en 1980 LPGA Championship

1980 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	June 5–8, 1980
Location	Mason, Ohio
Course(s)	Jack Nicklaus Golf Center; Grizzly Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,313 yards (5,773 m)
Cut	151 (+7)
Prize fund	$150,000
Winner's share	$22,500
Champion
	Sally Little
	285 (−3)
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Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

Location in the United States

Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

Location in Ohio

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]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 8, 1980

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Sally Little	69-70-73-73=285	−3	22,500
2	Jane Blalock	70-69-75-74=288	E	14,700
T3	Donna Caponi Young	72-73-72-72=289	+1	6,810
	JoAnne Carner	71-75-70-73=289
	Beth Daniel	72-70-73-74=289
	Dot Germain	76-70-72-71=289
	Barbara Moxness	70-71-74-74=289
8	Jo Ann Washam	72-73-71-74=290	+2	4,350
9	Vicki Fergon	73-74-70-74=291	+3	4,050
T10	Amy Alcott	73-71-75-73=292	+4	3,168
	Jerilyn Britz	69-76-74-73=292
	Lori Garbacz	73-74-74-71=292
	Sandra Palmer	72-71-68-81=292
	Hollis Stacy	70-76-73-73=292

Source:^[5]

^ "Nancy at home in championship". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). AP, UPI wires. June 6, 1980. p. 3C.
^ "Blalock, Little catch Melton". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. June 7, 1980. p. 6C.
^ "Little captures first big crown". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 9, 1980. p. 16.
^ "Little turns break at nine into first major golf title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. June 9, 1980. p. 4C.
^ "LPGA scores". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 9, 1980. p. 18.