1985 Open Championship

April 2022 January 2013 1985 Open Championship 1985_Open_Championship_Annual_Cover.png 280px Front cover of the 1985 Open Annual 18–21 July 1985 Sandwich, England Royal St George's Golf Club European TourPGA Tour 70 6857 yd 153 players 86 after 1st cut 61 after 2nd cuthttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 49, 203 8 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 149 (+9) (1st cut) 221 (+11) (2nd cut) £530,000 $768,500 £65,000 $94,250 SCO Sandy Lyle 282 (+2) 1984 1986 UK England 1 Sandwich 51.274 1.367 Location in England 240 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.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119700/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130317105700/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119700/index.htm dead 17 March 2013 Sports Illustrated McDermott Barry Finally, one for the home folks 29 July 1985 22 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 Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4453762144704221565294153873,4143992163624435084671654254583,4436,857Par443443544354344543443570 Round summaries First round Thursday, 18 July 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr64−6T2 AUS David Graham68−2 ZWE Tony Johnstone ENG Robert Lee SCO Sandy Lyle WAL Philip ParkinT7 SCO Gordon Brand Jnr69−1 SCO Bill McColl USA D. A. Weibring ENG David Whelan USA Fuzzy Zoeller Second round Friday, 19 July 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 AUS David Graham68-71=139−1 SCO Sandy Lyle68-71=139T3 ZWE Tony Johnstone68-72=140Even IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76=140 USA D. A. Weibring69-71=140T6 ENG Howard Clark70-71=141+1 FRG Bernhard Langer72-69=141 ENG Robert Lee68-73=141 AUS Wayne Riley71-70=141 ESP Emilio Rodríguez71-70=141 AUS Peter Senior70-71=141 WAL 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 parT1 AUS David Graham68-71-70=209−1 FRG Bernhard Langer72-69-68=209T3 SCO Sandy Lyle68-71-73=212+2 IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76-72=212 USA Mark O'Meara70-72-70=212 WAL Ian Woosnam70-71-71=212T7 USA Peter Jacobsen71-74-68=213+3 USA Tom Kite73-73-67=213T9 AUS Greg Norman71-72-71=214 +4 USA D. A. Weibring69-71-74=214 Amateurs: Olazábal (+9), Gilford (+12). Final round Sunday, 21 July 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 SCO Sandy Lyle 68-71-73-70=282 +2 65,0002 USA Payne Stewart 70-75-70-68=283 +3 43,000T3 AUS David Graham 68-71-70-75=284 +4 23,600 FRG Bernhard Langer 72-69-68-75=284 IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr 64-76-72-72=284 USA Mark O'Meara 70-72-70-72=284 ESP José Rivero 74-72-70-68=284T8 SWE Anders Forsbrand 70-76-69-70=285 +5 15,567 USA Tom Kite 73-73-67-72=285 USA D. A. Weibring 69-71-74-71=285 Amateurs: Olazábal (+9) Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1985&tid=8 databasegolf.com 1985 Open Championship results 8 July 2012 The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.39 dollars (US) per pound sterling.https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-USD-1985 PoundSterling British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1985 July 1985 July 18, 2024 References External links Royal St George's 1985 (Official site) 114th Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour) 1985 Open Championship (GolfCompendium.com) 1985 51.274 1.367 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Sandwich, Kent Category:Sport in Kent Category:1980s in Kent