1980 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1980 U.S. Open was the 80th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record to win his fourth U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Isao Aoki; in fact, as the tournament transpired these two golfers ended up playing all four rounds together.[2][3][4]

1980 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 12–15, 1980
LocationSpringfield, New Jersey
Course(s)Baltusrol Golf Club,
Lower Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,076 yards (6,470 m)[1]
Field156 players, 63 after cut
Cut146 (+6)
Prize fund$356,700
Winner's share$55,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
272 (−8)
Baltusrol
Location in the United States
Baltusrol
Location in New Jersey
Baltusrol
Location in
Union County

Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf began the tournament by shooting a record-tying 63 in the first round on the Lower Course on Thursday.[5] Weiskopf, however, did not shoot better than 75 in any other round and finished 37th. After a second round 71, Nicklaus owned a two-stroke lead over Isao Aoki. Aoki, however, carded a third consecutive round of 68 in the third to tie Nicklaus.[6]

In the final round on Sunday, Nicklaus birdied the 3rd after Aoki recorded a bogey on 2, taking a two-shot lead. Nicklaus, however, could not separate himself from his challenger. After he hit his approach to 3 feet on 10, Aoki made a long putt from the fringe for a birdie. On the 17th Nicklaus holed a 22-footer for birdie while Aoki made his own 5-footer for birdie. And at the 18th Nicklaus rolled in another birdie from 10-feet to win the championship, his sixteenth major title as a professional.[7]

Nicklaus' winning total of 272 established a new U.S. Open standard, breaking the record 275 he set in 1967 on the same Lower Course. He also tied Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, and Ben Hogan by winning his fourth U.S. Open title.[7][8] Nicklaus had failed to win a tournament in 1979 for the first time in his career, and at 40 many believed his best days were behind him. He won four more times on the PGA Tour with two majors, including the PGA Championship two months later and the Masters in 1986.

Seve Ballesteros, the reigning champion of the British Open and Masters, was late to the course on Friday, missed his tee time, and was disqualified; he had carded a 75 on Thursday.[9][10]

The U.S. Open returned to the Lower Course in 1993, and the PGA Championship was played there in 2005 and in 2016.

Course layout
Main article: Baltusrol Golf Club

Lower Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4653774381943884704703742053,3814544281933934094302166305423,6957,076
Par444344443344434443553670

Source:[1]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jack Nicklaus United States1962, 1967, 197263717068272−81
Hale Irwin United States1974, 197970707369282+2T8
Andy North United States197868757267282+2T8
Lee Trevino United States1968, 197168736974284+4T12
Hubert Green United States197773736577288+8T32
Gene Littler United States196172687575290+10T38
Lou Graham United States197573717277293+13T51
Arnold Palmer United States196073737778301+2163

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Johnny Miller United States19737275147+7
Gary Player South Africa19657772149+9
Jerry Pate United States19767773150+10

Source:[11]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jack Nicklaus United States63−7
Tom Weiskopf United States
T3Keith Fergus United States66−4
Mark Hayes United States
Lon Hinkle United States
T6Raymond Floyd United States67−3
Jay Haas United States
Calvin Peete United States
T9Isao Aoki Japan68−2
Mark Lye United States
Andy North United States
Lee Trevino United States

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus United States63-71=134−6
T2Isao Aoki Japan68-68=136−4
Keith Fergus United States66-70=136
Lon Hinkle United States66-70=136
Mike Reid United States69-67=136
6Mark Hayes United States66-71=137−3
T7Pat McGowan United States69-69=138−2
Tom Weiskopf United States63-75=138
T9Peter Jacobsen United States70-69=139−1
Tom Watson United States71-68=139

Source:[11]

Amateurs: Hallberg (+2), Clampett (+6), Sigel (+7), Sindelar (+7), Wagner (+9), Wood (+10), Blake (+11), Sutton (+11), Rassett (+13), Sluman (+15), Clearwater (+16), Mudd (+16), Norton (+16), O'Meara (+16), Bergin (+17), Landers (+20), Chalas (+21), Glickley (+22).

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Isao Aoki Japan68-68-68=204−6
Jack Nicklaus United States63-71-70=204
3Lon Hinkle United States66-70-69=205−5
T4Keith Fergus United States66-70-70=206−4
Mark Hayes United States66-71-69=206
Tom Watson United States71-68-67=206
7Craig Stadler United States73-67-69=209−1
T8Mike Morley United States73-68-69=210E
Lee Trevino United States68-73-69=210
T10Bruce Devlin Australia71-70-70=211+1
Hubert Green United States73-73-65=211
Jay Haas United States67-74-70=211
Peter Jacobsen United States70-69-72=211
Pat McGowan United States69-69-73=211
Mike Reid United States69-67-75=211
Bill Rogers United States69-72-70=211

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1980

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jack Nicklaus United States63-71-70-68=272−855,000
2Isao Aoki Japan68-68-68-70=274−629,500
T3Keith Fergus United States66-70-70-70=276−417,400
Lon Hinkle United States66-70-69-71=276
Tom Watson United States71-68-67-70=276
T6Mark Hayes United States66-71-69-74=280E11,950
Mike Reid United States69-67-75-69=280
T8Hale Irwin United States70-70-73-69=282+28,050
Mike Morley United States73-68-69-72=282
Andy North United States68-75-72-67=282
Ed Sneed United States72-70-70-70=282

Source:[5]

Amateurs: Gary Hallberg (+5), Bobby Clampett (+10).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444344443443444355
Nicklaus−6−6−7−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−8
Aoki−6−5−5−4−4−4−3−4−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6
Fergus−4−4−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−4
Hinkle−5−5−5−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4
Watson−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4
Hayes−3−3−3−2−2−2−1−1E−1EEEEEEEE
Reid+1+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+1+1+1EE

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[12]

References
  1. "Site of 1980 U.S. Open". Chicago Tribune. June 12, 1980. p. 6, section 4.
  2. "Jack is back!". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 16, 1980. p. 15.
  3. Parascenzo, Marino (June 16, 1980). "Jack Nicklaus regains form, wins 4th Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
  4. Jenkins, Dan (June 23, 1980). "The Owner of the Open". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  5. Loomis, Tom (June 13, 1980). "Nicklaus, Weiskopf fire twin record-tying scores". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 23.
  6. "Nicklaus' putter turns Open into tie". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 15, 1980. p. 3C.
  7. Loomis, Tom (June 16, 1980). "Nicklaus wins fourth Open". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 13.
  8. Etzel, Pete (June 16, 1980). "Nicklaus resurrected amid wave of love". Milwaukee Journal. p. 8, part 2.
  9. Lyon, Bill (June 14, 1980). "USGA says adios, Seve". Chicago Tribune. Knight-Ridder News Service. p. 2, section 2.
  10. "Ballesteros disqualified in Open". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. June 13, 1980. p. 23.
  11. "Golf: U.S. Open". Chicago Tribune. June 14, 1980. p. 4, section 2.
  12. "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
Preceded by
1980 Masters		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1980 Open Championship

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