1980 Masters Tournament
Seve Ballesteros, age 23, won his first Masters and second major championship title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert. Ballesteros had a seven stroke lead after 54 holes and extended it to ten strokes after the front nine of the final round at 16-under-par, eyeing the Masters record of 271 (−17) set by Jack Nicklaus in 1965 (and equaled by Raymond Floyd in 1976). A new record (of 270 or lower) was to be rewarded with a $50,000 bonus from Golf magazine. An hour later, after he found the water at 12 and 13 at Amen Corner, the lead had been reduced to three. Ballesteros regrouped with a birdie at 15 and parred the rest to shoot even-par 72 for the round and held on for the victory.
Well back in the field on Sunday, Nicklaus, age 40, was paired with Arnold Palmer, age 50, which drew large galleries. Palmer shot 69 to finish at even par and T24, Nicklaus had 73 to finish at 291 (+3) and T33. It was their first pairing at Augusta in five years and the first time Palmer had finished higher than Nicklaus there since 1967. Nicklaus regrouped and won two majors in 1980, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship and was the runner-up the following April.
Ballesteros, of Spain, was the first winner of the Masters from Europe, and won a second green jacket in 1983.
This was the final Masters with Bermuda and ryegrass greens, which were replaced with bentgrass following this tournament.
Field
- 1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,11), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (3,4,8,9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (8,9), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,11), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,12)
- Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.
- The following categories only apply to Americans
- 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Lou Graham (8,11), Hubert Green (8,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,9,12), Andy North (8,9), Jerry Pate (9,10)
- 3. The Open champions (last five years)
Johnny Miller (11)
- 4. PGA champions (last five years)
John Mahaffey (12), Dave Stockton, Lanny Wadkins (8,12)
- 5. 1979 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
Cecil Ingram III (a), Mark O'Meara (6,a), Joey Rassett (a)
- John Cook (6) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
- 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
Jay Sigel (7,a)
- 7. Members of the 1979 U.S. Walker Cup team
Doug Clarke (a), Doug Fischesser (a), Mike Gove (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Griff Moody (a), Hal Sutton (a), Marty West (a)
- Scott Hoch and Mike Peck forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.
- 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1979 Masters Tournament
Miller Barber, Bobby Clampett (a), Lee Elder (9,12), Joe Inman, Tom Kite (12), Billy Kratzert, Bruce Lietzke, Gene Littler, Artie McNickle, Jim Simons (9), J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed (9), Craig Stadler (11), Leonard Thompson, Lee Trevino (11,12)
- 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1979 U.S. Open
Ben Crenshaw (10,11), Keith Fergus, Bob Gilder, Larry Nelson (11,12), Calvin Peete (11), Tom Purtzer, Bill Rogers, Tom Weiskopf
- 10. Top eight players and ties from 1979 PGA Championship
Rex Caldwell, Gibby Gilbert, Jay Haas, Don January, Ron Streck, Howard Twitty (11)
- 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Andy Bean (12), George Burns, Jim Colbert, Dave Eichelberger, Ed Fiori, John Fought, Al Geiberger, Lon Hinkle, Wayne Levi, Jerry McGee, Jeff Mitchell, Gil Morgan (12), Jack Renner, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Curtis Strange, Doug Tewell, D. A. Weibring
- 12. Members of the U.S. 1979 Ryder Cup team
- 13. Foreign invitations
Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), David Graham (4,9,10), Mark James, Sandy Lyle, Graham Marsh (9), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tōru Nakamura, Jack Newton (8)
- Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 10, 1980
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | Seve Ballesteros | 66 | −6 |
David Graham | |||
Jeff Mitchell | |||
T4 | Hubert Green | 68 | −4 |
Jack Newton | |||
T6 | Tom Kite | 69 | −3 |
Larry Nelson | |||
T8 | Gibby Gilbert | 70 | −2 |
Artie McNickle | |||
Andy North | |||
Jim Simons | |||
Ed Sneed |
Source:
Second round
Friday, April 11, 1980
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Seve Ballesteros | 66-69=135 | −9 |
T2 | Rex Caldwell | 73-66=139 | −5 |
David Graham | 66-73=139 | ||
T4 | Tom Kite | 69-71=140 | −4 |
Jerry Pate | 72-68=140 | ||
Jim Simons | 70-70=140 | ||
Ed Sneed | 70-70=140 | ||
Doug Tewell | 71-69=140 | ||
T9 | Ed Fiori | 71-70=141 | −3 |
Jeff Mitchell | 66-75=141 | ||
Larry Nelson | 69-72=141 |
Source:
Third round
Saturday, April 12, 1980
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Seve Ballesteros | 66-69-68=203 | −13 |
2 | Ed Fiori | 71-70-69=210 | −6 |
T3 | David Graham | 66-73-72=211 | −5 |
Jack Newton | 68-74-69=211 | ||
Andy North | 70-72-69=211 | ||
J. C. Snead | 73-69-69=211 | ||
T7 | Rex Caldwell | 73-66-73=212 | −4 |
Jim Colbert | 72-70-70=212 | ||
Gibby Gilbert | 70-74-68=212 | ||
Jim Simons | 70-70-72=212 | ||
Fuzzy Zoeller | 72-70-70=212 |
Source:
Final round
Sunday, April 13, 1980
Final leaderboard
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Seve Ballesteros | 66-69-68-72=275 | −13 | 55,000 |
T2 | Gibby Gilbert | 70-74-68-67=279 | −9 | 30,500 |
Jack Newton | 68-74-69-68=279 | |||
4 | Hubert Green | 68-74-71-67=280 | −8 | 15,750 |
5 | David Graham | 66-73-72-70=281 | −7 | 13,200 |
T6 | Ben Crenshaw | 76-70-68-69=283 | −5 | 9,958 |
Ed Fiori | 71-70-69-73=283 | |||
Tom Kite | 69-71-74-69=283 | |||
Larry Nelson | 69-72-73-69=283 | |||
Jerry Pate | 72-68-76-67=283 | |||
Gary Player (c) | 71-71-71-70=283 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T12 | Andy Bean | 74-72-68-70=284 | −4 | 7,250 | |
Tom Watson (c) | 73-69-71-71=284 | ||||
T14 | Jim Colbert | 72-70-70-73=285 | −3 | 5,917 | |
Jack Renner | 72-70-72-71=285 | ||||
J. C. Snead | 73-69-69-74=285 | ||||
T17 | Raymond Floyd (c) | 75-70-74-67=286 | −2 | 5,075 | |
Jay Haas | 72-74-70-70=286 | ||||
T19 | Billy Kratzert | 73-69-72-73=287 | −1 | 3,990 | |
Gil Morgan | 74-71-75-67=287 | ||||
Calvin Peete | 73-71-76-67=287 | ||||
Jim Simons | 70-70-72-75=287 | ||||
Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 72-70-70-75=287 | ||||
T24 | Andy North | 70-72-69-77=288 | E | 3,025 | |
Arnold Palmer (c) | 73-73-73-69=288 | ||||
T26 | Keith Fergus | 72-71-72-74=289 | +1 | 2,430 | |
Lou Graham | 71-74-71-73=289 | ||||
Jay Sigel (a) | 71-71-73-74=289 | 0 | |||
Craig Stadler | 74-70-72-73=289 | 2,430 | |||
Dave Stockton | 74-70-76-69=289 | ||||
Lee Trevino | 74-71-70-74=289 | ||||
32 | Tom Purtzer | 72-71-74-73=290 | +2 | 2,150 | |
T33 | John Fought | 74-72-74-71=291 | +3 | 1,860 | |
Joe Inman | 74-70-75-72=291 | ||||
Graham Marsh | 71-72-72-76=291 | ||||
Jack Nicklaus (c) | 74-71-73-73=291 | ||||
Bill Rogers | 73-71-76-71=291 | ||||
T38 | Rex Caldwell | 73-66-73-80=292 | +4 | 1,525 | |
Charles Coody (c) | 72-73-71-76=292 | ||||
Johnny Miller | 74-72-71-75=292 | ||||
Jeff Mitchell | 66-75-75-76=292 | ||||
Doug Tewell | 71-69-79-73=292 | ||||
Howard Twitty | 72-72-77-71=292 | ||||
T44 | Jim Holtgrieve (a) | 74-72-77-70=293 | +5 | 0 | |
John Mahaffey | 75-70-73-75=293 | 1,500 | |||
Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 74-72-71-76=293 | ||||
Ed Sneed | 70-70-79-74=293 | ||||
48 | Sandy Lyle | 76-70-70-78=294 | +6 | 1,500 | |
49 | Gene Littler | 72-72-77-75=296 | +8 | 1,500 | |
50 | Bobby Clampett (a) | 72-71-79-75=297 | +9 | 0 | |
51 | Art Wall Jr. (c) | 73-73-77-77=300 | +12 | 1,500 | |
52 | Hal Sutton (a) | 73-73-82-73=301 | +13 | 0 | |
CUT | George Archer (c) | 77-70=147 | +3 | ||
George Burns | 77-70=147 | ||||
Dave Eichelberger | 75-72=147 | ||||
Bob Gilder | 76-71=147 | ||||
Hale Irwin | 74-73=147 | ||||
Don January | 75-72=147 | ||||
Wayne Levi | 76-71=147 | ||||
Joey Rassett (a) | 73-74=147 | ||||
Curtis Strange | 77-70=147 | ||||
Miller Barber | 76-72=148 | +4 | |||
Mark James | 74-74=148 | ||||
Ron Streck | 75-73=148 | ||||
Leonard Thompson | 75-73=148 | ||||
Cecil Ingram III (a) | 74-75=149 | +5 | |||
Artie McNickle | 70-79=149 | ||||
Tommy Aaron (c) | 76-74=150 | +6 | |||
Mark Hayes | 74-76=150 | ||||
Bruce Lietzke | 81-69=150 | ||||
Lanny Wadkins | 76-75=151 | +7 | |||
D. A. Weibring | 77-74=151 | ||||
Doug Ford (c) | 77-75=152 | +8 | |||
Al Geiberger | 77-75=152 | ||||
Mike Gove (a) | 78-74=152 | ||||
Jerry McGee | 82-70=152 | ||||
Tōru Nakamura | 81-71=152 | ||||
Gay Brewer (c) | 82-71=153 | +9 | |||
Lee Elder | 76-77=153 | ||||
Bob Goalby (c) | 75-78=153 | ||||
Isao Aoki | 77-77=154 | +10 | |||
Billy Casper (c) | 77-77=154 | ||||
Sam Snead (c) | 77-77=154 | ||||
Doug Fischesser (a) | 78-77=155 | +11 | |||
Peter McEvoy (a) | 79-76=155 | ||||
Griff Moody (a) | 79-76=155 | ||||
Marty West (a) | 82-78=160 | +16 | |||
Mark O'Meara (a) | 80-81=161 | +17 | |||
Tom Weiskopf | 85-79=164 | +20 | |||
Doug Clarke (a) | 89-85=174 | +30 | |||
WD | Lon Hinkle | 78 | +6 |
Sources:
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey + |
References
- ^ "Trio with 66s lead Masters". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 11, 1980. p. 22.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1980). "The Reign of Spain". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
- ^ "Can anyone stop Ballesteros now?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1980. p. 2E.
- ^ Glick, Shav (April 14, 1980). "Seve lets it get interesting". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
- ^ Parascenzo, Marino (April 14, 1980). "Seve cards 275, wins Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 15.
- ^ Loomis, Tom (April 14, 1980). "Ballesteros listens well, holds on to win Masters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 17.
- ^ Loomis, Tom (April 14, 1980). "Jack, Arnie bring back memories". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 17.
- ^ Boswell, Thomas (April 7, 1982). "Everything normal at Augusta National". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). (Washington Post). p. 21.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Masters results". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1980. p. 15.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links
- Masters.com – past winners
- Augusta.com – 1980 Masters leaderboard and scorecards