| 1985 British Open | |
As the 1985 British Open got under way, it had been 16 years since any Briton won the Open Championship. Sandy Lyle put an end to that streak.
But it was Lyle, not the previous major winners, who held his nerve. Graham and Langer both carded final-round 75s and finished tied for third. Lyle got round Royal St. George's in 70, holding off a charging Payne Stewart (68) for the win.
Lyle later added a second major at the 1988 Masters.
The 1985 British Open was the last one with a double cut - one cut after the second round, another cut following the third round. In ensuing years, the tournament used only a single cut after the second round.
1985 British Open Golf Tournament Scores
Results from the 1985 British Open golf tournament played on the par-71 Royal St. George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England (a-amateur):
| Sandy Lyle | 68-71-73-70--282 | $94,250 |
| Payne Stewart | 70-75-70-68--283 | $62,350 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70-72-70-72--284 | $34,220 |
| Jose Rivero | 74-72-70-68--284 | $34,220 |
| David Graham | 68-71-70-75--284 | $34,220 |
| Bernhard Langer | 72-69-68-75--284 | $34,220 |
| Christy O'Connor Jr. | 64-76-72-72--284 | $34,220 |
| Tom Kite | 73-73-67-72--285 | $22,570 |
| D.A. Weibring | 69-71-74-71--285 | $22,570 |
| Anders Forsbrand | 70-76-69-70--285 | $22,570 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 71-74-68-73--286 | $16,530 |
| Jose Maria Canizares | 72-75-70-69--286 | $16,530 |
| Gary Koch | 75-72-70-69--286 | $16,530 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 69-76-70-71--286 | $16,530 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 76-68-74-68--286 | $16,530 |
| Greg Norman | 71-72-71-73--287 | $11,455 |
| Sam Torrance | 74-74-69-70--287 | $11,455 |
| Ian Woosnam | 70-71-71-75--287 | $11,455 |
| Simon Bishop | 71-75-72-69--287 | $11,455 |
| Jaime Gonzalez | 72-72-73-71--288 | $7,627 |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 71-73-74-70--288 | $7,627 |
| Graham Marsh | 71-75-69-73--288 | $7,627 |
| Lee Trevino | 73-76-68-71--288 | $7,627 |
| Mark James | 71-78-66-73--288 | $7,627 |
| Kris Moe | 70-76-73-70--289 | $5,425 |
| a-Jose Maria Olazabal | 72-76-71-70--289 | |
| Philip Parkin | 68-76-77-68--289 | $5,425 |
| Manuel Pinero | 71-73-72-73--289 | $5,425 |
| Gordon J. Brand | 73-72-72-72--289 | $5,425 |
| Robert Lee | 68-73-74-74--289 | $5,425 |
| David Frost | 70-74-73-72--289 | $5,425 |
| Mike Cahill | 72-74-71-72--289 | $5,425 |
| Wayne Riley | 71-70-77-72--290 | $4,567 |
| Ove Sellberg | 71-78-70-71--290 | $4,567 |
| Andy Bean | 72-72-73-74--291 | $4,149 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 73-75-70-73--291 | $4,149 |
| Bob Shearer | 75-73-68-75--291 | $4,149 |
| Hugh Baiocchi | 75-74-71-71--291 | $4,149 |
| Jeffrey Pinsent | 73-74-72-73--292 | $3,770 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 75-74-70-73--292 | $3,770 |
| Corey Pavin | 70-74-72-76--292 | $3,770 |
| Magnus Persson | 71-73-76-72--292 | $3,770 |
| Tony Johnstone | 68-72-80-72--292 | $3,770 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 74-73-71-75--293 | $3,480 |
| David A. Russell | 74-72-71-76--293 | $3,480 |
| Peter Senior | 70-71-80-72--293 | $3,480 |
| Denis Watson | 72-74-75-73--294 | $3,085 |
| Mark Mouland | 72-75-74-73--294 | $3,085 |
| Bernard Gallacher | 73-76-71-74--294 | $3,085 |
| Gordon Brand Jr. | 69-74-77-74--294 | $3,085 |
| Howard Clark | 70-71-76-77--294 | $3,085 |
| Tom Watson | 72-73-72-77--294 | $3,085 |
| Nick Faldo | 73-73-75-74--295 | $2,537 |
| Emilio Rodriguez | 71-70-77-77--295 | $2,537 |
| Larry Nelson | 70-75-75-77--297 | $2,356 |
| Peter Fowler | 70-79-70-78--297 | $2,356 |
| David Whelan | 69-74-75-80--298 | $2,247 |
| David Williams | 74-71-74-81--300 | $2,175 |
| Vaughan Somers | 76-72-73-80--301 | $2,117 |
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