1985 Tournament Players Championship
DatesMarch 28–31, 1985
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
CourseTPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage6,857 yards (6,270 m)[1][2]
Field144 players, 75 after cut
Cut146 (+2)[3]
Purse$900,000
Winners share$162,000
ChampionCalvin Peete
Score274 (−14)
Coordinates30.198°N 81.394°W
Previous1984
Next1986

The 1985 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 28–31 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the twelfth Tournament Players Championship.

Calvin Peete shot 66 in the final round for 274 (−14) and the win, three strokes ahead of runner-up D. A. Weibring.[2][4][5] Peete was the only player to break par in all four rounds.[6]

Defending champion Fred Couples finished nineteen strokes back, in a tie for 49th place.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the fourth Tournament Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 6,857 yards (6,270 m).[2]

Field

1. Top 125 players, if PGA Tour members, from Final 1984 Official Money List:[7]

Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara, Andy Bean, Denis Watson, Tom Kite, Bruce Lietzke, Fred Couples, Craig Stadler, Greg Norman, Peter Jacobsen, Payne Stewart, Lee Trevino, Gil Morgan, Curtis Strange, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw, Gary Koch, Corey Pavin, Jack Renner, Wayne Levi, John Mahaffey, Scott Simpson, David Edwards, Bob Eastwood, Calvin Peete, Hal Sutton, Scott Hoch, George Archer, Lanny Wadkins, Gary Hallberg, Hale Irwin, Dan Pohl, Hubert Green, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Larry Mize, George Burns, Nick Faldo, Tom Purtzer, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tim Simpson, Larry Nelson, Billy Kratzert, Jay Haas, Mike Donald, Johnny Miller, Jim Thorpe, Mike Reid, Mark McCumber, Russ Cochran, Seve Ballesteros, Rex Caldwell, Don Pooley, Buddy Gardner, Roger Maltbie, Doug Tewell, David Graham, Joey Sindelar, Larry Rinker, Willie Wood, Dave Barr, Mike Sullivan, Jim Colbert, D. A. Weibring, Nick Price, Bobby Wadkins, Raymond Floyd, Mark Pfeil, Vance Heafner, Tony Sills, Lon Hinkle, Jim Simons, Bernhard Langer, Jim Nelford, Tommy Nakajima, Keith Fergus, Peter Oosterhuis, John Adams, Ron Streck, Brad Faxon, Ralph Landrum, Isao Aoki, Gibby Gilbert, Gary McCord, Donnie Hammond, Loren Roberts, J. C. Snead, John Cook, Sammy Rachels, Clarence Rose, Mike Nicolette, Tim Norris, Allen Miller, Pat Lindsey, Richard Zokol, Frank Conner, Dan Halldorson, TC Chen, Joe Inman, Danny Edwards, Tom Jenkins, Pat McGowan, Dan Forsman, Howard Twitty, Morris Hatalsky, Phil Hancock, Jim Dent, Barry Jaeckel, Victor Regalado, Ken Brown, David Ogrin, Jodie Mudd, Mark Hayes, Mike Smith, Bobby Clampett, Jerry Pate, Ed Fiori, Mac O'Grady, John Fought, Mark Brooks, Lance Ten Broeck, Tommy Valentine, Brett Upper

Mark Lye and Gary Player did not play

2. Designated players

Bill Rogers

3. Any foreign player meeting the requirements of a designated player, whether or not he is a PGA Tour member

4. Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Masters Tournament, and World Series of Golf (beginning In 1976)

Andy North, Dave Stockton

5. The leader in Senior PGA Tour official earnings of 1984

Don January (did not to play)

6. The three players, not otherwise eligible, designated by the TPC Committee as "special selections"

Arnold Palmer, Lou Graham

7. To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1985 Official Money List, as of the completion of the USF&G Classic, March 17, 1985[8]

Woody Blackburn, Bill Glasson, Brad Fabel, Paul Azinger, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jay Delsing, Mike Bright, Bob Lohr, Chris Perry, Phil Blackmar, Wayne Grady, Greg Twiggs, Gene Sauers, David Lundstrom

General source:[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 28, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Hale Irwin67−5
T2Morris Hatalsky68−4
Bernhard Langer
Larry Rinker
D. A. Weibring
T6Ronnie Black69−3
Mark Brooks
Bobby Wadkins
T9Isao Aoki70−2
John Cook
Dan Halldorson
Tom Kite
Pat McGowan
Mark O'Meara
Calvin Peete
Curtis Strange

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, March 29, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1D. A. Weibring68-68=136−8
T2Dan Halldorson70-68=138−6
Bernhard Langer68-70=138
T4Hale Irwin67-72=139−5
Calvin Peete70-69=139
6Larry Rinker68-72=140−4
T7Jodie Mudd71-70=141−3
Jack Nicklaus71-70=141
T9Mike Donald71-71=142−2
Greg Norman71-71=142
Nick Price73-69=142
J. C. Snead71-71=142
Mike Sullivan73-69=142
Doug Tewell75-67=142
Brett Upper72-70=142
Denis Watson73-69=142

Source:[3]

Third round

Saturday, March 30, 1985

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Hale Irwin67-72-69=208−8
Calvin Peete70-69-69=208
D. A. Weibring68-68-72=208
T4Gary Hallberg72-71-67=210−6
Dan Halldorson70-68-72=210
6Larry Rinker68-72-71=211−5
T7Dan Forsman74-69-69=212−4
Jack Nicklaus71-70-71=212
Payne Stewart73-70-69=212
Greg Twiggs73-72-67=212

Source:[11]

Final round

Sunday, March 31, 1985

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Calvin Peete70-69-69-66=274−14162,000
2D. A. Weibring68-68-72-69=277−1197,200
3Larry Rinker68-72-71-70=281−761,200
4Gary Hallberg72-71-67-72=282−643,200
T5Dan Halldorson70-68-72-73=283−534,200
Hale Irwin67-72-69-75=283
T7Isao Aoki70-75-74-65=284−427,112
Lon Hinkle71-72-71-70=284
Bernhard Langer68-70-75-71=284
Bruce Lietzke71-72-70-71=284
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
11Doug Tewell75-67-72-71=285−322,500
12Pat McGowan70-74-70-72=286−220,700
T13Dan Forsman74-69-69-75=287−116,875
Bill Rogers73-72-71-71=287
Craig Stadler73-70-75-69=287
Payne Stewart73-70-69-75=287
T17Jim Dent71-74-74-69=288E12,600
Jack Nicklaus (c)71-70-71-76=288
Mark O'Meara70-75-72-71=288
Don Pooley72-72-71-73=288
J. C. Snead71-71-74-72=288
T22Dave Barr75-70-71-73=289+18,640
Ken Brown75-70-73-71=289
Nick Price73-69-72-75=289
Hal Sutton (c)76-69-70-74=289
Brett Upper72-70-73-74=289
T27Ed Fiori72-72-73-73=290+26,255
Roger Maltbie74-71-70-75=290
Clarence Rose75-68-72-75=290
Joey Sindelar73-70-71-76=290
Howard Twitty74-71-73-72=290
Fuzzy Zoeller72-74-72-72=290
T33Jim Colbert71-73-74-73=291+34,654
Ben Crenshaw72-71-73-75=291
Raymond Floyd (c)75-71-71-74=291
Bob Gilder72-74-71-74=291
David Graham73-71-76-71=291
Scott Simpson73-73-70-75=291
Curtis Strange70-73-72-76=291
T40Ronnie Black69-75-71-77=292+43,154
Mike Bright72-73-75-72=292
Keith Fergus72-72-75-73=292
Allen Miller71-74-74-73=292
Jodie Mudd71-70-75-76=292
Mike Nicolette77-69-75-71=292
Mark Pfeil73-72-71-76=292
Tom Purtzer74-69-72-77=292
Mike Reid72-74-71-75=292
T49George Archer72-74-75-72=293+52,199
Fred Couples (c)73-72-74-74=293
Mike Donald71-71-77-74=293
Greg Norman71-71-74-77=293
Greg Twiggs73-72-67-81=293
Richard Zokol71-75-70-77=293
T55Gibby Gilbert75-70-73-76=294+62,007
Jay Haas73-72-75-74=294
Gary Koch74-72-76-72=294
Andy North72-72-75-75=294
Chris Perry72-71-70-81=294
Jack Renner75-71-72-76=294
Lee Trevino (c)73-73-70-78=294
Tom Watson71-74-72-77=294
63Barry Jaeckel71-73-73-78=295+71,926
T64Phil Blackmar73-73-79-71=296+81,872
Tom Kite70-75-75-76=296
Peter Oosterhuis71-75-75-75=296
Jerry Pate (c)75-70-74-77=296
Bobby Wadkins69-76-75-76=296
T69Danny Edwards74-72-70-81=297+91,791
Ralph Landrum73-73-70-81=297
Arnold Palmer74-72-75-76=297
Denis Watson73-69-76-79=297
73Bobby Clampett74-70-76-78=298+101,746
74Dan Pohl71-73-74-81=299+111,728
CUTPaul Azinger74-73=147+3
Andy Bean74-73=147
Mark Brooks69-78=147
Chen Tze-chung73-74=147
Frank Conner73-74=147
John Cook70-77=147
Brad Faxon74-73=147
John Fought75-72=147
Buddy Gardner72-75=147
Morris Hatalsky68-79=147
Pat Lindsey72-75=147
Willie Wood78-69=147
Bob Eastwood79-69=148+4
Wayne Grady75-73=148
Hubert Green72-76=148
Andrew Magee79-69=148
John Mahaffey76-72=148
Mark McCumber76-72=148
Gil Morgan71-77=148
Tim Simpson72-76=148
David Edwards73-76=149+5
Nick Faldo79-70=149
Mark Hayes (c)77-72=149
Sandy Lyle74-75=149
Loren Roberts74-75=149
Lance Ten Broeck75-74=149
Seve Ballesteros76-74=150+6
George Burns74-76=150
Russ Cochran76-74=150
Scott Hoch76-74=150
Peter Jacobsen75-75=150
Larry Mize71-79=150
Corey Pavin73-77=150
Victor Regalado74-76=150
Gene Sauers76-74=150
Jim Thorpe74-76=150
Woody Blackburn78-73=151+7
Bill Glasson73-78=151
Jim Nelford76-75=151
Tim Norris76-75=151
Brad Fabel75-77=152+8
Joe Inman77-75=152
Wayne Levi72-80=152
David Lundstrom74-78=152
Johnny Miller73-79=152
Larry Nelson76-76=152
David Ogrin79-73=152
Jim Simons77-75=152
Tommy Valentine78-74=152
John Adams72-81=153+9
Phil Hancock83-70=153
Tony Sills77-76=153
Tom Jenkins77-77=154+10
Billy Kratzert77-77=154
Dave Stockton77-77=154
Ron Streck74-80=154
Lanny Wadkins (c)80-74=154
Chip Beck81-74=155+11
Jay Delsing79-76=155
Donnie Hammond83-72=155
Sammy Rachels77-78=155
Rex Caldwell76-80=156+12
Tsuneyuki Nakajima73-86=159+15
Lou Graham80-80=160+16
Bob Lohr81-83=164+20
Gary McCord86-78=164
WDMike Sullivan73-69-75=217+1
Mac O'Grady77+5
Vance Heafner78+6
Mike Smith84+12

Source:[12]

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