The 1985 LPGA Championship was held May 30 to June 2 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at

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, a suburb northeast of

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. Played on the Grizzly Course, this was the 31st edition of the

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won the second of her three

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titles, all at the LPGA Championship. She led wire-to-wire and finished with a final round 65 (−7) for 273 (−15), eight strokes ahead of runner-up Alice Miller. It was her second consecutive victory of the Lopez opened with a first round 65, despite being assessed a two-stroke penalty for slow play. She won her third major on the same course in

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Final leaderboard

''Sunday, June 2, 1985'' Source:

References

External links

Golf Observer leaderboard
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