1985 LPGA Championship explained

1985 LPGA Championship
Dates:May 30 – June 2, 1985
Location:Mason, Ohio
Course:Jack Nicklaus Golf Center
Grizzly Course [1]
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:6240yd
Format:Stroke play - 72 holes
Cut:149 (+5)[2]
Purse:$250,000
Winners Share:$37,500
Champion: Nancy Lopez
Score:273 (−15)
Previous:1984
Next:1986

The 1985 LPGA Championship was held May 30 to June 2 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati. Played on the Grizzly Course,[1] this was the 31st edition of the LPGA Championship.

Nancy Lopez won the second of her three major titles, all at the LPGA Championship. She led wire-to-wire and finished with a final round 65 (−7) for 273 (−15), eight strokes ahead of runner-up Alice Miller.[3] It was her second consecutive victory of the

Lopez opened with a first round 65, despite being assessed a two-stroke penalty for slow play.[1] She won her third major on the same course in 1989.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 2, 1985

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Nancy Lopez65-71-72-65=273−1537,500
2 Alice Miller71-70-67-73=281−723,125
align=center rowspan=2T3 Pat Bradley68-73-69-74=284align=center rowspan=2−4align=center rowspan=215,000
Lori Garbacz73-72-68-71=284
align=center rowspan=3T5 Allison Finney73-74-71-68=286align=center rowspan=3−2align=center rowspan=38,917
Ayako Okamoto71-73-72-70=286
Cindy Rarick74-70-71-71=286
align=center rowspan=2T8 Amy Alcott74-71-72-70=287align=center rowspan=2−1align=center rowspan=26,188
Christa Johnson73-76-69-69=287
align=center rowspan=2T10 Jerilyn Britz69-76-72-71=288align=center rowspan=2Ealign=center rowspan=25,012
Beth Daniel71-70-74-73=288
Source:[4]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lopez survives penalty . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press . May 31, 1985 . 30.
  2. News: Even with penalty, Lopez widens lead . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press . June 1, 1985 . 6C.
  3. News: She cleaned their clocks . Sports Illustrated . McDermott . Barry . June 10, 1985 . 56.
  4. News: Scoreboard: LPGA Championship . Spokane Chronicle . (Washington). Associated Press . June 3, 1985 . C4.