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1985 U.S. Open Golf

1985 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 13–16, 1985
Location Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Course(s) Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 6,996 yards (6,397 m)
Field 156 players, 66 after cut
Cut 146 (+6)
Prize fund $650,000
Winner's share $103,000
Champion
Andy North
279 (−1)
← 1984 1986 →

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 436 527 199 433 457 359 405 439 217 3,472 454 411 560 172 465 399 409 201 453 3,524 6,996
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 35 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 70
  • 7,014 yards (6,414 m), par 70 - 1979 PGA Championship
  • 7,054 yards (6,450 m), par 70 - 1972 PGA Championship
  • 6,907 yards (6,316 m), par 70 - 1961 U.S. Open
  • 6,927 yards (6,334 m), par 70 - 1951 U.S. Open
  • 7,037 yards (6,435 m), par 72 - 1937 U.S. Open
  • 6,880 yards (6,291 m), par 72 - 1924 U.S. Open

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Andy North United States 1978 70 65 70 74 279 −1 1
Johnny Miller United States 1973 74 71 68 69 282 +2 8
Fuzzy Zoeller United States 1984 71 69 72 71 283 +3 T9
Hale Irwin United States 1974, 1979 73 72 70 70 285 +5 14
David Graham Australia 1981 73 72 74 68 287 +7 T23
Larry Nelson United States 1983 71 71 77 71 290 +10 T39

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Tom Watson United States 1982 75 72 147 +7
Lee Trevino United States 1968, 1971 76 72 148 +8
Jack Nicklaus United States 1962, 1967,
1972, 1980
76 73 149 +9
Lou Graham United States 1975 76 75 151 +11
Hubert Green United States 1977 73 79 152 +12
Jerry Pate United States 1976 78 81 159 +19

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Chen Tze-chung Taiwan 65 −5
2 Fred Couples United States 66 −4
T3 Andy Bean United States 69 −1
Rick Fehr United States
Jay Haas United States
Tom Kite United States
Mike Reid United States
T8 Dave Barr Canada 70 E
Bill Glasson United States
Skeeter Heath United States
Andy North United States
Gene Sauers United States
Payne Stewart United States
Lanny Wadkins United States

Second round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Chen Tze-chung Taiwan 65-69=134 −6
T2 Jay Haas United States 69-66=135 −5
Andy North United States 70-65=135
4 Rick Fehr United States 69-67=136 −4
5 Denis Watson Zimbabwe 72-65=137 −3
6 Dave Barr Canada 70-68=138 −2
T7 Raymond Floyd United States 72-67=139 −1
Tom Kite United States 69-70=139
Mark O'Meara United States 72-67=139
Curtis Strange United States 71-68=139

Third round

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Chen Tze-chung Taiwan 65-69-69=203 −7
2 Andy North United States 70-65-70=205 −5
3 Dave Barr Canada 70-68-70=208 −2
4 Rick Fehr United States 69-67-73=209 −1
T5 Seve Ballesteros Spain 71-70-69=210 E
Tom Kite United States 69-70-71=210
Denis Watson Zimbabwe 72-65-73=210
T8 Payne Stewart United States 70-70-71=211 +1
Lanny Wadkins United States 70-72-69=211
T10 Raymond Floyd United States 72-67-73=212 +2
Jay Haas United States 69-66-77=212
Fuzzy Zoeller United States 71-69-72=212

Final round

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Andy North United States 70-65-70-74=279 −1 103,000
T2 Dave Barr Canada 70-68-70-72=280 E 39,185
Chen Tze-chung Taiwan 65-69-69-77=280
Denis Watson Zimbabwe 72-65-73-70=280
T5 Seve Ballesteros Spain 71-70-69-71=281 +1 18,458
Payne Stewart United States 70-70-71-70=281
Lanny Wadkins United States 70-72-69-70=281
8 Johnny Miller United States 74-71-68-69=282 +2 14,921
T9 Rick Fehr United States 69-67-73-74=283 +3 12,439
Corey Pavin United States 72-68-73-70=283
Jack Renner United States 72-69-72-70=283
Fuzzy Zoeller United States 71-69-72-71=283

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4
North −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1
Barr −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 E
Chen −7 −8 −8 −8 −4 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E
Watson +1 +1 +2 +1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E E E
Ballesteros E E E E E E E +1 +2 +3 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1
Stewart +1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 E E E E +1
Wadkins +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E +1 +1 +1 +2 +1
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