The 1985 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twelfth Tournament Players Championship.
Calvin Peete shot 66 in the final round for 274 (−14) and the win, three strokes ahead of runner-up Peete was the only player to break par in all four rounds.
Defending champion Fred Couples finished nineteen strokes back, in a tie for 49th place.
Venue
This was the fourth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .
Field 1. Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from Final 1984 Official Money List:
Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara, Andy Bean, Denis Watson, Tom Kite, Bruce Lietzke, Fred Couples, Craig Stadler, Greg Norman, Peter Jacobsen, Payne Stewart, Lee Trevino, Gil Morgan, Curtis Strange, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw, Gary Koch, Corey Pavin, Jack Renner, Wayne Levi, John Mahaffey, Scott Simpson, David Edwards, Bob Eastwood, Calvin Peete, Hal Sutton, Scott Hoch, George Archer, Lanny Wadkins, Gary Hallberg, Hale Irwin, Dan Pohl, Hubert Green, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Larry Mize, George Burns, Nick Faldo, Tom Purtzer, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tim Simpson, Larry Nelson, Billy Kratzert, Jay Haas, Mike Donald, Johnny Miller, Jim Thorpe, Mike Reid, Mark McCumber, Russ Cochran, Seve Ballesteros, Rex Caldwell, Don Pooley, Buddy Gardner, Roger Maltbie, Doug Tewell, David Graham, Joey Sindelar, Larry Rinker, Willie Wood, Dave Barr, Mike Sullivan, Jim Colbert, D. A. Weibring, Nick Price, Bobby Wadkins, Raymond Floyd, Mark Pfeil, Vance Heafner, Tony Sills, Lon Hinkle, Jim Simons, Bernhard Langer, Jim Nelford, Tommy Nakajima, Keith Fergus, Peter Oosterhuis, John Adams, Ron Streck, Brad Faxon, Ralph Landrum, Isao Aoki, Gibby Gilbert, Gary McCord, Donnie Hammond, Loren Roberts, J. C. Snead, John Cook, Sammy Rachels, Clarence Rose, Mike Nicolette, Tim Norris, Allen Miller, Pat Lindsey, Richard Zokol, Frank Conner, Dan Halldorson, TC Chen, Joe Inman, Danny Edwards, Tom Jenkins, Pat McGowan, Dan Forsman, Howard Twitty, Morris Hatalsky, Phil Hancock, Jim Dent, Barry Jaeckel, Victor Regalado, Ken Brown, David Ogrin, Jodie Mudd, Mark Hayes, Mike Smith, Bobby Clampett, Jerry Pate, Ed Fiori, Mac O'Grady, John Fought, Mark Brooks, Lance Ten Broeck, Tommy Valentine, Brett Upper
Mark Lye and Gary Player did not play
2. Designated players
Bill Rogers
3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member
4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament, and World Series of Golf (beginning In 1976)
Andy North, Dave Stockton
5. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1984
Don January (did not to play)
6. The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"
Arnold Palmer, Lou Graham
7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1985 Official Money List, as of the completion of the USF&G Classic, March 17, 1985
Woody Blackburn, Bill Glasson, Brad Fabel, Paul Azinger, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jay Delsing, Mike Bright, Bob Lohr, Chris Perry, Phil Blackmar, Wayne Grady, Greg Twiggs, Gene Sauers, David Lundstrom
General source:
Round summaries First round Thursday, March 28, 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hale Irwin 67 −5 T2 Morris Hatalsky 68 −4 Bernhard Langer Larry Rinker D. A. WeibringT6 Ronnie Black 69 −3 Mark Brooks Bobby WadkinsT9 Isao Aoki 70 −2 John Cook Dan Halldorson Tom Kite Pat McGowan Mark O'Meara Calvin Peete Curtis Strange Source:
Second round Friday, March 29, 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 D. A. Weibring 68-68=136 −8 T2 Dan Halldorson 70-68=138 −6 Bernhard Langer 68-70=138 T4 Hale Irwin 67-72=139 −5 Calvin Peete 70-69=1396 Larry Rinker 68-72=140 −4 T7 Jodie Mudd 71-70=141 −3 Jack Nicklaus 71-70=141T9 Mike Donald 71-71=142 −2 Greg Norman 71-71=142 Nick Price 73-69=142 J. C. Snead 71-71=142 Mike Sullivan 73-69=142 Doug Tewell 75-67=142 Brett Upper 72-70=142 Denis Watson 73-69=142 Source:
Third round Saturday, March 30, 1985 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Hale Irwin 67-72-69=208 −8 Calvin Peete 70-69-69=208 D. A. Weibring 68-68-72=208T4 Gary Hallberg 72-71-67=210 −6 Dan Halldorson 70-68-72=2106 Larry Rinker 68-72-71=211 −5 T7 Dan Forsman 74-69-69=212 −4 Jack Nicklaus 71-70-71=212 Payne Stewart 73-70-69=212 Greg Twiggs 73-72-67=212 Source:
Final round Sunday, March 31, 1985 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Calvin Peete 70-69-69-66=274 −14 162,0002 D. A. Weibring 68-68-72-69=277 −11 97,2003 Larry Rinker 68-72-71-70=281 −7 61,2004 Gary Hallberg 72-71-67-72=282 −6 43,200T5 Dan Halldorson 70-68-72-73=283 −5 34,200 Hale Irwin 67-72-69-75=283T7 Isao Aoki 70-75-74-65=284 −4 27,112 Lon Hinkle 71-72-71-70=284 Bernhard Langer 68-70-75-71=284 Bruce Lietzke 71-72-70-71=284 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 Doug Tewell 75-67-72-71=285 −3 22,50012 Pat McGowan 70-74-70-72=286 −2 20,700T13 Dan Forsman 74-69-69-75=287 −1 16,875 Bill Rogers 73-72-71-71=287 Craig Stadler 73-70-75-69=287 Payne Stewart 73-70-69-75=287T17 Jim Dent 71-74-74-69=288 E 12,600 Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-70-71-76=288 Mark O'Meara 70-75-72-71=288 Don Pooley 72-72-71-73=288 J. C. Snead 71-71-74-72=288T22 Dave Barr 75-70-71-73=289 +1 8,640 Ken Brown 75-70-73-71=289 Nick Price 73-69-72-75=289 Hal Sutton (c) 76-69-70-74=289 Brett Upper 72-70-73-74=289T27 Ed Fiori 72-72-73-73=290 +2 6,255 Roger Maltbie 74-71-70-75=290 Clarence Rose 75-68-72-75=290 Joey Sindelar 73-70-71-76=290 Howard Twitty 74-71-73-72=290 Fuzzy Zoeller 72-74-72-72=290T33 Jim Colbert 71-73-74-73=291 +3 4,654 Ben Crenshaw 72-71-73-75=291 Raymond Floyd (c) 75-71-71-74=291 Bob Gilder 72-74-71-74=291 David Graham 73-71-76-71=291 Scott Simpson 73-73-70-75=291 Curtis Strange 70-73-72-76=291T40 Ronnie Black 69-75-71-77=292 +4 3,154 Mike Bright 72-73-75-72=292 Keith Fergus 72-72-75-73=292 Allen Miller 71-74-74-73=292 Jodie Mudd 71-70-75-76=292 Mike Nicolette 77-69-75-71=292 Mark Pfeil 73-72-71-76=292 Tom Purtzer 74-69-72-77=292 Mike Reid 72-74-71-75=292T49 George Archer 72-74-75-72=293 +5 2,199 Fred Couples (c) 73-72-74-74=293 Mike Donald 71-71-77-74=293 Greg Norman 71-71-74-77=293 Greg Twiggs 73-72-67-81=293 Richard Zokol 71-75-70-77=293T55 Gibby Gilbert 75-70-73-76=294 +6 2,007 Jay Haas 73-72-75-74=294 Gary Koch 74-72-76-72=294 Andy North 72-72-75-75=294 Chris Perry 72-71-70-81=294 Jack Renner 75-71-72-76=294 Lee Trevino (c) 73-73-70-78=294 Tom Watson 71-74-72-77=29463 Barry Jaeckel 71-73-73-78=295 +7 1,926T64 Phil Blackmar 73-73-79-71=296 +8 1,872 Tom Kite 70-75-75-76=296 Peter Oosterhuis 71-75-75-75=296 Jerry Pate (c) 75-70-74-77=296 Bobby Wadkins 69-76-75-76=296T69 Danny Edwards 74-72-70-81=297 +9 1,791 Ralph Landrum 73-73-70-81=297 Arnold Palmer 74-72-75-76=297 Denis Watson 73-69-76-79=29773 Bobby Clampett 74-70-76-78=298 +10 1,74674 Dan Pohl 71-73-74-81=299 +11 1,728CUT Paul Azinger 74-73=147 +3 Andy Bean 74-73=147 Mark Brooks 69-78=147 Chen Tze-chung 73-74=147 Frank Conner 73-74=147 John Cook 70-77=147 Brad Faxon 74-73=147 John Fought 75-72=147 Buddy Gardner 72-75=147 Morris Hatalsky 68-79=147 Pat Lindsey 72-75=147 Willie Wood 78-69=147 Bob Eastwood 79-69=148 +4 Wayne Grady 75-73=148 Hubert Green 72-76=148 Andrew Magee 79-69=148 John Mahaffey 76-72=148 Mark McCumber 76-72=148 Gil Morgan 71-77=148 Tim Simpson 72-76=148 David Edwards 73-76=149 +5 Nick Faldo 79-70=149 Mark Hayes (c) 77-72=149 Sandy Lyle 74-75=149 Loren Roberts 74-75=149 Lance Ten Broeck 75-74=149 Seve Ballesteros 76-74=150 +6 George Burns 74-76=150 Russ Cochran 76-74=150 Scott Hoch 76-74=150 Peter Jacobsen 75-75=150 Larry Mize 71-79=150 Corey Pavin 73-77=150 Victor Regalado 74-76=150 Gene Sauers 76-74=150 Jim Thorpe 74-76=150 Woody Blackburn 78-73=151 +7 Bill Glasson 73-78=151 Jim Nelford 76-75=151 Tim Norris 76-75=151 Brad Fabel 75-77=152 +8 Joe Inman 77-75=152 Wayne Levi 72-80=152 David Lundstrom 74-78=152 Johnny Miller 73-79=152 Larry Nelson 76-76=152 David Ogrin 79-73=152 Jim Simons 77-75=152 Tommy Valentine 78-74=152 John Adams 72-81=153 +9 Phil Hancock 83-70=153 Tony Sills 77-76=153 Tom Jenkins 77-77=154 +10 Billy Kratzert 77-77=154 Dave Stockton 77-77=154 Ron Streck 74-80=154 Lanny Wadkins (c) 80-74=154 Chip Beck 81-74=155 +11 Jay Delsing 79-76=155 Donnie Hammond 83-72=155 Sammy Rachels 77-78=155 Rex Caldwell 76-80=156 +12 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 73-86=159 +15 Lou Graham 80-80=160 +16 Bob Lohr 81-83=164 +20 Gary McCord 86-78=164WD Mike Sullivan 73-69-75=217 +1 Mac O'Grady 77 +5 Vance Heafner 78 +6 Mike Smith 84 +12
References
External links The Players Championship website