Year: | 1985 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 35 |
Most Wins: | 5 Nancy Lopez |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Nancy Lopez |
Honor2: | Player of the Year |
Honoree2: | Nancy Lopez |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | Penny Hammel |
Prevseason: | 1984 |
Nextseason: | 1986 |
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 $416,472.
There were five first-time winners in 1985: Kathy Baker, Judy Clark, Penny Hammel, Val Skinner, and Muffin Spencer-Devlin. The season saw the last of JoAnne Carner's 43 LPGA wins and Kathy Whitworth's record 88 LPGA wins.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1985 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Jan 27 | Hollis Stacy (17) | 280 (-8) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Feb 3 | JoAnne Carner (42) | 280 (-8) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Feb 10 | Patty Sheehan (13) | 278 (-10) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Feb 24 | Amy Alcott (22) | 279 (-9) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Mar 3 | Betsy King (4) | 280 (-8) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Mar 10 | Bonnie Lauer (2) | 277 (-11) | 330,000 | 49,500 | |||
Mar 17 | Jane Blalock (26) | 287 (-5) | 300,000 | 45,000 | |||
Mar 24 | Jan Stephenson (13) | 290 (+2) | 250,000 | 37,500 | |||
Apr 7 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | Alice Miller (4) | 275 (-13) | 400,000 | 55,000 | ||
Apr 14 | Beth Daniel (14) | 286 (-2) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Apr 21 | Patty Sheehan (14) | 275 (-14) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Apr 28 | Alice Miller (5) | 272 (-16) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
May 5 | Amy Alcott (23) | 284 (-4) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
May 12 | Kathy Whitworth (88) | 207 (-9) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
May 19 | Nancy Lopez (30) | 210 (-9) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
May 26 | Patti Rizzo (2) | 272 (-16) | 250,000 | 37,500 | |||
Jun 2 | LPGA Championship | Nancy Lopez (31) | 273 (-15) | 250,000 | 37,500 | ||
Jun 9 | Alice Miller (6) | 272 (-16) | 400,000 | 60,000 | |||
Jun 16 | Pat Bradley (14) | 280 (-8) | 255,000 | 38,250 | |||
Jun 23 | Alice Miller (7) | 280 (-8) | 250,000 | 37,500 | |||
Jun 30 | Juli Inkster (4) | 209 (-7) | 250,000 | 37,500 | |||
Jul 7 | Nancy Lopez (32) | 281 (-7) | 300,000 | 45,000 | |||
Jul 14 | U.S. Women's Open | Kathy Baker (1) | 280 (-8) | 250,000 | 41,975 | ||
Jul 21 | Judy Clark (1) | 280 (-8) | 225,000 | 33,750 | |||
Jul 28 | du Maurier Classic | Pat Bradley (15) | 278 (-10) | 300,000 | 45,000 | ||
Aug 4 | Penny Hammel (1) | 278 (-10) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Aug 11 | Nancy Lopez (33) | 268 (-20) | 210,000 | 31,500 | |||
Aug 18 | Amy Alcott (24) | 274 (-14) | 200,000 | 65,000 | |||
Aug 18 | Muffin Spencer-Devlin (1) | 209 (-7) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Aug 25 | Pat Bradley (16) | 284 (-4) | 300,000 | 45,000 | |||
Sep 2 | Betsy King (5) | 205 (-11) | 185,000 | 27,750 | |||
Sep 8 | Nancy Lopez (34) | 215 (-1) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Sep 15 | JoAnne Carner (43) | 279 (-9) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Sep 22 | Val Skinner (1) | 209 (-7) | 250,000 | 37,500 | |||
Nov 10 | Jane Blalock (27) | 206 (-10) | 300,000 | 45,000 |
Award | Winner | Country | |
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Nancy Lopez (3) | |||
Nancy Lopez (3) | |||
Nancy Lopez (3) | |||