1985 PGA Tour

The 1985 PGA Tour season was played from January 10 to October 27. The season consisted of 43 official money events. Curtis Strange and Lanny Wadkins won the most tournaments, three, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1985 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 13Bob Hope ClassicCalifornia Lanny Wadkins (13)333 (−27)90,000
Jan 20Phoenix OpenArizona Calvin Peete (9)270 (−14)81,000
Jan 27Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Lanny Wadkins (14)264 (−20)72,000
Feb 3Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Mark O'Meara (2)283 (−5)90,000
Feb 10Hawaiian OpenHawaii Mark O'Meara (3)267 (−21)90,000
Feb 17Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego OpenCalifornia Woody Blackburn (2)269 (−19)72,000
Feb 24Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Mark McCumber (4)284 (−4)72,000
Mar 3Honda ClassicFlorida Curtis Strange (6)275 (−13)90,000
Mar 10Hertz Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Fuzzy Zoeller (7)275 (−9)90,000
Mar 17USF&G ClassicLouisiana Seve Ballesteros (7)205 (−11)72,000
Mar 24Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Curtis Strange (7)338 (−17)171,000
Mar 31Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Calvin Peete (10)274 (−14)162,000
Apr 7Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Joey Sindelar (1)285 (−3)72,000
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia Bernhard Langer (1)282 (−6)126,000
Apr 21Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina Bernhard Langer (2)273 (−11)72,000
Apr 28Houston OpenTexas Raymond Floyd (19)277 (−11)90,000
May 5MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Tom Kite (8)275 (−13)72,000
May 12Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Bob Eastwood (3)272 (−8)90,000
May 19Colonial National InvitationTexas Corey Pavin (2)266 (−14)90,000
May 26Memorial TournamentOhio Hale Irwin (17)281 (−7)100,000
Jun 2Kemper OpenMaryland Bill Glasson (1)278 (−10)90,000
Jun 9Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Roger Maltbie (4)275 (−9)90,000
Jun 16U.S. OpenMichigan Andy North (3)279 (−1)103,000
Jun 23Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Wayne Levi (8)273 (−15)90,000
Jun 30St. Jude Memphis ClassicTennessee Hal Sutton (4)279 (−9)90,000
Jul 7Canadian OpenCanada Curtis Strange (8)279 (−9)86,507
Jul 14Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Mark Wiebe (1)273 (−11)90,000
Jul 21Lite Quad Cities OpenIllinois Dan Forsman (1)267 (−13)54,000
Jul 21British OpenEngland Sandy Lyle (1)282 (+2)94,250
Jul 28Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Phil Blackmar (1)271 (−13)108,000
Aug 4Western OpenIllinois Scott Verplank (amateur,1)279 (−9)90,000
Aug 11PGA ChampionshipColorado Hubert Green (19)278 (−6)125,000
Aug 18Buick OpenMichigan Ken Green (1)268 (−20)81,000
Aug 25NEC World Series of GolfOhio Roger Maltbie (5)268 (−12)126,000
Sep 1B.C. OpenNew York Joey Sindelar (2)274 (−10)54,000
Sep 8Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts George Burns (3)267 (−17)72,000
Sep 15Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Jim Thorpe (1)274 (−14)54,000
Sep 22Southwest Golf ClassicTexas Hal Sutton (5)273 (−15)72,000
Sep 29Texas OpenTexas John Mahaffey (8)268 (−12)63,000
Oct 6Southern OpenGeorgia Tim Simpson (1)264 (−16)63,000
Oct 13Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Lanny Wadkins (15)267 (−21)72,000
Oct 20Pensacola OpenFlorida Danny Edwards (5)269 (−15)54,000
Oct 27Seiko-Tucson Match Play ChampionshipArizona Jim Thorpe (2)4&3150,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Don Pooley United States70.36
2John Mahaffey United States70.44
2Lanny Wadkins United States70.44
4Corey Pavin United States70.49
5Raymond Floyd United States70.53

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Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Curtis Strange United States542,321253
2Lanny Wadkins United States446,893243
3Calvin Peete United States384,489222
4Jim Thorpe United States379,091282
5Raymond Floyd United States378,989221

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Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Jack Nicklaus United States4,686,28072
2Tom Watson United States3,806,94036
3Lee Trevino United States3,177,97529
4Raymond Floyd United States2,868,95119
5Hale Irwin United States2,751,05017

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Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Curtis Strange United States
PGA Player of the YearLanny Wadkins United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Don Pooley United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Don Pooley United States

References

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