1975 PGA Championship

1975 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 7–10, 1975
Location	Akron, Ohio
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club South Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,180 yards (6,565 m)^[1]
Field	136 players, 71 after cut^[2]
Cut	148 (+8)
Prize fund	$225,000
Winner's share	$45,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
276 (−4)
«1974 1976»

Firestone CC

Location in the United States

Firestone CC

Location in Ohio

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]

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 is the current 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

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973	70	68	67	71	276	−4	1
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969	70	73	72	71	286	+6	T10
Don January	United States	1967	72	70	71	73	286	+6	T10
Al Geiberger	United States	1966	70	70	80	71	291	+11	T33
Gary Player	South Africa	1962, 1972	72	70	73	76	291	+11	T33
Bobby Nichols	United States	1964	72	75	72	72	291	+11	T33
Julius Boros	United States	1968	71	73	78	70	292	+12	T40
Lee Trevino	United States	1974	73	72	78	74	297	+17	T60
Dow Finsterwald	United States	1958	75	73	76	81	305	+25	T70

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Doug Ford	United States	1955	78	71	149	+9
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	76	73	149	+9
Sam Snead	United States	1942, 1949, 1951	75	74	149	+9
Jerry Barber	United States	1961	79	72	151	+11
Dave Stockton	United States	1970	77	74	151	+11

Source:^[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 7, 1975

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

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

Source:^[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 9, 1975

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

Source:^[4]

Final round

Sunday, August 10, 1975

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

Source:^[1]^[6]

References

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

External links

About.com – 1975 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1975 PGA Championship

Preceded by 1975 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1976 Masters

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Coordinates: 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508

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