Neha Patil (Editor)

1980 U.S. Open (golf)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Dates
  
June 12–15, 1980

Cut
  
146 (+6)

Tour
  
PGA TOUR

Par
  
70

Length
  
7,076 yards (6,470 m)

Start date
  
1980

Prize fund
  
356,700 USD

1980 U.S. Open (golf)

Location
  
Course(s)
  
Baltusrol Golf Club,Lower Course

Field
  
156 players, 63 after cut

Organized by
  
United States Golf Association

Similar
  
1972 US Open, 1993 US Open, 1986 US Open, 1990 US Open, 1970 US Open

The 1980 U.S. Open was the 80th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record to win his fourth U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Isao Aoki.

Contents

Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf began the tournament by shooting a record-tying 63 in the first round on the Lower Course on Thursday. Weiskopf, however, did not shoot better than 75 in any other round and finished 37th. 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 on Sunday, 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, his sixteenth major title as a professional.

Nicklaus' winning total of 272 established a new U.S. Open standard, breaking the record 275 he set in 1967 on the same Lower Course. 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 won four more times on the PGA Tour with two majors, including the PGA Championship two months later and the Masters in 1986.

Seve Ballesteros, the reigning champion of the British Open and Masters, was late to the course on Friday, missed his tee time, and was disqualified; he had carded a 75 on Thursday.

The U.S. Open returned to the Lower Course in 1993, and the PGA Championship was played there in 2005 and is scheduled for 2016.

Course layout

Lower Course

Source:

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Missed the cut

Source:

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1980

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1980

Source:

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

Source:

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1980

Source:

Amateurs: Gary Hallberg (+5), Bobby Clampett (+10).

References

1980 U.S. Open (golf) Wikipedia


Similar Topics