1985 PGA Championship: Hubert Green wins at Cherry Hills Country Club
Hubert Green won the 1985 PGA Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver, Colorado with 278 (−6), by 2 strokes over Lee Trevino.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1985 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- August 8, 1985 to August 11, 1985
- Course
- Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado
- Edition
- 67th PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 71 · 7,145 yards
- Field
- 149
- Made the cut
- 76 (cut at 147)
- Purse
- $700,000 · winner's share $125,000
- Champion
- Hubert Green · age 38 · United States · born Birmingham, Alabama
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- Winning score
- 67-69-70-72 = 278 (−6) · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Lee Trevino
- 54-hole leader
- Hubert Green (206)
- Low club professional
- Dave Glenz (302)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hubert Green | 67 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 278 | −6 |
| 2 | Lee Trevino | 66 | 68 | 75 | 71 | 280 | −4 |
What happened at the 1985 PGA Championship
Lee Trevino took a one-shot lead with an eagle at the fifth, but bogeys at 15 and 17 let Hubert Green pull clear.
Green, who had missed about as many cuts as he made that season, won his second major and 19th and final PGA Tour title.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).