1985 Masters Tournament
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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.[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)
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
- 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
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gary Hallberg | 68 | −4 |
| T2 | Payne Stewart | 69 | −3 |
| Tom Watson | |||
| T4 | Ben Crenshaw | 70 | −2 |
| Raymond Floyd | |||
| John Inman (a) | |||
| Sam Randolph (a) | |||
| Lee Trevino | |||
| T9 | Billy Casper | 71 | −1 |
| Larry Mize | |||
| Jack Nicklaus | |||
 Gary Player | |||
| Scott Simpson |
Source:[1]
Second round
Friday, April 12, 1985
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Craig Stadler | 73-67=140 | −4 |
| Payne Stewart | 69-71=140 | ||
| Tom Watson | 69-71=140 | ||
| 4 | Gary Hallberg | 68-73=141 | −3 |
| 5 | Gary Koch | 72-70=142 | −2 |
| T6 |  Seve Ballesteros | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| Raymond Floyd | 70-73=143 | ||
| Bruce Lietzke | 72-71=143 | ||
 Sandy Lyle | 78-65=143 | ||
| Lee Trevino | 70-73=143 |
Source:[8]
Third round
Saturday, April 13, 1985
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond Floyd | 70-73-69=212 | −4 |
| 2 | Curtis Strange | 80-65-68=213 | −3 |
| T3 | Seve Ballesteros | 72-71-71=214 | −2 |
 Bernhard Langer | 72-74-68=214 | ||
| T5 | Gary Koch | 72-70-73=215 | −1 |
| Lee Trevino | 70-73-72=215 | ||
| Tom Watson | 69-71-75=215 | ||
| T8 |  David Graham | 74-71-71=216 | E |
| Gary Hallberg | 68-73-75=216 | ||
| Bruce Lietzke | 72-71-73=216 | ||
| Craig Stadler | 73-67-76=216 | ||
| Payne Stewart | 69-71-76=216 | ||
| Hal Sutton | 77-69-70=216 | ||
| Jim Thorpe | 73-71-72=216 |
Source:[9]
Final round
Sunday, April 14, 1985
Final leaderboard
| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 72-74-68-68=282 | −6 | 126,000 |
| T2 | Seve Ballesteros (c) | 72-71-71-70=284 | −4 | 52,267 |
| Raymond Floyd (c) | 70-73-69-72=284 | |||
| Curtis Strange | 80-65-68-71=284 | |||
| 5 | Jay Haas | 73-73-72-67=285 | −3 | 28,000 |
| T6 | Gary Hallberg | 68-73-75-70=286 | −2 | 22,663 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 72-71-73-70=286 | |||
| Jack Nicklaus (c) | 71-74-72-69=286 | |||
| Craig Stadler (c) | 73-67-76-70=286 | |||
| T10 | Fred Couples | 75-73-69-70=287 | −1 | 16,800 |
| David Graham | 74-71-71-71=287 | |||
| Lee Trevino | 70-73-72-72=287 | |||
| Tom Watson (c) | 69-71-75-72=287 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T14 | Billy Kratzert | 73-77-69-69=288 | E | 12,950 | |
| John Mahaffey | 72-75-70-71=288 | ||||
| T16 |  Isao Aoki | 72-74-71-72=289 | +1 | 11,550 | |
| Gary Koch | 72-70-73-74=289 | ||||
| T18 | Wayne Levi | 75-72-70-73=290 | +2 | 9,128 | |
| Mark McCumber | 73-73-79-65=290 | ||||
| Sam Randolph (a) | 70-75-72-73=290 | 0 | |||
| Tim Simpson | 73-72-75-70=290 | 9,128 | |||
| Jim Thorpe | 73-71-72-74=290 | ||||
| Lanny Wadkins | 72-73-72-73=290 | ||||
| 24 | Mark O'Meara | 73-76-72-70=291 | +3 | 7,280 | |
| T25 | Andy Bean | 72-74-73-73=292 | +4 | 5,670 | |
 Nick Faldo | 73-73-75-71=292 | ||||
| Sandy Lyle | 78-65-76-73=292 | ||||
| Johnny Miller | 77-68-76-71=292 | ||||
| Corey Pavin | 72-75-75-70=292 | ||||
| Payne Stewart | 69-71-76-76=292 | ||||
| T31 | Jerry Haas (a) | 76-69-73-75=293 | +5 | 0 | |
| Calvin Peete | 75-70-74-74=293 | 4,445 | |||
| Joey Sindelar | 73-73-75-72=293 | ||||
| Hal Sutton | 77-69-70-77=293 | ||||
| Sam Torrance | 73-73-75-72=293 | ||||
| T36 | Lennie Clements | 75-75-73-71=294 | +6 | 3,612 | |
| Hale Irwin | 78-71-73-72=294 | ||||
| Mark Lye | 72-73-79-70=294 | ||||
| Larry Nelson | 73-75-74-72=294 | ||||
| Gary Player (c) | 71-75-73-75=294 | ||||
| T41 | Ronnie Black | 74-71-75-75=295 | +7 | 3,010 | |
| David Edwards | 74-72-77-72=295 | ||||
| Scott Simpson | 71-73-77-74=295 | ||||
| T44 | Charles Coody (c) | 72-77-74-73=296 | +8 | 2,660 | |
| Bob Gilder | 72-75-81-68=296 | ||||
| Jay Sigel (a) | 76-71-77-72=296 | 0 | |||
| T47 | Woody Blackburn | 78-71-72-77=298 | +10 | 2,115 | |
| Danny Edwards | 77-72-71-78=298 | ||||
| Larry Mize | 71-75-76-76=298 | ||||
| Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 77-70-78-73=298 | ||||
| Greg Norman | 73-72-75-78=298 | ||||
| Jack Renner | 72-77-70-79=298 | ||||
| T53 | George Archer (c) | 73-74-79-73=299 | +11 | 1,800 | |
| Scott Hoch | 73-76-74-76=299 | ||||
 Denis Watson | 76-72-75-76=299 | ||||
| 56 | Rex Caldwell | 73-74-77-77=301 | +13 | 1,760 | |
| T57 | Billy Casper (c) | 71-78-74-79=302 | +14 | 1,730 | |
| Ben Crenshaw (c) | 70-76-77-79=302 | ||||
| 59 | John Inman (a) | 70-76-80-77=303 | +15 | 0 | |
| 60 | Bob Eastwood | 77-72-82-77=308 | +20 | 1,700 | |
| CUT | Randy Sonnier (a) | 75-77=152 | +8 | ||
| Scott Verplank (a) | 78-74=152 | ||||
| Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 77-75=152 | ||||
| Bill Rogers | 78-75=153 | +9 | |||
| Peter Jacobsen | 78-76=154 | +10 | |||
| Tom Kite | 75-79=154 | ||||
| Gil Morgan | 74-80=154 | ||||
| Tom Purtzer | 76-78=154 | ||||
| Arnold Palmer (c) | 83-72=155 | +11 | |||
| Ian Baker-Finch | 77-79=156 | +12 | |||
| Hubert Green | 74-83=157 | +13 | |||
| José María Olazábal (a) | 81-76=157 | ||||
| Art Wall Jr. (c) | 76-81=157 | ||||
| Gay Brewer (c) | 79-79=158 | +14 | |||
| Tommy Aaron (c) | 79-80=159 | +15 | |||
| Bob Goalby (c) | 79-80=159 | ||||
| WD | Doug Ford (c) | 76 | +4 | ||
Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Langer | −2 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −6 |
| Ballesteros | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 |
| Floyd | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 |
| 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
Eagle Birdie Bogey
References
- ^ a b "Masters final scores (first round)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1985. p. 32.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "It's Langer - after Strange finish". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1985. p. 1B.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links
- Masters.com – Past winners and results
- GolfCompendium.com – 1985 Masters Tournament
- Augusta.com – 1985 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
