1985 LPGA Tour


The 1985 LPGA Tour was the 36th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 24 to November 10. The season consisted of 35 official money events. Nancy Lopez won the most tournaments, five. She also led the money list with earnings of $416,472.
There were five first-time winners in 1985: Kathy Baker, Judy Clark, Penny Hammel, Val Skinner, and Muffin Spencer-Devlin. The season saw the last of JoAnne Carner's 43 LPGA wins and Kathy Whitworth's record 88 LPGA wins.
The tournament results 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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Jan 27Mazda Classic of Deer CreekFlorida Hollis Stacy 280 200,00030,000
Feb 3Elizabeth Arden ClassicFlorida JoAnne Carner 280 200,00030,000
Feb 10Sarasota ClassicFlorida Patty Sheehan 278 200,00030,000
Feb 24Circle K Tucson OpenArizona Amy Alcott 279 175,00026,250
Mar 3Samaritan Turquoise ClassicArizona Betsy King 280 150,00022,500
Mar 10Uniden LPGA InvitationalCalifornia Bonnie Lauer 277 330,00049,500
Mar 17Women's Kemper OpenHawaii Jane Blalock 287 300,00045,000
Mar 24GNA ClassicCalifornia Jan Stephenson 290 250,00037,500
Apr 7Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Alice Miller 275 400,00055,000
Apr 14Kyocera Inamori ClassicCalifornia Beth Daniel 286 175,00026,250
Apr 21J&B Scotch Pro-AmNevada Patty Sheehan 275 200,00030,000
Apr 28S&H Golf ClassicFlorida Alice Miller 272 175,00026,250
May 5Moss Creek Women's InvitationalSouth Carolina Amy Alcott 284 200,00030,000
May 12United Virginia Bank ClassicVirginia Kathy Whitworth 207 200,00030,000
May 19Chrysler-Plymouth ClassicNew Jersey Nancy Lopez 210 175,00026,250
May 26LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Patti Rizzo 272 250,00037,500
Jun 2LPGA ChampionshipOhio Nancy Lopez 273 250,00037,500
Jun 9McDonald's ChampionshipPennsylvania Alice Miller 272 400,00060,000
Jun 16Rochester InternationalNew York Pat Bradley 280 255,00038,250
Jun 23Mayflower ClassicIndiana Alice Miller 280 250,00037,500
Jun 30Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Juli Inkster 209 250,00037,500
Jul 7Mazda Hall of Fame ChampionshipTexas Nancy Lopez 281 300,00045,000
Jul 14U.S. Women's OpenNew Jersey Kathy Baker 280 250,00041,975
Jul 21Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Judy Clark 280 225,00033,750
Jul 28du Maurier ClassicCanada Pat Bradley 278 300,00045,000
Aug 4Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhio Penny Hammel 278 175,00026,250
Aug 11Henredon ClassicNorth Carolina Nancy Lopez 268 210,00031,500
Aug 18Nestle World Championship of Women's GolfGeorgia Amy Alcott 274 200,00065,000
Aug 18MasterCard International Pro-AmNew York Muffin Spencer-Devlin 209 200,00030,000
Aug 25LPGA National Pro-AmColorado Pat Bradley 284 300,00045,000
Sep 2Rail Charity ClassicIllinois Betsy King 205 185,00027,750
Sep 8Portland Ping ChampionshipOregon Nancy Lopez 215 175,00026,250
Sep 15Safeco ClassicWashington JoAnne Carner 279 200,00030,000
Sep 22Konica San Jose ClassicCalifornia Val Skinner 209 250,00037,500
Nov 10Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Jane Blalock 206 300,00045,000

Awards