1985 Masters Tournament


The 1985 Masters Tournament was the 49th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Bernhard Langer won the first of his two major championships, both Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd, and Curtis Strange. A 69 on Saturday put Floyd in the lead after 54 holes at 212 ; Strange was a stroke back, with Langer and Ballesteros two strokes back. Despite an opening round 80, Strange led by three strokes with six holes to play in the final round, but made key bogeys at 13 and 15 when his attempts to reach both greens in two shots found water instead and finished two strokes back. It was Strange's only top-5 finish at Augusta, but he won consecutive U.S. Opens in 1988 and 1989.
Langer, age 27 and dressed in red, birdied four of the last seven holes to win the green jacket. The second champion from Europe, he had consecutive rounds of 68 on the weekend to become the first winner of a major from Germany. Langer won a second green jacket eight years later in 1993.

Field

;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions
Larry Nelson
;3. The Open champions
Bill Rogers
;4. PGA champions
Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino
;5. 1984 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
Jerry Haas, Sam Randolph, Randy Sonnier, Scott Verplank
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
Jay Sigel
;7. Members of the 1984 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
John Inman
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1984 Masters Tournament
Andy Bean, Ronnie Black, Rex Caldwell, Fred Couples, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Jay Haas, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Wayne Levi, Mark Lye, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Calvin Peete, Jack Renner, Payne Stewart
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1984 U.S. Open
Lennie Clements, Peter Jacobsen, Mark McCumber, Johnny Miller, Mark O'Meara, Tom Purtzer, Tim Simpson, Curtis Strange, Jim Thorpe, Lanny Wadkins
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1984 PGA Championship
Gary Hallberg, Scott Simpson
;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Woody Blackburn, Bob Eastwood, Hubert Green, Scott Hoch, Billy Kratzert, Corey Pavin, Joey Sindelar
;12. Top 30 players from the 1984 PGA Tour money list
Gary Koch, Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey
;13. Members of the U.S. 1983 Ryder Cup team
Bob Gilder
;14. Foreign invitations
Isao Aoki, Ian Baker-Finch, Nick Faldo, David Graham, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Greg Norman, José María Olazábal, Sam Torrance, Denis Watson

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1985
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gary Hallberg68−4
T2Payne Stewart69−3
T2Tom Watson69−3
T4Ben Crenshaw70−2
T4Raymond Floyd70−2
T4John Inman 70−2
T4Sam Randolph 70−2
T4Lee Trevino70−2
T9Billy Casper71−1
T9Larry Mize71−1
T9Jack Nicklaus71−1
T9Gary Player71−1
T9Scott Simpson71−1

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Second round

Friday, April 12, 1985
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Craig Stadler73-67=140−4
T1Payne Stewart69-71=140−4
T1Tom Watson69-71=140−4
4Gary Hallberg68-73=141−3
5Gary Koch72-70=142−2
T6Seve Ballesteros72-71=143−1
T6Raymond Floyd70-73=143−1
T6Bruce Lietzke72-71=143−1
T6Sandy Lyle78-65=143−1
T6Lee Trevino70-73=143−1

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Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1985
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd70-73-69=212−4
2Curtis Strange80-65-68=213−3
T3Seve Ballesteros72-71-71=214−2
T3Bernhard Langer72-74-68=214−2
T5Gary Koch72-70-73=215−1
T5Lee Trevino70-73-72=215−1
T5Tom Watson69-71-75=215−1
T8David Graham74-71-71=216E
T8Gary Hallberg68-73-75=216E
T8Bruce Lietzke72-71-73=216E
T8Craig Stadler73-67-76=216E
T8Payne Stewart69-71-76=216E
T8Hal Sutton77-69-70=216E
T8Jim Thorpe73-71-72=216E

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Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1985
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Bernhard Langer72-74-68-68=282−6126,000
T2Seve Ballesteros72-71-71-70=284−452,267
T2Raymond Floyd70-73-69-72=284−452,267
T2Curtis Strange80-65-68-71=284−452,267
5Jay Haas73-73-72-67=285−328,000
T6Gary Hallberg68-73-75-70=286−222,663
T6Bruce Lietzke72-71-73-70=286−222,663
T6Jack Nicklaus71-74-72-69=286−222,663
T6Craig Stadler73-67-76-70=286−222,663
T10Fred Couples75-73-69-70=287−116,800
T10David Graham74-71-71-71=287−116,800
T10Lee Trevino70-73-72-72=287−116,800
T10Tom Watson69-71-75-72=287−116,800

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par