1980 PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins at Oak Hill Country Club (East Course)
Jack Nicklaus won the 1980 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) in Rochester, New York with 274 (−6), by 7 strokes over Andy Bean.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1980 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- August 7, 1980 to August 10, 1980
- Course
- Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, New York
- Edition
- 62nd PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 70 · 6,964 yards
- Field
- 148
- Made the cut
- 77 (cut at 149)
- Purse
- $376,400 · winner's share $60,000
- Champion
- Jack Nicklaus · age 40 · United States · born Columbus, Ohio
- Champion's title
- 5th PGA Championship
- Winning score
- 70-69-66-69 = 274 (−6) · won by 7 strokes
- Runner-up
- Andy Bean
- 54-hole leader
- Jack Nicklaus (205)
- Low club professional
- DeWitt Weaver (303)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | 70 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 274 | −6 |
| 2 | Andy Bean | 72 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 281 | +1 |
What happened at the 1980 PGA Championship
Nicklaus won by seven at Oak Hill, a PGA Championship record margin at the time, for his fifth PGA title, tying Walter Hagen.
The win made Nicklaus the third golfer to take the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year, coming off his first winless season (1979).
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).