1985 PGA Championship

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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
United States Hubert Green
278 (−6)
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Cherry Hills Country Club is located in the United States
Cherry Hills Country Club
Cherry Hills Country Club
Location in the United States
Cherry Hills Country Club is located in Colorado
Cherry Hills Country Club
Cherry Hills Country Club
Location in Colorado

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]

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
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 346 421 328 431 543 171 405 234 438 3,317 437 577 207 387 470 215 433 555 491 3,772 7,089
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 35 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 36 71

Source:[1][8][9]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 8, 1985

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Doug Tewell  United States 64 −7
T2 Peter Jacobsen  United States 66 −5
Jack Nicklaus  United States
Corey Pavin  United States
Lee Trevino  United States
T6 Danny Edwards  United States 67 −4
Hubert Green  United States
Tom Watson  United States
9 Morris Hatalsky  United States 68 −3
T10 Chen Tze-ming  Taiwan 69 −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

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Lee Trevino  United States 66-68=134 −8
2 Fred Couples  United States 70-65=135 −7
T3 Hubert Green  United States 67-69=136 −6
Doug Tewell  United States 64-72=136
T5 Peter Jacobsen  United States 66-71=137 −5
Tom Watson  United States 67-70=137
7 Lanny Wadkins  United States 70-69=139 −3
T8 Mark Pfeil  United States 70-70=140 −2
Scott Simpson  United States 72-68=140
T10 Andy Bean  United States 71-70=141 −1
Bernhard Langer  West Germany 69-72=141
Wayne Levi  United States 72-69=141
Larry Mize  United States 71-70=141
Jack Nicklaus  United States 66-75=141
Tim Norris  United States 71-70=141
Corey Pavin  United States 66-75=141
Calvin Peete  United States 69-72=141
Don Pooley  United States 70-71=141

Source:[11]

Third round[]

Saturday, August 10, 1985

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Hubert Green  United States 67-69-70=206 −7
2 Lee Trevino  United States 66-68-75=209 −4
T3 Fred Couples  United States 70-65-76=211 −2
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 73-73-65=211
Tom Watson  United States 67-70-74=211
T6 Peter Jacobsen  United States 66-71-75=212 −1
Scott Simpson  United States 72-68-72=212
Lanny Wadkins  United States 70-69-73=212
T9 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 73-72-68=213 E
Andy Bean  United States 71-70-72=213
Doug Tewell  United States 64-72-77=213

Source:[12]

Final round[]

Sunday, August 11, 1985

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Hubert Green  United States 67-69-70-72=278 −6 125,000
2 Lee Trevino  United States 66-68-75-71=280 −4 75,000
T3 Andy Bean  United States 71-70-72-68=281 −3 42,500
Chen Tze-ming  Taiwan 69-76-71-65=281
5 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 73-73-65-71=282 −2 25,000
T6 Fred Couples  United States 70-65-76-72=283 −1 17,125
Buddy Gardner  United States 73-73-70-67=283
Corey Pavin  United States 66-75-73-69=283
Tom Watson  United States 67-70-74-72=283
T10 Peter Jacobsen  United States 66-71-75-72=284 E 12,625
Lanny Wadkins  United States 70-69-73-72=284

Source:[13]

Scorecard[]

Birdie Eagle Bogey

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 4
United States Green −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
United States 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. ^ a b "PGA course". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. August 8, 1985. p. 16.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.

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