1985 LPGA Tour

The 1985 LPGA Tour was the 36th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 24 to November 10. The season consisted of 35 official money events. Nancy Lopez won the most tournaments, five. She also led the money list with earnings of $416,472.

1985 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 24, 1985 (1985-01-24) – November 10, 1985 (1985-11-10)
Number of official events	35
Most wins	5 Nancy Lopez
Money leader	Nancy Lopez
Player of the Year	Nancy Lopez
Rookie of the Year	Penny Hammel
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There were five first-time winners in 1985: Kathy Baker, Judy Clark, Penny Hammel, Val Skinner, and Muffin Spencer-Devlin. The season saw the last of JoAnne Carner's 43 LPGA wins and Kathy Whitworth's record 88 LPGA wins.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1985 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Jan 27	Mazda Classic of Deer Creek	Florida	Hollis Stacy (17)	280 (-8)	200,000	30,000
Feb 3	Elizabeth Arden Classic	Florida	JoAnne Carner (42)	280 (-8)	200,000	30,000
Feb 10	Sarasota Classic	Florida	Patty Sheehan (13)	278 (-10)	200,000	30,000
Feb 24	Circle K Tucson Open	Arizona	Amy Alcott (22)	279 (-9)	175,000	26,250
Mar 3	Samaritan Turquoise Classic	Arizona	Betsy King (4)	280 (-8)	150,000	22,500
Mar 10	Uniden LPGA Invitational	California	Bonnie Lauer (2)	277 (-11)	330,000	49,500
Mar 17	Women's Kemper Open	Hawaii	Jane Blalock (26)	287 (-5)	300,000	45,000
Mar 24	GNA Classic	California	Jan Stephenson (13)	290 (+2)	250,000	37,500
Apr 7	Nabisco Dinah Shore	California	Alice Miller (4)	275 (-13)	400,000	55,000
Apr 14	Kyocera Inamori Classic	California	Beth Daniel (14)	286 (-2)	175,000	26,250
Apr 21	J&B Scotch Pro-Am	Nevada	Patty Sheehan (14)	275 (-14)	200,000	30,000
Apr 28	S&H Golf Classic	Florida	Alice Miller (5)	272 (-16)	175,000	26,250
May 5	Moss Creek Women's Invitational	South Carolina	Amy Alcott (23)	284 (-4)	200,000	30,000
May 12	United Virginia Bank Classic	Virginia	Kathy Whitworth (88)	207 (-9)	200,000	30,000
May 19	Chrysler-Plymouth Classic	New Jersey	Nancy Lopez (30)	210 (-9)	175,000	26,250
May 26	LPGA Corning Classic	New York	Patti Rizzo (2)	272 (-16)	250,000	37,500
Jun 2	LPGA Championship	Ohio	Nancy Lopez (31)	273 (-15)	250,000	37,500
Jun 9	McDonald's Championship	Pennsylvania	Alice Miller (6)	272 (-16)	400,000	60,000
Jun 16	Rochester International	New York	Pat Bradley (14)	280 (-8)	255,000	38,250
Jun 23	Mayflower Classic	Indiana	Alice Miller (7)	280 (-8)	250,000	37,500
Jun 30	Lady Keystone Open	Pennsylvania	Juli Inkster (4)	209 (-7)	250,000	37,500
Jul 7	Mazda Hall of Fame Championship	Texas	Nancy Lopez (32)	281 (-7)	300,000	45,000
Jul 14	U.S. Women's Open	New Jersey	Kathy Baker (1)	280 (-8)	250,000	41,975
Jul 21	Boston Five Classic	Massachusetts	Judy Clark (1)	280 (-8)	225,000	33,750
Jul 28	du Maurier Classic	Canada	Pat Bradley (15)	278 (-10)	300,000	45,000
Aug 4	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	Ohio	Penny Hammel (1)	278 (-10)	175,000	26,250
Aug 11	Henredon Classic	North Carolina	Nancy Lopez (33)	268 (-20)	210,000	31,500
Aug 18	Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf	Georgia	Amy Alcott (24)	274 (-14)	200,000	65,000
Aug 18	MasterCard International Pro-Am	New York	Muffin Spencer-Devlin (1)	209 (-7)	200,000	30,000
Aug 25	LPGA National Pro-Am	Colorado	Pat Bradley (16)	284 (-4)	300,000	45,000
Sep 2	Rail Charity Classic	Illinois	Betsy King (5)	205 (-11)	185,000	27,750
Sep 8	Portland Ping Championship	Oregon	Nancy Lopez (34)	215 (-1)	175,000	26,250
Sep 15	Safeco Classic	Washington	JoAnne Carner (43)	279 (-9)	200,000	30,000
Sep 22	Konica San Jose Classic	California	Val Skinner (1)	209 (-7)	250,000	37,500
Nov 10	Mazda Japan Classic	Japan	Jane Blalock (27)	206 (-10)	300,000	45,000

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Nancy Lopez (3)	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Nancy Lopez (3)	United States
Player of the Year	Nancy Lopez (3)	United States
Rookie of the Year	Penny Hammel	United States

External links

• LPGA Tour official site
• 1985 season coverage at golfobserver.com