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1985 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	1985 U.S. Women's Open
dates	July 11–14, 1985
location	Springfield, New Jersey
course	Baltusrol Golf Club,
Upper Course
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6274 yd
field	153 players, 62 after cut
cut	151 (+7)
purse	$250,000
winners_share	$41,975
champion	USA Kathy Baker
score	280 (−8)
previous	[1984](1984-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[1986](1986-u-s-women-s-open)

Upper Course |USA Golf Club |USA New Jersey Union County Golf Club The 1985 U.S. Women's Open was the 40th U.S. Women's Open, held July 11–14 at the Upper Course of Baltusrol Golf Club, in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City.

Kathy Baker, 24, won her first LPGA Tour event and only major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Judy Clark (later Dickinson). Baker (later Guadagnino) held the lead after 54 holes at 210 (−6), one stroke ahead of Clark and 36-hole leader Nancy Lopez.

The 153-player field included 24 amateurs.

The Upper Course previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1936, won by Tony Manero. The U.S. Women's Open in 1961 was played on the more renowned Lower Course, where Mickey Wright won the third of her four titles.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 14, 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Kathy Baker	70-72-68-70=280	−8	41,975
2	USA Judy Clark	71-75-65-72=283	−5	21,700
3	USA Vicki Alvarez	72-69-71-75=287	−1	16,800
T4	USA Janet Coles	72-69-71-76=288	E	10,854
USA Nancy Lopez	70-70-71-77=288
T6	USA Sally Little	73-70-74-72=289	+1	7,498
AUS Penny Pulz		75-74-70-70=289
T8	USA Jane Geddes	74-75-69-72=290	+2	5,893
USA Betsy King	71-73-71-75=290
JPN Ayako Okamoto	72-74-73-71=290

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References

Cimino, Rich. (July 14, 1985). "Newcomers atop Open's leaderboard". Eugene Register-Guard.
McDermott, Barry. (July 22, 1985). "Opening in high style".
Jenkins, Sally. (July 15, 1985). "Baker shakes off pressure to win Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 13, 1985). "Lopez's putter makes her day at the Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 12, 1985). "Lopez off to good start in U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard.

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