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Sunday 10 August 1980Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins PGA Championship
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 August 1980 · purse $376,400 · winner's share $60,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/20°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/23°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 47 · 9.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/16°C · wind 9 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
148 started, 77 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Andy Bean
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 40 at the win (year page); 17th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet