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The 1980 PGA Tour season was played from January 10 to October 19. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Tom Watson won the most tournaments, seven, and there were 11 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1980 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
Winner's share ($)
Jan 13
Bob Hope Desert Classic
California
Craig Stadler (1)
343 (−17)
250,000
50,000
Jan 20
Phoenix Open
Arizona
Jeff Mitchell (1)
272 (−12)
300,000
54,000
Jan 27
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
California
Tom Watson (19)
275 (−13)
250,000
45,000
Feb 3
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
California
George Burns (2)
280 (−8)
300,000
54,000
Feb 10
Hawaiian Open
Hawaii
Andy Bean (6)
266 (−22)
325,000
58,500
Feb 19
Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open
Arizona
Jim Colbert (6)
270 (−22)
300,000
54,000
Feb 24
Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open
California
Tom Watson (20)
276 (−8)
250,000
45,000
Mar 2
Bay Hill Classic
Florida
Dave Eichelberger (3)
279 (−5)
300,000
54,000
Mar 9
Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic
Florida
Johnny Miller (19)
274 (−14)
300,000
54,000
Mar 16
Doral-Eastern Open
Florida
Raymond Floyd (12)
279 (−9)
250,000
45,000
Mar 23
Tournament Players Championship
Florida
Lee Trevino (25)
278 (−10)
440,000
72,000
Mar 30
Sea Pines Heritage
South Carolina
Doug Tewell (1)
280 (−4)
300,000
54,000
Apr 6
Greater Greensboro Open
North Carolina
Craig Stadler (2)
275 (−13)
250,000
45,000
Apr 13
Masters Tournament
Georgia
Seve Ballesteros (3)
275 (−13)
360,000
55,000
Apr 20
Tallahassee Open
Florida
Mark Pfeil (1)
277 (−11)
100,000
18,000
Apr 20
MONY Tournament of Champions
California
Tom Watson (21)
276 (−12)
300,000
54,000
Apr 27
Greater New Orleans Open
Louisiana
Tom Watson (22)
273 (−15)
250,000
45,000
May 4
Michelob-Houston Open
Texas
Curtis Strange (2)
266 (−18)
350,000
63,000
May 11
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Texas
Tom Watson (23)
274 (−6)
300,000
54,000
May 18
Colonial National Invitation
Texas
Bruce Lietzke (5)
271 (−9)
300,000
54,000
May 25
Memorial Tournament
Ohio
David Graham (5)
280 (−8)
300,000
54,000
Jun 1
Kemper Open
Maryland
John Mahaffey (5)
275 (−13)
400,000
72,000
Jun 8
Atlanta Classic
Georgia
Larry Nelson (3)
270 (−18)
300,000
54,000
Jun 15
U.S. Open
New Jersey
Jack Nicklaus (69)
272 (−8)
355,000
55,000
Jun 22
Canadian Open
Canada
Bob Gilder (2)
274 (−6)
350,000
63,000
Jun 29
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
Tennessee
Lee Trevino (26)
272 (−16)
300,000
54,000
Jul 6
Western Open
Illinois
Scott Simpson (1)
281 (−7)
300,000
54,000
Jul 13
Greater Milwaukee Open
Wisconsin
Billy Kratzert (3)
266 (−22)
200,000
36,000
Jul 20
Quad Cities Open
Illinois
Scott Hoch (1)
266 (−14)
200,000
36,000
Jul 20
British Open
Scotland
Tom Watson (24)
271 (−13)
480,000
60,000
Jul 27
Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
Connecticut
Howard Twitty (2)
266 (−18)
300,000
54,000
Aug 3
IVB-Golf Classic
Pennsylvania
Doug Tewell (2)
272 (−12)
250,000
45,000
Aug 10
PGA Championship
New York
Jack Nicklaus (70)
274 (−6)
375,000
60,000
Aug 17
Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
New York
Curtis Strange (3)
273 (−11)
400,000
72,000
Aug 24
Buick-Goodwrench Open
Michigan
Peter Jacobsen (1)
276 (−12)
250,000
45,000
Aug 24
World Series of Golf
Ohio
Tom Watson (25)
270 (−10)
400,000
100,000
Aug 31
B.C. Open
New York
Don Pooley (1)
271 (−13)
275,000
49,500
Sep 7
Pleasant Valley Jimmy Fund Classic
Massachusetts
Wayne Levi (3)
273 (−11)
300,000
54,000
Sep 14
Hall of Fame
North Carolina
Phil Hancock (1)
275 (−9)
250,000
45,000
Sep 21
San Antonio Texas Open
Texas
Lee Trevino (27)
265 (−15)
250,000
45,000
Sep 28
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic
California
Ben Crenshaw (8)
272 (−16)
300,000
54,000
Oct 5
Southern Open
Georgia
Mike Sullivan (1)
269 (−11)
200,000
36,000
Oct 12
Pensacola Open
Florida
Dan Halldorson (1)
275 (−13)
200,000
36,000
Oct 19
Walt Disney World National Team Championship
Florida
Danny Edwards (2) David Edwards (1)
253 (−35)
350,000
31,500 (each)
Source:[1]
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:[2]
Money List leaders
Source:[3]
Career Money List leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
Wins
1
Jack Nicklaus
United States
3,581,212
70
2
Lee Trevino
United States
2,473,991
27
3
Tom Watson
United States
2,202,240
25
4
Arnold Palmer
United States
1,857,552
62
5
Tom Weiskopf
United States
1,829,415
14
Source:[4]
Awards
References
External links
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