1980 U.S. Open (golf)

February 2019 March 2026 1980 U.S. Open June 12–15, 1980 Springfield, New Jersey Baltusrol Golf Club,Lower Course PGA Tour USGA 70 7076 ydhttp://archives.chicagotribune.com/1980/06/12/page/70/ Chicago Tribune Site of 1980 U.S. Open June 12, 1980 6, section 4 156 players, 63 after cut 146 (+6) $356,700 $55,000 USA Jack Nicklaus 272 (−8) 1979 1981 USA 1 Baltusrol 40.705 -74.328 Location in the United States 5 240 USA New Jersey 1 Baltusrol 40.705 -74.328 Location in New Jersey 5 140 USA New Jersey Union County 1 Baltusrol bottom 40.705 -74.328 Location inUnion County 5 140 The 1980 U.S. Open was the 80th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record to win his fourth U.S. Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Isao Aoki; in fact, as the tournament transpired these two golfers ended up playing all four rounds together.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bdURAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zu4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7172%2C102974 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Jack is back! Associated Press June 16, 1980 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3E4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zm0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2783%2C2457812 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Jack Nicklaus regains form, wins 4th Open June 16, 1980 1https://www.si.com/vault/1980/06/23/824759/the-owner-of-the-open-with-his-club-on-high-jack-nicklaus-celebrates-the-long-birdie-putt-at-17-that-certified-his-magnificent-return-to-form-at-baltusrol Sports Illustrated The Owner of the Open Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins June 23, 1980 22 Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf began the tournament by shooting a record-tying 63 in the first round on the Lower Course on Thursday.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AEZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7062%2C5037908 Toledo Blade Ohio Loomis Tom Nicklaus, Weiskopf fire twin record-tying scores June 13, 1980 23 Weiskopf, however, did not shoot better than 75 in any other round and finished 37th. 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1fdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2OEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6730%2C4169107 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Nicklaus' putter turns Open into tie June 15, 1980 3C In the final round on Sunday, 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, his sixteenth major title as a professional.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BEZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6949%2C6139251 Toledo Blade Ohio Loomis Tom Nicklaus wins fourth Open June 16, 1980 13 Nicklaus' winning total of 272 established a new U.S. Open standard, breaking the record 275 he set in 1967 on the same Lower Course. He also tied Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, and Ben Hogan by winning his fourth U.S. Open title.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZeYjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tCsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6575%2C3483434 Milwaukee Journal Etzel Pete Nicklaus resurrected amid wave of love June 16, 1980 8, part 2 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 won four more times on the PGA Tour with two majors, including the PGA Championship two months later and the Masters in 1986. Seve Ballesteros, the reigning champion of the British Open and Masters, was late to the course on Friday, missed his tee time, and was disqualified; he had carded a 75 on Thursday.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1980/06/14/page/62/article/too-late-to-tee Chicago Tribune Lyon Bill Knight-Ridder News Service USGA says adios, Seve June 14, 1980 2, section 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AEZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4513%2C5040358 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Ballesteros disqualified in Open June 13, 1980 23 The U.S. Open returned to the Lower Course in 1993, and the PGA Championship was played there in 2005 and in 2016. Course layout Baltusrol Golf Club Lower Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4653774381941623884704703742053,3813,3494544281933934094302161856305423,6953,6647,0767,013Par444344443344434443553670 Source: Lengths of the course for previous major championships: 7015 yd, par 70 - 1967 U.S. Open 7027 yd, par 70 - 1954 U.S. Open 6866 yd, par 72 - 1936 U.S. Open (Upper Course) 1em 6212 yd, par 74 - 1915 U.S. Open (Old Course) 6003 yd, par      - 1903 U.S. Open (Old Course)5The Old Course was plowed under in 1918 Round summaries First round Thursday, June 12, 1980 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Jack Nicklaus63−7 USA Tom WeiskopfT3 USA Keith Fergus66−4 USA Mark Hayes USA Lon HinkleT6 USA Raymond Floyd67−3 USA Jay Haas USA Calvin PeeteT9 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki68−2 USA Mark Lye USA Andy North USA Lee Trevino Second round Friday, June 13, 1980 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus63-71=134−6T2 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki68-68=136−4 USA Keith Fergus66-70=136 USA Lon Hinkle66-70=136 USA Mike Reid69-67=1366 USA Mark Hayes66-71=137−3T7 USA Pat McGowan69-69=138−2 USA Tom Weiskopf63-75=138T9 USA Peter Jacobsen70-69=139−1 USA Tom Watson71-68=139 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1980/06/14/page/64/ Chicago Tribune Golf: U.S. Open June 14, 1980 4, section 2 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki68-68-68=204−6 USA Jack Nicklaus63-71-70=2043 USA Lon Hinkle66-70-69=205−5T4 USA Keith Fergus66-70-70=206−4 USA Mark Hayes66-71-69=206 USA Tom Watson71-68-67=2067 USA Craig Stadler73-67-69=209−1T8 USA Mike Morley73-68-69=210E USA Lee Trevino68-73-69=210T10 AUS Bruce Devlin71-70-70=211+1 USA Hubert Green73-73-65=211 USA Jay Haas67-74-70=211 USA Peter Jacobsen70-69-72=211 USA Pat McGowan69-69-73=211 USA Mike Reid69-67-75=211 USA Bill Rogers69-72-70=211 Source: Final round Sunday, June 15, 1980 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Jack Nicklaus 63-71-70-68=272 −8 55,0002 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 68-68-68-70=274 −6 29,500T3 USA Keith Fergus 66-70-70-70=276 −4 17,400 USA Lon Hinkle 66-70-69-71=276 USA Tom Watson 71-68-67-70=276T6 USA Mark Hayes 66-71-69-74=280 E 11,950 USA Mike Reid 69-67-75-69=280T8 USA Hale Irwin 70-70-73-69=282 +2 8,050 USA Mike Morley 73-68-69-72=282 USA Andy North 68-75-72-67=282 USA Ed Sneed 72-70-70-70=282 Source: Amateurs: Gary Hallberg (+5), Bobby Clampett (+10). Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par444344443 443444355 USA Nicklaus −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 JPN Aoki −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 USA Fergus −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 USA Hinkle −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 USA Watson −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 USA Hayes −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E −1 E E E E E E E E USA Reid +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 E E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogey Source:https://www.usopen.com/history-landing/scoring-and-stats/scoring.html#!&y=1980 USGA U.S. Open History April 24, 2019 References External links GolfCompendium.com – 1980 U.S. Open USOpen.com – 1980 1980 40.705 -74.328 type:event title Category:U.S. Open (golf) Category:Golf tournaments in New Jersey Category:Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open (golf)