1985 Senior PGA Tour


The 1985 Senior PGA Tour was the sixth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 24 official money events with purses totalling $5,005,000, including two majors. Peter Thomson won the most tournaments, nine. 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. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Feb 10Sunrise Senior ClassicFlorida200,000 Miller Barber 211 30,000
Mar 17The Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000 Peter Thomson 280 40,000
Mar 24Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000 Don January 198 30,000
Mar 31American Golf Carta Blanca Johnny Mathis ClassicCalifornia250,000 Peter Thomson 205 37,500
May 5MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Peter Thomson 284 30,000
May 12Dominion SeniorsTexas200,000 Don January 206 30,000
May 19United Hospitals Senior Golf ChampionshipPennsylvania200,000 Don January 135 30,000
Jun 2Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado200,000 Lee Elder 213 30,000
Jun 9The Champions ClassicNevada200,000 Peter Thomson 210 30,000
Jun 16Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas175,000 Peter Thomson 204 26,000
Jun 23Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio240,000 Arnold Palmer 274 36,000
Jun 30U.S. Senior OpenNevada225,000 Miller Barber 285 40,199
Jul 6The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipWest Virginia200,000 Don January 200 30,000
Jul 21MONY Syracuse Senior's ClassicNew York200,000 Peter Thomson 204 30,000
Jul 28Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island175,000 Lee Elder 133 27,000
Aug 4Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts200,000 Lee Elder 208 30,000
Aug 18du Maurier ChampionsCanada225,000 Peter Thomson 203 23,794
Sep 1Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky200,000 Lee Elder 135 30,000
Sep 15United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia250,000 Peter Thomson 207 37,500
Sep 22PaineWebber World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina200,000 Miller Barber 277 30,000
Oct 13Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000 Mike Fetchick 210 30,000
Oct 20Barnett Suntree Senior ClassicFlorida165,000 Peter Thomson 207 24,750
Oct 27Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play ChampionshipArizona300,000 Harold Henning 4 & 375,000
Nov 23Quadel Seniors ClassicFlorida200,000 Gary Player 205 30,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Don January70.11
2Peter Thomson70.17
3Lee Elder70.63
4Miller Barber71.10
5Gene Littler71.19

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Peter Thomson386,724229
2Lee Elder307,795234
3Don January247,006184
4Miller Barber241,999223
5Gene Littler200,981220

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Don January1,038,99618
2Miller Barber962,13317
3Peter Thomson706,81211
4Arnold Palmer579,9989
5Gene Littler559,7513

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Awards