1985 Masters Tournament
The 1985 Masters Tournament was the 49th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 11–14, 1985 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1][2] |
Field | 77 players, 60 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+6) |
Prize fund | $700,793 |
Winner's share | $126,000 |
Champion | |
Bernhard Langer | |
282 (−6) | |
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.[3] 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 instead[4] and finished two strokes back.[5][6] 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.[2][7] 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).[5][6] 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)
- 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
- 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.
Nationalities in the field
North America (64) | South America (0) | Europe (6) | Oceania (3) | Asia (2) | Africa (2) |
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United States (64) | England (1) | Australia (3) | Japan (2) | South Africa (1) | |
Scotland (2) | Zimbabwe (1) | ||||
Spain (2) | |||||
West Germany (1) |
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 1980, 1983 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 284 | −4 | T2 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | 1976 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 284 | −4 | T2 |
Jack Nicklaus | United States | 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 286 | −2 | T6 |
Craig Stadler | United States | 1982 | 73 | 67 | 76 | 70 | 286 | −2 | T6 |
Tom Watson | United States | 1977, 1981 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 287 | −1 | T10 |
Gary Player | South Africa | 1961, 1974, 1978 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 294 | +6 | T36 |
Charles Coody | United States | 1971 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 296 | +8 | T44 |
George Archer | United States | 1969 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 73 | 299 | +11 | T53 |
Billy Casper | United States | 1970 | 71 | 78 | 74 | 79 | 302 | +14 | T57 |
Ben Crenshaw | United States | 1984 | 70 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 302 | +14 | T57 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Fuzzy Zoeller | United States | 1979 | 77 | 75 | 152 | +8 |
Arnold Palmer | United States | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 | 83 | 72 | 155 | +11 |
Art Wall Jr. | United States | 1959 | 76 | 81 | 157 | +13 |
Gay Brewer | United States | 1967 | 79 | 79 | 158 | +14 |
Tommy Aaron | United States | 1973 | 79 | 80 | 159 | +15 |
Bob Goalby | United States | 1968 | 79 | 80 | 159 | +15 |
Doug Ford | United States | 1957 | 76 | WD |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 11, 1985
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Gary Hallberg | United States | 68 | −4 |
T2 | Payne Stewart | United States | 69 | −3 |
Tom Watson | United States | |||
T4 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 70 | −2 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | |||
John Inman (a) | United States | |||
Sam Randolph (a) | United States | |||
Lee Trevino | United States | |||
T9 | Billy Casper | United States | 71 | −1 |
Larry Mize | United States | |||
Jack Nicklaus | United States | |||
Gary Player | South Africa | |||
Scott Simpson | United States |
Source:[1]
Second round
Friday, April 12, 1985
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Craig Stadler | United States | 73-67=140 | −4 |
Payne Stewart | United States | 69-71=140 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-71=140 | ||
4 | Gary Hallberg | United States | 68-73=141 | −3 |
5 | Gary Koch | United States | 72-70=142 | −2 |
T6 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 72-71=143 | −1 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | 70-73=143 | ||
Bruce Lietzke | United States | 72-71=143 | ||
Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 78-65=143 | ||
Lee Trevino | United States | 70-73=143 |
Source:[9]
Third round
Saturday, April 13, 1985
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Raymond Floyd | United States | 70-73-69=212 | −4 |
2 | Curtis Strange | United States | 80-65-68=213 | −3 |
T3 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 72-71-71=214 | −2 |
Bernhard Langer | West Germany | 72-74-68=214 | ||
T5 | Gary Koch | United States | 72-70-73=215 | −1 |
Lee Trevino | United States | 70-73-72=215 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-71-75=215 | ||
T8 | David Graham | Australia | 74-71-71=216 | E |
Gary Hallberg | United States | 68-73-75=216 | ||
Bruce Lietzke | United States | 72-71-73=216 | ||
Craig Stadler | United States | 73-67-76=216 | ||
Payne Stewart | United States | 69-71-76=216 | ||
Hal Sutton | United States | 77-69-70=216 | ||
Jim Thorpe | United States | 73-71-72=216 |
Source:[10]
Final round
Sunday, April 14, 1985
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bernhard Langer | West Germany | 72-74-68-68=282 | −6 | 126,000 |
T2 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 72-71-71-70=284 | −4 | 52,267 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | 70-73-69-72=284 | |||
Curtis Strange | United States | 80-65-68-71=284 | |||
5 | Jay Haas | United States | 73-73-72-67=285 | −3 | 28,000 |
T6 | Gary Hallberg | United States | 68-73-75-70=286 | −2 | 22,663 |
Bruce Lietzke | United States | 72-71-73-70=286 | |||
Jack Nicklaus | United States | 71-74-72-69=286 | |||
Craig Stadler | United States | 73-67-76-70=286 | |||
T10 | Fred Couples | United States | 75-73-69-70=287 | −1 | 16,800 |
David Graham | Australia | 74-71-71-71=287 | |||
Lee Trevino | United States | 70-73-72-72=287 | |||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-71-75-72=287 |
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey
References
- "Masters final scores (first round)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1985. p. 32.
- Green, Bob (April 15, 1985). "Strange shots gives Langer a Masters title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
- "Floyd works mysterious 'game plan' for 69". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1985. p. 1C.
- Parascenzo, Marino (April 15, 1985). "It was a Strange way to lose the Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 22.
- "It's Langer - after Strange finish". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1985. p. 1B.
- Parascenzo, Marino (April 15, 1985). "Langer finds Masters title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 19.
- McDermott, Barry (April 22, 1985). "Der Meisterswinger". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
- "1985 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- "Watson falls into the lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1985. p. 1C.
- "Floyd leads by stroke". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. April 14, 1985. p. 1E.
External links
- Masters.com – Past winners and results
- GolfCompendium.com – 1985 Masters Tournament
- Augusta.com – 1985 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
Preceded by 1984 PGA Championship |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 1985 U.S. Open |