1985 Open Championship

1985 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	18–21 July 1985
Location	Sandwich, England
Course(s)	Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour; PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70[1]
Length	6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field	153 players; 86 after 1st cut; 61 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut	149 (+9) (1st cut) ; 221 (+11) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund	£530,000 ; $768,500
Winner's share	£65,000 ; $94,250
Champion
	Sandy Lyle
	282 (+2)

Sandwich

Location in England

The 1985 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 114th Open Championship, held from 18–21 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.^[2] 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.

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Lee Trevino	United States	1971, 1972	73	76	68	71	288	+8	T20
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1979, 1984	75	74	70	73	292	+12	T39
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	72	73	72	77	294	+14	T47
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	70	76	69	WD

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	Total	To par
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	72	77	73	222	+12

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970, 1978	77	75	152	+12
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	81	73	154	+14
Bill Rogers	United States	1981	74	83	157	+17

Thursday, 18 July 1985

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland	64	–6
T2	David Graham	Australia	68	–2
	Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe
	Robert Lee	England
	Sandy Lyle	Scotland
	Philip Parkin	Wales
T7	Gordon Brand, Jnr	Scotland	69	–1
	Bill McColl	Scotland
	D. A. Weibring	United States
	David Whelan	England
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States

Friday, 19 July 1985

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	David Graham	Australia	68-71=139	–1
T1	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	68-71=139	–1
T3	Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe	68-72=140	E
	Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland	64-76=140
	D. A. Weibring	United States	69-71=140
T6	Howard Clark	England	70-71=141	+1
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	72-69=141
	Robert Lee	England	68-73=141
	Wayne Riley	Australia	71-70=141
	Emilio Rodríguez	Spain	71-70=141
	Peter Senior	Australia	70-71=141
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	70-71=141

Amateurs: Gilford (+6), Olazábal (+8), Evans (+15), Davis (+16) McGimpsey (+16), Homewood (+18), Purdie (+24), Latham (+28)

Saturday, 20 July 1985

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	David Graham	Australia	68-71-70=209	–1
T1	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	72-69-68=209	–1
T3	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	68-71-73=212	+2
	Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland	64-76-72=212
	Mark O'Meara	United States	70-72-70=212
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	70-71-71=212
T7	Peter Jacobsen	United States	71-74-68=213	+3
T7	Tom Kite	United States	73-73-67=213	+3
T9	Greg Norman	Australia	71-72-71=214	+4
T9	D. A. Weibring	United States	69-71-74=214	+4

Amateurs: Olazábal (+9), Gilford (+12).

Sunday, 21 July 1985

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	68-71-73-70=282	+2	65,000
2	Payne Stewart	United States	70-75-70-68=283	+3	43,000
T3	David Graham	Australia	68-71-70-75=284	+4	23,600
	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	72-69-68-75=284
	Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland	64-76-72-72=284
	Mark O'Meara	United States	70-72-70-72=284
	José Rivero	Spain	74-72-70-68=284
T8	Anders Forsbrand	Sweden	70-76-69-70=285	+5	15,567
	Tom Kite	United States	73-73-67-72=285
	D. A. Weibring	United States	69-71-74-71=285

Amateurs: Olazábal (+9)
Source:^[3]

1 2 3 4 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 49, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
↑ McDermott, Barry (29 July 1985). "Finally, one for the home folks". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
↑ "1985 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

Preceded by 1985 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1985 PGA Championship

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