1985 Open Championship

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.^[2] It was the first of his two major titles; Lyle added a green jacket as Masters champion in 1988.

1985 Open Championship

Front cover of the 1985 Open Annual
Tournament information
Dates	18–21 July 1985
Location	Sandwich, England
Course	Royal St George's Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70[1]
Length	6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1]
Field	153 players 86 after 1st cut 61 after 2nd cut[1]
Cut	149 (+9) (1st cut) 221 (+11) (2nd cut)[1]
Prize fund	£530,000 $768,500
Winner's share	£65,000 $94,250
Champion
Sandy Lyle
282 (+2)
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Sandwich

Location in England

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

Second round

Friday, 19 July 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	David Graham	68-71=139	−1
	Sandy Lyle	68-71=139
T3	Tony Johnstone	68-72=140	Even
	Christy O'Connor Jnr	64-76=140
	D. A. Weibring	69-71=140
T6	Howard Clark	70-71=141	+1
	Bernhard Langer	72-69=141
	Robert Lee	68-73=141
	Wayne Riley	71-70=141
	Emilio Rodríguez	71-70=141
	Peter Senior	70-71=141
	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	David Graham	68-71-70=209	−1
	Bernhard Langer	72-69-68=209
T3	Sandy Lyle	68-71-73=212	+2
	Christy O'Connor Jnr	64-76-72=212
	Mark O'Meara	70-72-70=212
	Ian Woosnam	70-71-71=212
T7	Peter Jacobsen	71-74-68=213	+3
	Tom Kite	73-73-67=213
T9	Greg Norman	71-72-71=214	+4
	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	Sandy Lyle	68-71-73-70=282	+2	65,000
2	Payne Stewart	70-75-70-68=283	+3	43,000
T3	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=284
T8	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:^[3]

• The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.39 dollars (US) per pound sterling.^[4]