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1985 Masters Tournament
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1985 Masters Tournament 1985_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1985 Masters Guide April 11–14, 1985 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6905 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xlhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ee8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1722%2C6090912 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Masters final scores (first round) April 12, 1985 32https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yVhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ee8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5456%2C8261746 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Green Bob Associated Press Strange shots gives Langer a Masters title April 15, 1985 C1 77 players, 60 after cut 150 (+6) $700,793 $126,000 FRG Bernhard Langer 282 (−6) 1984 1986 USA#USA Georgia yes Augusta National Location in the United States##Location in Georgia 33.503 N 82.020 W type:event inline,title
The 1985 Masters Tournament was the 49th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Bernhard Langer won the first of his two major championships, both Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd, and Curtis Strange. A 69 (−3) on Saturday put Floyd in the lead after 54 holes at 212 (−4); Strange was a stroke back, with Langer and Ballesteros two strokes back.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C61VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4046%2C3159689 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Floyd works mysterious 'game plan' for 69 April 14, 1985 1C Despite an opening round 80, Strange led by three strokes with six holes to play in the final round, but made key bogeys at 13 and 15 when his attempts to reach both greens in two shots found water insteadhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=msYoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qW4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5988%2C3706432 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino It was a Strange way to lose the Masters April 15, 1985 22 and finished two strokes back.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B61VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6354%2C3851492 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press It's Langer - after Strange finish April 15, 1985 1B https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=msYoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qW4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5351%2C3694242 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Langer finds Masters title April 15, 1985 19 It was Strange's only top-5 finish at Augusta, but he won consecutive U.S. Opens in 1988 and 1989.
Langer, age 27 and dressed in red, birdied four of the last seven holes to win the green jacket.https://www.si.com/vault/1985/04/22/622392/der-meisterswinger Sports Illustrated McDermott Barry Der Meisterswinger April 22, 1985 26 The second champion from Europe, he had consecutive rounds of 68 (−4) on the weekend to become the first winner of a major from Germany (then West Germany). Langer won a second green jacket eight years later in 1993.
Field
1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer (11,12), Seve Ballesteros (3,10,11), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (8,12,13), Raymond Floyd (4,8,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,11,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (8,10), Craig Stadler (11,12,13), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (2,3,8,9,11,12,13), Fuzzy Zoeller (2,9,11,13)
Jack Burke Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, and Sam Snead did not play.
The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Larry Nelson (4,8,11)
3. The Open champions (last five years)
Bill Rogers
4. PGA champions (last five years)
Hal Sutton (9,10,12), Lee Trevino (9,10,12)
5. 1984 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
Jerry Haas (a), Sam Randolph (a), Randy Sonnier (7,a), Scott Verplank (6,7,a)
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
Jay Sigel (7,a)
7. Members of the 1984 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
John Inman (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1984 Masters Tournament
Andy Bean (9,12), Ronnie Black (11), Rex Caldwell, Fred Couples (9,12), Danny Edwards, David Edwards (12), Jay Haas (9,13), Hale Irwin (9), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Wayne Levi (11,12), Mark Lye, Larry Mize (10), Gil Morgan (12,13), Calvin Peete (10,11,12,13), Jack Renner (12), Payne Stewart (12)
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1984 U.S. Open
Lennie Clements, Peter Jacobsen (11,12), Mark McCumber (11), Johnny Miller, Mark O'Meara (11,12), Tom Purtzer, Tim Simpson, Curtis Strange (11,12,13), Jim Thorpe, Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12,13)
10. Top eight players and ties from 1984 PGA Championship
Gary Hallberg (12), Scott Simpson (11,12)
11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Woody Blackburn, Bob Eastwood (12), Hubert Green, Scott Hoch (12), Billy Kratzert, Corey Pavin (12), Joey Sindelar
12. Top 30 players from the 1984 PGA Tour money list
Gary Koch, Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey
13. Members of the U.S. 1983 Ryder Cup team
Bob Gilder
14. Foreign invitations
Isao Aoki (9), Ian Baker-Finch, Nick Faldo (8,11), David Graham (2,8), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Greg Norman (9,11,12), José María Olazábal (6,a), Sam Torrance, Denis Watson (11,12)
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 11, 1985
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Gary Hallberg 68 −4T2 USA Payne Stewart 69 −3 USA Tom Watson T4 USA Ben Crenshaw 70 −2 USA Raymond Floyd USA John Inman (a) USA Sam Randolph (a) USA Lee Trevino T9 USA Billy Casper 71 −1 USA Larry Mize USA Jack Nicklaus ZAF 1982 Gary Player USA Scott Simpson
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Second round
Friday, April 12, 1985
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Craig Stadler 73-67=140 −4 USA Payne Stewart 69-71=140 USA Tom Watson 69-71=1404 USA Gary Hallberg 68-73=141 −35 USA Gary Koch 72-70=142 −2T6 ESP Seve Ballesteros 72-71=143 −1 USA Raymond Floyd 70-73=143 USA Bruce Lietzke 72-71=143 SCO Sandy Lyle 78-65=143 USA Lee Trevino 70-73=143
Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DK1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2259%2C2780504 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Watson falls into the lead April 13, 1985 1C
Third round
Saturday, April 13, 1985
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Raymond Floyd 70-73-69=212 −42 USA Curtis Strange 80-65-68=213 −3T3 ESP Seve Ballesteros 72-71-71=214 −2 FRG Bernhard Langer 72-74-68=214 T5 USA Gary Koch 72-70-73=215 −1 USA Lee Trevino 70-73-72=215 USA Tom Watson 69-71-75=215T8 AUS David Graham 74-71-71=216 E USA Gary Hallberg 68-73-75=216 USA Bruce Lietzke 72-71-73=216 USA Craig Stadler 73-67-76=216 USA Payne Stewart 69-71-76=216 USA Hal Sutton 77-69-70=216 USA Jim Thorpe 73-71-72=216
Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZkhOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ohMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3987%2C3991192 Sunday Star-News Wilmington, North Carolina Associated Press Floyd leads by stroke April 14, 1985 1E
Final round
Sunday, April 14, 1985
Final leaderboard
Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion
Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 FRG Bernhard Langer 72-74-68-68=282 −6 126,000T2 ESP Seve Ballesteros (c) 72-71-71-70=284 −4 52,267 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 70-73-69-72=284 USA Curtis Strange 80-65-68-71=2845 USA Jay Haas 73-73-72-67=285 −3 28,000T6 USA Gary Hallberg 68-73-75-70=286 −2 22,663 USA Bruce Lietzke 72-71-73-70=286 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-74-72-69=286 USA Craig Stadler (c) 73-67-76-70=286T10 USA Fred Couples 75-73-69-70=287 −1 16,800 AUS David Graham 74-71-71-71=287 USA Lee Trevino 70-73-72-72=287 USA Tom Watson (c) 69-71-75-72=287
Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 USA Billy Kratzert 73-77-69-69=288 E 12,950 USA John Mahaffey 72-75-70-71=288T16 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 72-74-71-72=289 +1 11,550 USA Gary Koch 72-70-73-74=289T18 USA Wayne Levi 75-72-70-73=290 +2 9,128 USA Mark McCumber 73-73-79-65=290USA Sam Randolph (a) 70-75-72-73=290 0 USA Tim Simpson 73-72-75-70=290 9,128 USA Jim Thorpe 73-71-72-74=290 USA Lanny Wadkins 72-73-72-73=29024 USA Mark O'Meara 73-76-72-70=291 +3 7,280T25 USA Andy Bean 72-74-73-73=292 +4 5,670 ENG Nick Faldo 73-73-75-71=292 SCO Sandy Lyle 78-65-76-73=292 USA Johnny Miller 77-68-76-71=292 USA Corey Pavin 72-75-75-70=292 USA Payne Stewart 69-71-76-76=292T31 USA Jerry Haas (a) 76-69-73-75=293 +5 0 USA Calvin Peete 75-70-74-74=293 4,445 USA Joey Sindelar 73-73-75-72=293 USA Hal Sutton 77-69-70-77=293 SCO Sam Torrance 73-73-75-72=293T36 USA Lennie Clements 75-75-73-71=294 +6 3,612 USA Hale Irwin 78-71-73-72=294 USA Mark Lye 72-73-79-70=294 USA Larry Nelson 73-75-74-72=294 ZAF 1982 Gary Player (c) 71-75-73-75=294T41 USA Ronnie Black 74-71-75-75=295 +7 3,010 USA David Edwards 74-72-77-72=295 USA Scott Simpson 71-73-77-74=295T44 USA Charles Coody (c) 72-77-74-73=296 +8 2,660 USA Bob Gilder 72-75-81-68=296 USA Jay Sigel (a) 76-71-77-72=296 0T47 USA Woody Blackburn 78-71-72-77=298 +10 2,115 USA Danny Edwards 77-72-71-78=298 USA Larry Mize 71-75-76-76=298 JPN 1947 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 77-70-78-73=298 AUS Greg Norman 73-72-75-78=298 USA Jack Renner 72-77-70-79=298T53 USA George Archer (c) 73-74-79-73=299 +11 1,800 USA Scott Hoch 73-76-74-76=299 ZWE Denis Watson 76-72-75-76=29956 USA Rex Caldwell 73-74-77-77=301 +13 1,760T57 USA Billy Casper (c) 71-78-74-79=302 +14 1,730 USA Ben Crenshaw (c) 70-76-77-79=30259 USA John Inman (a) 70-76-80-77=303 +15 060 USA Bob Eastwood 77-72-82-77=308 +20 1,700CUT USA Randy Sonnier (a) 75-77=152 +8 USA Scott Verplank (a) 78-74=152 USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 77-75=152 USA Bill Rogers 78-75=153 +9 USA Peter Jacobsen 78-76=154 +10 USA Tom Kite 75-79=154 USA Gil Morgan 74-80=154 USA Tom Purtzer 76-78=154 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 83-72=155 +11 AUS Ian Baker-Finch 77-79=156 +12 USA Hubert Green 74-83=157 +13 ESP José María Olazábal (a) 81-76=157 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 76-81=157 USA Gay Brewer (c) 79-79=158 +14 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 79-80=159 +15 USA Bob Goalby (c) 79-80=159WD USA Doug Ford (c) 76 +4
Sources:Masters – Past Winners & Results https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Augusta National Inc. April 20, 2021Past results – Masters tournament https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html PGA Tour April 20, 2021
Scorecard
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344FRG Langer −2−1−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−6−6−7−6ESP Ballesteros −2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4USA Floyd −4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−2−3−3−2−2−2−4−4−4−4USA Strange −3−4−4−5−5−5−6−7−7−6−6−7−6−6−5−5−5−4
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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References
External links
Masters.com – Past winners and results
GolfCompendium.com – 1985 Masters Tournament
Augusta.com – 1985 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
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