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 $231,000.
There were five first-time winners in 1980: Barbara Barrow , Dot Germain , Dale Lundquist , Tatsuko Ohsako , and Donna White .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results [ edit ] The following table shows all the official money events for the 1980 season.[1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Feb 4
Whirlpool Championship of Deer Creek Florida JoAnne Carner (25)282 (-10)
100,000
15,000
Feb 10
Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida Jane Blalock (25)283 (-5)
100,000
15,000
Feb 17
S&H Golf Classic Florida Dot Germain (1)209 (-7)
100,000
15,000
Feb 24
Bent Tree Ladies Classic Florida JoAnne Carner (26)280 (-8)
100,000
15,000
Mar 2
Sun City Classic Arizona Jan Stephenson (4)275 (-13)
100,000
15,000
Mar 9
Sunstar Classic California JoAnne Carner (27)207 (-9)
125,000
18,750
Mar 16
Honda Civic Golf Classic California JoAnne Carner (28)279 (-9)
150,000
22,500
Mar 23
LPGA National Pro-Am Nevada Donna Caponi (15)286 (-2)
200,000
30,000
Mar 30
Women's Kemper Open California Nancy Lopez (18)284 (E)
150,000
22,500
Apr 6
Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle California Donna Caponi (16)275 (-13)
250,000
37,500
Apr 13
American Defender/WRAL Classic North Carolina Amy Alcott (10)206 (-10)
100,000
15,000
Apr 20
Florida Lady Citrus Florida Donna White (1)283 (-9)
100,000
15,000
Apr 27
Birmingham Classic Alabama Barbara Barrow (1)210 (-6)
100,000
15,000
May 4
CPC Women's International South Carolina Hollis Stacy (7)279 (-9)
100,000
15,000
May 11
Lady Michelob Georgia Pam Higgins (3)208 (-11)
100,000
15,000
May 18
Coca-Cola Classic New Jersey Donna White (2)217 (-2)
125,000
18,750
May 25
Corning Classic New York Donna Caponi (17)281 (-7)
100,000
15,000
Jun 1
Golden Lights Championship New York Beth Daniel (2)287 (-1)
125,000
18,750
Jun 8
LPGA Championship Ohio Sally Little (6)285 (-3)
150,000
22,500
Jun 15
Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Dale Lundquist (1)276 (-12)
150,000
22,500
Jun 22
Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania JoAnne Carner (29)207 (-9)
100,000
15,000
Jun 29
The Sarah Coventry New York Nancy Lopez (19)283 (-9)
125,000
18,750
Jul 6
Mayflower Classic Indiana Amy Alcott (11)275 (-13)
150,000
22,500
Jul 13
U.S. Women's Open Tennessee Amy Alcott (12)280 (-4)
140,000
20,047
Jul 20
Greater Baltimore Golf Classic Maryland Pat Bradley (6)206 (-13)
100,000
15,000
Jul 27
WUI Classic New York Sally Little (7)284 (-4)
125,000
18,750
Aug 3
West Virginia LPGA Classic West Virginia Sandra Post (7)211 (-5)
100,000
15,000
Aug 10
Peter Jackson Classic Canada Pat Bradley (7)277 (-11)
150,000
22,500
Aug 17
Patty Berg Golf Classic Minnesota Beth Daniel (3)210 (-9)
100,000
15,000
Aug 24
Columbia Savings LPGA Classic Colorado Beth Daniel (4)276 (-12)
150,000
22,500
Sep 1
Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Nancy Lopez (20)275 (-13)
125,000
18,750
Sep 7
World Series of Women's Golf Ohio Beth Daniel (5)282 (-6)
150,000
46,500
Sep 7
Barth Classic Indiana Sandra Spuzich (5)212 (-4)
100,000
15,000
Sep 14
United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia Donna Caponi (18)277 (-11)
100,000
15,000
Sep 21
ERA Real Estate Classic Kansas Donna Caponi (19)283 (-9)
100,000
15,000
Sep 28
Mary Kay Classic Texas Jerilyn Britz (2)139 (-1)^
150,000
22,500
Oct 12
Inamori Golf Classic California Amy Alcott (13)280 (-12)
150,000
22,500
Nov 9
Mazda Japan Classic Japan Tatsuko Ohsako (1)213 (-9)
225,000
26,250
^ - weather-shortened tournament
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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