1980 LPGA Championship: Sally Little wins at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course)
Sally Little won the 1980 LPGA Championship at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island, Ohio, United States with 285 (−3), by 3 strokes over Jane Blalock.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- June 5, 1980 to June 8, 1980
- Course
- Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island, Ohio, United States
- Edition
- 26th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,313 yards
- Cut
- 151
- Purse
- $150,000 · winner's share $22,500
- Champion
- Sally Little · age 28 · South Africa · born Cape Town, South Africa
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- Winning score
- 69-70-73-73 = 285 (−3) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Jane Blalock (288)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally Little | 69 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 285 | −3 |
| 2 | Jane Blalock | 288 |
What happened at the 1980 LPGA Championship
Sally Little closed 73-73 on the Grizzly Course to win her first major title by three strokes over Jane Blalock (288).
Sandra Palmer, 72-71-68 through three rounds, closed with an 81 and fell into a tie for 10th at 292.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women'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: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).