1975 PGA Tour

The 1975 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to October 26, and consisted of 42 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, five, including two majors, and there were eight first-time winners. Johnny Miller won the first two events of the year for the second year in a row (he won the first three in 1974). Art Wall Jr., the 1959 Masters champion, won in Milwaukee in July at age 51 for his first win in nine years.[1]

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1975 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament, usually Sunday. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)Notes
Jan 12Phoenix OpenArizona Johnny Miller (12)260 (−24)30,000
Jan 19Dean Martin Tucson OpenArizona Johnny Miller (13)263 (−25)40,000
Jan 26Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Gene Littler (26)280 (−8)37,000
Feb 3Hawaiian OpenHawaii Gary Groh (1)274 (−14)44,000
Feb 9Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Johnny Miller (14)339 (−21)32,000
Feb 16Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia J. C. Snead (4)279 (−9)34,000
Feb 23Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Pat Fitzsimons (1)275 (−9)30,000
Mar 2Jackie Gleason-Inverrary ClassicFlorida Bob Murphy (4)273 (−15)52,000
Mar 9Florida Citrus OpenFlorida Lee Trevino (20)276 (−12)40,000
Mar 16Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Jack Nicklaus (55)276 (−12)30,000
Mar 23Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Larry Ziegler (2)276 (−12)30,000
Mar 30Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Jack Nicklaus (56)271 (−13)40,000
Apr 6Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Tom Weiskopf (11)275 (−9)45,000
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus (57)276 (−12)40,000
Apr 13Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Bob Wynn270 (-10)7,000Satellite event
Apr 20Pensacola OpenFlorida Jerry McGee (1)271 (−13)25,000
Apr 27MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Al Geiberger (6)277 (−11)40,000
Apr 27Tallahassee OpenFlorida Rik Massengale (1)274 (−14)12,000Alternate event
May 4Houston OpenTexas Bruce Crampton (14)273 (−15)30,000
May 12Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Tom Watson (2)269 (−15)35,000
May 18First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisiana Billy Casper (51)271 (−17)30,000
May 25Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Gene Littler (27)270 (−18)35,000
Jun 1Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Hale Irwin (4)271 (−17)45,000
Jun 8Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Raymond Floyd (6)278 (−10)50,000
Jun 16IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Tom Jenkins (1)275 (−9)30,000
Jun 23U.S. OpenIllinois Lou Graham (3)287 (+3)40,000
Jun 30Western OpenIllinois Hale Irwin (5)283 (−1)40,000
Jul 6Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Art Wall Jr. (14)271 (−17)26,000
Jul 13British OpenScotland Tom Watson (3)279 (−9)16,500
Jul 13Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinois Roger Maltbie (1)275 (−9)15,000
Jul 20Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusetts Roger Maltbie (2)276 (−8)40,000
Jul 27Canadian OpenCanada Tom Weiskopf (12)274 (−6)40,000
Aug 3Westchester ClassicNew York Gene Littler (28)271 (−17)50,000
Aug 10PGA ChampionshipOhio Jack Nicklaus (58)276 (−4)45,000
Aug 17Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Don Bies (1)267 (−17)40,000
Aug 24Tournament Players ChampionshipTexas Al Geiberger (7)270 (−10)50,000
Sep 1B.C. OpenNew York Don Iverson (1)274 (−10)35,000
Sep 7Southern OpenGeorgia Hubert Green (8)264 (−16)20,000
Sep 14World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth Carolina Jack Nicklaus (59)280 (−4)40,000
Sep 28Sahara InvitationalNevada Dave Hill (12)270 (−14)27,000
Oct 5Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia Johnny Miller (15)272 (−16)35,000
Oct 19San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Don January (9)275 (−13)25,000
Oct 26Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida Jim Colbert (5)
Dean Refram (2)		252 (−36)20,000
(each)

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerJack Nicklaus United States
PGA Player of the YearJack Nicklaus United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Bruce Crampton Australia

References
  1. "Art Wall a winner at Milwaukee". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. (Florida). Associated Press. July 7, 1975. p. 1C.
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