | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Mauney | Not known | ||
| — | Blaine McCallister | Not known | ||
| — | Gary McCord | Not known | ||
| — | Rik Massengale | Not known | ||
| — | Rod Nuckolls | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Newton | Not known | ||
| — | Al Morton | Not known | ||
| — | Skeeter Heath | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Hill | Not known | ||
| — | Kenny Knox | Not known | ||
| — | Steve Jones | Not known | ||
| — | Tom Jones | Not known | ||
| — | John Lister | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Loeffler | Not known | ||
| — | Gavan Levenson | Not known | ||
| — | Billy Bassler | Not known | ||
| — | Eric Batten | Not known | ||
| — | Steve Benson | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Black | Not known | ||
| — | Ronnie Black | Not known | ||
| — | Butch Baird | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Barber | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Anton | Not known | ||
| — | Tommy Aaron | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Ackerman | Not known | ||
| — | John Adams | Not known | ||
| — | Jim Albus | Not known | ||
| — | Wally Armstrong | Not known | ||
| — | Perry Arthur | Not known | ||
| — | Lennie Clements | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Byman | Not known | ||
| — | Bill Calfee | Not known | ||
| — | Doug Campbell | Not known | ||
| — | Antonio Cerdá | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Brauch | Not known | ||
| — | Mike Booker | Not known | ||
| — | Rick Borg | Not known | ||
| — | Michael Burke Jr. | Not known | ||
| — | Ron Commans | Not known | ||
| — | Ed Dougherty | Not known | ||
| — | Dale Douglass | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Duval | Not known | ||
| — | Johnny Elam | Not known | ||
| — | Terry Diehl | Not known | ||
| — | John Dodd | Not known | ||
| — | Jay Cudd | Not known | ||
| — | Jack Ferenz | Not known | ||
| — | Woody Fitzhugh | Not known | ||
| — | Buzz Fly | Not known | ||
| — | Bob Ford | Not known | ||
| — | Tim Graham | Not known | ||
| — | Billy Glisson | Not known | ||
| — | Dick Goetz | Not known | ||
| — | Charlie Gibson | Not known |
The Honda Classic winner's share over time
This year is labeled. Full tournament history →
1982 Honda Inverrary Classic payout FAQ
How much did the winner of the 1982 Honda Inverrary Classic get?
Hale Irwin won $72,000 from a $400,000 purse.
What was the 1982 Honda Inverrary Classic purse?
$400,000.
How much did last place get at the 1982 Honda Inverrary Classic?
The smallest check was $736, to Buddy Gardner (T77).
How many players made the cut at the 1982 Honda Inverrary Classic?
79 players made the cut and finished, and 58 players missed it.