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

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Lee Trevino69.73
2Tom Watson69.95
3Jerry Pate70.72
4Andy Bean70.73
5Keith Fergus70.75

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Tom Watson530,808227
2Lee Trevino385,814213
3Curtis Strange271,888302
4Andy Bean269,033271
5Ben Crenshaw237,727261

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Jack Nicklaus3,581,21270
2Lee Trevino2,473,99127
3Tom Watson2,202,24025
4Arnold Palmer1,857,55262
5Tom Weiskopf1,829,41514

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Awards