1980 U.S. Open (golf)

1980 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 12–15, 1980
Location	Springfield, New Jersey
Course(s)	Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,013 yards (6,413 m)
Field	156 players, 63 after cut
Cut	146 (+6)
Prize fund	$356,700
Winner's share	$55,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
272 (–8)
«1979 1981»

Baltusrol GC

Location in Union County, New Jersey

Baltusrol GC

Location in the United States

The 1980 U.S. Open was the 80th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey. Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record to win his fourth U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Isao Aoki.^[1]

Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf began the tournament by shooting a record-tying 63 in the first round. Weiskopf, however, did not shoot better than 75 in any other round and finished in 37th place. 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, 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.

Nicklaus' winning total of 272 established a new tournament record, breaking his own record of 275 set in 1967, also at Baltusrol. 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 would win four more times on the PGA Tour with two majors, including the 1980 PGA Championship a few months later.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962, 1967, 1972	63	71	70	68	272	–8	1
Hale Irwin	United States	1974, 1979	70	70	73	69	282	+2	T8
Andy North	United States	1978	68	75	72	67	282	+2	T8
Lee Trevino	United States	1968, 1971	68	73	69	74	284	+4	T12
Hubert Green	United States	1977	73	73	65	77	288	+8	T32
Lou Graham	United States	1975	73	71	72	77	293	+15	T51
Arnold Palmer	United States	1960	73	73	77	78	301	+21	63

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Johnny Miller	United States	1973	72	75	147	+7
Gary Player	South Africa	1965	77	72	149	+9
Jerry Pate	United States	1976	77	73	150	+10

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	63	–7
T1	Tom Weiskopf	United States	63	–7
T3	Keith Fergus	United States	66	–4
	Mark Hayes	United States
	Lon Hinkle	United States
T6	Raymond Floyd	United States	67	–3
	Jay Haas	United States
	Calvin Peete	United States
T9	Isao Aoki	Japan	68	–2
	Mark Lye	United States
	Andy North	United States
	Lee Trevino	United States

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	63-71=134	–6
T2	Isao Aoki	Japan	68-68=136	–4
	Keith Fergus	United States	66-70=136
	Lon Hinkle	United States	66-70=136
	Mike Reid	United States	69-67=136
6	Mark Hayes	United States	66-71=137	–3
T7	Pat McGowan	United States	69-69=138	–2
T7	Tom Weiskopf	United States	63-75=138	–2
T9	Peter Jacobsen	United States	70-69=139	–1
T9	Tom Watson	United States	71-68=139	–1

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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Isao Aoki	Japan	68-68-68=204	–6
T1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	63-71-70=204	–6
3	Lon Hinkle	United States	66-70-69=205	–5
T4	Keith Fergus	United States	66-70-70=206	–2
	Mark Hayes	United States	66-71-69=206
	Tom Watson	United States	71-68-67=206
7	Craig Stadler	United States	73-67-69=209	–1
T8	Mike Morley	United States	73-68-69=210	E
T8	Lee Trevino	United States	68-73-69=210	E
T10	Bruce Devlin	Australia	71-70-70=211	+1
	Hubert Green	United States	73-73-65=211
	Jay Haas	United States	67-74-70=211
	Peter Jacobsen	United States	70-69-72=211
	Pat McGowan	United States	69-69-73=211
	Mike Reid	United States	69-67-75=211
	Bill Rogers	United States	69-72-70=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1980

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	63-71-70-68=272	–8	55,000
2	Isao Aoki	Japan	68-68-68-70=274	–6	29,500
T3	Keith Fergus	United States	66-70-70-70=276	–4	17,400
	Lon Hinkle	United States	66-70-69-71=276
	Tom Watson	United States	71-68-67-70=276
T6	Mark Hayes	United States	66-71-69-74=280	E	11,950
T6	Mike Reid	United States	69-67-75-69=280	E	11,950
T8	Hale Irwin	United States	70-70-73-69=282	+2	8,050
	Mike Morley	United States	73-68-69-72=282
	Andy North	United States	68-75-72-67=282
	Ed Sneed	United States	72-70-70-70=282

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

References

↑ Jenkins, Dan (June 23, 1980). "The Owner of the Open". Sports Illustrated: 22.

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