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 $416,472.
There were five first-time winners in 1985: Kathy Baker , Judy Clark , Penny Hammel , Val Skinner , and Muffin Spencer-Devlin . The season saw the last of JoAnne Carner 's 43 LPGA wins and Kathy Whitworth 's record 88 LPGA wins.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results [ edit ] The following table shows all the official money events for the 1985 season.[1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
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
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Nancy Lopez
United States