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Sunday 14 April 1985PGA TourYear in Review
Langer wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 April 1985 · Bernhard Langer’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $700,793 USD
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
- Curtis Strange USA · 284led by three with six to play, found water at 13 and 15 and bogeyed both (Wikipedia event article; SI) Sports Illustrated, Barry McDermott, 'Der Meisterswinger' (April 22, 1985), Wayback capture 2014-12-16
77 started · cut +6, 60 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd, Curtis Strange
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
22 April 1985 From the print archive
I think Tony Kugelmüller. Good luck with the spelling.
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Wayback)
22 April 1985
There isn't any. Germans don't have the yips.
Sports Illustrated
22 April 1985 From the print archive
At one time I had everybody thinking about second place.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 72 · 74 · 68 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T2 | Seve Ballesteros | 72 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Raymond Floyd | 70 · 73 · 69 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Curtis Strange | 80 · 65 · 68 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| 5 | Jay Haas | 73 · 73 · 72 · 67 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Gary Hallberg | 68 · 73 · 75 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Bruce Lietzke | 72 · 71 · 73 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Jack Nicklaus | 71 · 74 · 72 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Craig Stadler | 73 · 67 · 76 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T10 | Fred Couples | 75 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | David Graham | 74 · 71 · 71 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Lee Trevino | 70 · 73 · 72 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Tom Watson | 69 · 71 · 75 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1957-08-27, Anhausen, Bavaria, West Germany; FRG; turned pro 1972.
What’s in the bag
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