1985 PGA Championship Results
Winner: Hubert Green, 278
Where it was played: Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Tournament dates: August 8-11, 1985
Leader after first round: Doug Tewell, 67
Leader after second round: Lee Trevino, 134
Leader after third round: Hubert Green, 206
What Happened at the 1985 PGA Championship
Hubert Green was a surprise winner at the 1985 PGA, not because he was a player without a pedigree — he was an 18-time PGA Tour winner and a U.S. Open champ by this point — but because he'd been playing poorly for several years.Green took the lead away from defending champ Lee Trevino in the third round, when he shot 70 to Trevino's 75. Green led by three strokes as the fourth round began. Trevino made a move early with an eagle on the fifth hole and took a 1-shot lead. But over the remainder of his round Trevino had six bogeys. Although Trevino and Green were still tied after 14 holes, Trevino then bogeyed the 15th and 17th holes. In the final round, Trevino shot 71 to Green's 72, but it wasn't enough.
It was Green's second and final win in a major championship — he also won the 1977 U.S. Open — and his 19th and last PGA Tour win. The 1985 PGA Championship was also the last one played by Gary Player, who missed the cut.
1985 PGA Championship Final Scores
| Hubert Green | 67-69-70-72—278 |
| Lee Trevino | 66-68-75-71—280 |
| Andy Bean | 71-70-72-68—281 |
| T.M. Chen | 69-76-71-65—281 |
| Nick Price | 73-73-65-71—282 |
| Buddy Gardner | 73-73-70-67—283 |
| Tom Watson | 67-70-74-72—283 |
| Corey Pavin | 66-75-73-69—283 |
| Fred Couples | 70-65-76-72—283 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 70-69-73-72—284 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 66-71-75-72—284 |
| Scott Hoch | 70-73-73-69—285 |
| Scott Simpson | 72-68-72-73—285 |
| Payne Stewart | 72-72-73-68—285 |
| Dan Pohl | 72-74-69-70—285 |
| Tom Kite | 69-75-71-70—285 |
| Doug Tewell | 64-72-77-72—285 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 70-74-72-70—286 |
| Wayne Levi | 72-69-74-71—286 |
| Craig Stadler | 72-73-74-67—286 |
| Bob Gilder | 73-70-74-69—286 |
| Calvin Peete | 69-72-75-70—286 |
| Larry Mize | 71-70-73-73—287 |
| Larry Nelson | 70-74-71-72—287 |
| Willie Wood | 71-73-74-69—287 |
| T.C. Chen | 73-74-74-66—287 |
| John Mahaffey | 74-73-71-69—287 |
| Roger Maltbie | 69-73-72-74—288 |
| Joey Sindelar | 71-75-71-71—288 |
| Mark O'Meara | 71-76-71-70—288 |
| Gil Morgan | 69-77-72-70—288 |
| Hale Irwin | 71-73-72-73—289 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 66-75-74-74—289 |
| David Graham | 75-70-69-75—289 |
| Bernhard Langer | 69-72-76-72—289 |
| Donnie Hammond | 71-76-73-69—289 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 73-72-68-76—289 |
| Dave Barr | 71-74-72-73—290 |
| Jay Haas | 71-75-74-70—290 |
| Woody Blackburn | 72-71-74-74—291 |
| Denis Watson | 74-73-74-70—291 |
| Frank Conner | 71-73-72-75—291 |
| Bobby Nichols | 75-71-75-70—291 |
| Tim Norris | 71-70-74-76—291 |
| Mark Pfeil | 70-70-74-77—291 |
| Billy Kratzert | 72-71-78-70—291 |
| Danny Edwards | 67-76-73-76—292 |
| George Archer | 72-71-73-76—292 |
| David Ogrin | 76-70-76-70—292 |
| Mark Lye | 70-72-77-73—292 |
| Lon Hinkle | 70-75-76-72—293 |
| Ed Fiori | 70-76-76-71—293 |
| Howard Twitty | 70-77-74-72—293 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-73-75-75—294 |
| Brett Upper | 72-74-73-75—294 |
| Bill Glasson | 71-76-74-73—294 |
| Nick Faldo | 70-77-73-74—294 |
| Morris Hatalsky | 68-74-72-80—294 |
| Gary Hallberg | 73-74-74-74—295 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 73-72-75-75—295 |
| Dave Stockton | 72-72-77-74—295 |
| Don Pooley | 70-71-76-79—296 |
| Bob Murphy | 73-71-80-72—296 |
| Mike Donald | 73-72-80-71—296 |
| Arnold Palmer | 75-72-75-76—298 |
| Ron Streck | 70-76-77-75—298 |
| Hal Sutton | 69-75-76-78—298 |
| D.A. Weibring | 72-71-77-78—298 |
| Phil Blackmar | 71-74-83-70—298 |
| Mike Reid | 72-75-75-77—299 |
| Mark McNulty | 74-73-77-75—299 |
| Robert Hoyt | 73-74-76-77—300 |
| Kevin Morris | 72-74-78-77—301 |
| David Glenz | 75-72-76-79—302 |
| Al Geiberger | 74-73-80-75—302 |
| Mike Smith | 71-76-83-75—305 |
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