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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	1st Prize ($)
Jan 13	Bob Hope Desert Classic	California	Craig Stadler (1)	343 (-17)	50,000
Jan 20	Phoenix Open	Arizona	Jeff Mitchell (1)	272 (-12)	54,000
Jan 27	Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational	California	Tom Watson (19)	275 (-13)	45,000
Feb 2	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	California	George Burns (2)	280 (-8)	54,000
Feb 10	Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	Andy Bean (6)	266 (-22)	58,500
Feb 17	Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open	Arizona	Jim Colbert (6)	270 (-22)	54,000
Feb 24	Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open	California	Tom Watson (20)	276 (-8)	45,000
Mar 2	Bay Hill Classic	Florida	Dave Eichelberger (3)	279 (-5)	54,000
Mar 9	Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic	Florida	Johnny Miller (19)	274 (-14)	54,000
Mar 16	Doral-Eastern Open	Florida	Raymond Floyd (12)	279 (-9)	45,000
Mar 23	Tournament Players Championship	Florida	Lee Trevino (25)	278 (-10)	72,000
Mar 30	Sea Pines Heritage	South Carolina	Doug Tewell (1)	280 (-4)	54,000
Apr 6	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	Craig Stadler (2)	275 (-13)	45,000
Apr 13	Masters	Georgia	Seve Ballesteros (3)	275 (-13)	55,000
Apr 20	Tallahassee Open	Florida	Mark Pfeil (1)	277 (-11)	18,000
Apr 20	MONY Tournament of Champions	California	Tom Watson (21)	276 (-12)	54,000
Apr 28	Greater New Orleans Open	Louisiana	Tom Watson (22)	273 (-15)	45,000
May 4	Michelob-Houston Open	Texas	Curtis Strange (2)	266 (-18)	63,000
May 11	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	Tom Watson (23)	274 (-6)	54,000
May 18	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	Bruce Lietzke (5)	271 (-9)	54,000
May 25	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	David Graham (5)	280 (-8)	54,000
Jun 1	Kemper Open	Maryland	John Mahaffey (5)	275 (-13)	72,000
Jun 8	Atlanta Classic	Georgia	Larry Nelson (3)	270 (-18)	54,000
Jun 15	U.S. Open	New Jersey	Jack Nicklaus (69)	272 (-8)	55,000
Jun 22	Canadian Open	Canada	Bob Gilder (2)	274 (-6)	63,000
Jun 29	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	Tennessee	Lee Trevino (26)	272 (-16)	54,000
Jul 6	Western Open	Illinois	Scott Simpson (1)	281 (-7)	54,000
Jul 13	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	Billy Kratzert (3)	266 (-22)	36,000
Jul 20	Quad Cities Open	Illinois	Scott Hoch (1)	266 (-14)	36,000
Jul 20	British Open	Scotland	Tom Watson (24)	271 (-13)	60,000
Jul 27	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	Howard Twitty (2)	266 (-18)	54,000
Aug 3	IVB-Golf Classic	Pennsylvania	Doug Tewell (2)	272 (-12)	45,000
Aug 10	PGA Championship	New York	Jack Nicklaus (70)	274 (-6)	60,000
Aug 17	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	New York	Curtis Strange (3)	273 (-11)	72,000
Aug 24	Buick-Goodwrench Open	Michigan	Peter Jacobsen (1)	276 (-12)	45,000
Aug 24	World Series of Golf	Ohio	Tom Watson (25)	270 (-10)	100,000
Aug 31	B.C. Open	New York	Don Pooley (1)	271 (-13)	49,500
Sep 7	Pleasant Valley Jimmy Fund Classic	Massachusetts	Wayne Levi (3)	273 (-11)	54,000
Sep 14	Hall of Fame	North Carolina	Phil Hancock (1)	275 (-9)	45,000
Sep 21	San Antonio Texas Open	Texas	Lee Trevino (27)	265 (-15)	45,000
Sep 28	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	California	Ben Crenshaw (8)	272 (-16)	54,000
Oct 5	Southern Open	Georgia	Mike Sullivan (1)	269 (-15)	36,000
Oct 12	Pensacola Open	Florida	Dan Halldorson (1)	275 (-13)	36,000
Oct 19	Walt Disney World National Team Championship	Florida	Danny Edwards (2) David Edwards (1)	253 (-35)	31,500 (each)

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Lee Trevino	United States	69.73
2	Tom Watson	United States	69.95
3	Jerry Pate	United States	70.72
4	Andy Bean	United States	70.73
5	Keith Fergus	United States	70.75

Full 1980 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Tom Watson	United States	530,808	22	7
2	Lee Trevino	United States	385,814	21	3
3	Curtis Strange	United States	271,888	30	2
4	Andy Bean	United States	269,033	27	1
5	Ben Crenshaw	United States	237,727	26	1

Full 1980 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	3,581,212	70
2	Lee Trevino	United States	2,473,991	27
3	Tom Watson	United States	2,202,240	25
4	Arnold Palmer	United States	1,857,552	62
5	Tom Weiskopf	United States	1,829,415	14

Full 1980 Career Official Money List

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Tom Watson	United States
PGA Player of the Year	Tom Watson	United States
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy)	Lee Trevino	United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award)	Lee Trevino	United States

External links

• PGA Tour official site
• 1980 season coverage at golfstats.com