1980 PGA Tour

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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)Winner's
share ($)		Notes
Jan 13Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Craig Stadler (1)343 (−17)250,000|50,000
Jan 20Phoenix OpenArizona Jeff Mitchell (1)272 (−12)300,000|54,000
Jan 27Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Tom Watson (19)275 (−13)250,000|45,000
Feb 3Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia George Burns (2)280 (−8)300,000|54,000
Feb 10Hawaiian OpenHawaii Andy Bean (6)266 (−22)325,000|58,500
Feb 19Joe Garagiola-Tucson OpenArizona Jim Colbert (6)270 (−22)300,000|54,000
Feb 24Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Tom Watson (20)276 (−8)250,000|45,000
Mar 2Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Dave Eichelberger (3)279 (−5)300,000|54,000
Mar 9Jackie Gleason-Inverrary ClassicFlorida Johnny Miller (19)274 (−14)300,000|54,000
Mar 16Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Raymond Floyd (12)279 (−9)250,000|45,000
Mar 23Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Lee Trevino (25)278 (−10)440,000|72,000
Mar 30Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina Doug Tewell (1)280 (−4)300,000|54,000
Apr 6Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Craig Stadler (2)275 (−13)250,000|45,000
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgia Seve Ballesteros (3)275 (−13)360,000|55,000
Apr 13Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Roger Maltbie (n/a)65 (−5)25,0004,500Satellite event
Apr 20MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Tom Watson (21)276 (−12)300,000|54,000
Apr 20Tallahassee OpenFlorida Mark Pfeil (1)277 (−11)100,000|18,000Alternate event
Apr 27Greater New Orleans OpenLouisiana Tom Watson (22)273 (−15)250,000|45,000
May 4Michelob-Houston OpenTexas Curtis Strange (2)266 (−18)350,000|63,000
May 11Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Tom Watson (23)274 (−6)300,000|54,000
May 18Colonial National InvitationTexas Bruce Lietzke (5)271 (−9)300,000|54,000
May 25Memorial TournamentOhio David Graham (5)280 (−8)300,000|54,000
Jun 1Kemper OpenMaryland John Mahaffey (5)275 (−13)400,000|72,000
Jun 8Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Larry Nelson (3)270 (−18)300,000|54,000
Jun 15U.S. OpenNew Jersey Jack Nicklaus (69)272 (−8)355,000|55,000
Jun 22Canadian OpenCanada Bob Gilder (2)274 (−6)350,000|63,000
Jun 29Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Lee Trevino (26)272 (−16)300,000|54,000
Jul 6Western OpenIllinois Scott Simpson (1)281 (−7)300,000|54,000
Jul 13Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Billy Kratzert (3)266 (−22)200,000|36,000
Jul 20British OpenScotland Tom Watson (24)271 (−13)480,000|60,000
Jul 20Quad Cities OpenIllinois Scott Hoch (1)266 (−14)200,000|36,000
Jul 27Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Howard Twitty (2)266 (−18)300,000|54,000
Aug 3IVB-Golf ClassicPennsylvania Doug Tewell (2)272 (−12)250,000|45,000
Aug 10PGA ChampionshipNew York Jack Nicklaus (70)274 (−6)375,000|60,000
Aug 17Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Curtis Strange (3)273 (−11)400,000|72,000
Aug 24Buick-Goodwrench OpenMichigan Peter Jacobsen (1)276 (−12)250,000|45,000
Aug 24World Series of GolfOhio Tom Watson (25)270 (−10)400,000|100,000
Aug 31B.C. OpenNew York Don Pooley (1)271 (−13)275,000|49,500
Sep 7Pleasant Valley Jimmy Fund ClassicMassachusetts Wayne Levi (3)273 (−11)300,000|54,000
Sep 14Hall of FameNorth Carolina Phil Hancock (1)275 (−9)250,000|45,000
Sep 21San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Lee Trevino (27)265 (−15)250,000|45,000
Sep 28Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicCalifornia Ben Crenshaw (8)272 (−16)300,000|54,000
Oct 5Southern OpenGeorgia Mike Sullivan (1)269 (−11)200,000|36,000
Oct 12Pensacola OpenFlorida Dan Halldorson (1)275 (−13)200,000|36,000
Oct 19Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida Danny Edwards (2)
David Edwards (1)		253 (−35)350,000|31,500
(each)

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Lee Trevino United States69.73
2Tom Watson United States69.95
3Jerry Pate United States70.72
4Andy Bean United States70.73
5Keith Fergus United States70.75

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tom Watson United States530,808227
2Lee Trevino United States385,814213
3Curtis Strange United States271,888302
4Andy Bean United States269,033271
5Ben Crenshaw United States237,727261

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Jack Nicklaus United States3,581,21270
2Lee Trevino United States2,473,99127
3Tom Watson United States2,202,24025
4Arnold Palmer United States1,857,55262
5Tom Weiskopf United States1,829,41514

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerTom Watson United States
PGA Player of the YearTom Watson United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Lee Trevino United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Lee Trevino United States

References
  1. "1980 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1980". PGA Tour.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1980". PGA Tour.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1980". PGA Tour.
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