1980 LPGA Championship

1980 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 5–8, 1980
LocationMason, Ohio
Course(s)Jack Nicklaus Golf Center
Grizzly Course [1]
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,313 yards (5,773 m)[2]
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$150,000
Winner's share$22,500
Champion
South Africa Sally Little
285 (−3)
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The 1980 LPGA Championship was the 26th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.

Sally Little won the first of her two major titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Nancy at home in championship". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). AP, UPI wires. June 6, 1980. p. 3C.
  2. ^ "Blalock, Little catch Melton". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. June 7, 1980. p. 6C.
  3. ^ "Little captures first big crown". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 9, 1980. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Little turns break at nine into first major golf title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. June 9, 1980. p. 4C.