1985 Ladies European Tour

1985 Ladies European Tour season
DurationMay 1985 (1985-05) – October 1985 (1985-10)
Number of official events20
Order of MeritEngland Laura Davies
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The 1985 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1985. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments

The table below shows the 1985 schedule.[1][2] The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.[3]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)–up Winner's
share (£)		 Note
4 May Ford Ladies Classic England Scotland Gillian Stewart (1) 296 (−4) Playoff Scotland Muriel Thomson 2,500 [4][5]
11 May Hennessy Cognac Ladies Cup France Australia Jan Stephenson (1) 283 (−13) 5 strokes England Laura Davies 5,000 New tournament [6][5]
19 May Ulster Volkswagen Classic N. Ireland Scotland Dale Reid (10) 213 (−6) 3 strokes United States Peggy Conley
England Beverly Huke		 2,000 [7][5]
26 May British Olivetti Tournament England Scotland Jane Connachan (2) 284 (−8) 1 stroke Scotland Dale Reid 2,000 [8][5]
7 Jun Vale do Lobo Portuguese Ladies Open Portugal England Debbie Dowling (3) 285 4 strokes England Kitrina Douglas 2,500 [9][5]
15 Jun McEwan's Wirral Caldy Classic England Scotland Cathy Panton (10) 291 (−5) 3 strokes England Laura Davies
England Penny Grice		 2,000 [10][5]
22 Jun Bowring Birmingham Ladies Classic England Italy Federica Dassù (2) 280 (−4) 2 strokes England Debbie Dowling 2,500 [11][5]
30 Jun Belgian Ladies Open Belgium England Laura Davies (1) 286 (−6) 1 stroke England Maxine Burton 5,000 New tournament [12][5]
14 Jul LBS Ladies' German Open Germany Scotland Julie Brown (1) 288 (−4) Playoff Germany Barbara Helbig 4,000 [13][14]
27 Jul JS Bloor Eastleigh Classic England England Christine Sharp (2) 261 (−3) 1 stroke England Kitrina Douglas 2,000 [5][15]
1 Aug Mitsubishi Colt Cars Jersey Open Jersey Sweden Marie Wennersten (1) 211 (−2) 2 strokes England Kitrina Douglas 2,000 [5][16]
10 Aug Trusthouse Forte Ladies' Classic Spain England Beverly Huke (6) 289 (−3) 1 stroke Australia Corinne Dibnah 5,000 New tournament [5][17]
17 Aug Delsjö Ladies Open Sweden Scotland Cathy Panton (11) 210 (−3) 1 stroke United States Kelly Leadbetter
Sweden Marie Wennersten		 3,000 [5]
25 Aug Höganäs Sweden Open Sweden Sweden Liselotte Neumann (1) 283 (−1) 1 stroke England Laura Davies 4,500 [18]
7 Sep IBM Ladies' European Open England Sweden Liselotte Neumann (2) 272 (−20) 2 strokes England Susan Moorcraft (a)
Scotland Cathy Panton		 7,500 [18][19]
22 Sep 415/Vantage WPGA Matchplay Championship England Scotland Jane Connachan (3) 1 up England Debbie Dowling 2,000 Match play event [20][21]
28 Sep Brend Hotels International England Scotland Dale Reid (11) 288 (−8) 2 strokes Scotland Muriel Thomson 2,000 [20][22]
5 Oct Burberry Women's British Open England United States Betsy King (1) 300 (+8) 2 strokes Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti 9,000 [23][24]
12 Oct Laing Ladies Classic England Scotland Muriel Thomson (7) 282 (−10) 1 stroke England Beverly Huke
England Vanessa Marvin		 2,500 New tournament [23][25]
18 Oct La Manga Spanish Open Spain South Africa Alison Sheard (4) 285 (−11) 2 strokes Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti 2,500 [23]

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Money (£)
1 Laura Davies  England 21,736
2 Jane Connachan  Scotland 21,234
3 Beverly Huke  England 18,702
4 Muriel Thomson  Scotland 18,631
5 Debbie Dowling  England 18,097
6 Dale Reid  Scotland 16,223
7 Kitrina Douglas  England 15,665
8 Gillian Stewart  Scotland 15,526
9 Cathy Panton  Scotland 15,092
10 Marie Wennersten  Sweden 14,921

Source:[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 197.
  2. ^ Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour[permanent dead link], GolfToday
  3. ^ Ladies European Tour – 1987 Winners[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Gillian makes a winning start". Glasgow Herald. 6 May 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf. No. 9. September 1985. p. 59.
  6. ^ Johnson, Bill (13 May 1985). "Second placed Laura given dressing down". Glasgow Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "Back in the old routine". Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1985. p. 17. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ^ Johnson, Bill (27 May 1985). "Jane walks tall after inward 31". Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ Johnson, Bill (8 June 1985). "Debbie's victory march". Glasgow Herald. p. 24. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  10. ^ Johnson, Bill (17 June 1985). "Eagle 3 seals Cathy's victory". Glasgow Herald. p. 17. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  11. ^ "Palmer proves he can still break records, A final round of 75 in wet and windy conditions carned Italy's Federica Dassu". Glasgow Herald. 24 June 1985. p. 15. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ Johnson, Bill (1 July 1985). "Laura's final charge puts her in command". Glasgow Herald. p. 14. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  13. ^ "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf. No. 8. August 1985. p. 60.
  14. ^ Johnson, Bill (15 July 1985). "Julie 'ties up' German Open title". Glasgow Herald. p. 13. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  15. ^ Johnson, Bill (29 July 1985). "Christine too shatp for rivals". Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  16. ^ "Marie Wennersten, a former Swedish amateur champion..." Glasgow Herald. 2 August 1985. p. 27. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  17. ^ Johnson, Bill (12 August 1985). "Miss Huke makes no mistake". Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  18. ^ a b "Resultat" [Results]. Svensk Golf. No. 10. October 1985. p. 63.
  19. ^ Johnson, Bill (9 September 1985). "Swedish girl lands a double". Glasgow Herald. p. 19. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  20. ^ a b "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf. No. 11. November 1985. p. 64.
  21. ^ Johnson, Bill (23 September 1985). "Five-under-par Jane takes title". Glasgow Herald. p. 24. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  22. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (30 September 1985). "Seve widens the gap.., Scotlands Dale Reid rounded off..." Glasgow Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  23. ^ a b c "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1985. p. 80. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  24. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (7 October 1985). "Miss King begins a new reign". Glasgow Herald. p. 8. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  25. ^ Johnson, Bill (14 October 1985). "Muriel keeps cool, calm and collects". Glasgow Herald. p. 10. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  26. ^ "Facit -85, WPGA-touren" [Season 1985, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1985. p. 48. Retrieved 18 September 2023.