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1980 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 10–13, 1980
LocationAugusta, Georgia
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,040 yards (6,437 m)[1]
Field91 players, 52 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$359,949
Winner's share$55,000
Champion
Spain Seve Ballesteros
275 (−13)
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The 1980 Masters Tournament was the 44th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Seve Ballesteros, age 23, won his first Masters and second major championship title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert.[2] Ballesteros had a seven stroke lead after 54 holes[3] and extended it to ten strokes after the front nine of the final round at 16-under-par, eyeing the Masters record of 271 (−17) set by Jack Nicklaus in 1965 (and equaled by Raymond Floyd in 1976). A new record (of 270 or lower) was to be rewarded with a $50,000 bonus from Golf magazine.[4] An hour later, after he found the water at 12 and 13 at Amen Corner, the lead had been reduced to three. Ballesteros regrouped with a birdie at 15 and parred the rest to shoot even-par 72 for the round and held on for the victory.[5][6]

Well back in the field on Sunday, Nicklaus, age 40, was paired with Arnold Palmer, age 50, which drew large galleries. Palmer shot 69 to finish at even par and T24, Nicklaus had 73 to finish at 291 (+3) and T33.[4] It was their first pairing at Augusta in five years and the first time Palmer had finished higher than Nicklaus there since 1967.[7] Nicklaus regrouped and won two majors in 1980, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship and was the runner-up the following April.

Ballesteros, of Spain, was the first winner of the Masters from Europe, and won a second green jacket in 1983.

This was the final Masters with Bermuda and ryegrass greens, which were replaced with bentgrass following this tournament.[8]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Gary Player  South Africa 1961, 1974, 1978 71 71 71 70 283 −5 T6
Tom Watson  United States 1977 73 69 71 71 284 −4 T12
Raymond Floyd  United States 1976 75 70 74 67 286 −2 T17
Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 1979 72 70 70 75 287 −1 T19
Arnold Palmer  United States 1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		 73 73 73 69 288 E T24
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1963, 1965,
1966, 1972, 1975		 74 71 73 73 291 +3 T33
Charles Coody  United States 1971 72 73 71 76 292 +4 T38
Art Wall, Jr.  United States 1959 73 73 77 77 300 +12 51

Source:[4]

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
George Archer  United States 1969 77 70 147 +3
Tommy Aaron  United States 1973 76 74 150 +6
Doug Ford  United States 1957 77 75 152 +8
Gay Brewer  United States 1967 82 71 153 +9
Bob Goalby  United States 1968 75 78 153 +9
Billy Casper  United States 1970 77 77 154 +10
Sam Snead  United States 1949, 1952, 1954 77 77 154 +10

Source:[9][10][1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1980

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 66 −6
David Graham  Australia
Jeff Mitchell  United States
T4 Hubert Green  United States 68 −4
Jack Newton  Australia
T6 Tom Kite  United States 69 −3
Larry Nelson  United States
T8 Gibby Gilbert  United States 70 −2
Artie McNickle  United States
Andy North  United States
Jim Simons  United States
Ed Sneed  United States

Source:[1]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1980

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 66-69=135 −9
T2 Rex Caldwell  United States 73-66=139 −5
David Graham  Australia 66-73=139
T4 Tom Kite  United States 69-71=140 −4
Jerry Pate  United States 72-68=140
Jim Simons  United States 70-70=140
Ed Sneed  United States 70-70=140
Doug Tewell  United States 71-69=140
T9 Ed Fiori  United States 71-70=141 −3
Jeff Mitchell  United States 66-75=141
Larry Nelson  United States 69-72=141

Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1980

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 66-69-68=203 −13
2 Ed Fiori  United States 71-70-69=210 −6
T3 David Graham  Australia 66-73-72=211 −5
Jack Newton  Australia 68-74-69=211
Andy North  United States 70-72-69=211
J. C. Snead  United States 73-69-69=211
T7 Rex Caldwell  United States 73-66-73=212 −4
Jim Colbert  United States 72-70-70=212
Gibby Gilbert  United States 70-74-68=212
Jim Simons  United States 70-70-72=212
Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 72-70-70=212

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1980

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 66-69-68-72=275 −13 55,000
T2 Gibby Gilbert  United States 70-74-68-67=279 −9 30,500
Jack Newton  Australia 68-74-69-68=279
4 Hubert Green  United States 68-74-71-67=280 −8 15,750
5 David Graham  Australia 66-73-72-70=281 −7 13,200
T6 Ben Crenshaw  United States 76-70-68-69=283 −5 9,958
Ed Fiori  United States 71-70-69-73=283
Tom Kite  United States 69-71-74-69=283
Larry Nelson  United States 69-72-73-69=283
Jerry Pate  United States 72-68-76-67=283
Gary Player  South Africa 71-71-71-70=283

Source:[4][9]

Scorecard

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10  11   12  13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Spain Ballesteros −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Trio with 66s lead Masters". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 11, 1980. p. 22.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1980). "The Reign of Spain". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  3. ^ a b "Can anyone stop Ballesteros now?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1980. p. 2E.
  4. ^ a b c d Glick, Shav (April 14, 1980). "Seve lets it get interesting". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
  5. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (April 14, 1980). "Seve cards 275, wins Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 15.
  6. ^ a b Loomis, Tom (April 14, 1980). "Ballesteros listens well, holds on to win Masters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 17.
  7. ^ Loomis, Tom (April 14, 1980). "Jack, Arnie bring back memories". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 17.
  8. ^ Boswell, Thomas (April 7, 1982). "Everything normal at Augusta National". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). (Washington Post). p. 21.
  9. ^ a b "1980 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Scoreboard: Masters results". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1980. p. 15.
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