1975 PGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 7–10, 1975 |
Location | Akron, Ohio 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°WCoordinates: 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W |
Course(s) | Firestone Country Club South Course |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,180 yards (6,565 m)[1] |
Field | 136 players, 71 after cut[2] |
Cut | 148 (+8) |
Prize fund | $225,000 |
Winner's share | $45,000 |
Champion | |
Jack Nicklaus | |
276 (−4) | |
Location Map | |
Firestone Country Club Location in the United States | |
The 1975 PGA Championship was the 57th PGA Championship, played August 7–10 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Jack Nicklaus, an Ohio native, won the fourth of his five PGA Championships and the fourteenth of his eighteen major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton.[3] He was also the 54-hole leader, four strokes ahead of Crampton.[4]
It was the second major of the year for Nicklaus, who won his fifth green jacket in April at the Masters,[3][5] and the fourth of five times that he won two majors in the same calendar year.[1]
Through 2021, this was the fourth and most recent time a player won the Masters and PGA Championship in the same calendar year. Nicklaus had previously won both in 1963, preceded by Jack Burke Jr. (1956) and Sam Snead (1949). Nicklaus also held both titles after a Masters win in 1972, and Tiger Woods held all four major titles after his Masters win in 2001.
This was the third PGA Championship at the South Course, which previously hosted in 1960 and 1966. It also a former venue for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which began in 1976 as the "World Series of Golf" on the PGA Tour, preceded by the American Golf Classic, which debuted in 1961.
Past champions in the field[]
Made the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Jack Nicklaus | United States | 1963, 1971, 1973 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 276 | −4 | 1 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | 1969 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 286 | +6 | T10 |
Don January | United States | 1967 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 286 | +6 | T10 |
Al Geiberger | United States | 1966 | 70 | 70 | 80 | 71 | 291 | +11 | T33 |
Gary Player | South Africa | 1962, 1972 | 72 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 291 | +11 | T33 |
Bobby Nichols | United States | 1964 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 291 | +11 | T33 |
Julius Boros | United States | 1968 | 71 | 73 | 78 | 70 | 292 | +12 | T40 |
Lee Trevino | United States | 1974 | 73 | 72 | 78 | 74 | 297 | +17 | T60 |
Dow Finsterwald | United States | 1958 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 81 | 305 | +25 | T70 |
Missed the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Doug Ford | United States | 1955 | 78 | 71 | 149 | +9 |
Lionel Hebert | United States | 1957 | 76 | 73 | 149 | +9 |
Sam Snead | United States | 1942, 1949, 1951 | 75 | 74 | 149 | +9 |
Jerry Barber | United States | 1961 | 79 | 72 | 151 | +11 |
Dave Stockton | United States | 1970 | 77 | 74 | 151 | +11 |
Source:[6]
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, August 7, 1975
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Mark Hayes | United States | 67 | −3 |
T2 | United States | 68 | −2 | |
Larry Hinson | United States | |||
T4 | Billy Casper | United States | 69 | −1 |
Ed Dougherty | United States | |||
Fred Wampler | United States | |||
Bob Wynn | United States | |||
T8 | Jim Dent | United States | 70 | E |
Bruce Devlin | Australia | |||
Raymond Floyd | United States | |||
Al Geiberger | United States | |||
Mike Morley | United States | |||
Jack Nicklaus | United States | |||
Art Wall Jr. | United States | |||
Tom Watson | United States | |||
Tom Weiskopf | United States |
Source:[7]
Second round[]
Friday, August 8, 1975
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 71-63=134 | −6 |
2 | Hale Irwin | United States | 72-65=137 | −3 |
T3 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 70-68=138 | −2 |
Mark Hayes | United States | 67-71=138 | ||
Bob Wynn | United States | 69-69=138 | ||
T6 | Ed Dougherty | United States | 69-70=139 | −1 |
John Schlee | United States | 71-68=139 | ||
T8 | Al Geiberger | United States | 70-70=140 | E |
J. C. Snead | United States | 73-67=140 | ||
Maurice VerBrugge | United States | 72-68=140 |
Source:[8]
Third round[]
Saturday, August 9, 1975
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 70-68-67=205 | −5 |
2 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 71-63-75=209 | −1 |
3 | Hale Irwin | United States | 72-65-73=210 | E |
T4 | Ed Dougherty | United States | 69-70-72=211 | +3 |
Tom Weiskopf | United States | 70-71-70=211 | ||
T6 | David Graham | Australia | 72-70-70=212 | +2 |
Bob Murphy | United States | 75-68-69=212 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 70-71-71=212 | ||
T9 | Billy Casper | United States | 69-72-72=213 | +3 |
Mark Hayes | United States | 67-71-75=213 | ||
Mike Hill | United States | 72-71-70=213 | ||
Larry Hinson | United States | 68-73-72=213 | ||
Don January | United States | 72-70-71=213 | ||
Gene Littler | United States | 76-71-66=213 |
Source:[4]
Final round[]
Sunday, August 10, 1975
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 70-68-67-71=276 | −4 | 45,000 |
2 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 71-63-75-69=278 | −2 | 25,700 |
3 | Tom Weiskopf | United States | 70-71-70-68=279 | −1 | 16,000 |
4 | Andy North | United States | 72-74-70-65=281 | +1 | 10,500 |
T5 | Billy Casper | United States | 69-72-72-70=283 | +3 | 8,663 |
Hale Irwin | United States | 72-65-73-73=283 | |||
T7 | Dave Hill | United States | 71-71-74-68=284 | +4 | 6,918 |
Gene Littler | United States | 76-71-66-71=284 | |||
9 | Tom Watson | United States | 70-71-71-73=285 | +5 | 6,075 |
T10 | Buddy Allin | United States | 73-72-70-71=286 | +6 | 4,468 |
Ben Crenshaw | United States | 73-72-71-70=286 | |||
Raymond Floyd | United States | 70-73-72-71=286 | |||
David Graham | Australia | 72-70-70-74=286 | |||
Don January | United States | 72-70-71-73=286 | |||
John Schlee | United States | 71-68-75-72=286 | |||
Leonard Thompson | United States | 74-69-72-71=286 |
References[]
- ^ a b c Parascenzo, Marino (August 11, 1975). "Nicklaus manhandles Firestone". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16.
- ^ "Tournament Info for: 1975 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ a b "Nicklaus rules PGA again". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 11, 1975. p. 10.
- ^ a b "Mini miracle at 16 sparks Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 10, 1975. p. 3B.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (August 18, 1975). "Swinging on a star". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
- ^ a b "1975 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
- ^ "Top players trail at PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 8, 1975. p. 1D.
- ^ "Crampton after that major crown". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 9, 1975. p. 1B.
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