1980 LPGA Tour

The 1980 LPGA Tour was the 31st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 9. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner won the most tournaments, five each. Beth Daniel led the money list with earnings of $231,000.

There were five first-time winners in 1980: Barbara Barrow, Dot Germain, Dale Lundquist, Tatsuko Ohsako, and Donna White.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

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Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1980 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Feb 4 Whirlpool Championship of Deer Creek Florida JoAnne Carner (25) 282 (-10) 100,000 15,000
Feb 10 Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida Jane Blalock (25) 283 (-5) 100,000 15,000
Feb 17 S&H Golf Classic Florida Dot Germain (1) 209 (-7) 100,000 15,000
Feb 24 Bent Tree Ladies Classic Florida JoAnne Carner (26) 280 (-8) 100,000 15,000
Mar 2 Sun City Classic Arizona Jan Stephenson (4) 275 (-13) 100,000 15,000
Mar 9 Sunstar Classic California JoAnne Carner (27) 207 (-9) 125,000 18,750
Mar 16 Honda Civic Golf Classic California JoAnne Carner (28) 279 (-9) 150,000 22,500
Mar 23 LPGA National Pro-Am Nevada Donna Caponi (15) 286 (-2) 200,000 30,000
Mar 30 Women's Kemper Open California Nancy Lopez (18) 284 (E) 150,000 22,500
Apr 6 Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle California Donna Caponi (16) 275 (-13) 250,000 37,500
Apr 13 American Defender/WRAL Classic North Carolina Amy Alcott (10) 206 (-10) 100,000 15,000
Apr 20 Florida Lady Citrus Florida Donna White (1) 283 (-9) 100,000 15,000
Apr 27 Birmingham Classic Alabama Barbara Barrow (1) 210 (-6) 100,000 15,000
May 4 CPC Women's International South Carolina Hollis Stacy (7) 279 (-9) 100,000 15,000
May 11 Lady Michelob Georgia Pam Higgins (3) 208 (-11) 100,000 15,000
May 18 Coca-Cola Classic New Jersey Donna White (2) 217 (-2) 125,000 18,750
May 25 Corning Classic New York Donna Caponi (17) 281 (-7) 100,000 15,000
Jun 1 Golden Lights Championship New York Beth Daniel (2) 287 (-1) 125,000 18,750
Jun 8 LPGA Championship Ohio Sally Little (6) 285 (-3) 150,000 22,500
Jun 15 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Dale Lundquist (1) 276 (-12) 150,000 22,500
Jun 22 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania JoAnne Carner (29) 207 (-9) 100,000 15,000
Jun 29 The Sarah Coventry New York Nancy Lopez (19) 283 (-9) 125,000 18,750
Jul 6 Mayflower Classic Indiana Amy Alcott (11) 275 (-13) 150,000 22,500
Jul 13 U.S. Women's Open Tennessee Amy Alcott (12) 280 (-4) 140,000 20,047
Jul 20 Greater Baltimore Golf Classic Maryland Pat Bradley (6) 206 (-13) 100,000 15,000
Jul 27 WUI Classic New York Sally Little (7) 284 (-4) 125,000 18,750
Aug 3 West Virginia LPGA Classic West Virginia Sandra Post (7) 211 (-5) 100,000 15,000
Aug 10 Peter Jackson Classic Canada Pat Bradley (7) 277 (-11) 150,000 22,500
Aug 17 Patty Berg Golf Classic Minnesota Beth Daniel (3) 210 (-9) 100,000 15,000
Aug 24 Columbia Savings LPGA Classic Colorado Beth Daniel (4) 276 (-12) 150,000 22,500
Sep 1 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Nancy Lopez (20) 275 (-13) 125,000 18,750
Sep 7 World Championship of Women's Golf Ohio Beth Daniel (5) 282 (-6) 150,000 46,500
Sep 7 Barth Classic Indiana Sandra Spuzich (5) 212 (-4) 100,000 15,000
Sep 14 United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia Donna Caponi (18) 277 (-11) 100,000 15,000
Sep 21 ERA Real Estate Classic Kansas Donna Caponi (19) 283 (-9) 100,000 15,000
Sep 28 Mary Kay Classic Texas Jerilyn Britz (2) 139 (-1)^ 150,000 22,500
Oct 12 Inamori Golf Classic California Amy Alcott (13) 280 (-12) 150,000 22,500
Nov 9 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Tatsuko Ohsako (1) 213 (-9) 225,000 26,250

^ - weather-shortened tournament

Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Beth Daniel  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Amy Alcott  United States
Player of the Year Beth Daniel  United States
Rookie of the Year Myra Blackwelder  United States

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