The 1985 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 114th Open Championship, held from 18 to 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. 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. Jack Nicklaus was cut for the first time in his Open championship career dating back to 1962.
Course layout Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4453762144704221565294153873,4143992163624435084671654254583,4436,857Par443443544354344543443570
Round summaries First round Thursday, 18 July 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Christy O'Connor Jnr64−6T2 David Graham68−2 Tony Johnstone Robert Lee Sandy Lyle Philip ParkinT7 Gordon Brand Jnr69−1 Bill McColl D. A. Weibring David Whelan Fuzzy Zoeller
Second round Friday, 19 July 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 David Graham68-71=139−1 Sandy Lyle68-71=139T3 Tony Johnstone68-72=140Even Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76=140 D. A. Weibring69-71=140T6 Howard Clark70-71=141+1 Bernhard Langer72-69=141 Robert Lee68-73=141 Wayne Riley71-70=141 Emilio Rodríguez71-70=141 Peter Senior70-71=141 Ian Woosnam70-71=141
Amateurs: Gilford (+6), Olazábal (+8), Evans (+15), Davis (+16) McGimpsey (+16), Homewood (+18), Purdie (+24), Latham (+28)
Third round Saturday, 20 July 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 David Graham68-71-70=209−1 Bernhard Langer72-69-68=209T3 Sandy Lyle68-71-73=212+2 Christy O'Connor Jnr64-76-72=212 Mark O'Meara70-72-70=212 Ian Woosnam70-71-71=212T7 Peter Jacobsen71-74-68=213+3 Tom Kite73-73-67=213T9 Greg Norman71-72-71=214 +4 D. A. Weibring69-71-74=214
Amateurs: Olazábal (+9), Gilford (+12).
Final round Sunday, 21 July 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Sandy Lyle 68-71-73-70=282 +2 65,0002 Payne Stewart 70-75-70-68=283 +3 43,000T3 David Graham 68-71-70-75=284 +4 23,600 Bernhard Langer 72-69-68-75=284 Christy O'Connor Jnr 64-76-72-72=284 Mark O'Meara 70-72-70-72=284 José Rivero 74-72-70-68=284T8 Anders Forsbrand 70-76-69-70=285 +5 15,567 Tom Kite 73-73-67-72=285 D. A. Weibring 69-71-74-71=285
Amateurs: Olazábal (+9) Source: The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.39 dollars (US) per pound sterling.
References
External links Royal St George's 1985 (Official site) 114th Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour) 1985 Open Championship (GolfCompendium.com)