1985 pga tour leaders driving distance leaders

Andy Bean had the longest average driving distance in 1985, at 278.2 yards.

NAMEDRIVING DISTANCE AVGSEASONEVENTSTOP 10WINSSCORING AVGROUNDSGIR%FWY%PUTTING AVGSAND SAVE%SCRAMBLING %FEDEXCUP POINTSMONEY
1Andy Bean
A. Bean
278.2
1985
96
8
71.3
108
70.8
64.9
34.3
$190,871
2Fred Couples
F. Couples
276.9
1985
97
7
71.6
105
66.0
56.4
44.8
$171,272
3Greg Norman
G. Norman
276.6
1985
59
6
71.3
71
65.0
64.5
54.6
$165,458
4Mac O'Grady
M. O'Grady
276.1
1985
79
6
71.4
87
68.9
62.3
41.4
$223,808
5Joey Sindelar
J. Sindelar
274.8
1985
120
7
2
71.4
128
68.8
60.9
43.5
$282,762
6Greg Twiggs
G. Twiggs
274.4
1985
82
1
73.8
85
61.9
58.0
30.4
$33,559
7Tom Watson
T. Watson
274.3
1985
68
7
71.1
72
66.6
60.8
43.2
$226,778
8Bill Glasson
B. Glasson
273.1
1985
92
4
1
71.8
99
63.6
63.8
44.9
$195,449
9Tom Purtzer
T. Purtzer
273
1985
91
71.9
99
67.0
65.9
60.8
$49,979
10Jim Dent
J. Dent
273
1985
86
72.7
89
63.9
56.5
45.5
$30,012
11Dan Pohl
D. Pohl
272
1985
95
7
70.9
98
70.5
64.4
46.7
$198,829
12Lon Hinkle
L. Hinkle
271.9
1985
87
3
71.9
94
66.2
56.3
45.3
$105,499
13Ivan Smith
I. Smith
271.8
1985
0
58
59.0
52.5
44.6
$9,992
14Mark McCumber
M. McCumber
271
1985
72
3
1
71.8
78
66.1
64.0
50.5
$192,752
15Clarence Rose
C. Rose
270.5
1985
113
3
71.7
117
67.3
66.7
34.1
$133,610
16Mick Soli
M. Soli
270.4
1985
0
74
63.1
56.7
45.0
$11,759
17Bernhard Langer
B. Langer
269.7
1985
59
4
2
71.5
63
64.8
61.9
51.7
$271,044
18Craig Stadler
C. Stadler
269.3
1985
86
8
70.9
93
64.5
61.7
50.0
$297,926
19Bobby Wadkins
B. Wadkins
269.1
1985
108
1
71.9
108
67.2
68.2
46.2
$84,542
20Mark O'Meara
M. O'Meara
268.8
1985
86
6
2
71
90
66.3
63.1
48.7
$340,840
21John DeForest
J. DeForest
268.6
1985
0
54
54.1
48.5
50.5
$3,674
22Bruce Lietzke
B. Lietzke
268.3
1985
63
5
71.3
63
71.4
72.6
48.9
$136,992
23Fuzzy Zoeller
F. Zoeller
268.3
1985
75
7
1
71.2
79
65.1
66.9
43.2
$244,003
24George Burns
G. Burns
268.2
1985
101
5
1
71.4
105
66.1
62.1
52.0
$223,352
25Phil Blackmar
P. Blackmar
267.9
1985
84
4
1
72.4
88
63.0
58.1
41.0
$198,537
StatMuse has season-level data for driving distance average going back to the 1980 season.