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1980 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1980 Masters Tournament
image	1980_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1980 Masters Guide
dates	April 10–13, 1980
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7040 yd
field	91 players, 52 after cut
cut	146 (+2)
purse	$359,949
winners_share	$55,000
champion	ESP Seve Ballesteros
score	275 (−13)
previous	[1979](1979-masters-tournament)
next	[1981](1981-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

The 1980 Masters Tournament was the 44th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Seve Ballesteros, age 23, won his first Masters and second major championship title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert. Ballesteros had a seven stroke lead after 54 holes and extended it to ten strokes after the front nine of the final round at 16-under-par, eyeing the Masters record of 271 (−17) set by Jack Nicklaus in 1965 (and equaled by Raymond Floyd in 1976). A new record (of 270 or lower) was to be rewarded with a $50,000 bonus from Golf magazine. An hour later, after he found the water at 12 and 13 at Amen Corner, the lead had been reduced to three. Ballesteros regrouped with a birdie at 15 and parred the rest to shoot even-par 72 for the round and held on for the victory.

Well back in the field on Sunday, Nicklaus, age 40, was paired with Arnold Palmer, age 50, which drew large galleries. Palmer shot 69 to finish at even par and T24, Nicklaus had 73 to finish at 291 (+3) and T33. Nicklaus regrouped and won two majors in 1980, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship and was the runner-up the following April.

Ballesteros, of Spain, was the first winner of the Masters from Europe, and won a second green jacket in 1983.

This was the final Masters with Bermuda and ryegrass greens, which were replaced with bentgrass following this tournament.

Field

;1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,11), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (3,4,8,9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (8,9), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,11), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,12)

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Lou Graham (8,11), Hubert Green (8,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,9,12), Andy North (8,9), Jerry Pate (9,10)

;3. The Open champions (last five years) Johnny Miller (11)

;4. PGA champions (last five years) John Mahaffey (12), Dave Stockton, Lanny Wadkins (8,12)

;5. 1979 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Cecil Ingram III (a), Mark O'Meara (6,a), Joey Rassett (a)

John Cook (6) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Jay Sigel (7,a)

;7. Members of the 1979 U.S. Walker Cup team Doug Clarke (a), Doug Fischesser (a), Mike Gove (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Griff Moody (a), Hal Sutton (a), Marty West (a)

Scott Hoch and Mike Peck forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1979 Masters Tournament Miller Barber, Bobby Clampett (a), Lee Elder (9,12), Joe Inman, Tom Kite (12), Billy Kratzert, Bruce Lietzke, Gene Littler, Artie McNickle, Jim Simons (9), J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed (9), Craig Stadler (11), Leonard Thompson, Lee Trevino (11,12)

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1979 U.S. Open Ben Crenshaw (10,11), Keith Fergus, Bob Gilder, Larry Nelson (11,12), Calvin Peete (11), Tom Purtzer, Bill Rogers, Tom Weiskopf

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1979 PGA Championship Rex Caldwell, Gibby Gilbert, Jay Haas, Don January, Ron Streck, Howard Twitty (11)

;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Andy Bean (12), George Burns, Jim Colbert, Dave Eichelberger, Ed Fiori, John Fought, Al Geiberger, Lon Hinkle, Wayne Levi, Jerry McGee, Jeff Mitchell, Gil Morgan (12), Jack Renner, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Curtis Strange, Doug Tewell, D. A. Weibring

;12. Members of the U.S. 1979 Ryder Cup team Mark Hayes

;13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), David Graham (4,9,10), Mark James, Sandy Lyle, Graham Marsh (9), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tōru Nakamura, Jack Newton (8)

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	66	−6
AUS David Graham
USA Jeff Mitchell
T4	USA Hubert Green	68	−4
AUS Jack Newton
T6	USA Tom Kite	69	−3
USA Larry Nelson
T8	USA Gibby Gilbert	70	−2
USA Artie McNickle
USA Andy North
USA Jim Simons
USA Ed Sneed

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	66-69=135	−9
T2	USA Rex Caldwell	73-66=139	−5
AUS David Graham	66-73=139
T4	USA Tom Kite	69-71=140	−4
USA Jerry Pate	72-68=140
USA Jim Simons	70-70=140
USA Ed Sneed	70-70=140
USA Doug Tewell	71-69=140
T9	USA Ed Fiori	71-70=141	−3
USA Jeff Mitchell	66-75=141
USA Larry Nelson	69-72=141

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	66-69-68=203	−13
2		USA Ed Fiori	71-70-69=210	−6
T3	AUS David Graham	66-73-72=211	−5
AUS Jack Newton	68-74-69=211
USA Andy North	70-72-69=211
USA J. C. Snead	73-69-69=211
T7	USA Rex Caldwell	73-66-73=212	−4
USA Jim Colbert	72-70-70=212
USA Gibby Gilbert	70-74-68=212
USA Jim Simons	70-70-72=212
USA Fuzzy Zoeller	72-70-70=212

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1980

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	66-69-68-72=275	−13	55,000
T2	USA Gibby Gilbert	70-74-68-67=279	−9	30,500
AUS Jack Newton	68-74-69-68=279
4	USA Hubert Green	68-74-71-67=280	−8	15,750
5	AUS David Graham	66-73-72-70=281	−7	13,200
T6	USA Ben Crenshaw	76-70-68-69=283	−5	9,958
USA Ed Fiori	71-70-69-73=283
USA Tom Kite	69-71-74-69=283
USA Larry Nelson	69-72-73-69=283
USA Jerry Pate	72-68-76-67=283
ZAF Gary Player (c)	71-71-71-70=283

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA Andy Bean	74-72-68-70=284	−4	7,250
USA Tom Watson (c)	73-69-71-71=284
T14	USA Jim Colbert	72-70-70-73=285	−3	5,917
USA Jack Renner	72-70-72-71=285
USA J. C. Snead	73-69-69-74=285
T17	USA Raymond Floyd (c)	75-70-74-67=286	−2	5,075
USA Jay Haas	72-74-70-70=286
T19	USA Billy Kratzert	73-69-72-73=287	−1	3,990
USA Gil Morgan	74-71-75-67=287
USA Calvin Peete	73-71-76-67=287
USA Jim Simons	70-70-72-75=287
USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	72-70-70-75=287
T24	USA Andy North	70-72-69-77=288	E	3,025
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	73-73-73-69=288
T26	USA Keith Fergus	72-71-72-74=289	+1	2,430
USA Lou Graham	71-74-71-73=289
USA Jay Sigel (a)	71-71-73-74=289	0
USA Craig Stadler	74-70-72-73=289	2,430
USA Dave Stockton	74-70-76-69=289
USA Lee Trevino	74-71-70-74=289
32	USA Tom Purtzer	72-71-74-73=290	+2	2,150
T33	USA John Fought	74-72-74-71=291	+3	1,860
USA Joe Inman	74-70-75-72=291
AUS Graham Marsh	71-72-72-76=291
USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	74-71-73-73=291
USA Bill Rogers	73-71-76-71=291
T38	USA Rex Caldwell	73-66-73-80=292	+4	1,525
USA Charles Coody (c)	72-73-71-76=292
USA Johnny Miller	74-72-71-75=292
USA Jeff Mitchell	66-75-75-76=292
USA Doug Tewell	71-69-79-73=292
USA Howard Twitty	72-72-77-71=292
T44	USA Jim Holtgrieve (a)	74-72-77-70=293	+5	0
USA John Mahaffey	75-70-73-75=293	1,500
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	74-72-71-76=293
USA Ed Sneed	70-70-79-74=293
48	SCO Sandy Lyle	76-70-70-78=294	+6	1,500
49	USA Gene Littler	72-72-77-75=296	+8	1,500
50	USA Bobby Clampett (a)	72-71-79-75=297	+9	0
51	USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	73-73-77-77=300	+12	1,500
52	USA Hal Sutton (a)	73-73-82-73=301	+13	0
CUT	USA George Archer (c)	77-70=147	+3
USA George Burns	77-70=147
USA Dave Eichelberger	75-72=147
USA Bob Gilder	76-71=147
USA Hale Irwin	74-73=147
USA Don January	75-72=147
USA Wayne Levi	76-71=147
USA Joey Rassett (a)	73-74=147
USA Curtis Strange	77-70=147
USA Miller Barber	76-72=148	+4
ENG Mark James	74-74=148
USA Ron Streck	75-73=148
USA Leonard Thompson	75-73=148
USA Cecil Ingram III (a)	74-75=149	+5
USA Artie McNickle	70-79=149
USA Tommy Aaron (c)	76-74=150	+6
USA Mark Hayes	74-76=150
USA Bruce Lietzke	81-69=150
USA Lanny Wadkins	76-75=151	+7
USA D. A. Weibring	77-74=151
USA Doug Ford (c)	77-75=152	+8
USA Al Geiberger	77-75=152
USA Mike Gove (a)	78-74=152
USA Jerry McGee	82-70=152
JPN Tōru Nakamura	81-71=152
USA Gay Brewer (c)	82-71=153	+9
USA Lee Elder	76-77=153
USA Bob Goalby (c)	75-78=153
JPN Isao Aoki	77-77=154	+10
USA Billy Casper (c)	77-77=154
USA Sam Snead (c)	77-77=154
USA Doug Fischesser (a)	78-77=155	+11
ENG Peter McEvoy (a)	79-76=155
USA Griff Moody (a)	79-76=155
USA Marty West (a)	82-78=160	+16
USA Mark O'Meara (a)	80-81=161	+17
USA Tom Weiskopf	85-79=164	+20
USA Doug Clarke (a)	89-85=174	+30
WD	USA Lon Hinkle	78	+6

Sources:

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
ESP Ballesteros	−14	−14	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−15	−15	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13
USA Gilbert	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−10	−10	−9
AUS Newton	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−7	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
USA Green	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−7	−7	−8	−8
AUS Graham	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
USA Fiori	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
USA Snead	−5	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3
USA North	−4	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey +

References

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