1975 Tournament Players Championship

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1975 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 21–24, 1975
LocationFort Worth, Texas, U.S.
32°43′01″N 97°22′23″W / 32.717°N 97.373°W / 32.717; -97.373Coordinates: 32°43′01″N 97°22′23″W / 32.717°N 97.373°W / 32.717; -97.373
Course(s)Colonial Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,190 yards (6,575 m)[1]
Cut147 (+7)
Prize fund$250,000
Winner's share$50,000
Champion
United States Al Geiberger
270 (−10)
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The 1975 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, held August 21–24 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. This was the second Tournament Players Championship;[2] Al Geiberger led wire-to-wire and finished three strokes ahead of runner-up Dave Stockton.[1][3][4] Defending champion Jack Nicklaus opened with 67 but finished seventeen strokes behind, tied for eighteenth.

The first two Tournament Players Championships were played in late summer; this edition was two weeks after the PGA Championship at Firestone, won by Nicklaus. The next TPC was held just six months later, in south Florida in late February, before the majors.

Venue[]

Main article: Colonial Country Club (Fort Worth)

This was the only Tournament Players Championship held in Texas; the first was in Georgia in 1974 and it relocated to Florida in 1976. Colonial Country Club has hosted an annual event on the PGA Tour since 1946 and was the site of the U.S. Open in 1941.

Past champions in the field[]

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1974 67 75 70 75 287 +7 T18

Source:[1][4]

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 21, 1975

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Al Geiberger  United States 66 −4
T2 Bob Dickson  United States 67 −3
Hale Irwin  United States
Jack Nicklaus  United States
T5 Bud Allin  United States 68 −2
Jim Wiechers  United States
Mike Wynn  United States
T8 John Mahaffey  United States 69 −1
Andy North  United States
Bill Rogers  United States
Mason Rudolph  United States
John Schlee  United States
Larry Ziegler  United States

Source:[5][6][7]

Second round[]

Friday, August 22, 1975
Saturday, August 23, 1975

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Al Geiberger  United States 66-68=134 −6
T2 Bob Dickson  United States 67-69=136 −4
Hubert Green  United States 71-65=136
Dave Stockton  United States 72-64=136
5 John Schlee  United States 69-68=137 −3
T6 Hale Irwin  United States 67-72=139 +1
Bill Rogers  United States 69-70=139
Mason Rudolph  United States 69-70=139
T9 Randy Erskine  United States 71-69=140 E
Larry Ziegler  United States 69-71=140

Source:[8][9][10]

Third round[]

Saturday, August 23, 1975

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Al Geiberger  United States 66-68-67=201 −9
2 Dave Stockton  United States 72-64-68=204 −6
3 Hubert Green  United States 71-65-70=206 −4
4 Bob Dickson  United States 67-69-72=208 −2
T5 Charles Coody  United States 73-70-68=211 +1
Hale Irwin  United States 67-72-72=211
Mason Rudolph  United States 69-70-72=211
T8 Bud Allin  United States 72-72-68=212 +2
Jack Nicklaus  United States 67-75-70=212
Joe Porter  United States 72-72-68=212

Source:[10][11]

Final round[]

Sunday, August 24, 1975

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Al Geiberger  United States 66-68-67-69=270 −10 50,000
2 Dave Stockton  United States 72-64-68-69=273 −7 28,500
3 Hubert Green  United States 71-65-70-69=275 −5 17,750
T4 Bob Murphy  United States 73-69-71-68=281 +1 10,333
Bob Dickson  United States 67-69-72-73=281
Mason Rudolph  United States 69-70-72-70=281
7 Hale Irwin  United States 67-72-72-72=283 +3 8,000
T8 Joe Porter  United States 72-72-68-72=284 +4 6,792
Tom Watson  United States 73-69-75-67=284
Bobby Wadkins  United States 76-69-68-71=284

Source:[1][3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Al Geiberger needs rally to edge Stockton for title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 25, 1975. p. 10.
  2. ^ Biggers, Don (June 23, 1974). "Move over 'big four,' here comes another". Rome News-Tribune. (Georgia). p. 1C.
  3. ^ a b "Geiberger by 3 in TPC final". Chicago Tribune. wire services. August 25, 1975. p. 3, sec. 6.
  4. ^ a b c "Al Geiberger gets 50,000 for record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 25, 1975. p. 1C.
  5. ^ "Geiberger hits a 'funny' 66 for Tournament Players lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 22, 1975. p. 3D.
  6. ^ "Geiberger leads TPC". Chicago Tribune. August 22, 1975. p. 6, sec. 4.
  7. ^ "Scoreboard: TPC at Fort Worth". Chicago Tribune. August 22, 1975. p. 4, sec. 4.
  8. ^ "Geiberger fires a 68, leads by two". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 23, 1975. p. 3B.
  9. ^ "Geiberger still leads". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. August 23, 1975. p. 3, sec. 2.
  10. ^ a b "A couple of golf pals vie for crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 24, 1975. p. 5B.
  11. ^ "Geiberger still rolling in TPC". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. August 24, 1975. p. 4, sec. 3.

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