1975 PGA Championship

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] Nicklaus was the 54-hole leader, four strokes ahead of Crampton.[4]

1975 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 7–10, 1975
LocationAkron, Ohio
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,180 yards (6,565 m)[1]
Field136 players, 71 after cut[2]
Cut148 (+8)
Prize fund$225,000
Winner's share$45,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
276 (−4)
Firestone CC
Location in the United States
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

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 2015, this was the fourth and last 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. in 1956 and Sam Snead in 1949.

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
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1971, 197370686771276−41
Raymond Floyd United States196970737271286+6T10
Don January United States196772707173286+6T10
Al Geiberger United States196670708071291+11T33
Gary Player South Africa1962, 197272707376291+11T33
Bobby Nichols United States196472757272291+11T33
Julius Boros United States196871737870292+12T40
Lee Trevino United States197473727874297+17T60
Dow Finsterwald United States195875737681305+25T70

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Doug Ford United States19557871149+9
Lionel Hebert United States19577673149+9
Sam Snead United States1942, 1949, 19517574149+9
Jerry Barber United States19617972151+11
Dave Stockton United States19707774151+11

Source:[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 7, 1975

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mark Hayes United States67−3
T2Bob Benson United States68−2
Larry Hinson United States
T4Billy Casper United States69−1
Ed Dougherty United States
Fred Wampler United States
Bob Wynn United States
T8Jim Dent United States70E
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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bruce Crampton Australia71-63=134−6
2Hale Irwin United States72-65=137−3
T3Jack Nicklaus United States70-68=138−2
Mark Hayes United States67-71=138
Bob Wynn United States69-69=138
T6Ed Dougherty United States69-70=139−1
John Schlee United States71-68=139
T8Al Geiberger United States70-70=140E
J. C. Snead United States73-67=140
Maurice VerBrugge United States72-68=140

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 9, 1975

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus United States70-68-67=205−5
2Bruce Crampton Australia71-63-75=209−1
3Hale Irwin United States72-65-73=210E
T4Ed Dougherty United States69-70-72=211+3
Tom Weiskopf United States70-71-70=211
T6David Graham Australia72-70-70=212+2
Bob Murphy United States75-68-69=212
Tom Watson United States70-71-71=212
T9Billy Casper United States69-72-72=213+3
Mark Hayes United States67-71-75=213
Mike Hill United States72-71-70=213
Larry Hinson United States68-73-72=213
Don January United States72-70-71=213
Gene Littler United States76-71-66=213

Source:[4]

Final round

Sunday, August 10, 1975

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jack Nicklaus United States70-68-67-71=276−445,000
2Bruce Crampton Australia71-63-75-69=278−225,700
3Tom Weiskopf United States70-71-70-68=279−116,000
4Andy North United States72-74-70-65=281+110,500
T5Billy Casper United States69-72-72-70=283+38,663
Hale Irwin United States72-65-73-73=283
T7Dave Hill United States71-71-74-68=284+46,918
Gene Littler United States76-71-66-71=284
9Tom Watson United States70-71-71-73=285+56,075
T10Buddy Allin United States73-72-70-71=286+64,468
Ben Crenshaw United States73-72-71-70=286
Raymond Floyd United States70-73-72-71=286
David Graham Australia72-70-70-74=286
Don January United States72-70-71-73=286
John Schlee United States71-68-75-72=286
Leonard Thompson United States74-69-72-71=286

Source:[1][6]

References
  1. Parascenzo, Marino (August 11, 1975). "Nicklaus manhandles Firestone". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16.
  2. "Tournament Info for: 1975 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  3. "Nicklaus rules PGA again". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 11, 1975. p. 10.
  4. "Mini miracle at 16 sparks Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 10, 1975. p. 3B.
  5. Jenkins, Dan (August 18, 1975). "Swinging on a star". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  6. "1975 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  7. "Top players trail at PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 8, 1975. p. 1D.
  8. "Crampton after that major crown". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 9, 1975. p. 1B.
Preceded by
1975 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1976 Masters

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