1975 Masters Tournament

The 1975 Masters Tournament was the 39th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1975 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 10–13, 1975
LocationAugusta, Georgia
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,020 yards (6,419 m)[1][2]
Field76 players, 46 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Winner's share$40,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
276 (−12)
Augusta 
Location in the United States
Augusta 
Location in Georgia

Jack Nicklaus won his fifth Masters and thirteenth major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf.[3][4][5][6][7] At age 40, Lee Elder became the first African-American to compete at the tournament,[8][9] but missed the cut by four strokes.[10][11]

The 1975 Masters is widely considered to be one of the greatest majors ever, with three great players at the peak of their games dueling in a thrilling Sunday finish.[5][12]

Had a playoff been required, it would have been a full 18-hole round on Monday. Prior to the next Masters in 1976, a sudden-death format was introduced and was first used in 1979.[13]

Nicklaus won his sixth green jacket eleven years later in 1986 at age 46.

Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive400410Camellia4854
2Pink Dogwood555511White Dogwood4454
3Flowering Peach360412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple220313Azalea4755
5Magnolia450414Chinese Fir4204
6Juniper190315Firethorn5205
7Pampas365416Redbud1903
8Yellow Jasmine530517Nandina4004
9Carolina Cherry440418Holly4204
Out3,51036In3,51036
Source:[1]Total7,02072

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron (12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (12), Billy Casper (12), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Jack Nicklaus (3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10,11), Sam Snead (8,10), Art Wall Jr.

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Hale Irwin (8,9), Johnny Miller (8,11), Lee Trevino (3,4,10,11,12)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Weiskopf (8,9,11,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Dave Stockton (8,11)

5. 1974 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

John Grace (a), Gary Koch (7,a), Jerry Pate (6,7,a), Curtis Strange (7,a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Dick Siderowf (a), Craig Stadler (a)

7. Members of the 1974 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

George Burns (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1974 Masters Tournament

Buddy Allin (9,11), Miller Barber (11), Frank Beard (9), Jim Colbert (9,11), Ben Crenshaw, Ray Floyd (9), Hubert Green (10,11), Jerry Heard, Dave Hill (10,11,12), Ralph Johnston, Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Dan Sikes

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1974 U.S. Open

Forrest Fezler (11), Lou Graham (12), Tom Kite, John Mahaffey, Mike Reasor, Tom Watson (11), Bert Yancey, Larry Ziegler (11)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1974 PGA Championship

Al Geiberger (11)

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Rod Curl, Terry Diehl, Lee Elder, Pat Fitzsimons, Gary Groh, Richie Karl, Gene Littler, Mac McLendon, Bob Menne, Allen Miller, Bob Murphy, J. C. Snead (12), Ed Sneed

12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team

Homero Blancas

13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge (8), Bob Charles, Bobby Cole (10), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin, Dale Hayes, Tony Jacklin (2), Lu Liang-Huan, Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Victor Regalado (11)

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Nationalities in the field

North America (61)South America (1)Europe (3)Oceania (4)Asia (3)Africa (4)
 Mexico (1) Argentina (1) England (3) Australia (3) Japan (2) South Africa (4)
 United States (60) New Zealand (1) Taiwan (1)

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965,
1966, 1972
68677368276−121
Billy Casper United States197070707370283−56
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964
69717572287−1T13
Art Wall Jr. United States195972747270288ET15
Gary Player South Africa1961, 197472747373292+4T30
Tommy Aaron United States197371757672294+6T38
Charles Coody United States197172757573295+7T40

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Gay Brewer United States19677772149+5
Doug Ford United States19577874152+8
George Archer United States19698072152+8
Bob Goalby United States19688172153+9
Sam Snead United States1949, 1952, 195471WD

Source:[11]

  • Snead, age 62, was one-over-par after 27 holes when he withdrew due to a back injury.[10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1975

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Nichols United States67−5
T2Allen Miller United States68−4
Jack Nicklaus United States
T4Arnold Palmer United States69−3
J. C. Snead United States
Tom Weiskopf United States
T7Billy Casper United States70−2
Bob Murphy United States
Tom Watson United States
T10Tommy Aaron United States71−1
Jerry Heard United States
Mac McLendon United States
Jerry Pate (a) United States
Sam Snead United States
Lee Trevino United States
Larry Ziegler United States

Source:[14]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1975

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus United States68-67=135−9
T2Billy Casper United States70-70=140−4
Arnold Palmer United States69-71=140
Tom Watson United States70-70=140
T5Homero Blancas United States72-69=141−3
Pat Fitzsimons United States73-68=141
Bobby Nichols United States67-74=141
J. C. Snead United States69-72=141
Lee Trevino United States71-70=141
Tom Weiskopf United States69-72=141

Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1975

Nicklaus entered the weekend with a five-shot lead but struggled with a one-over 73 in the final pairing with Arnold Palmer. Weiskopf carded a 66 (–6) to take a one-stroke lead and Miller a 65 to climb into solo third.[15] Nicklaus three-putted four times on Saturday and was three-over-par on the last four holes to lose the lead.[15]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Weiskopf United States69-72-66=207−9
2Jack Nicklaus United States68-67-73=208−8
3Johnny Miller United States75-71-65=211−5
4Tom Watson United States70-70-72=212−4
T5Billy Casper United States70-70-73=213−3
Bobby Nichols United States67-74-72=213
T7Buddy Allin United States73-69-73=215−1
Hubert Green United States74-71-70=215
Allen Miller United States68-75-72=215
Arnold Palmer United States69-71-75=215
Lee Trevino United States71-70-74=215

Source:[2][15]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1975

Although Nicklaus was in solo second after 54 holes, he played with Tom Watson in the penultimate pairing, followed by Miller and leader Weiskopf.[9] Nicklaus was three-under for the round and led Weiskopf by a stroke at the 14th tee, but he bogeyed while Weiskopf birdied for a two-shot swing and a lead change. On the par-3 16th hole, Nicklaus listened on the green as both Weiskopf and Miller birdied on the 15th green, as he had done. Nicklaus then sank a 40-foot (12 m) birdie putt, while Weiskopf and Miller watched from the 16th tee. Weiskopf left his tee shot 80 feet (24 m) short and bogeyed, while Miller made par and birdied 17.[3]

Both were a stroke behind with makeable birdie putts on the 72nd green to tie Nicklaus, who had just missed his 12-foot (3.7 m) birdie attempt. Miller missed left and low from 18 feet (5.5 m) while Weiskopf's eight-footer (2.4 m) missed right.[3][9]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jack Nicklaus United States68-67-73-68=276−1240,000
T2Johnny Miller United States75-71-65-66=277−1121,250
Tom Weiskopf United States69-72-66-70=277
T4Hale Irwin United States73-74-71-64=282−612,500
Bobby Nichols United States67-74-72-69=282
6Billy Casper United States70-70-73-70=283−57,500
7Dave Hill United States75-71-70-68=284−46,000
T8Hubert Green United States74-71-70-70=285−34,500
Tom Watson United States70-70-72-73=285
T10Tom Kite United States72-74-71-69=286−23,600
J. C. Snead United States69-72-75-70=286
Lee Trevino United States71-70-74-71=286

Source:[3][16]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Nicklaus−7−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−11−12−12−12
Miller−5−6−5−6−6−7−7−8−9−9−8−8−9−9−10−10−11−11
Weiskopf−9−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−10−11−12−11−11−11
Irwin+2+1E−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−6−6
Nichols−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
Watson−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−5−5−6−6−6−2−2−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[8][17]

References

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  3. "Jack reigns again, a 40-footer the clincher". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 1B.
  4. Christine, Bill (April 14, 1975). "Nicklaus wins record 5th Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 14.
  5. Mizell, Hubert (April 14, 1975). "Nicklaus pens epic Masters finish". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
  6. "Nicklaus wins Masters with long birdie putt". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). April 14, 1975. p. 25.
  7. Denlinger, Kenneth (April 14, 1975). "Nicklaus wins record 5th as others' putts slither by". Milwaukee Journal. (Washington Post). p. 7, part 2.
  8. Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1975). "You're all right, Jack". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  9. "Nicklaus survives shootout". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 12.
  10. "Nicklaus way ahead, Elder goes home". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. April 12, 1975. p. 10.
  11. Christine, Bill (April 12, 1975). "Palmer hot, but Jack scorches Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 8.
  12. "Our Top 10 All-Time Favorite Masters Tournaments". www.golf.com. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  13. "Masters playoff format is changed". CNN.com. April 7, 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  14. "Nichols (me?) leads Masters". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. April 11, 1975. p. 11.
  15. "Tall Tom: a tall order for Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1975. p. 1C.
  16. "1975 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  17. "Nicklaus wins Masters with long birdie putt". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 25.

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