1985 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
A "Strange" twist helped Bernhard Langer to his first major title at the 1985 Masters, the 49th edition of the tournament. It happened after another golfer seeking his first major blew a three-stroke lead with six holes to play.
Winner: Bernhard Langer, 282
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 11-14, 1985
Leader after first round: Gary Hallberg, 68
Leader after second round: Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart and Tom Watson, 140
Leader after third round: Raymond Floyd, 212
What Happened at the 1985 Masters
Curtis Strange opened this Masters with an 80 in the first round, but, remarkably, found himself three shots in the lead with only six holes to play. Then he bogeyed three of those final six holes and wound up tied for second, behind the winner Bernhard Langer.Langer started the final round four shots behind the third-round leader, Ray Floyd. But Langer shot 68 to Floyd's 72, Floyd dropping into the runner-up tie with Strange and Seve Ballesteros. Langer, going the opposite direction of Strange, birdied four of his last seven holes.
Langer was the second-ever European (after Ballesteros) to win The Masters, and the first German. Strange never did win a Green Jacket, but he went on to win back-to-back U.S. Open titles in 1988-89.
One year before his famous last Masters win in 1986, Jack Nicklaus finished tied for sixth place. Future 2-time Masters champ Jose Maria Olazabal missed the cut in his tournament debut.
1985 Masters Final Scores
| Bernhard Langer | 72-74-68-68—282 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 72-71-71-70—284 |
| Raymond Floyd | 70-73-69-72—284 |
| Curtis Strange | 80-65-68-71—284 |
| Jay Haas | 73-73-72-67—285 |
| Gary Hallberg | 68-73-75-70—286 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 72-71-73-70—286 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 71-74-72-69—286 |
| Craig Stadler | 73-67-76-70—286 |
| Fred Couples | 75-73-69-70—287 |
| David Graham | 74-71-71-71—287 |
| Lee Trevino | 70-73-72-72—287 |
| Tom Watson | 69-71-75-72—287 |
| Billy Kratzert | 73-77-69-69—288 |
| John Mahaffey | 72-75-70-71—288 |
| Isao Aoki | 72-74-71-72—289 |
| Gary Koch | 72-70-73-74—289 |
| Wayne Levi | 75-72-70-73—290 |
| Mark McCumber | 73-73-79-65—290 |
| a-Sam Randolph | 70-75-72-73—290 |
| Tim Simpson | 73-72-75-70—290 |
| Jim Thorpe | 73-71-72-74—290 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 72-73-72-73—290 |
| Mark O'Meara | 73-76-72-70—291 |
| Andy Bean | 72-74-73-73—292 |
| Nick Faldo | 73-73-75-71—292 |
| Sandy Lyle | 78-65-76-73—292 |
| Johnny Miller | 77-68-76-71—292 |
| Corey Pavin | 72-75-75-70—292 |
| Payne Stewart | 69-71-76-76—292 |
| a-Jerry Haas | 76-69-73-75—293 |
| Calvin Peete | 75-70-74-74—293 |
| Joey Sindelar | 73-73-75-72—293 |
| Hal Sutton | 77-69-70-77—293 |
| Sam Torrance | 73-73-75-72—293 |
| Lennie Clements | 75-75-73-71—294 |
| Hale Irwin | 78-71-73-72—294 |
| Mark Lye | 72-73-79-70—294 |
| Larry Nelson | 73-75-74-72—294 |
| Gary Player | 71-75-73-75—294 |
| Ronnie Black | 74-71-75-75—295 |
| David Edwards | 74-72-77-72—295 |
| Scott Simpson | 71-73-77-74—295 |
| Charles Coody | 72-77-74-73—296 |
| Bob Gilder | 72-75-81-68—296 |
| a-Jay Sigel | 76-71-77-72—296 |
| Woody Blackburn | 78-71-72-77—298 |
| Danny Edwards | 77-72-71-78—298 |
| Larry Mize | 71-75-76-76—298 |
| Tommy Nakajima | 77-70-78-73—298 |
| Greg Norman | 73-72-75-78—298 |
| Jack Renner | 72-77-70-79—298 |
| George Archer | 73-74-79-73—299 |
| Scott Hoch | 73-76-74-76—299 |
| Dennis Watson | 76-72-75-76—299 |
| Rex Caldwell | 73-74-77-77—301 |
| Billy Casper | 71-78-74-79—302 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 70-76-77-79—302 |
| a-John Inman | 70-76-80-77—303 |
| Bob Eastwood | 77-72-82-77—308 |
