Golf Network News
Sunday 14 April 1985Men’s majorsYear in Review
Langer wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 April 1985 · purse $700,793 · winner's share $126,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/5°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/10°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/16°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 49 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/15°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
77 started, 60 (cut at 150) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd, Curtis Strange
The golfer
b. 1957-08-27, Anhausen, Germany; Germany; age 27 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet