1980 Masters Tournament

1980 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 10–13, 1980
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,040 yards (6,437 m)^[1]
Field	91 players, 52 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	$359,949
Winner's share	$55,000
Champion
Seve Ballesteros
275 (−13)
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Augusta

Location in the United States

The 1980 Masters Tournament was the 44th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Seve Ballesteros, age 23, won his first Masters and second major championship title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert.^[2] Ballesteros had a seven stroke lead after 54 holes^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]

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.^[4] It was their first pairing at Augusta in five years and the first time Palmer had finished higher than Nicklaus there since 1967.^[7] 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.^[8]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	71	71	71	70	283	−5	T6
Tom Watson	United States	1977	73	69	71	71	284	−4	T12
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	75	70	74	67	286	−2	T17
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	72	70	70	75	287	−1	T19
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	73	73	73	69	288	E	T24
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975	74	71	73	73	291	+3	T33
Charles Coody	United States	1971	72	73	71	76	292	+4	T38
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	73	73	77	77	300	+12	51

Source:^[4]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
George Archer	United States	1969	77	70	147	+3
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	76	74	150	+6
Doug Ford	United States	1957	77	75	152	+8
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	82	71	153	+9
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	75	78	153	+9
Billy Casper	United States	1970	77	77	154	+10
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	77	77	154	+10

Source:^[9]^[10]^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	66	−6
	David Graham	Australia
	Jeff Mitchell	United States
T4	Hubert Green	United States	68	−4
T4	Jack Newton	Australia	68	−4
T6	Tom Kite	United States	69	−3
T6	Larry Nelson	United States	69	−3
T8	Gibby Gilbert	United States	70	−2
	Artie McNickle	United States
	Andy North	United States
	Jim Simons	United States
	Ed Sneed	United States

Source:^[1]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	66-69=135	−9
T2	Rex Caldwell	United States	73-66=139	−5
T2	David Graham	Australia	66-73=139	−5
T4	Tom Kite	United States	69-71=140	−4
	Jerry Pate	United States	72-68=140
	Jim Simons	United States	70-70=140
	Ed Sneed	United States	70-70=140
	Doug Tewell	United States	71-69=140
T9	Ed Fiori	United States	71-70=141	−3
	Jeff Mitchell	United States	66-75=141
	Larry Nelson	United States	69-72=141

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	66-69-68=203	−13
2	Ed Fiori	United States	71-70-69=210	−6
T3	David Graham	Australia	66-73-72=211	−5
	Jack Newton	Australia	68-74-69=211
	Andy North	United States	70-72-69=211
	J. C. Snead	United States	73-69-69=211
T7	Rex Caldwell	United States	73-66-73=212	−4
	Jim Colbert	United States	72-70-70=212
	Gibby Gilbert	United States	70-74-68=212
	Jim Simons	United States	70-70-72=212
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	72-70-70=212

Source:^[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	66-69-68-72=275	−13	55,000
T2	Gibby Gilbert	United States	70-74-68-67=279	−9	30,500
T2	Jack Newton	Australia	68-74-69-68=279	−9	30,500
4	Hubert Green	United States	68-74-71-67=280	−8	15,750
5	David Graham	Australia	66-73-72-70=281	−7	13,200
T6	Ben Crenshaw	United States	76-70-68-69=283	−5	9,958
	Ed Fiori	United States	71-70-69-73=283
	Tom Kite	United States	69-71-74-69=283
	Larry Nelson	United States	69-72-73-69=283
	Jerry Pate	United States	72-68-76-67=283
	Gary Player	South Africa	71-71-71-70=283

Source:^[4]^[9]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Ballesteros	−14	−14	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−15	−15	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[6]

References

1 2 3 "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.
1 2 "Can anyone stop Ballesteros now?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1980. p. 2E.
1 2 3 4 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 "1980 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
1 2 "Scoreboard: Masters results". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1980. p. 15.

External links

Masters.com – past winners
About.com – 1980 Masters
Augusta.com – 1980 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

Preceded by 1979 PGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1980 U.S. Open

1980 Men's Major Golf Championships

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Key figures

Frank Chirkinian

Music composers	Earl Klugh ("Take It From The Top") Dave Loggins ("Augusta") David Barrett ("The Gift") E.S. Posthumus ("Burlingame", "Thrill of Victory") Lalo Schifrin ("St. Ives Theme") Yanni ("Fanfare")

Television contract history
Golf on USA Network (early round Masters coverage)

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020

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