1985 Open Championship
 Front cover of the 1985 Open Annual | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18–21 July 1985 |
| Location | Sandwich, England |
| Course | 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) | |
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
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]First round
[edit | edit source]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 |
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Second round
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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]
- The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.39 dollars (US) per pound sterling.[4]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Royal St George's 1985 (Official site)
- 114th Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour)
- 1985 Open Championship (GolfCompendium.com)
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