1985 Open Championship

1985 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 18–21 July 1985
Location Sandwich, England
Course(s) Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70[1]
Length 6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field 153 players
86 after 1st cut
61 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut 149 (+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 the 114th Open Championship, held 18–21 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.

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Lee Trevino  United States 1971, 1972 73 76 68 71 288 +8 T20
Seve Ballesteros  Spain 1979, 1984 75 74 70 73 292 +12 T39
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983
72 73 72 77 294 +14 T47
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 70 76 69 WD

Missed the second cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 Total To par
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968, 1974 72 77 73 222 +12

Missed the first cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966, 1970, 1978 77 75 152 +12
Tony Jacklin  England 1969 81 73 154 +14
Bill Rogers  United States 1981 74 83 157 +17

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Christy O'Connor Jnr Ireland64–6
T2David Graham Australia68–2
Tony Johnstone Zimbabwe
Robert Lee England
Sandy Lyle Scotland
Philip Parkin Wales
T7Gordon Brand Jnr Scotland69–1
Bill McColl Scotland
D. A. Weibring United States
David Whelan England
Fuzzy Zoeller United States

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1David Graham Australia68-71=139–1
Sandy Lyle Scotland68-71=139
T3Tony Johnstone Zimbabwe68-72=140E
Christy O'Connor Jnr Ireland64-76=140
D. A. Weibring United States69-71=140
T6Howard Clark England70-71=141+1
Bernhard Langer West Germany72-69=141
Robert Lee England68-73=141
Wayne Riley Australia71-70=141
Emilio Rodríguez Spain71-70=141
Peter Senior Australia70-71=141
Ian Woosnam Wales70-71=141

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

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1David Graham Australia68-71-70=209–1
Bernhard Langer West Germany72-69-68=209
T3Sandy Lyle Scotland68-71-73=212+2
Christy O'Connor Jnr Ireland64-76-72=212
Mark O'Meara United States70-72-70=212
Ian Woosnam Wales70-71-71=212
T7Peter Jacobsen United States71-74-68=213+3
Tom Kite United States73-73-67=213
T9Greg Norman Australia71-72-71=214 +4
D. A. Weibring United States69-71-74=214

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

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1985

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

Amateurs: Olazábal (+9)
Source:[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 49, 203. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. McDermott, Barry (29 July 1985). "Finally, one for the home folks". Sports Illustrated: 22.
  3. "1985 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

External links

Preceded by
1985 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
1985 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E