Craig Stadler won his only major championship by defeating Dan Pohl on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

[7][8] The practice was previously employed at the other majors and some PGA Tour events well into the 1970s;[9][10][11] the U.S. Open first allowed the players to use their own caddies in 1976.

[12][13] The policy change at Augusta National was announced by chairman Hord Hardin in November 1982.

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

[15] 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) Hubert Green (8,11), Hale Irwin (11,12), Andy North Bill Rogers (9,11,12) John Mahaffey (8,11), Larry Nelson (10,12), Lanny Wadkins (8,9,11) Nathaniel Crosby (6, a), Bob Lewis (7, a), Brian Lindley (a), Willie Wood (a) Frank Fuhrer III (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Jodie Mudd (a), Corey Pavin (a), Jay Sigel (a) 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 George Burns, Frank Conner, Mark Hayes, Lon Hinkle, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, John Schroeder, Jim Thorpe Keith Fergus (11), Dan Pohl 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 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) Thursday, April 8, 1982 Source:[16] Friday, April 9, 1982 Source:[4][17] Saturday, April 10, 1982 Source:[18] Sunday, April 11, 1982 Sources:[19][20] Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:[5][6]