Golf Network News
Sunday 11 August 1985Men’s majorsYear in Review
Green wins PGA Championship
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 August 1985 · purse $700,000 · winner's share $125,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/15°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/12°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 56 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/17°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 32 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
149 started, 76 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lee Trevino
The golfer
b. 1946-12-28, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 2nd 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