The 1980 PGA Championship was the 62nd

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, held August 7–10 at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club in

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won his fifth PGA Championship, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Andy Bean. The victory tied Nicklaus with

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, who won five PGA titles in

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titles for the 40-year-old Nicklaus, and his second of the year: he won the U.S. Open two months earlier. The previous season in 1979 had been Nicklaus' worst, with no tour wins for the first time in his career. His next and final major title came nearly six years later, at the Masters in

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. After 36 holes, Nicklaus was at 139 (−1), a stroke behind leader

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. Nicklaus fired a 66 (−4) on Saturday to move to 205 (−5) and a three-shot lead over

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heading into the final round, with Morgan three more back at 211 in third. Nicklaus was as low as six-under for the round through fourteen holes, but struggled on the last four, and alternated bogeys with scrambling pars. Sunday was less eventful as Hinkle and Morgan fell back and Nicklaus carded a one-under 69 for a runaway win, uncommon for a major. Since changing to

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in 1958, the largest victory margin at the PGA Championship had been four strokes, in 1966 and 1973, the latter also won by Nicklaus. His seven stroke margin in 1980 remained the record until

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, when Rory McIlroy won by eight. Nicklaus became the third to win both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year, joining Gene Sarazen (

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( 1948).

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later won both in

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, part of his "

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, and

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also accomplished this feat in 2018. This was the third major championship at the East Course, which previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1956 and 1968, when Nicklaus was the runner-up to

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. The U.S. Open later returned in 1989 and the PGA Championship in 2003 and

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. The course also hosted the Ryder Cup in

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Course layout

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Source

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, August 7, 1980'' Source:

Second round

''Friday, August 8, 1980'' Source:

Third round

''Saturday, August 9, 1980'' Source:

Final round

''Sunday, August 10, 1980'' Source:

References

External links

PGA.com
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