1980 PGA Championship: Fifth for Nicklaus
Winner: Jack Nicklaus, 274
Where it was played: Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) in Rochester, New York
Tournament dates: August 7-10, 1980
Leader after first round: Craig Stadler, 67
Leader after second round: Gil Morgan, 138
Leader after third round: Jack Nicklaus, 205
Notable Notes: Jack Nicklaus hovered around the lead the first two rounds, then took the lead with a 66 in the third round. And ran away with the lead in the final round to win by seven strokes, at the time the PGA Championship record for largest margin of victory.
Nicklaus was considered in decline by golf media at the start of 1980, then he won two majors: first the U.S. Open, then this one. In winning the PGA, he tied Walter Hagen's record of five PGA Championship trophies. It was Nicklaus' 17th win in a major, his second-to-last.
Final Scores
| Jack Nicklaus | 70-69-66-69—274 |
| Andy Bean | 72-71-68-70—281 |
| Gil Morgan | 68-70-73-72—283 |
| Lon Hinkle | 70-69-69-75—283 |
| Curtis Strange | 68-72-72-72—284 |
| Howard Twitty | 68-74-71-71—284 |
| Lee Trevino | 74-71-71-69—285 |
| Bill Rogers | 71-71-72-72—286 |
| Bobby Walzel | 68-76-71-71—286 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 71-73-72-72—288 |
| Jerry Pate | 72-73-70-73—288 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 71-73-74-70—288 |
| Tom Watson | 75-74-72-67—288 |
| Terry Diehl | 72-72-68-76—288 |
| Andy North | 72-70-73-74—289 |
| John Mahaffey | 71-77-69-72—289 |
| George Archer | 70-73-75-72—290 |
| Joe Inman | 72-71-75-72—290 |
| Raymond Floyd | 70-76-71-73—290 |
| Rod Curl | 74-71-75-71—291 |
| Tom Kite | 73-70-76-72—291 |
| Bob Murphy | 68-80-72-71—291 |
| Jack Newton | 72-73-73-73—291 |
| Rex Caldwell | 73-70-73-75—291 |
| Alan Tapie | 74-75-69-73—291 |
| David Graham | 69-75-73-75—292 |
| Lee Elder | 70-75-74-73—292 |
| Leonard Thompson | 71-75-73-73—292 |
| Gary Player | 72-74-71-75—292 |
| Scott Simpson | 74-74-74-71—293 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 71-75-74-73—293 |
| Bob Eastwood | 72-73-73-75—293 |
| Doug Tewell | 73-71-75-74—293 |
| Hale Irwin | 69-76-74-74—293 |
| Artie McNickle | 71-71-76-75—293 |
| Mike Sullivan | 71-74-76-72—293 |
| David Edwards | 73-76-73-71—293 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 76-72-72-73—293 |
| Bruce Devlin | 76-73-71-73—293 |
| Jim Colbert | 73-75-77-68—293 |
| John Fought | 72-72-76-74—294 |
| Dana Quigley | 73-76-73-72—294 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 76-73-71-74—294 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 69-74-78-73—294 |
| Charles Coody | 73-71-79-71—294 |
| Don Pooley | 74-75-75-71—295 |
| Mike Morley | 71-73-76-75—295 |
| D.A. Weibring | 76-73-71-75—295 |
| Gary Koch | 71-71-78-75—295 |
| Jay Haas T | 72-74-75-75—296 |
| Keith Fergus | 74-73-75-74—296 |
| Billy Kratzert | 74-73-75-74—296 |
| J.C. Snead | 74-74-78-70—296 |
| Mark Pfeil | 75-72-78-71—296 |
| Bob Gilder | 70-77-77-73—297 |
| Mike Reid | 74-73-78-72—297 |
| Ed Sneed | 80-68-72-77—297 |
| Craig Stadler | 67-75-74-81—297 |
| Mark Hayes | 73-75-75-75—298 |
| Danny Edwards | 73-73-75-77—298 |
| Toru Nakamura | 70-76-78-74—298 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 75-74-71-78—298 |
| Morris Hatalsky | 70-73-74-81—298 |
| Ron Streck | 75-71-70-82—298 |
| Buddy Gardner T | 74-75-75-75—299 |
| Miller Barber | 74-75-73-77—299 |
| Dave Eichelberger | 72-70-79-78—299 |
| Hubert Green | 74-75-75-76—300 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 71-73-79-77—300 |
| Johnny Miller | 70-71-80-79—300 |
| Brad Bryant | 78-70-74-79—301 |
| George Cadle | 73-75-78-76—302 |
| Arnold Palmer | 74-74-78-76—302 |
| Dewitt Weaver | 75-73-77-78—303 |
| Tommy Valentine | 73-71-82-79—305 |
| Victor Regalado | 75-74-79-78—306 |
| Bob Byman | 74-72-79-82—307 |
