1985 Ladies European Tour

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1985 Ladies European Tour season
DurationMay 1985 (1985-05) – October 1985 (1985-10)
Number of official events20
Order of Merit Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
1984
1986

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).

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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]

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)–upWinner's
share (£)
Note
4 May Ford Ladies Classic England Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Stewart (1)296 (−4)Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Muriel Thomson 2,500 [4] [5]
11 May Hennessy Cognac Ladies Cup France Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Stephenson (1)283 (−13)5 strokes Flag of England.svg Laura Davies 5,000New tournament [6] [5]
19 May Ulster Volkswagen Classic N. Ireland Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid (10)213 (−6)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Peggy Conley
Flag of England.svg Beverly Huke
2,000 [7] [5]
26 May British Olivetti Tournament England Flag of Scotland.svg Jane Connachan (2)284 (−8)1 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid 2,000 [8] [5]
7 Jun Vale do Lobo Portuguese Ladies Open Portugal Flag of England.svg Debbie Dowling (3)2854 strokes Flag of England.svg Kitrina Douglas 2,500 [9] [5]
15 Jun McEwan's Wirral Caldy Classic England Flag of Scotland.svg Cathy Panton (10)291 (−5)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
Flag of England.svg Penny Grice
2,000 [10] [5]
22 Jun Bowring Birmingham Ladies Classic England Flag of Italy.svg Federica Dassù (2)280 (−4)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Debbie Dowling 2,500 [11] [5]
30 Jun Belgian Ladies Open Belgium Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (1)286 (−6)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Maxine Burton 5,000New tournament [12] [5]
14 Jul LBS Ladies' German Open Germany Flag of Scotland.svg Julie Brown (1)288 (−4)Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Barbara Helbig 4,000 [13] [14]
27 Jul JS Bloor Eastleigh Classic England Flag of England.svg Christine Sharp (2)261 (−3)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Kitrina Douglas 2,000 [5] [15]
1 Aug Mitsubishi Colt Cars Jersey Open Jersey Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Wennersten (1)211 (−2)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Kitrina Douglas 2,000 [5] [16]
10 Aug Trusthouse Forte Ladies' Classic Spain Flag of England.svg Beverly Huke (6)289 (−3)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah 5,000New tournament [5] [17]
17 Aug Delsjö Ladies Open Sweden Flag of Scotland.svg Cathy Panton (11)210 (−3)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Leadbetter
Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Wennersten
3,000 [5]
25 Aug Höganäs Sweden Open Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (1)283 (−1)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Laura Davies 4,500 [18]
7 Sep IBM Ladies' European Open England Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (2)272 (−20)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Susan Moorcraft (a)
Flag of Scotland.svg Cathy Panton
7,500 [18] [19]
22 Sep 415/Vantage WPGA Matchplay Championship England Flag of Scotland.svg Jane Connachan (3)1 up Flag of England.svg Debbie Dowling 2,000Match play event [20] [21]
28 Sep Brend Hotels International England Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid (11)288 (−8)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Muriel Thomson 2,000 [20] [22]
5 Oct Burberry Women's British Open England Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (1)300 (+8)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Marta Figueras-Dotti 9,000 [23] [24]
12 Oct Laing Ladies Classic England Flag of Scotland.svg Muriel Thomson (7)282 (−10)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Beverly Huke
Flag of England.svg Vanessa Marvin
2,500New tournament [23] [25]
18 Oct La Manga Spanish Open Spain Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Alison Sheard (4)285 (−11)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Marta Figueras-Dotti 2,500 [23]

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

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

Source: [26]

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