1980 PGA Championship Winner and Scores
The 1980 PGA Championship was the 62nd time the tournament was played. But it was the fifth time that Jack Nicklaus won it, a record-setting victory.
Winner: Jack Nicklaus, 274
Where it was played: Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) in Rochester, New York
Tournament dates: August 7-10, 1980
Leader after first round: Craig Stadler, 67
Leader after second round: Gil Morgan, 138
Leader after third round: Jack Nicklaus, 205
What Happened in the 1980 PGA Championship
There were some golf observers who, at the beginning of the 1980 season, thought Jack Nicklaus was washed up. Nicklaus was winless in 1979, the first time since turning pro that he failed to win a PGA Tour event in any given season.But Nicklaus rebounded in 1980, winning the U.S. Open and then dominating this PGA Championship. He won by seven strokes over runner-up Andy Bean (nobody else was closer than nine strokes), and it was Nicklaus' fifth career win in the PGA Championship. That tied the tournament record for wins previously held alone by Walter Hagen. Nicklaus' previous wins were in 1963, 1971, 1973 and 1975.
It was also Nicklaus' 17th career professional major, extending his own record. Nicklaus won one more major after this, but not for another six years — the 1986 Masters.
Nicklaus took the lead with a third-round 66, after starting the day trailing second round leader Gil Morgan by three. He led by three (over Lon Hinkle) at the start of the final round, but with a 69 finished comfortably in front as the only golfer to finish under par (6-under 274).
The 7-stroke victory set a PGA Championship record at the time for largest winning margin. (Morgan and Hinkle finished tied for third place, nine shots behind Nicklaus.) Nicklaus also became just the third golfer to win the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year.
Julius Boros, the 1968 PGA Championship winner, played this major for the final time this year. He missed the cut at age 60. Future 2-time U.S. Open champ Curtis Strange tied for fifth, his first Top 10 finish in any of the four majors.
1980 PGA Championship Final Scores
| Jack Nicklaus | 70-69-66-69—274 |
| Andy Bean | 72-71-68-70—281 |
| Gil Morgan | 68-70-73-72—283 |
| Lon Hinkle | 70-69-69-75—283 |
| Curtis Strange | 68-72-72-72—284 |
| Howard Twitty | 68-74-71-71—284 |
| Lee Trevino | 74-71-71-69—285 |
| Bill Rogers | 71-71-72-72—286 |
| Bobby Walzel | 68-76-71-71—286 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 71-73-72-72—288 |
| Jerry Pate | 72-73-70-73—288 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 71-73-74-70—288 |
| Tom Watson | 75-74-72-67—288 |
| Terry Diehl | 72-72-68-76—288 |
| Andy North | 72-70-73-74—289 |
| John Mahaffey | 71-77-69-72—289 |
| George Archer | 70-73-75-72—290 |
| Joe Inman | 72-71-75-72—290 |
| Raymond Floyd | 70-76-71-73—290 |
| Rod Curl | 74-71-75-71—291 |
| Tom Kite | 73-70-76-72—291 |
| Bob Murphy | 68-80-72-71—291 |
| Jack Newton | 72-73-73-73—291 |
| Rex Caldwell | 73-70-73-75—291 |
| Alan Tapie | 74-75-69-73—291 |
| David Graham | 69-75-73-75—292 |
| Lee Elder | 70-75-74-73—292 |
| Leonard Thompson | 71-75-73-73—292 |
| Gary Player | 72-74-71-75—292 |
| Scott Simpson | 74-74-74-71—293 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 71-75-74-73—293 |
| Bob Eastwood | 72-73-73-75—293 |
| Doug Tewell | 73-71-75-74—293 |
| Hale Irwin | 69-76-74-74—293 |
| Artie McNickle | 71-71-76-75—293 |
| Mike Sullivan | 71-74-76-72—293 |
| David Edwards | 73-76-73-71—293 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 76-72-72-73—293 |
| Bruce Devlin | 76-73-71-73—293 |
| Jim Colbert | 73-75-77-68—293 |
| John Fought | 72-72-76-74—294 |
| Dana Quigley | 73-76-73-72—294 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 76-73-71-74—294 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 69-74-78-73—294 |
| Charles Coody | 73-71-79-71—294 |
| Don Pooley | 74-75-75-71—295 |
| Mike Morley | 71-73-76-75—295 |
| D.A. Weibring | 76-73-71-75—295 |
| Gary Koch | 71-71-78-75—295 |
| Jay Haas T | 72-74-75-75—296 |
| Keith Fergus | 74-73-75-74—296 |
| Billy Kratzert | 74-73-75-74—296 |
| J.C. Snead | 74-74-78-70—296 |
| Mark Pfeil | 75-72-78-71—296 |
| Bob Gilder | 70-77-77-73—297 |
| Mike Reid | 74-73-78-72—297 |
| Ed Sneed | 80-68-72-77—297 |
| Craig Stadler | 67-75-74-81—297 |
| Mark Hayes | 73-75-75-75—298 |
| Danny Edwards | 73-73-75-77—298 |
| Toru Nakamura | 70-76-78-74—298 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 75-74-71-78—298 |
| Morris Hatalsky | 70-73-74-81—298 |
| Ron Streck | 75-71-70-82—298 |
| Buddy Gardner T | 74-75-75-75—299 |
| Miller Barber | 74-75-73-77—299 |
| Dave Eichelberger | 72-70-79-78—299 |
| Hubert Green | 74-75-75-76—300 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 71-73-79-77—300 |
| Johnny Miller | 70-71-80-79—300 |
| Brad Bryant | 78-70-74-79—301 |
| George Cadle | 73-75-78-76—302 |
| Arnold Palmer | 74-74-78-76—302 |
| Dewitt Weaver | 75-73-77-78—303 |
| Tommy Valentine | 73-71-82-79—305 |
| Victor Regalado | 75-74-79-78—306 |
| Bob Byman | 74-72-79-82—307 |
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