1980 Masters Tournament

The 1980 Masters Tournament was the 44th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

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
Seve Ballesteros
275 (−13)
Augusta 
Location in the United States

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]

Field
1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,11), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (3,4,8,9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (8,9), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,11), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,12)

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Lou Graham (8,11), Hubert Green (8,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,9,12), Andy North (8,9), Jerry Pate (9,10)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Johnny Miller (11)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

John Mahaffey (12), Dave Stockton, Lanny Wadkins (8,12)

5. 1979 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Cecil Ingram III (a), Mark O'Meara (6,a), Joey Rassett (a)

  • John Cook (6) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Jay Sigel (7,a)

7. Members of the 1979 U.S. Walker Cup team

Doug Clarke (a), Doug Fischesser (a), Mike Gove (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Griff Moody (a), Hal Sutton (a), Marty West (a)

  • Scott Hoch and Mike Peck forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1979 Masters Tournament

Miller Barber, Bobby Clampett (a), Lee Elder (9,12), Joe Inman, Tom Kite (12), Billy Kratzert, Bruce Lietzke, Gene Littler, Artie McNickle, Jim Simons (9), J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed (9), Craig Stadler (11), Leonard Thompson, Lee Trevino (11,12)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1979 U.S. Open

Ben Crenshaw (10,11), Keith Fergus, Bob Gilder, Larry Nelson (11,12), Calvin Peete (11), Tom Purtzer, Bill Rogers, Tom Weiskopf

10. Top eight players and ties from 1979 PGA Championship

Rex Caldwell, Gibby Gilbert, Jay Haas, Don January, Ron Streck, Howard Twitty (11)

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Andy Bean (12), George Burns, Jim Colbert, Dave Eichelberger, Ed Fiori, John Fought, Al Geiberger, Lon Hinkle, Wayne Levi, Jerry McGee, Jeff Mitchell, Gil Morgan (12), Jack Renner, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Curtis Strange, Doug Tewell, D. A. Weibring

12. Members of the U.S. 1979 Ryder Cup team

Mark Hayes

13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), David Graham (4,9,10), Mark James, Sandy Lyle, Graham Marsh (9), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tōru Nakamura, Jack Newton (8)

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Nationalities in the field
North America (81)South America (0)Europe (4)Oceania (3)Asia (2)Africa (1)
 United States (81) England (2) Australia (3) Japan (2) South Africa (1)
 Scotland (1)
 Spain (1)

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Gary Player South Africa1961, 1974, 197871717170283−5T6
Tom Watson United States197773697171284−4T12
Raymond Floyd United States197675707467286−2T17
Fuzzy Zoeller United States197972707075287−1T19
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		73737369288ET24
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965,
1966, 1972, 1975		74717373291+3T33
Charles Coody United States197172737176292+4T38
Art Wall Jr. United States195973737777300+1251

Source:[4]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
George Archer United States19697770147+3
Tommy Aaron United States19737674150+6
Doug Ford United States19577775152+8
Gay Brewer United States19678271153+9
Bob Goalby United States19687578153+9
Billy Casper United States19707777154+10
Sam Snead United States1949, 1952, 19547777154+10

Source:[9][10][1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Seve Ballesteros Spain66−6
David Graham Australia
Jeff Mitchell United States
T4Hubert Green United States68−4
Jack Newton Australia
T6Tom Kite United States69−3
Larry Nelson United States
T8Gibby Gilbert United States70−2
Artie McNickle United States
Andy North United States
Jim Simons United States
Ed Sneed United States

Source:[1]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Seve Ballesteros Spain66-69=135−9
T2Rex Caldwell United States73-66=139−5
David Graham Australia66-73=139
T4Tom Kite United States69-71=140−4
Jerry Pate United States72-68=140
Jim Simons United States70-70=140
Ed Sneed United States70-70=140
Doug Tewell United States71-69=140
T9Ed Fiori United States71-70=141−3
Jeff Mitchell United States66-75=141
Larry Nelson United States69-72=141

Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Seve Ballesteros Spain66-69-68=203−13
2Ed Fiori United States71-70-69=210−6
T3David Graham Australia66-73-72=211−5
Jack Newton Australia68-74-69=211
Andy North United States70-72-69=211
J. C. Snead United States73-69-69=211
T7Rex Caldwell United States73-66-73=212−4
Jim Colbert United States72-70-70=212
Gibby Gilbert United States70-74-68=212
Jim Simons United States70-70-72=212
Fuzzy Zoeller United States72-70-70=212

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Seve Ballesteros Spain66-69-68-72=275−1355,000
T2Gibby Gilbert United States70-74-68-67=279−930,500
Jack Newton Australia68-74-69-68=279
4Hubert Green United States68-74-71-67=280−815,750
5David Graham Australia66-73-72-70=281−713,200
T6Ben Crenshaw United States76-70-68-69=283−59,958
Ed Fiori United States71-70-69-73=283
Tom Kite United States69-71-74-69=283
Larry Nelson United States69-72-73-69=283
Jerry Pate United States72-68-76-67=283
Gary Player South Africa71-71-71-70=283

Source:[4][9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14 15161718
Par454343454443545344
Ballesteros−14−14−15−15−16−16−16−16−16−15−15−13−12−12−13−13−13−13
Gilbert−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−8−9−10−10−9
Newton−5−6−6−6−6−7−6−7−6−6−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−9
Green−3−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−4−5−5−7−7−8−8
Graham−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−5−6−6−7−7−7−7
Flori−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−5
Snead−5−6−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3
North−4−1−1−1−1−1−1−1+1+1+1+1+1E−1−1−1E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey +

References
  1. "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. "Can anyone stop Ballesteros now?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1980. p. 2E.
  4. 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. 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. "1980 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  10. "Scoreboard: Masters results". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1980. p. 15.
Preceded by
1979 PGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1980 U.S. Open

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