1980 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1980 LPGA Tour 1980 2 1 – 1980 11 9 38 5 USA Donna Caponi, USA JoAnne Carner Money leader USA Beth Daniel Player of the Year USA Beth Daniel Vare Trophy USA Amy Alcott Rookie of the Year USA Myra Blackwelder 1979 1981 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 $231,000. There were five first-time winners in 1980: Barbara Barrow, Dot Germain, Dale Lundquist, Tatsuko Ohsako, and Donna White. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1980 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095854/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf June 29, 2011 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 4 Whirlpool Championship of Deer Creek Florida USA JoAnne Carner (25) 282 (−10) 100,000 15,000 Feb 10 Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida USA Jane Blalock (25) 283 (−5) 100,000 15,000 Feb 17 S&H Golf Classic Florida USA Dot Germain (1) 209 (−7) 100,000 15,000 Feb 24 Bent Tree Ladies Classic Florida USA JoAnne Carner (26) 280 (−8) 100,000 15,000 Mar 2 Sun City Classic Arizona AUS Jan Stephenson (4) 275 (−13) 100,000 15,000 Mar 9 Sunstar Classic California USA JoAnne Carner (27) 207 (−9) 125,000 18,750 Mar 16 Honda Civic Golf Classic California USA JoAnne Carner (28) 279 (−9) 150,000 22,500 Mar 23 LPGA National Pro-Am Nevada USA Donna Caponi (15) 286 (−2) 200,000 30,000 Mar 30 Women's Kemper Open California USA Nancy Lopez (18) 284 (E) 150,000 22,500 Apr 6 Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle California USA Donna Caponi (16) 275 (−13) 250,000 37,500 Apr 13 American Defender/WRAL Classic North Carolina USA Amy Alcott (10) 206 (−10) 100,000 15,000 Apr 20 Florida Lady Citrus Florida USA Donna White (1) 283 (−9) 100,000 15,000 Apr 27 Birmingham Classic Alabama USA Barbara Barrow (1) 210 (−6) 100,000 15,000 May 4 CPC Women's International South Carolina USA Hollis Stacy (7) 279 (−9) 100,000 15,000 May 11 Lady Michelob Georgia USA Pam Higgins (3) 208 (−11) 100,000 15,000 May 18 Coca-Cola Classic New Jersey USA Donna White (2) 217 (−2) 125,000 18,750 May 25 Corning Classic New York USA Donna Caponi (17) 281 (−7) 100,000 15,000 Jun 1 Golden Lights Championship New York USA Beth Daniel (2) 287 (−1) 125,000 18,750 Jun 8 LPGA Championship Ohio ZAF 1928 Sally Little (6) 285 (−3) 150,000 22,500 Jun 15 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts USA Dale Lundquist (1) 276 (−12) 150,000 22,500 Jun 22 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania USA JoAnne Carner (29) 207 (−9) 100,000 15,000 Jun 29 The Sarah Coventry New York USA Nancy Lopez (19) 283 (−9) 125,000 18,750 Jul 6 Mayflower Classic Indiana USA Amy Alcott (11) 275 (−13) 150,000 22,500 Jul 13 U.S. Women's Open Tennessee USA Amy Alcott (12) 280 (−4) 140,000 20,047 Jul 20 Greater Baltimore Golf Classic Maryland USA Pat Bradley (6) 206 (−13) 100,000 15,000 Jul 27 WUI Classic New York ZAF 1928 Sally Little (7) 284 (−4) 125,000 18,750 Aug 3 West Virginia LPGA Classic West Virginia CAN Sandra Post (7) 211 (−5) 100,000 15,000 Aug 10 Peter Jackson Classic Canada USA Pat Bradley (7) 277 (−11) 150,000 22,500 Aug 17 Patty Berg Golf Classic Minnesota USA Beth Daniel (3) 210 (−9) 100,000 15,000 Aug 24 Columbia Savings LPGA Classic Colorado USA Beth Daniel (4) 276 (−12) 150,000 22,500 Sep 1 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois USA Nancy Lopez (20) 275 (−13) 125,000 18,750 Sep 7 World Series of Women's Golf Ohio USA Beth Daniel (5) 282 (−6) 150,000 46,500 Sep 7 Barth Classic Indiana USA Sandra Spuzich (5) 212 (−4) 100,000 15,000 Sep 14 United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia USA Donna Caponi (18) 277 (−11) 100,000 15,000 Sep 21 ERA Real Estate Classic Kansas USA Donna Caponi (19) 283 (−9) 100,000 15,000 Sep 28 Mary Kay Classic Texas USA Jerilyn Britz (2) 139 (−1)^ 150,000 22,500 Oct 12 Inamori Golf Classic California USA Amy Alcott (13) 280 (−12) 150,000 22,500 Nov 9 Mazda Japan Classic Japan JPN Tatsuko Ohsako (1) 213 (−9) 225,000 26,250 ^ - weather-shortened tournament Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Beth Daniel Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Amy Alcott Player of the Year Beth Daniel Rookie of the Year Myra Blackwelder References External links LPGA Tour official site 1980 season coverage at golfobserver.com Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour