1974 PGA Championship

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1974 PGA Championship was the 56th PGA Championship, played August 8–11 at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, North Carolina, a suburb southwest of Winston-Salem. Lee Trevino won the first of his two PGA Championships, one stroke ahead of defending champion Jack Nicklaus. It was the fifth of Trevino's six major titles and Nicklaus was the runner-up to Trevino in a major for the fourth and final time. It was the first year since 1969 in which Nicklaus did not win a major championship, but he regained the title the following year.

Three-time champion Sam Snead, age 62, finished tied for third for his third consecutive top ten finish in the event. It was the final major in which he was in contention, his next best finish was a tie for 42nd at the PGA Championship in 1979. Gary Player's bid to win three majors in 1974 came up short in the final round; the winner of the Masters and Open Championship finished four strokes back at even par, in seventh place.

Trevino used a putter he found in a friend's attic only days before and had only one three-putt, on the 71st hole. Tanglewood is a county-owned facility in Forsyth County.

This championship coincided with the resignation of President Nixon, who left office on Friday.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 8, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	68	−2
	Template:Flagicon Hubert Green
	Template:Flagicon John Schlee
T4	Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole	69	−1
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus
	Template:Flagicon Eddie Pearce
	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead
	Template:Flagicon Leonard Thompson
	Template:Flagicon Tom Watson
T10	Template:Flagicon Jim Colbert	70	E
	Template:Flagicon Bruce Devlin
	Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger
	Template:Flagicon Tom Jenkins
	Template:Flagicon Grier Jones
	Template:Flagicon Tom Nieporte
	Template:Flagicon Victor Regalado
	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph
	Template:Flagicon DeWitt Weaver
	Template:Flagicon Kermit Zarley

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Second round

Friday, August 9, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon John Schlee	68-67=135	−5
2	Template:Flagicon Hubert Green	68-68=136	−4
T3	Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole	69-68=137	−3
	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	73-64=137
5	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	69-69=138	−2
6	Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino	73-66=139	−1
T7	Template:Flagicon Tommy Aaron	73-67=140	E
	Template:Flagicon Frank Beard	73-67=140
	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	68-72=140
	Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger	70-70=140
	Template:Flagicon Leonard Thompson	69-71=140
	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	69-71=140

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Third round

Saturday, August 10, 1974

Lee Trevino shot 68 to take the lead at 207 (−3), while 36-hole leader John Schlee carded 75 to fall three strokes back.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino	73-66-68=207	−3
T2	Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole	69-68-71=208	−2
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	69-69-70=208
T4	Template:Flagicon Frank Beard	73-67-69=209	−1
	Template:Flagicon Hubert Green	68-68-73=209
T6	Template:Flagicon Dave Hill	74-69-67=210	E
	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	73-64-73=210
	Template:Flagicon John Schlee	68-67-75=210
	Template:Flagicon Leonard Thompson	69-71-70=210
10	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	69-71-71=211	+1

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Final round

Sunday, August 11, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino	73-66-68-69=276	−4	45,000
2	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	69-69-70-69=277	−3	25,700
T3	Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole	69-68-71-71=279	−1	10,957
	Template:Flagicon Hubert Green	68-68-73-70=279
	Template:Flagicon Dave Hill	74-69-67-69=279
	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	69-71-71-68=279
7	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	73-64-73-70=280	E	7,200
8	Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger	70-70-75-66=281	+1	6,635
T9	Template:Flagicon Don Bies	73-71-68-70=282	+2	5,850
	Template:Flagicon John Mahaffey	72-72-71-67=282

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External links

• PGA Media Guide 2012
• GolfCompendium.com – 1974 PGA Championship
• PGA.com – 1974 PGA Championship