1985 Masters Tournament

The 1985 Masters Tournament was the 49th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1985 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 1985
LocationAugusta, Georgia
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1][2]
Field77 players, 60 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$700,793
Winner's share$126,000
Champion
Bernhard Langer
282 (−6)
Augusta 
Location in the United States

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)

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

Bob Gilder

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)
 United States (64) England (1) Australia (3) Japan (2) South Africa (1)
 Scotland (2) Zimbabwe (1)
 Spain (2)
 West Germany (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Seve Ballesteros Spain1980, 198372717170284−4T2
Raymond Floyd United States197670736972284−4T2
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965,
1966, 1972, 1975		71747269286−2T6
Craig Stadler United States198273677670286−2T6
Tom Watson United States1977, 198169717572287−1T10
Gary Player South Africa1961, 1974, 197871757375294+6T36
Charles Coody United States197172777473296+8T44
George Archer United States196973747973299+11T53
Billy Casper United States197071787479302+14T57
Ben Crenshaw United States198470767779302+14T57

Source:[5][6]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Fuzzy Zoeller United States19797775152+8
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		8372155+11
Art Wall, Jr. United States19597681157+13
Gay Brewer United States19677979158+14
Tommy Aaron United States19737980159+15
Bob Goalby United States19687980159+15
Doug Ford United States195776WD

Source:[8][9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gary Hallberg United States68−4
T2Payne Stewart United States69−3
Tom Watson United States
T4Ben Crenshaw United States70−2
Raymond Floyd United States
John Inman (a) United States
Sam Randolph (a) United States
Lee Trevino United States
T9Billy Casper United States71−1
Larry Mize United States
Jack Nicklaus United States
Gary Player South Africa
Scott Simpson United States

Source:[1]

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Craig Stadler United States73-67=140−4
Payne Stewart United States69-71=140
Tom Watson United States69-71=140
4Gary Hallberg United States68-73=141−3
5Gary Koch United States72-70=142−2
T6Seve Ballesteros Spain72-71=143−1
Raymond Floyd United States70-73=143
Bruce Lietzke United States72-71=143
Sandy Lyle Scotland78-65=143
Lee Trevino United States70-73=143

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd United States70-73-69=212−4
2Curtis Strange United States80-65-68=213−3
T3Seve Ballesteros Spain72-71-71=214−2
Bernhard Langer West Germany72-74-68=214
T5Gary Koch United States72-70-73=215−1
Lee Trevino United States70-73-72=215
Tom Watson United States69-71-75=215
T8David Graham Australia74-71-71=216E
Gary Hallberg United States68-73-75=216
Bruce Lietzke United States72-71-73=216
Craig Stadler United States73-67-76=216
Payne Stewart United States69-71-76=216
Hal Sutton United States77-69-70=216
Jim Thorpe United States73-71-72=216

Source:[10]

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Bernhard Langer West Germany72-74-68-68=282−6126,000
T2Seve Ballesteros Spain72-71-71-70=284−452,267
Raymond Floyd United States70-73-69-72=284
Curtis Strange United States80-65-68-71=284
5Jay Haas United States73-73-72-67=285−328,000
T6Gary Hallberg United States68-73-75-70=286−222,663
Bruce Lietzke United States72-71-73-70=286
Jack Nicklaus United States71-74-72-69=286
Craig Stadler United States73-67-76-70=286
T10Fred Couples United States75-73-69-70=287−116,800
David Graham Australia74-71-71-71=287
Lee Trevino United States70-73-72-72=287
Tom Watson United States69-71-75-72=287

Source:[5][6]

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

Eagle Birdie Bogey

References
  1. "Masters final scores (first round)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1985. p. 32.
  2. Green, Bob (April 15, 1985). "Strange shots gives Langer a Masters title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
  3. "Floyd works mysterious 'game plan' for 69". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1985. p. 1C.
  4. Parascenzo, Marino (April 15, 1985). "It was a Strange way to lose the Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 22.
  5. "It's Langer - after Strange finish". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1985. p. 1B.
  6. Parascenzo, Marino (April 15, 1985). "Langer finds Masters title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 19.
  7. McDermott, Barry (April 22, 1985). "Der Meisterswinger". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  8. "1985 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  9. "Watson falls into the lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1985. p. 1C.
  10. "Floyd leads by stroke". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. April 14, 1985. p. 1E.
Preceded by
1984 PGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1985 U.S. Open

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