1985 PGA Championship

The 1985 PGA Championship was the 67th PGA Championship, held August 8–11 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Hubert Green won his second major title, two strokes ahead of defending champion Lee Trevino. It was Green's 19th and final victory on the PGA Tour.[2][4]

1985 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 8–11, 1985
LocationCherry Hills Village, Colorado
Course(s)Cherry Hills Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,089 yards (6,482 m)[1][2]
Field150 players, 76 after cut[3]
Cut147 (+5)
Prize fund$700,000
Winner's share$125,000
Champion
Hubert Green
278 (−6)
Cherry Hills Country Club
Location in the United States
Cherry Hills Country Club
Location in Colorado

Trevino led after 36 holes at 134 (−8),[5] but a 75 (+4) on Saturday allowed Green to take the lead at 206 (−7), three strokes ahead.[6] An eagle on Sunday at the fifth hole gave the 45-year-old Trevino a one stroke lead, but four three-putts produced an even-par round with six bogeys. The two were tied as late as the 15th tee; Green continued making pars, while Trevino bogeyed 15 and 17. Trevino admitted that the $50 heavy putter which helped him win in 1984 on wetter, softer greens in Alabama hurt him on the drier, faster greens in Colorado, especially on Sunday.[7]

This was the fifth major championship at Cherry Hills, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1941 and the U.S. Open in 1938, 1960, and 1978. The average elevation of the course exceeds 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level.

Course layout
Main article: Cherry Hills Country Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3464213284315431714052344383,3174375772073874702154335554913,7727,089
Par444453434354534434543671

Source:[1][8][9]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 8, 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Doug Tewell United States64−7
T2Peter Jacobsen United States66−5
Jack Nicklaus United States
Corey Pavin United States
Lee Trevino United States
T6Danny Edwards United States67−4
Hubert Green United States
Tom Watson United States
9Morris Hatalsky United States68−3
T10Chen Tze-ming Taiwan69−2
Tom Kite United States
Bernhard Langer West Germany
Bob Lohr United States
Roger Maltbie United States
Gil Morgan United States
Calvin Peete United States
Hal Sutton United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, August 9, 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Trevino United States66-68=134−8
2Fred Couples United States70-65=135−7
T3Hubert Green United States67-69=136−6
Doug Tewell United States64-72=136
T5Peter Jacobsen United States66-71=137−5
Tom Watson United States67-70=137
7Lanny Wadkins United States70-69=139−3
T8Mark Pfeil United States70-70=140−2
Scott Simpson United States72-68=140
T10Andy Bean United States71-70=141−1
Bernhard Langer West Germany69-72=141
Wayne Levi United States72-69=141
Larry Mize United States71-70=141
Jack Nicklaus United States66-75=141
Tim Norris United States71-70=141
Corey Pavin United States66-75=141
Calvin Peete United States69-72=141
Don Pooley United States70-71=141

Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, August 10, 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hubert Green United States67-69-70=206−7
2Lee Trevino United States66-68-75=209−4
T3Fred Couples United States70-65-76=211−2
Nick Price Zimbabwe73-73-65=211
Tom Watson United States67-70-74=211
T6Peter Jacobsen United States66-71-75=212−1
Scott Simpson United States72-68-72=212
Lanny Wadkins United States70-69-73=212
T9Seve Ballesteros Spain73-72-68=213E
Andy Bean United States71-70-72=213
Doug Tewell United States64-72-77=213

Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, August 11, 1985

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Hubert Green United States67-69-70-72=278−6125,000
2Lee Trevino United States66-68-75-71=280−475,000
T3Andy Bean United States71-70-72-68=281−342,500
Chen Tze-ming Taiwan69-76-71-65=281
5Nick Price Zimbabwe73-73-65-71=282−225,000
T6Fred Couples United States70-65-76-72=283−117,125
Buddy Gardner United States73-73-70-67=283
Corey Pavin United States66-75-73-69=283
Tom Watson United States67-70-74-72=283
T10Peter Jacobsen United States66-71-75-72=284E12,625
Lanny Wadkins United States70-69-73-72=284

Source:[13]

Scorecard
Birdie Eagle Bogey

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par444453434453443454
Green−7−7−6−6−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
Trevino−4−4−5−4−6−5−6−6−7−6−6−5−6−6−5−5−4−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[7]

References
  1. "PGA course". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. August 8, 1985. p. 16.
  2. Green, Bob (August 12, 1985). "Hubert in the Green as Trevino stumbles". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
  3. "Tournament Info for: 1985 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  4. McDermott, Barry (August 19, 1985). "The Greening of the PGA". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
  5. "Trevino has PGA lead by one shot as Nicklaus fades". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. August 10, 1985. p. 12.
  6. "Green leads by 3 in PGA tourney". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. August 11, 1985. p. D-1.
  7. "Green outduels Trevino by 2". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. August 12, 1985. p. 1, part 2.
  8. "Hole-by-hole at Cherry Hill(s)". Beaver County Times. Pennsylvania. August 7, 1985. p. C4.
  9. "PGA course description". Gainesville Sun. Florida. Associated Press. August 8, 1985. p. 2E.
  10. "Jacobsen hot, Tewell even hotter". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. August 9, 1985. p. 1D.
  11. Glick, Shav (August 10, 1985). "For a man in his 60s, Trevino's only 45". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
  12. Glick, Shav (August 11, 1985). "Green survives rock-hard greens". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.
  13. "1985 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
Preceded by
1985 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1986 Masters

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