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1975 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
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1975 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 7–10, 1975
LocationAkron, Ohio
41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
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
United States Jack Nicklaus
276 (−4)
Location map
Firestone Country Club is located in the United States
Firestone Country Club
Firestone Country Club
Location in the United States
Firestone Country Club is located in Ohio
Firestone Country Club
Firestone Country Club
Location in Ohio
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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.

Course layout

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 400 500 450 465 230 465 225 450 465 3,650 405 365 180 460 410 230 625 390 465 3,530 7,180
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 35 70

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, August 7, 1975

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Mark Hayes 67 −3
T2 United States Bob Benson 68 −2
United States Larry Hinson
T4 United States Billy Casper 69 −1
United States Ed Dougherty
United States Fred Wampler
United States Bob Wynn
T8 United States Jim Dent 70 E
Australia Bruce Devlin
United States 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

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Second round

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Friday, August 8, 1975

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Bruce Crampton 71-63=134 −6
2 United States Hale Irwin 72-65=137 −3
T3 United States Jack Nicklaus 70-68=138 −2
United States Mark Hayes 67-71=138
United States Bob Wynn 69-69=138
T6 United States Ed Dougherty 69-70=139 −1
United States John Schlee 71-68=139
T8 United States Al Geiberger 70-70=140 E
United States J. C. Snead 73-67=140
United States Maurice VerBrugge 72-68=140

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Third round

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Saturday, August 9, 1975

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Jack Nicklaus 70-68-67=205 −5
2 Australia Bruce Crampton 71-63-75=209 −1
3 United States Hale Irwin 72-65-73=210 E
T4 United States Ed Dougherty 69-70-72=211 +3
United States Tom Weiskopf 70-71-70=211
T6 Australia David Graham 72-70-70=212 +2
United States Bob Murphy 75-68-69=212
United States Tom Watson 70-71-71=212
T9 United States Billy Casper 69-72-72=213 +3
United States Mark Hayes 67-71-75=213
United States Mike Hill 72-71-70=213
United States Larry Hinson 68-73-72=213
United States Don January 72-70-71=213
United States Gene Littler 76-71-66=213

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Final round

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Sunday, August 10, 1975

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Jack Nicklaus 70-68-67-71=276 −4 45,000
2 Australia Bruce Crampton 71-63-75-69=278 −2 25,700
3 United States Tom Weiskopf 70-71-70-68=279 −1 16,000
4 United States Andy North 72-74-70-65=281 +1 10,500
T5 United States Billy Casper 69-72-72-70=283 +3 8,663
United States Hale Irwin 72-65-73-73=283
T7 United States Dave Hill 71-71-74-68=284 +4 6,918
United States Gene Littler 76-71-66-71=284
9 United States Tom Watson 70-71-71-73=285 +5 6,075
T10 United States Buddy Allin 73-72-70-71=286 +6 4,468
United States Ben Crenshaw 73-72-71-70=286
United States Raymond Floyd 70-73-72-71=286
Australia David Graham 72-70-70-74=286
United States Don January 72-70-71-73=286
United States John Schlee 71-68-75-72=286
United States Leonard Thompson 74-69-72-71=286

Source:[1][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Parascenzo, Marino (August 11, 1975). "Nicklaus manhandles Firestone". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1975 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Nicklaus rules PGA again". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 11, 1975. p. 10.
  4. ^ a b "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. ^ "Top players trail at PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 8, 1975. p. 1D.
  7. ^ "Crampton after that major crown". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 9, 1975. p. 1B.
  8. ^ "1975 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
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