1985 PGA Championship

1985 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 8–11, 1985
Location	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Course(s)	Cherry Hills Country Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,089 yards (6,482 m)
Field	150 players, 76 after cut
Cut	147 (+5)
Prize fund	$700,000
Winner's share	$125,000
Champion
	Hubert Green
	278 (−6)
	← 1984 1986 →

Cherry Hills Country Club

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Location in the United States

Cherry Hills Country Club

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Location in Colorado

The 1985 PGA Championship was the 67th PGA Championship, held August 8–11 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Hubert Green won his second major title, two strokes ahead of defending champion Lee Trevino. It was Green's 19th and final victory on the PGA Tour.^[2]^[4]

Trevino led after 36 holes at 134 (−8),^[5] but a 75 (+4) on Saturday allowed Green to take the lead at 206 (−7), three strokes ahead.^[6] An eagle on Sunday at the fifth hole gave the 45-year-old Trevino a one stroke lead, but four three-putts produced an even-par round with six bogeys. The two were tied as late as the 15th tee; Green continued making pars, while Trevino bogeyed 15 and 17. Trevino admitted that the $50 heavy putter which helped him win in 1984 on wetter, softer greens in Alabama hurt him on the drier, faster greens in Colorado, especially on Sunday.^[7]

This was the fifth major championship at Cherry Hills, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1941 and the U.S. Open in 1938, 1960, and 1978. The average elevation of the course exceeds 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level. As of 2022, it is the most recent major played in the Mountain time zone.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	346	421	328	431	543	171	405	234	438	3,317	437	577	207	387	470	215	433	555	491	3,772	7,089
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	35	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	36	71

Source:^[1]^[8]^[9]

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

7,083 yards (6,477 m), par 71 - 1978 U.S. Open
7,004 yards (6,404 m), par 71 - 1960 U.S. Open
6,888 yards (6,298 m), par 71 - 1941 PGA Championship
6,888 yards (6,298 m), par 71 - 1938 U.S. Open

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 8, 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Doug Tewell	64	−7
T2	Peter Jacobsen	66	−5
	Jack Nicklaus
	Corey Pavin
	Lee Trevino
T6	Danny Edwards	67	−4
	Hubert Green
	Tom Watson
9	Morris Hatalsky	68	−3
T10	Chen Tze-ming	69	−2
	Tom Kite
	Bernhard Langer
	Bob Lohr
	Roger Maltbie
	Gil Morgan
	Calvin Peete
	Hal Sutton

Source:^[10]

Second round

Friday, August 9, 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lee Trevino	66-68=134	−8
2	Fred Couples	70-65=135	−7
T3	Hubert Green	67-69=136	−6
T3	Doug Tewell	64-72=136	−6
T5	Peter Jacobsen	66-71=137	−5
T5	Tom Watson	67-70=137	−5
7	Lanny Wadkins	70-69=139	−3
T8	Mark Pfeil	70-70=140	−2
T8	Scott Simpson	72-68=140	−2
T10	Andy Bean	71-70=141	−1
	Bernhard Langer	69-72=141
	Wayne Levi	72-69=141
	Larry Mize	71-70=141
	Jack Nicklaus	66-75=141
	Tim Norris	71-70=141
	Corey Pavin	66-75=141
	Calvin Peete	69-72=141
	Don Pooley	70-71=141

Source:^[11]

Third round

Saturday, August 10, 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hubert Green	67-69-70=206	−7
2	Lee Trevino	66-68-75=209	−4
T3	Fred Couples	70-65-76=211	−2
	Nick Price	73-73-65=211
	Tom Watson	67-70-74=211
T6	Peter Jacobsen	66-71-75=212	−1
	Scott Simpson	72-68-72=212
	Lanny Wadkins	70-69-73=212
T9	Seve Ballesteros	73-72-68=213	E
	Andy Bean	71-70-72=213
	Doug Tewell	64-72-77=213

Source:^[12]

Final round

Sunday, August 11, 1985

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Hubert Green	67-69-70-72=278	−6	125,000
2	Lee Trevino	66-68-75-71=280	−4	75,000
T3	Andy Bean	71-70-72-68=281	−3	42,500
T3	Chen Tze-ming	69-76-71-65=281	−3	42,500
5	Nick Price	73-73-65-71=282	−2	25,000
T6	Fred Couples	70-65-76-72=283	−1	17,125
	Buddy Gardner	73-73-70-67=283
	Corey Pavin	66-75-73-69=283
	Tom Watson	67-70-74-72=283
T10	Peter Jacobsen	66-71-75-72=284	E	12,625
T10	Lanny Wadkins	70-69-73-72=284	E	12,625

Source:^[13]

Scorecard

	Birdie		Eagle		Bogey

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4
Green	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Trevino	−4	−4	−5	−4	−6	−5	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "PGA course". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. August 8, 1985. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b Green, Bob (August 12, 1985). "Hubert in the Green as Trevino stumbles". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
^ "Tournament Info for: 1985 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
^ McDermott, Barry (August 19, 1985). "The Greening of the PGA". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
^ "Trevino has PGA lead by one shot as Nicklaus fades". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. August 10, 1985. p. 12.
^ "Green leads by 3 in PGA tourney". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. August 11, 1985. p. D-1.
^ ^a ^b "Green outduels Trevino by 2". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. August 12, 1985. p. 1, part 2.
^ "Hole-by-hole at Cherry Hill(s)". Beaver County Times. Pennsylvania. August 7, 1985. p. C4.
^ "PGA course description". Gainesville Sun. Florida. Associated Press. August 8, 1985. p. 2E.
^ "Jacobsen hot, Tewell even hotter". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. August 9, 1985. p. 1D.
^ Glick, Shav (August 10, 1985). "For a man in his 60s, Trevino's only 45". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
^ Glick, Shav (August 11, 1985). "Green survives rock-hard greens". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.
^ "1985 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

External links

GolfCompendium.com – 1985 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1985 PGA Championship
Cherry Hills Country Club

39°38′35″N 104°57′47″W / 39.643°N 104.963°W / 39.643; -104.963

[tuscyds-1] "PGA course". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. August 8, 1985. p. 16.

[spok4aug85-2] Green, Bob (August 12, 1985). "Hubert in the Green as Trevino stumbles". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.

[pgamedia85-3] "Tournament Info for: 1985 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.

[siaug85-4] McDermott, Barry (August 19, 1985). "The Greening of the PGA". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.

[tvhplbos-5] "Trevino has PGA lead by one shot as Nicklaus fades". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. August 10, 1985. p. 12.

[glbythr-6] "Green leads by 3 in PGA tourney". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. August 11, 1985. p. D-1.

[grotdtr-7] "Green outduels Trevino by 2". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. August 12, 1985. p. 1, part 2.

[hbhachhls-8] "Hole-by-hole at Cherry Hill(s)". Beaver County Times. Pennsylvania. August 7, 1985. p. C4.

[gsvlsuncd-9] "PGA course description". Gainesville Sun. Florida. Associated Press. August 8, 1985. p. 2E.

[jhtehtr-10] "Jacobsen hot, Tewell even hotter". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. August 9, 1985. p. 1D.

[trvonlfv-11] Glick, Shav (August 10, 1985). "For a man in his 60s, Trevino's only 45". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.

[gsvrhgns-12] Glick, Shav (August 11, 1985). "Green survives rock-hard greens". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1F.

[dbg85pga-13] "1985 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

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