1985 Open Championship
Front cover of the 1985 Open Annual
Tournament information
Dates18–21 July 1985
LocationSandwich, England
Course(s)Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70[1]
Length6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field153 players
86 after 1st cut
61 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut149 (+9) (1st cut)
221 (+11) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund£530,000
$768,500
Winner's share£65,000
$94,250
Champion
Scotland Sandy Lyle
282 (+2)
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The 1985 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 114th Open Championship, held from 18 to 21 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Sandy Lyle won his only Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart.[2] It was the first of his two major titles; Lyle added a green jacket as Masters champion in 1988.

This was the last year the Open Championship featured the double cut (after 36 holes and 54 holes), introduced in 1968. Jack Nicklaus was cut for the first time in his Open championship career dating back to 1962.

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 445 376 214 470 422 156 529 415 387 3,414 399 216 362 443 508 467 165 425 458 3,443 6,857
Par 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 35 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 35 70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1985

Place Player Score To par
1 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr 64 −6
T2 Australia David Graham 68 −2
Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone
England Robert Lee
Scotland Sandy Lyle
Wales Philip Parkin
T7 Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr 69 −1
Scotland Bill McColl
United States D. A. Weibring
England David Whelan
United States Fuzzy Zoeller

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1985

Place Player Score To par
T1 Australia David Graham 68-71=139 −1
Scotland Sandy Lyle 68-71=139
T3 Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone 68-72=140 Even
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr 64-76=140
United States D. A. Weibring 69-71=140
T6 England Howard Clark 70-71=141 +1
West Germany Bernhard Langer 72-69=141
England Robert Lee 68-73=141
Australia Wayne Riley 71-70=141
Spain Emilio Rodríguez 71-70=141
Australia Peter Senior 70-71=141
Wales Ian Woosnam 70-71=141

Amateurs: Gilford (+6), Olazábal (+8), Evans (+15), Davis (+16) McGimpsey (+16), Homewood (+18), Purdie (+24), Latham (+28)

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 1985

Place Player Score To par
T1 Australia David Graham 68-71-70=209 −1
West Germany Bernhard Langer 72-69-68=209
T3 Scotland Sandy Lyle 68-71-73=212 +2
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr 64-76-72=212
United States Mark O'Meara 70-72-70=212
Wales Ian Woosnam 70-71-71=212
T7 United States Peter Jacobsen 71-74-68=213 +3
United States Tom Kite 73-73-67=213
T9 Australia Greg Norman 71-72-71=214 +4
United States D. A. Weibring 69-71-74=214

Amateurs: Olazábal (+9), Gilford (+12).

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1985

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Scotland Sandy Lyle 68-71-73-70=282 +2 65,000
2 United States Payne Stewart 70-75-70-68=283 +3 43,000
T3 Australia David Graham 68-71-70-75=284 +4 23,600
West Germany Bernhard Langer 72-69-68-75=284
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr 64-76-72-72=284
United States Mark O'Meara 70-72-70-72=284
Spain José Rivero 74-72-70-68=284
T8 Sweden Anders Forsbrand 70-76-69-70=285 +5 15,567
United States Tom Kite 73-73-67-72=285
United States D. A. Weibring 69-71-74-71=285

Amateurs: Olazábal (+9)
Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 49, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. ^ McDermott, Barry (29 July 1985). "Finally, one for the home folks". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  3. ^ "1985 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

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1985 Men's major golf championships
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