1985_Open_Championship Knowpia

1985 Open Championship
	Front cover of the 1985 Open Annual
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
Length	6,857 yards (6,270 m)
Field	153 players; 86 after 1st cut; 61 after 2nd cut
Cut	149 (+9) (1st cut) ; 221 (+11) (2nd cut)
Prize fund	£530,000 ; $768,500
Winner's share	£65,000 ; $94,250
Champion
	Sandy Lyle
	282 (+2)
	← 1984 1986 →

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.

Sandwich

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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 edit

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

First round edit

Thursday, 18 July 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Christy O'Connor Jnr	64	−6
T2	David Graham	68	−2
	Tony Johnstone
	Robert Lee
	Sandy Lyle
	Philip Parkin
T7	Gordon Brand Jnr	69	−1
	Bill McColl
	D. A. Weibring
	David Whelan
	Fuzzy Zoeller

Second round edit

Friday, 19 July 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	David Graham	68-71=139	−1
T1	Sandy Lyle	68-71=139	−1
T3	Tony Johnstone	68-72=140	Even
	Christy O'Connor Jnr	64-76=140
	D. A. Weibring	69-71=140
T6	Howard Clark	70-71=141	+1
	Bernhard Langer	72-69=141
	Robert Lee	68-73=141
	Wayne Riley	71-70=141
	Emilio Rodríguez	71-70=141
	Peter Senior	70-71=141
	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

Saturday, 20 July 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	David Graham	68-71-70=209	−1
T1	Bernhard Langer	72-69-68=209	−1
T3	Sandy Lyle	68-71-73=212	+2
	Christy O'Connor Jnr	64-76-72=212
	Mark O'Meara	70-72-70=212
	Ian Woosnam	70-71-71=212
T7	Peter Jacobsen	71-74-68=213	+3
T7	Tom Kite	73-73-67=213	+3
T9	Greg Norman	71-72-71=214	+4
T9	D. A. Weibring	69-71-74=214	+4

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

Final round edit

Sunday, 21 July 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Sandy Lyle	68-71-73-70=282	+2	65,000
2	Payne Stewart	70-75-70-68=283	+3	43,000
T3	David Graham	68-71-70-75=284	+4	23,600
	Bernhard Langer	72-69-68-75=284
	Christy O'Connor Jnr	64-76-72-72=284
	Mark O'Meara	70-72-70-72=284
	José Rivero	74-72-70-68=284
T8	Anders Forsbrand	70-76-69-70=285	+5	15,567
	Tom Kite	73-73-67-72=285
	D. A. Weibring	69-71-74-71=285

Amateurs: Olazábal (+9)
Source:^[3]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 49, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
^ McDermott, Barry (29 July 1985). "Finally, one for the home folks". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
^ "1985 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.