1985 Open Championship

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other 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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	445	376	214	470	422	156	529	415	387	3,414	399	216	362	443	508	467	165	425	458	3,443	6,857
Par	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	35	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	35	70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Jnr	64	−6
T2	Template:Flagicon David Graham	68	−2
	Template:Flagicon Tony Johnstone
	Template:Flagicon Robert Lee
	Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle
	Template:Flagicon Philip Parkin
T7	Template:Flagicon Gordon Brand Jnr	69	−1
	Template:Flagicon Bill McColl
	Template:Flagicon D. A. Weibring
	Template:Flagicon David Whelan
	Template:Flagicon Fuzzy Zoeller

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Template:Flagicon David Graham	68-71=139	−1
	Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle	68-71=139
T3	Template:Flagicon Tony Johnstone	68-72=140	Even
	Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Jnr	64-76=140
	Template:Flagicon D. A. Weibring	69-71=140
T6	Template:Flagicon Howard Clark	70-71=141	+1
	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer	72-69=141
	Template:Flagicon Robert Lee	68-73=141
	Template:Flagicon Wayne Riley	71-70=141
	Template:Flagicon Emilio Rodríguez	71-70=141
	Template:Flagicon Peter Senior	70-71=141
	Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam	70-71=141

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

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Template:Flagicon David Graham	68-71-70=209	−1
	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer	72-69-68=209
T3	Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle	68-71-73=212	+2
	Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Jnr	64-76-72=212
	Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara	70-72-70=212
	Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam	70-71-71=212
T7	Template:Flagicon Peter Jacobsen	71-74-68=213	+3
	Template:Flagicon Tom Kite	73-73-67=213
T9	Template:Flagicon Greg Norman	71-72-71=214	+4
	Template:Flagicon D. A. Weibring	69-71-74=214

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

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 1985

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

External links

• Royal St George's 1985 (Official site)
• 114th Open Championship – Royal St George's (European Tour)
• 1985 Open Championship (GolfCompendium.com)