1985 Masters Tournament Explained

1985 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 11–14, 1985
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1] [2]
Field:77 players, 60 after cut
Cut:150 (+6)
Purse:$700,793
Winners Share:$126,000
Score:282 (−6)
Previous:1984
Next:1986
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

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 championsTommy 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)
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-finalistsJerry Haas (a), Sam Randolph (a), Randy Sonnier (7,a), Scott Verplank (6,7,a)
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur championsJay Sigel (7,a)
7. Members of the 1984 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy teamJohn Inman (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1984 Masters TournamentAndy 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. OpenLennie 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 ChampionshipGary Hallberg (12), Scott Simpson (11,12)
11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous MastersWoody 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 listGary Koch, Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey
13. Members of the U.S. 1983 Ryder Cup teamBob Gilder
14. Foreign invitationsIsao 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)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68 −4
T2 69 −3
T4 70 −2
Sam Randolph (a)
T9 71 −1
Gary Player
Source:[1]

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 73-67=140 −4
69-71=140
69-71=140
4 68-73=141 −3
5 72-70=142 −2
T6 72-71=143 −1
70-73=143
72-71=143
78-65=143
70-73=143
Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 70-73-69=212 −4
2 80-65-68=213 −3
T3 72-71-71=214 −2
72-74-68=214
T5 72-70-73=215 −1
70-73-72=215
69-71-75=215
T8 74-71-71=216 E
68-73-75=216
72-71-73=216
73-67-76=216
69-71-76=216
77-69-70=216
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
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 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
80-65-68-71=284
5 73-73-72-67=285 −3 28,000
T6 68-73-75-70=286 −2 22,663
72-71-73-70=286
Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-74-72-69=286
Craig Stadler (c) 73-67-76-70=286
T10 75-73-69-70=287 −1 16,800
74-71-71-71=287
70-73-72-72=287
Tom Watson (c) 69-71-75-72=287

Sources:[10] [11]

Scorecard

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
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
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Masters final scores (first round) . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press . April 12, 1985 . 32.
  2. News: Strange shots gives Langer a Masters title . Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Green . Bob . Associated Press . April 15, 1985 . C1.
  3. News: Floyd works mysterious 'game plan' for 69 . Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press . April 14, 1985 . 1C .
  4. News: It was a Strange way to lose the Masters . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Parascenzo . Marino . April 15, 1985 . 22.
  5. News: It's Langer - after Strange finish . Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press . April 15, 1985 . 1B .
  6. News: Langer finds Masters title . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Parascenzo . Marino . April 15, 1985 . 19.
  7. Der Meisterswinger. Sports Illustrated. McDermott. Barry. April 22, 1985. 26.
  8. News: Watson falls into the lead . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press . April 13, 1985 . 1C .
  9. News: Floyd leads by stroke . Sunday Star-News . (Wilmington, North Carolina) . Associated Press . April 14, 1985 . 1E.
  10. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  11. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.

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