1980 LPGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 5–8, 1980 |
Location | Mason, Ohio |
Course(s) | Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Grizzly Course [1] |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,313 yards (5,773 m)[2] |
Cut | 151 (+7) |
Prize fund | $150,000 |
Winner's share | $22,500 |
Champion | |
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285 (−3) | |
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Location in OhioThe 1980 LPGA Championship was the 26th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.
Sally Little won the first of her two major titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock.[3][4]
Past champions in the field[]
Made the cut[]
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Donna Caponi Young | ![]() |
1979 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 289 | +1 | T3 |
Nancy Lopez-Melton | ![]() |
1978 | 67 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 294 | +6 | T19 |
Kathy Ahern | ![]() |
1972 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 78 | 298 | +10 | T31 |
Sandra Post | ![]() |
1968 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 78 | 301 | +13 | T45 |
Marlene Hagge | ![]() |
1956 | 72 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 303 | +15 | T54 |
Source:[5]
Missed the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Betty Burfeindt | ![]() |
1976 | 76 | 80 | 156 | +12 |
Judy Kimball | ![]() |
1962 | 76 | 83 | 159 | +15 |
Kathy Whitworth | ![]() |
1967, 1971, 1975 | 83 | 78 | 161 | +17 |
Louise Suggs | ![]() |
1957 | 82 | 80 | 162 | +18 |
Source:[6]
Final leaderboard[]
Sunday, June 8, 1980
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Sally Little | ![]() |
69-70-73-73=285 | −3 | 22,500 |
2 | Jane Blalock | ![]() |
70-69-75-74=288 | E | 14,700 |
T3 | Donna Caponi Young | ![]() |
72-73-72-72=289 | +1 | 6,810 |
JoAnne Carner | ![]() |
71-75-70-73=289 | |||
Beth Daniel | ![]() |
72-70-73-74=289 | |||
Dot Germain | ![]() |
76-70-72-71=289 | |||
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70-71-74-74=289 | ||||
8 | Jo Ann Washam | ![]() |
72-73-71-74=290 | +2 | 4,350 |
9 | Vicki Fergon | ![]() |
73-74-70-74=291 | +3 | 4,050 |
T10 | Amy Alcott | ![]() |
73-71-75-73=292 | +4 | 3,168 |
Jerilyn Britz | ![]() |
69-76-74-73=292 | |||
Lori Garbacz | ![]() |
73-74-74-71=292 | |||
Sandra Palmer | ![]() |
72-71-68-81=292 | |||
Hollis Stacy | ![]() |
70-76-73-73=292 |
Source:[5]
References[]
- ^ "Nancy at home in championship". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). AP, UPI wires. June 6, 1980. p. 3C.
- ^ "Blalock, Little catch Melton". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. June 7, 1980. p. 6C.
- ^ "Little captures first big crown". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 9, 1980. p. 16.
- ^ "Little turns break at nine into first major golf title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. June 9, 1980. p. 4C.
- ^ a b "LPGA scores". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 9, 1980. p. 18.
- ^ "Will the wind blow Blalock to LPGA win?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. June 7, 1980. p. 2B.
External links[]
Categories:
- Women's PGA Championship
- Golf in Ohio
- 1980 in women's golf
- 1980 in American women's sports
- 1980 in sports in Ohio
- June 1980 sports events in the United States