1975 PGA Championship
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.[1] He was also the 54-hole leader, four strokes ahead of Crampton.[2]
It was the second major of the year for Nicklaus, who won his fifth green jacket in April at the Masters,[1][3] and the fourth of five times that he won two majors in the same calendar year.[4]
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
| 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
First round
Thursday, August 7, 1975
Source:[5]
Second round
Friday, August 8, 1975
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton | 71-63=134 | −6 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin | 72-65=137 | −3 |
| T3 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 70-68=138 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes | 67-71=138 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Bob Wynn | 69-69=138 | ||
| T6 | Template:Flagicon Ed Dougherty | 69-70=139 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon John Schlee | 71-68=139 | ||
| T8 | Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger | 70-70=140 | E |
| Template:Flagicon J. C. Snead | 73-67=140 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Maurice VerBrugge | 72-68=140 |
Source:[6]
Third round
Saturday, August 9, 1975
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 70-68-67=205 | −5 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton | 71-63-75=209 | −1 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin | 72-65-73=210 | E |
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Ed Dougherty | 69-70-72=211 | +3 |
| Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf | 70-71-70=211 | ||
| T6 | Template:Flagicon David Graham | 72-70-70=212 | +2 |
| Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy | 75-68-69=212 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Tom Watson | 70-71-71=212 | ||
| T9 | Template:Flagicon Billy Casper | 69-72-72=213 | +3 |
| Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes | 67-71-75=213 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Mike Hill | 72-71-70=213 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Larry Hinson | 68-73-72=213 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Don January | 72-70-71=213 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Gene Littler | 76-71-66=213 |
Source:[2]
Final round
Sunday, August 10, 1975
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 70-68-67-71=276 | −4 | 45,000 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton | 71-63-75-69=278 | −2 | 25,700 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf | 70-71-70-68=279 | −1 | 16,000 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Andy North | 72-74-70-65=281 | +1 | 10,500 |
| T5 | Template:Flagicon Billy Casper | 69-72-72-70=283 | +3 | 8,663 |
| Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin | 72-65-73-73=283 | |||
| T7 | Template:Flagicon Dave Hill | 71-71-74-68=284 | +4 | 6,918 |
| Template:Flagicon Gene Littler | 76-71-66-71=284 | |||
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Tom Watson | 70-71-71-73=285 | +5 | 6,075 |
| T10 | Template:Flagicon Buddy Allin | 73-72-70-71=286 | +6 | 4,468 |
| Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw | 73-72-71-70=286 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd | 70-73-72-71=286 | |||
| Template:Flagicon David Graham | 72-70-70-74=286 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Don January | 72-70-71-73=286 | |||
| Template:Flagicon John Schlee | 71-68-75-72=286 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Leonard Thompson | 74-69-72-71=286 |
References
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External links
- PGA.com – 1975 PGA Championship
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