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Sunday 13 April 1980PGA TourYear in Review
Ballesteros wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 April 1980 · purse $359,949 USD · dates from the Wikipedia infobox (April 10–13, 1980)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/10°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/8°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/14°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 49 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/16°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 58 · 12.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Gibby Gilbert USA · 279 1980 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
- Jack Newton AUS · 279 1980 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
91 started · cut +2, 52 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Gibby Gilbert, Jack Newton
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
21 April 1980 From the print archive
The fight was on the inside for me. What I say was 'son of beech!'
Sports Illustrated
21 April 1980
Drive fairway all the time, no fun. Make big hook, cause excitement.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seve Ballesteros | 66 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Gibby Gilbert | 70 · 74 · 68 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Jack Newton | 68 · 74 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| 4 | Hubert Green | 68 · 74 · 71 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| 5 | David Graham | 66 · 73 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Ben Crenshaw | 76 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Ed Fiori | 71 · 70 · 69 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Tom Kite | 69 · 71 · 74 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Larry Nelson | 69 · 72 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Jerry Pate | 72 · 68 · 76 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Gary Player | 71 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
b. 1957-04-09, Pedrena, Spain; Spain; age 23 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet