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1980 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1980 U.S. Open
dates	June 12–15, 1980
location	Springfield, New Jersey
course	Baltusrol Golf Club,
Lower Course
tour	PGA Tour
org	USGA
par	70
yardage	7076 yd
field	156 players, 63 after cut
cut	146 (+6)
purse	$356,700
winners_share	$55,000
champion	USA Jack Nicklaus
score	272 (−8)
previous	[1979](1979-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1981](1981-u-s-open-golf)

Lower Course |USA |USA New Jersey |USA New Jersey Union County Union County 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.

Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf began the tournament by shooting a record-tying 63 in the first round on the Lower Course on Thursday. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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

Main article: Baltusrol Golf Club

Lower Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	465	377	438	194
162	388	470	470	374	205	**3,381
3,349**	454	428	193	393	409	430	216
185	630	542	**3,695
3,664**	**7,076
7,013**
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	34	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	36	70

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)
6212 yd, par 74 - 1915 U.S. Open (Old Course)
6003 yd, par - 1903 U.S. Open (Old Course)The Old Course was plowed under in 1918

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1980

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

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1980

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

Source:

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	Score	To par
T1	JPN Isao Aoki	68-68-68=204	−6
USA Jack Nicklaus	63-71-70=204
3	USA Lon Hinkle	66-70-69=205	−5
T4	USA Keith Fergus	66-70-70=206	−4
USA Mark Hayes	66-71-69=206
USA Tom Watson	71-68-67=206
7	USA Craig Stadler	73-67-69=209	−1
T8	USA Mike Morley	73-68-69=210	E
USA Lee Trevino	68-73-69=210
T10	AUS Bruce Devlin	71-70-70=211	+1
USA Hubert Green	73-73-65=211
USA Jay Haas	67-74-70=211
USA Peter Jacobsen	70-69-72=211
USA Pat McGowan	69-69-73=211
USA Mike Reid	69-67-75=211
USA Bill Rogers	69-72-70=211

Source:

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	63-71-70-68=272	−8	55,000
2	JPN Isao Aoki	68-68-68-70=274	−6	29,500
T3	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=276
T6	USA Mark Hayes	66-71-69-74=280	E	11,950
USA Mike Reid	69-67-75-69=280
T8	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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	5
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

Double Eagle		Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+ --

Source:

References

(June 12, 1980). "Site of 1980 U.S. Open". Chicago Tribune.
(June 16, 1980). "Jack is back!". Spokesman-Review.
Parascenzo, Marino. (June 16, 1980). "Jack Nicklaus regains form, wins 4th Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jenkins, Dan. (June 23, 1980). "The Owner of the Open".
Loomis, Tom. (June 13, 1980). "Nicklaus, Weiskopf fire twin record-tying scores". Toledo Blade.
(June 15, 1980). "Nicklaus' putter turns Open into tie". Eugene Register-Guard.
Loomis, Tom. (June 16, 1980). "Nicklaus wins fourth Open". Toledo Blade.
Etzel, Pete. (June 16, 1980). "Nicklaus resurrected amid wave of love". Milwaukee Journal.
Lyon, Bill. (June 14, 1980). "USGA says adios, Seve". Chicago Tribune.
(June 13, 1980). "Ballesteros disqualified in Open". Toledo Blade.
(June 14, 1980). "Golf: U.S. Open". Chicago Tribune.
"U.S. Open History". USGA.

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