1985 PGA Tour

The 1985 PGA Tour season was played from January 10 to October 27. The season consisted of 43 official money events. Curtis Strange and Lanny Wadkins won the most tournaments, three, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1985 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 10, 1985 (1985-01-10) – October 27, 1985 (1985-10-27)
Number of official events43
Most wins3:
Curtis Strange
Lanny Wadkins
Money winner Curtis Strange
Player of the Year Lanny Wadkins
← 1984
1986 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1985 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 13Bob Hope ClassicCalifornia500,000 Lanny Wadkins (13)Pro-Am
Jan 20Phoenix OpenArizona450,000 Calvin Peete (9)
Jan 27Los Angeles OpenCalifornia400,000 Lanny Wadkins (14)
Feb 3Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia500,000 Mark O'Meara (2)Pro-Am
Feb 10Hawaiian OpenHawaii500,000 Mark O'Meara (3)
Feb 17Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego OpenCalifornia400,000 Woody Blackburn (2)
Feb 24Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida400,000 Mark McCumber (4)
Mar 3Honda ClassicFlorida500,000 Curtis Strange (6)
Mar 10Hertz Bay Hill ClassicFlorida500,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (7)
Mar 17USF&G ClassicLouisiana400,000 Seve Ballesteros (7)
Mar 24Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada950,000 Curtis Strange (7)
Mar 31Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida900,000 Calvin Peete (10)Special event
Apr 7Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina400,000 Joey Sindelar (1)
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia700,000 Bernhard Langer (1)Major championship
Apr 21Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina400,000 Bernhard Langer (2)Invitational
Apr 28Houston OpenTexas500,000 Raymond Floyd (19)
May 5MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia400,000 Tom Kite (8)Winners-only event
May 12Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas500,000 Bob Eastwood (3)
May 19Colonial National InvitationTexas500,000 Corey Pavin (2)Invitational
May 26Memorial TournamentOhio579,230 Hale Irwin (17)Invitational
Jun 2Kemper OpenMaryland500,000 Bill Glasson (1)
Jun 9Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York500,000 Roger Maltbie (4)
Jun 16U.S. OpenMichigan650,000 Andy North (3)Major championship
Jun 23Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia500,000 Wayne Levi (8)
Jun 30St. Jude Memphis ClassicTennessee500,000 Hal Sutton (4)
Jul 7Canadian OpenCanada480,000 Curtis Strange (8)
Jul 14Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia500,000 Mark Wiebe (1)
Jul 21The Open ChampionshipEngland£530,000 Sandy Lyle (1)Major championship
Jul 21Lite Quad Cities OpenIllinois300,000 Dan Forsman (1)Alternate event
Jul 28Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut600,000 Phil Blackmar (1)
Aug 4Western OpenIllinois500,000 Scott Verplank (a) (1)
Aug 11PGA ChampionshipColorado700,000 Hubert Green (19)Major championship
Aug 18Buick OpenMichigan450,000 Ken Green (1)
Aug 25NEC World Series of GolfOhio700,000 Roger Maltbie (5)Limited-field event
Sep 1B.C. OpenNew York300,000 Joey Sindelar (2)
Sep 8Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts400,000 George Burns (3)
Sep 15Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin300,000 Jim Thorpe (1)
Sep 22Southwest Golf ClassicTexas400,000 Hal Sutton (5)
Sep 29Texas OpenTexas350,000 John Mahaffey (8)
Oct 6Southern OpenGeorgia350,000 Tim Simpson (1)
Oct 13Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida400,000 Lanny Wadkins (15)
Oct 20Pensacola OpenFlorida300,000 Danny Edwards (5)
Oct 27Seiko-Tucson Match Play ChampionshipArizona700,000 Jim Thorpe (2)Limited-field event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winner(s) Notes
Sep 15 Ryder Cup England n/a Team Europe Team event
Nov 10 Nissan Cup Florida 800,000 Team USA New tournament
Team event
Nissan Cup Individual Trophy n/a Sandy Lyle
Nov 17 Isuzu Kapalua International Hawaii 500,000 Mark O'Meara
Nov 24 World Cup California 743,000 Dave Barr and
Dan Halldorson		 Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy Howard Clark
Dec 1 Skins Game California 450,000 Fuzzy Zoeller Limited-field event
Dec 8 JCPenney Classic Florida 600,000 Larry Rinker and
Laurie Rinker		 Team event
Dec 14 Chrysler Team Championship Florida 550,000 Raymond Floyd and
Hal Sutton		 Team event

Money leaders

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]

PositionPlayerEventsPrize money ($)
1 Curtis Strange25542,321
2 Lanny Wadkins24446,893
3 Calvin Peete22384,489
4 Jim Thorpe28379,091
5 Raymond Floyd22378,989

Awards
AwardWinner
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) Curtis Strange
PGA Player of the Year Lanny Wadkins
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Don Pooley
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Don Pooley

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.

References
  1. "1985 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "Money Leaders – 1985". PGA Tour.
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