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1985 Open Championship

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name1985 Open Championship
image1985_Open_Championship_Annual_Cover.png
image_size280px
captionFront cover of the 1985 Open Annual
dates18–21 July 1985
locationSandwich, England
courseRoyal St George's Golf Club
tourEuropean Tour
PGA Tour
par70
yardage6857 yd
field153 players
86 after 1st cut
61 after 2nd cut
cut149 (+9) (1st cut)
221 (+11) (2nd cut)
purse£530,000
$768,500
winners_share£65,000
$94,250
championSCO Sandy Lyle
score282 (+2)
previous[1984](1984-open-championship)
next[1986](1986-open-championship)

PGA Tour 86 after 1st cut 61 after 2nd cut 221 (+11) (2nd cut) $768,500 $94,250 |UK England 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. 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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
**Yards**445376214470422156529415387**3,414**399216362443508467165425458**3,443****6,857**
**Par**443443544**35**434454344**35****70**

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr64−6
T2AUS David Graham68−2
ZWE Tony Johnstone
ENG Robert Lee
SCO Sandy Lyle
WAL Philip Parkin
T7SCO Gordon Brand Jnr69−1
SCO Bill McColl
USA D. A. Weibring
ENG David Whelan
USA Fuzzy Zoeller

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1AUS David Graham68-71=139−1
SCO Sandy Lyle68-71=139
T3ZWE Tony Johnstone68-72=140Even
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76=140
USA D. A. Weibring69-71=140
T6ENG Howard Clark70-71=141+1
FRG Bernhard Langer72-69=141
ENG Robert Lee68-73=141
AUS Wayne Riley71-70=141
ESP Emilio Rodríguez71-70=141
AUS Peter Senior70-71=141
WAL Ian Woosnam70-71=141

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

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1AUS David Graham68-71-70=209−1
FRG Bernhard Langer72-69-68=209
T3SCO Sandy Lyle68-71-73=212+2
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76-72=212
USA Mark O'Meara70-72-70=212
WAL Ian Woosnam70-71-71=212
T7USA Peter Jacobsen71-74-68=213+3
USA Tom Kite73-73-67=213
T9AUS Greg Norman71-72-71=214+4
USA D. A. Weibring69-71-74=214

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

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1SCO **Sandy Lyle**68-71-73-70=282+265,000
2USA Payne Stewart70-75-70-68=283+343,000
T3AUS David Graham68-71-70-75=284+423,600
FRG Bernhard Langer72-69-68-75=284
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76-72-72=284
USA Mark O'Meara70-72-70-72=284
ESP José Rivero74-72-70-68=284
T8SWE Anders Forsbrand70-76-69-70=285+515,567
USA Tom Kite73-73-67-72=285
USA D. A. Weibring69-71-74-71=285

Amateurs: Olazábal (+9)

Source:

  • The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.39 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

References

References

  1. (2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
  2. McDermott, Barry. (29 July 1985). "Finally, one for the home folks".
  3. "1985 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.
  4. (July 1985). "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1985". PoundSterling.
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