1985 Tournament Players Championship


The 1985 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twelfth Tournament Players Championship.
Calvin Peete shot 66 in the final round for 274 and the win, three strokes ahead of runner-up Peete was the only player to break par in all four rounds.
Defending champion Fred Couples finished nineteen strokes back, in a tie for 49th place.

Venue

This was the fourth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at.

Field

, Sam Adams, Bud Allin, George Archer, Wally Armstrong, Butch Baird, Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Don Bies, Homero Blancas, Julius Boros, Gay Brewer, George Cadle, Billy Casper, Ron Cerrudo, Jim Colbert, Bobby Cole, Tim Collins, Frank Conner, Charles Coody, Chuck Courtney, Bruce Crampton, Richard Crawford, Ben Crenshaw, Rod Curl, Jim Dent, Bruce Devlin, Bob Dickson, Terry Diehl, Terry Dill, Ed Dougherty, Dale Douglass, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Lee Elder, Randy Erskine, Tom Evans, Jack Ewing, Forrest Fezler, Pat Fitzsimons, Bruce Fleisher, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Gibby Gilbert, David Glenz, Bob Goalby, David Graham, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Bert Greene, Bobby Greenwood, Gary Groh, Mark Hayes, Jerry Heard, Lionel Hebert, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Larry Hinson, Babe Hiskey, Joe Inman, Hale Irwin, Don Iverson, Tony Jacklin, Don January, Tom Jenkins, George Johnson, Ralph Johnston, Spike Kelley, Tom Kite, George Knudson, Bruce Lietzke, John Lister, Gene Littler, Lyn Lott, Dick Lotz, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Fred Marti, Rik Massengale, Jim Masserio, Gary McCord, Mike McCullough, Jerry McGee, Mac McLendon, Steve Melnyk, Bob Menne, Allen Miller, Bobby Mitchell, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bob Murphy, Larry Nelson, Dwight Nevil, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Andy North, Peter Oosterhuis, Roy Pace, Arnold Palmer, Bob Payne, Eddie Pearce, Gary Player, Joe Porter, Sammy Rachels, Mike Reasor, Victor Regalado, Dick Rhyan, Phil Rodgers, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bill Rogers, Mason Rudolph, John Schlee, John Schroeder, Tom Shaw, Curtis Sifford, Dan Sikes, Jim Simons, Bob E. Smith, J. C. Snead, Bob Stanton, Nate Starks, Ken Still, Dave Stockton, Alan Tapie, Barney Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Lee Trevino, Bob Unger, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Art Wall Jr., Bobby Walzel, Tom Watson, DeWitt Weaver, Tom Weiskopf, Jim Wiechers, Bob Wynn, Mike Wynn, Kermit Zarley, Bob Zender, Larry Ziegler, Billy Ziobro, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 28, 1985
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hale Irwin67−5
T2Morris Hatalsky68−4
T2Bernard Langer68−4
T2Larry Rinker68−4
T2D. A. Weibring68−4
T6Ronnie Black69−3
T6Mark Brooks69−3
T6Bobby Wadkins69−3
T9Isao Aoki70−2
T9John Cook70−2
T9Dan Halldorson70−2
T9Tom Kite70−2
T9Pat McGowan70−2
T9Mark O'Meara70−2
T9Calvin Peete70−2
T9Curtis Strange70−2

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Second round

Friday, March 29, 1985
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1D. A. Weibring68-68=136−8
T2Dan Halldorson70-68=138−6
T2Bernard Langer68-70=138−6
T4Hale Irwin67-72=139−5
T4Calvin Peete70-69=139−5
6Larry Rinker68-72=140−4
T7Jodie Mudd71-70=141−3
T7Jack Nicklaus71-70=141−3
T9Mike Donald71-71=142−2
T9Greg Norman71-71=142−2
T9Nick Price73-69=142−2
T9J.C. Snead71-71=142−2
T9Mike Sullivan73-69=142−2
T9Doug Tewell75-67=142−2
T9Brett Upper72-70=142−2
T9Denis Watson73-69=142−2

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Third round

Saturday, March 30, 1985
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Hale Irwin67-72-69=208−8
T1Calvin Peete70-69-69=208−8
T1D. A. Weibring68-68-72=208−8
T4Gary Hallberg72-71-67=210−6
T4Dan Halldorson70-68-72=210−6
6Larry Rinker68-72-71=211−5
T7Dan Forsman74-69-69=212−4
T7Jack Nicklaus71-70-71=212−4
T7Payne Stewart73-70-69=212−4
T7Greg Twiggs73-72-67=212−4

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Final round

Sunday, March 31, 1985