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Revision as of 06:21, 17 June 2012
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 12–15, 1980 |
Location | Springfield, New Jersey |
Course(s) | Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,013 yards (6,413 m) |
Field | 156 players, 63 after cut |
Cut | 146 (+6) |
Prize fund | $356,700 |
Winner's share | $55,000 |
Champion | |
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272 (–8) |
The 1980 U.S. Open was the 80th U.S. Open. The golf tournament was held June 12–15, 1980, at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey. Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record to win his fourth U.S. Open title by two strokes over runner-up Isao Aoki.[1]
Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf began the tournament by shooting a record-tying 63 in the first round. Weiskopf, however, did not shoot better than 75 in any other round and finished in 37th place. 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. In the final round, 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.
Nicklaus' winning total of 272 established a new tournament record, breaking his own record of 275 set in 1967, also at Baltusrol. He also tied Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, and Ben Hogan by winning his fourth U.S. Open title. 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 would win four more times on the PGA Tour with two majors, including the 1980 PGA Championship a few months later.
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Jack Nicklaus | ![]() |
1962, 1967, 1972 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 272 | –8 | 1 |
Hale Irwin | ![]() |
1974, 1979 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 282 | +2 | T8 |
Andy North | ![]() |
1978 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 67 | 282 | +2 | T8 |
Lee Trevino | ![]() |
1968, 1971 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 74 | 284 | +4 | T12 |
Hubert Green | ![]() |
1977 | 73 | 73 | 65 | 77 | 288 | +8 | T32 |
Lou Graham | ![]() |
1975 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 77 | 293 | +15 | T51 |
Arnold Palmer | ![]() |
1960 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 78 | 301 | +21 | 63 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won |
---|---|---|
Johnny Miller | ![]() |
1973 |
Gary Player | ![]() |
1965 |
Jerry Pate | ![]() |
1976 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 12, 1980
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Jack Nicklaus | ![]() |
63 | –7 |
Tom Weiskopf | ![]() | |||
T3 | Keith Fergus | ![]() |
66 | –4 |
Mark Hayes | ![]() | |||
Lon Hinkle | ![]() | |||
T6 | Raymond Floyd | ![]() |
67 | –3 |
Jay Haas | ![]() | |||
Calvin Peete | ![]() | |||
T9 | Isao Aoki | ![]() |
68 | –2 |
Mark Lye | ![]() | |||
Andy North | ![]() | |||
Lee Trevino | ![]() |
Second round
Friday, June 13, 1980
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Nicklaus | ![]() |
63-71=134 | –6 |
T2 | Isao Aoki | ![]() |
68-68=136 | –4 |
Keith Fergus | ![]() |
66-70=136 | ||
Lon Hinkle | ![]() |
66-70=136 | ||
Mike Reid | ![]() |
69-67=136 | ||
6 | Mark Hayes | ![]() |
66-71=137 | –3 |
T7 | Pat McGowan | ![]() |
69-69=138 | –2 |
Tom Weiskopf | ![]() |
63-75=138 | ||
T9 | Peter Jacobsen | ![]() |
70-69=139 | –1 |
Tom Watson | ![]() |
71-68=139 |
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
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Isao Aoki | ![]() |
68-68-68=204 | –6 |
Jack Nicklaus | ![]() |
63-71-70=204 | ||
3 | Lon Hinkle | ![]() |
66-70-69=205 | –5 |
T4 | Keith Fergus | ![]() |
66-70-70=206 | –2 |
Mark Hayes | ![]() |
66-71-69=206 | ||
Tom Watson | ![]() |
71-68-67=206 | ||
7 | Craig Stadler | ![]() |
73-67-69=209 | –1 |
T8 | Mike Morley | ![]() |
73-68-69=210 | E |
Lee Trevino | ![]() |
68-73-69=210 | ||
T10 | Bruce Devlin | ![]() |
71-70-70=211 | +1 |
Hubert Green | ![]() |
73-73-65=211 | ||
Jay Haas | ![]() |
67-74-70=211 | ||
Peter Jacobsen | ![]() |
70-69-72=211 | ||
Pat McGowan | ![]() |
69-69-73=211 | ||
Mike Reid | ![]() |
69-67-75=211 | ||
Bill Rogers | ![]() |
69-72-70=211 |
Final round
Sunday, June 15, 1980
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Nicklaus | ![]() |
63-71-70-68=272 | –8 | 55,000 |
2 | Isao Aoki | ![]() |
68-68-68-70=274 | –6 | 29,500 |
T3 | Keith Fergus | ![]() |
66-70-70-70=276 | –4 | 17,400 |
Lon Hinkle | ![]() |
66-70-69-71=276 | |||
Tom Watson | ![]() |
71-68-67-70=276 | |||
T6 | Mark Hayes | ![]() |
66-71-69-74=280 | E | 11,950 |
Mike Reid | ![]() |
69-67-75-69=280 | |||
T8 | Hale Irwin | ![]() |
70-70-73-69=282 | +2 | 8,050 |
Mike Morley | ![]() |
73-68-69-72=282 | |||
Andy North | ![]() |
68-75-72-67=282 | |||
Ed Sneed | ![]() |
72-70-70-70=282 |
Amateurs: Gary Hallberg (+5), Bobby Clampett (+10).
References
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (June 23, 1980). "The Owner of the Open". Sports Illustrated.