1985 - Women America
The winners in the category "1985 - Women America" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
America
Boston Five
Played as the Boston Five Classic. Second-placed Donna Caponi (USA) and Jane Geddes (USA) finished 3 shots behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Judy Clark (USA). Later in 1985 Clark married PGA Tour golfer Gardner Dickinson. [Ferncroft CC, Middleton, nr Boston, MA].
America
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler-Plymouth Classic. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) finished 3 shots behind Lopez (USA), who recorded her 30th LPGA Tour win. [Fairmont CC, Chatham Township, New Jersey].
America
x
Played as the LPGA National Pro-Am (formerly Columbia Savings Classic). Bradley (USA) beat Amy Alcott (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [Lone Tree GC nr Denver, Colorado; earlier rounds also at Meridian GC].
America
x
Played as the Moss Creek Women's Invitational. Second-placed Kathy Postlewait (USA), Judy Inkster (USA), Nancy Lopez (USA) and Patty Sheehan (USA) finished 4 shots behind Alcott (USA). [Moss Creek Plantation, Hilton Head Island, SC; now called Moss Creek GC].
America
Utd Virginia Bank
Played as the United Virginia Bank Golf Classic. Second-placed and defending champion Amy Alcott (USA) finished 1 shot behind Whitworth (USA), who recorded the last of her 88 LPGA Tour wins (the most of any LPGA Tour or PGA Tour player). [Sleepy Hole GC, Suffolk, Virginia].
America
Jamie Farr
Played as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic (Aug 1-4). Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 1 shot behind 23-year-old Penny Hammel (USA), who recorded her first LPGA Tour win in her rookie season on the Tour. [Glengarry CC, Holland, nr Toledo, Ohio; now called Stone Oak CC].
America
Elizabeth Arden
Played as the Elizabeth Arden Classic. Second-placed Jane Blalock (USA) and defending champion Patty Sheehan (USA) finished 6 shots behind JoAnne Carner (USA). [Soffer course, Miami Turnberry Resort, Aventura, FL; at the time called the South course, Turnberry Isle Resort].
America
GNA
Played as the GNA Classic. Second-placed Amy Alcott (USA), Pat Bradley (USA) and Barbara Moxness (USA) finished 1 shot behind Stephenson (Aus). [Oakmont CC, Glendale, nr Los Angeles, California].
America
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Hall of Fame Championship. Second-placed Allison Finney (USA) and JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 3 shots behind Lopez (USA). [Sweetwater CC, Sugar Land, nr Houston, Texas].
America
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Classic of Deer Creek. Second-placed Ayako Okamoto (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Stacy (USA). [Deer Creek CC, Deerfield Beach, Florida].
America
Henredon
Played as the Henredon Classic. Second-placed Val Skinner (USA) finished 10 shots behind Lopez (USA). [Willow Creek CC, High Point, North Carolina; now known as the Willow Creek course of High Point CC].
America
Kyocera
Played as the Kyocera Inamori Classic. Second-placed Pat Meyers (USA) finished 2 shots behind Daniel (USA). [Fairbanks Ranch CC, Ranch Sante Fe, nr San Diego, CA].
America
J&B Whisky
Played as the J&B Scotch Pro-Am. Second-placed Alice Miller (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sheehan (USA). [Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada; at the time known as Desert Inn CC. Earlier rounds also at Las Vegas CC].
America
JCPenney
Played as the JCPenney Classic (Dec 5-8; two-person team event; one PGA Tr, one LPGA Tr). Second-placed team of Craig Stadler (USA) & Lori Garbacz (USA) finished 2 shots behind winning brother-sister team of Larry Rinker (USA) & Laurie Rinker (USA). [Bardmoor CC, Largo, FL].
America
x
Played as the Lady Keystone Open. Second-placed Betsy King (USA) finished 2 shots behind Inkster (USA). [West course, Hershey CC, Hershey, PA].
America
Corning
Played as the LPGA Corning Classic. Second-placed Jane Crafter (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Rizzo (USA), who claimed her second LPGA Tour win. [Corning CC, Corning, nr Elmira, New York].
America
MasterCard
Played as the MasterCard International Pro-Am. Deedee Lasker and Kim Shipman finished in second place behind Spencer-Devlin.
America
Mayflower
Played as the Mayflower Classic. Second-placed Jane Blalock (USA), Mary Beth Zimmerman (USA) and Beth Solomon (USA) finished 6 shots behind Miller (USA). [CC of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana].
America
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Champions (Dec 20/21; unofficial 36-hole better-ball team event; teams comprised an LPGA Tr and Snr PGA Tr player). Winning team of Alice Miller (USA) & Don January (USA) beat Pat Bradley (USA) & Lee Elder (USA) with a 12-foot birdie putt at the second playoff hole. [Tryall Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica].
America
McDonald's
Played as the McDonald's Championship. Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 8 shots behind Miller (USA). [White Manor CC, Malvern, nr Philadelphia, PA].
America
Samaritan
Played as the Samaritan Turquoise Classic. King (USA) beat Patty Sheehan (USA) with an eagle at the first playoff hole. [Arizona Biltmore GC, Phoenix, Arizona].
America
PING
Played as the Portland PING Championship (Sept 6-8). Nancy Lopez (USA) beat Lori Garbacz (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. [Riverside G&CC, Portland, Oregon].
America
Safeco
Played as the Safeco Classic. Second-placed Jan Stephenson (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Carner (USA), who recorded the last of her 43 LPGA Tour wins. [Meridian Valley CC, Kent, nr Seattle, WA].
America
Nestle
Played as the Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf. Alcott (USA) beat Patty Sheehan (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [PineIsle Resort, Lake Lanier, Georgia; now called Legacy Course on Lake Lanier].
America
Konica
Played as the Konica San Jose Classic. First-time LPGA Tour winner Skinner (USA) beat Pat Bradley (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [Almaden G&CC, San Jose, California].
America
x
Played as the Sarasota Classic. Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 1 shot behind Sheehan (USA). [Bent Tree CC, nr Sarasota, Florida].
America
x
Played as the Rail Charity Golf Classic. Second-placed Janet Anderson (USA) finished 2 shots behind King (USA), who claimed her fifth LPGA Tour win. [Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois].
America
S&H
Played as the S&H Golf Classic. Second-placed Kay Kennedy (USA) and Mindy Moore (USA) finished 6 shots behind Miller (USA). [Pasadena GC, Gulfport, Florida; now called Pasadena Yatch & CC].
America
Uniden
Played as the Uniden LPGA Invitational (March 7-10). Second-placed Alice Miller (USA) finished 5 shots behind Lauer (USA), who recorded the second of her two LPGA Tour wins. [Mesa Verde CC, Costa Mesa, nr Newport Beach, CA].
America
x
Played as the Rochester International. Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 2 shots behind Bradley (USA). [Locust Hill CC, Pittsford, Rochester, NY].
America
Circle K
Played as the Circle K Tucson Open. Second-placed Betsy King (USA) finished 1 shot behind Alcott (USA). [North course, Randolph GC, Tucson, AZ].
America
Kemper
Played as the Women's Kemper Open. Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Blalock (USA), who sunk a 12-foot putt at the last hole to clinch her first win since 1980. [Royal Ka'anapali course, Ka'anapali Resort, Maui, Hawaii; at the time known as the North course].
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