1985 Open Championship

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.

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)
Sandwich is located in England
Sandwich
Sandwich
Location in England

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
Yards4453762144704221565294153873,4143992163624435084671654254583,4436,857
Par443443544354344543443570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr64−6
T2Australia David Graham68−2
Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone
England Robert Lee
Scotland Sandy Lyle
Wales Philip Parkin
T7Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr69−1
Scotland Bill McColl
United States D. A. Weibring
England David Whelan
United States Fuzzy Zoeller

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Australia David Graham68-71=139−1
Scotland Sandy Lyle68-71=139
T3Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone68-72=140Even
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76=140
United States D. A. Weibring69-71=140
T6England Howard Clark70-71=141+1
West Germany Bernhard Langer72-69=141
England Robert Lee68-73=141
Australia Wayne Riley71-70=141
Spain Emilio Rodríguez71-70=141
Australia Peter Senior70-71=141
Wales 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
T1Australia David Graham68-71-70=209−1
West Germany Bernhard Langer72-69-68=209
T3Scotland Sandy Lyle68-71-73=212+2
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76-72=212
United States Mark O'Meara70-72-70=212
Wales Ian Woosnam70-71-71=212
T7United States Peter Jacobsen71-74-68=213+3
United States Tom Kite73-73-67=213
T9Australia Greg Norman71-72-71=214+4
United States D. A. Weibring69-71-74=214

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

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Scotland Sandy Lyle68-71-73-70=282+265,000
2United States Payne Stewart70-75-70-68=283+343,000
T3Australia David Graham68-71-70-75=284+423,600
West Germany Bernhard Langer72-69-68-75=284
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76-72-72=284
United States Mark O'Meara70-72-70-72=284
Spain José Rivero74-72-70-68=284
T8Sweden Anders Forsbrand70-76-69-70=285+515,567
United States Tom Kite73-73-67-72=285
United States D. A. Weibring69-71-74-71=285

Amateurs: Olazábal (+9)
Source:[3]

References
  1. "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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