Palmer was eligible for the Senior PGA Tour ( now the Champions Tour ) from its first season in 1980, and he was one of the marquee names who helped it to become successful.

Norman won the PGA Tour of Australia's Order of Merit six times: 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, and 1988.

In 1980, Nicklaus recorded only four top-10 finishes in 14 events, but two of these were record-setting victories in majors ( the U. S. Open and the PGA Championship ); the other two were a tie for fourth in The Open Championship and a runner-up finish in the Doral-Eastern Open to Raymond Floyd via his chip-in birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Even though official PGA Tour statistics did not begin until 1980, Nicklaus was consistently the leader in greens hit in regulation through that year, displaying great command of the long and middle irons.

Oak Hill Country Club, located in Pittsford, hosted the 1995 Ryder Cup ; the 1956, 1968 and 1989 United States Opens ; and the 1980 and 2003 PGA Championships.

Nevertheless, he was ranked second in McCormack's World Golf Rankings in 1980, behind Tom Watson, and won his sixth major, the 1984 PGA Championship at the age of 44.

* 1980 New Zealand PGA Championship

He won the first official event on the Senior PGA Tour – the 1980 Atlantic City Senior International.

Adam Derek Scott ( born 16 July 1980 ) is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the PGA Tour.

Stadler won his first two PGA Tour events in 1980, at the Bob Hope Desert Classic and the Greater Greensboro Open.

Justin Peter Rose ( born 30 July 1980 ) is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour, while keeping his membership on the European Tour.

As professional golf has continued to expand developmental tours such as the Challenge Tour ( 1986 ) and the Web. com Tour ( 1990 ; originally called the Ben Hogan Tour ), and senior tours such as the Champions Tour ( 1980 ; originally the Senior PGA Tour ) and the European Seniors Tour ( 1992 ) have been established to give more golfers the opportunity to play on a tour, and to take advantage of the willingness of sponsors and broadcasters to fund an ever increasing number of tournaments.

After graduating with a degree in marketing in 1980, O ' Meara turned professional and would win 16 events on the PGA Tour, beginning with the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1984.

The leading senior tour is the U. S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 ( as the Senior PGA Tour ).

* Senior PGA Championship ( founded 1937 ; Champions Tour major since 1980 )

Winners of Senior PGA Championships played before 1980 and Senior British Opens played before 2003 are not listed here as they were not Champions Tour majors at the time nor retroactively recognized as majors.

The first Tournament Players Club was TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, designed in 1980 and now the headquarters of the PGA Tour.

In 1980, Reid finished in the top-10 13 times on the PGA Tour.

He led the PGA Tour for driving accuracy in 1980 and was second on the PGA Tour for driving accuracy each year between 1986 to 1989.

Archer is considered one of the game's all-time great putters, and at one time held the PGA Tour record for fewest putts over four rounds with 94 putts at the 1980 Sea Pines Heritage.

* 1980 Spanish PGA Championship

Robert Daniel Clampett, Jr. ( born April 22, 1960 ) is a television golf analyst, golf course architect, writer, and professional golfer, who played on the PGA Tour from 1980 to 1995.

From 1980 to 1995, he played on the PGA Tour.

Between 1957 and 1980 Granaglia won a record 13 World Championships, 12 European Championship titles, and 46 Italian National Championships.

Since 1980, UCA has hosted the National High School Cheerleading Championship in Walt Disney World Resort.

Varsity: Partnered with the UCA, Varsity created the National High School Cheerleading Championship in 1980.

However, despite playing in the NFC Championship Game three consecutive years ( 1980 – 1982 ), the Cowboys did not reach the Super Bowl during the 1980s.

As when the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Cowboys in the 1980 NFC Championship Game, and their November 4, 2007 meeting.

The team would face the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1980 National League Championship Series.

The rivalry stems largely from the period between 1976 and 1980, when both teams were in top form and met four times in five years for the American League Championship Series.

The Asian Kabaddi Championship was arranged in 1980 and India emerged as champion and Bangladesh runner-up.

The Asian Kabaddi Championship was successfully arranged in 1980 and India emerged as the champion and Bangladesh as the runners-up.

Keirin has been a UCI men's World Championship event since 1980 and a UCI women's World Championship event since 2002.

* Has been host of the FIBA Americas Championship five times ( 1980, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2009 ).

He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions ( 1956, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1985 ).

* 1980, The first year of the World Microcomputer Chess Championship

Since their inaugural 1980 – 81 season, the Mavericks have won three division titles ( 1987, 2007, 2010 ), two conference championships ( 2006, 2011 ), and one NBA Championship ( 2011 ).

Camacho won the 1978 112 lb Sub-Novice Championship, 1979 118 lb Open Championship and 1980 119 lb Open Championship.

In 1979 Camacho defeated Paul DeVorce of the Yonkers Police Athletic League in the finals to win the title, and in 1980 Camacho defeated Tyrone Jackson in the finals to win the Championship.

The Plainville High School is home the 1980 and 1985 Kansas Football State Championship teams, as well as the 1988 and 1992 3-2-1A State Wrestling Championship teams and the 2012 2A State Championship boys track team.

He contested the Karting World Championship each year from 1978 to 1982, finishing runner-up in 1979 and 1980.

Petrosian was a Candidate for the World Championship on eight occasions ( 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1980 ).

Beliavsky won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1973 and the USSR Chess Championship four times in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1990.