1980 LPGA Tour


The 1980 LPGA Tour was the 31st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 9. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner won the most tournaments, five each. Beth Daniel led the money list with earnings of $231,000.
There were five first-time winners in 1980: Barbara Barrow, Dot Germain, Dale Lundquist, Tatsuko Ohsako, and Donna White.
The tournament results 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 1st prize
Feb 4Whirlpool Championship of Deer CreekFlorida JoAnne Carner 282 100,00015,000
Feb 10Elizabeth Arden ClassicFlorida Jane Blalock 283 100,00015,000
Feb 17S&H Golf ClassicFlorida Dot Germain 209 100,00015,000
Feb 24Bent Tree Ladies ClassicFlorida JoAnne Carner 280 100,00015,000
Mar 2Sun City ClassicArizona Jan Stephenson 275 100,00015,000
Mar 9Sunstar ClassicCalifornia JoAnne Carner 207 125,00018,750
Mar 16Honda Civic Golf ClassicCalifornia JoAnne Carner 279 150,00022,500
Mar 23LPGA National Pro-AmNevada Donna Caponi 286 200,00030,000
Mar 30Women's Kemper OpenCalifornia Nancy Lopez 284 150,00022,500
Apr 6Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's CircleCalifornia Donna Caponi 275 250,00037,500
Apr 13American Defender/WRAL ClassicNorth Carolina Amy Alcott 206 100,00015,000
Apr 20Florida Lady CitrusFlorida Donna White 283 100,00015,000
Apr 27Birmingham ClassicAlabama Barbara Barrow 210 100,00015,000
May 4CPC Women's InternationalSouth Carolina Hollis Stacy 279 100,00015,000
May 11Lady MichelobGeorgia Pam Higgins 208 100,00015,000
May 18Coca-Cola ClassicNew Jersey Donna White 217 125,00018,750
May 25Corning ClassicNew York Donna Caponi 281 100,00015,000
Jun 1Golden Lights ChampionshipNew York Beth Daniel 287 125,00018,750
Jun 8LPGA ChampionshipOhio Sally Little 285 150,00022,500
Jun 15Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Dale Lundquist 276 150,00022,500
Jun 22Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania JoAnne Carner 207 100,00015,000
Jun 29The Sarah CoventryNew York Nancy Lopez 283 125,00018,750
Jul 6Mayflower ClassicIndiana Amy Alcott 275 150,00022,500
Jul 13U.S. Women's OpenTennessee Amy Alcott 280 140,00020,047
Jul 20Greater Baltimore Golf ClassicMaryland Pat Bradley 206 100,00015,000
Jul 27WUI ClassicNew York Sally Little 284 125,00018,750
Aug 3West Virginia LPGA ClassicWest Virginia Sandra Post 211 100,00015,000
Aug 10Peter Jackson ClassicCanada Pat Bradley 277 150,00022,500
Aug 17Patty Berg Golf ClassicMinnesota Beth Daniel 210 100,00015,000
Aug 24Columbia Savings LPGA ClassicColorado Beth Daniel 276 150,00022,500
Sep 1Rail Charity Golf ClassicIllinois Nancy Lopez 275 125,00018,750
Sep 7World Series of Women's GolfOhio Beth Daniel 282 150,00046,500
Sep 7Barth ClassicIndiana Sandra Spuzich 212 100,00015,000
Sep 14United Virginia Bank ClassicVirginia Donna Caponi 277 100,00015,000
Sep 21ERA Real Estate ClassicKansas Donna Caponi 283 100,00015,000
Sep 28Mary Kay ClassicTexas Jerilyn Britz 139 ^150,00022,500
Oct 12Inamori Golf ClassicCalifornia Amy Alcott 280 150,00022,500
Nov 9Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Tatsuko Ohsako 213 225,00026,250

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Awards