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1985 Masters Tournament

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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1985 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1985 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 1985
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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
West Germany Bernhard Langer
282 (−6)
Location map
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Location in Georgia
← 1984
1986 ⊟

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

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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.

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 11, 1985

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Gary Hallberg 68 −4
T2 United States Payne Stewart 69 −3
United States Tom Watson
T4 United States Ben Crenshaw 70 −2
United States Raymond Floyd
United States John Inman (a)
United States Sam Randolph (a)
United States Lee Trevino
T9 United States Billy Casper 71 −1
United States Larry Mize
United States Jack Nicklaus
South Africa Gary Player
United States Scott Simpson

Source:[1]

Second round

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Friday, April 12, 1985

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Craig Stadler 73-67=140 −4
United States Payne Stewart 69-71=140
United States Tom Watson 69-71=140
4 United States Gary Hallberg 68-73=141 −3
5 United States Gary Koch 72-70=142 −2
T6 Spain Seve Ballesteros 72-71=143 −1
United States Raymond Floyd 70-73=143
United States Bruce Lietzke 72-71=143
Scotland Sandy Lyle 78-65=143
United States Lee Trevino 70-73=143

Source:[8]

Third round

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Saturday, April 13, 1985

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Raymond Floyd 70-73-69=212 −4
2 United States Curtis Strange 80-65-68=213 −3
T3 Spain Seve Ballesteros 72-71-71=214 −2
West Germany Bernhard Langer 72-74-68=214
T5 United States Gary Koch 72-70-73=215 −1
United States Lee Trevino 70-73-72=215
United States Tom Watson 69-71-75=215
T8 Australia David Graham 74-71-71=216 E
United States Gary Hallberg 68-73-75=216
United States Bruce Lietzke 72-71-73=216
United States Craig Stadler 73-67-76=216
United States Payne Stewart 69-71-76=216
United States Hal Sutton 77-69-70=216
United States Jim Thorpe 73-71-72=216

Source:[9]

Final round

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Sunday, April 14, 1985

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 West Germany Bernhard Langer 72-74-68-68=282 −6 126,000
T2 Spain Seve Ballesteros (c) 72-71-71-70=284 −4 52,267
United States Raymond Floyd (c) 70-73-69-72=284
United States Curtis Strange 80-65-68-71=284
5 United States Jay Haas 73-73-72-67=285 −3 28,000
T6 United States Gary Hallberg 68-73-75-70=286 −2 22,663
United States Bruce Lietzke 72-71-73-70=286
United States Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-74-72-69=286
United States Craig Stadler (c) 73-67-76-70=286
T10 United States Fred Couples 75-73-69-70=287 −1 16,800
Australia David Graham 74-71-71-71=287
United States Lee Trevino 70-73-72-72=287
United States Tom Watson (c) 69-71-75-72=287

Sources:[10][11]

Scorecard

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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
West Germany Langer −2 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −6
Spain Ballesteros −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4
United States Floyd −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −4 −4 −4 −4
United States 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

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  1. ^ a b "Masters final scores (first round)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1985. p. 32.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "It's Langer - after Strange finish". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1985. p. 1B.
  6. ^ a b 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. ^ "Watson falls into the lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1985. p. 1C.
  9. ^ "Floyd leads by stroke". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. April 14, 1985. p. 1E.
  10. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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