1980 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 1, 1980 (1980-02-01) – November 9, 1980 (1980-11-09)
Number of official events38
Most wins5 United States Donna Caponi and United States JoAnne Carner
Money leaderUnited States Beth Daniel
Player of the YearUnited States Beth Daniel
Rookie of the YearUnited States 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.[1] "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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Feb 4Whirlpool Championship of Deer CreekFloridaUnited States JoAnne Carner (25)282 (-10)100,00015,000
Feb 10Elizabeth Arden ClassicFloridaUnited States Jane Blalock (25)283 (-5)100,00015,000
Feb 17S&H Golf ClassicFloridaUnited States Dot Germain (1)209 (-7)100,00015,000
Feb 24Bent Tree Ladies ClassicFloridaUnited States JoAnne Carner (26)280 (-8)100,00015,000
Mar 2Sun City ClassicArizonaAustralia Jan Stephenson (4)275 (-13)100,00015,000
Mar 9Sunstar ClassicCaliforniaUnited States JoAnne Carner (27)207 (-9)125,00018,750
Mar 16Honda Civic Golf ClassicCaliforniaUnited States JoAnne Carner (28)279 (-9)150,00022,500
Mar 23LPGA National Pro-AmNevadaUnited States Donna Caponi (15)286 (-2)200,00030,000
Mar 30Women's Kemper OpenCaliforniaUnited States Nancy Lopez (18)284 (E)150,00022,500
Apr 6Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's CircleCaliforniaUnited States Donna Caponi (16)275 (-13)250,00037,500
Apr 13American Defender/WRAL ClassicNorth CarolinaUnited States Amy Alcott (10)206 (-10)100,00015,000
Apr 20Florida Lady CitrusFloridaUnited States Donna White (1)283 (-9)100,00015,000
Apr 27Birmingham ClassicAlabamaUnited States Barbara Barrow (1)210 (-6)100,00015,000
May 4CPC Women's InternationalSouth CarolinaUnited States Hollis Stacy (7)279 (-9)100,00015,000
May 11Lady MichelobGeorgiaUnited States Pam Higgins (3)208 (-11)100,00015,000
May 18Coca-Cola ClassicNew JerseyUnited States Donna White (2)217 (-2)125,00018,750
May 25Corning ClassicNew YorkUnited States Donna Caponi (17)281 (-7)100,00015,000
Jun 1Golden Lights ChampionshipNew YorkUnited States Beth Daniel (2)287 (-1)125,00018,750
Jun 8LPGA ChampionshipOhioSouth Africa Sally Little (6)285 (-3)150,00022,500
Jun 15Boston Five ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Dale Lundquist (1)276 (-12)150,00022,500
Jun 22Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvaniaUnited States JoAnne Carner (29)207 (-9)100,00015,000
Jun 29The Sarah CoventryNew YorkUnited States Nancy Lopez (19)283 (-9)125,00018,750
Jul 6Mayflower ClassicIndianaUnited States Amy Alcott (11)275 (-13)150,00022,500
Jul 13U.S. Women's OpenTennesseeUnited States Amy Alcott (12)280 (-4)140,00020,047
Jul 20Greater Baltimore Golf ClassicMarylandUnited States Pat Bradley (6)206 (-13)100,00015,000
Jul 27WUI ClassicNew YorkSouth Africa Sally Little (7)284 (-4)125,00018,750
Aug 3West Virginia LPGA ClassicWest VirginiaCanada Sandra Post (7)211 (-5)100,00015,000
Aug 10Peter Jackson ClassicCanadaUnited States Pat Bradley (7)277 (-11)150,00022,500
Aug 17Patty Berg Golf ClassicMinnesotaUnited States Beth Daniel (3)210 (-9)100,00015,000
Aug 24Columbia Savings LPGA ClassicColoradoUnited States Beth Daniel (4)276 (-12)150,00022,500
Sep 1Rail Charity Golf ClassicIllinoisUnited States Nancy Lopez (20)275 (-13)125,00018,750
Sep 7World Series of Women's GolfOhioUnited States Beth Daniel (5)282 (-6)150,00046,500
Sep 7Barth ClassicIndianaUnited States Sandra Spuzich (5)212 (-4)100,00015,000
Sep 14United Virginia Bank ClassicVirginiaUnited States Donna Caponi (18)277 (-11)100,00015,000
Sep 21ERA Real Estate ClassicKansasUnited States Donna Caponi (19)283 (-9)100,00015,000
Sep 28Mary Kay ClassicTexasUnited States Jerilyn Britz (2)139 (-1)^150,00022,500
Oct 12Inamori Golf ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Amy Alcott (13)280 (-12)150,00022,500
Nov 9Mazda Japan ClassicJapanJapan Tatsuko Ohsako (1)213 (-9)225,00026,250

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Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerBeth Daniel United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Amy Alcott United States
Player of the YearBeth Daniel United States
Rookie of the YearMyra Blackwelder United States

References

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