1975 U.S. Open (golf)

February 2019 March 2026 1975 U.S. Open June 19–23, 1975 Medinah, Illinois Medinah Country Club,Course No. 3 USGA PGA Tour 71 7032 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ukUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dtEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=721,2402557 Daytona Beach Morning Journal Florida Associated Press Deadlock at Medinah June 23, 1975 4B 150 players,67 after cut 149 (+7) $235,700http://www.usopen.com/en_US/champ_experience/pastchamps/1975.html USGA U.S. Open history: 1975 June 22, 2012 http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120511063946/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/champ_experience/pastchamps/1975.html May 11, 2012 dead mdy-all $40,000 USA Lou Graham 287 (+3), playoff 1974 1976 USA#USA Illinois yes Medinah left Location in the United States##Location in Illinois 41.966 N 88.048 W type:event inline,title The 1975 U.S. Open was the 75th U.S. Open, held June 19–23, at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Lou Graham defeated John Mahaffey by two strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his only major championship.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/06/24/page/39/article/graham-wins-open-title-by-2-in-playoff Chicago Tribune Tomashek Tom Graham wins Open title by 2 in playoff June 24, 1975 1, sec. 4https://www.si.com/vault/1975/06/30/616666/it-was-madness-at-medinah Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins It was madness at Medinah June 30, 1975 18 2019-12-07 Tom Watson shot 135 (−7) to tie the U.S. Open record for the first 36 holes of play,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DWdIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NFMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6622,5062781&dq=tom+watson+medinah&hl=en Tom Watson leading US Open by 3 shots Bryan Times Ohio UPI June 21, 1975 9 but 155 (+13) on the weekend forced him down the leaderboard, three shots out of the Graham-Mahaffey playoff.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-RxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7129%2C4452683 Toledo Blade Ohio Loomis Tom Two escape Medinah stranglehold June 23, 1975 19 It marked the second straight year Watson failed to maintain a weekend lead in the championship; he was the 54-hole leader in 1974 at Winged Foot. He won the next major a month later in Scotland at Carnoustie. Arnold Palmer finished in a tie for ninth place, his final top-10 finish at the U.S. Open. Jerry Pate tied for 18th place and shared low amateur honors with Jay Haas; Pate won the following year as a tour rookie. Paired with Palmer was Masters champion Jack Nicklaus, who was two-under in the final round and just missed a birdie putt on the 15th green. He carded three consecutive bogeys to finish and ended up two strokes back.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qp5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jm0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2726%2C2724517 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Jack's Slam dream went 'Thrrrp' June 23, 1975 16 Nicklaus rebounded and won the PGA Championship in August at Firestone. The quality of the play was generally regarded as poor. Despite the high scores Jack Nicklaus said it was the "easiest" U.S. Open he had ever remembered playing. Runner-up John Mahaffey stated at the end of the event, "This course was never as difficult as the scores looked. I agree with everybody who said it was the easiest Open in history to have won. At least 10 guys could have won it by five shots if they'd played golf." The sportswriter Dan Jenkins regularly panned the performance of the players in his Sport Illustrated cover profile, stating in his opening sentence that "it was a golf tournament that begged to be forgotten." Since moving to the four-day format in 1965, this is the only U.S. Open in which the final round was not scheduled for Father's Day, the third Sunday in June. This was the second U.S. Open at Medinah, the first was held in 1949. It later hosted in 1990, also a playoff, and the PGA Championship in 1999 and 2006, both won by Tiger Woods. Medinah was the venue for the Ryder Cup in 2012. This was the final year that players were not allowed to have their own caddies at the U.S. Open.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ag9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5481%2C3359763 Toledo Blade Ohio Open golfers to pick own caddies in 1976 Associated Press November 15, 1975 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3gUvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QTMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4168%2C2139110 Rome News-Tribune Georgia Associated Press Break for some January 18, 1976 3B The other majors and some PGA Tour events had traditionally disallowed players from using their own caddies.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S89OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-gEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5232%2C3604711 Toledo Blade Associated Press Chi Chi prefers own caddy Loomis Tom April 6, 1973 30https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_LxdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I14NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4374%2C4318866 Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press Westchester winner may bypass events August 26, 1974 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IMotAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cpoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2069%2C2946352 Reading Eagle Touring golf pros prefer their own caddies Associated Press May 5, 1974 76 The Masters required club caddies from Augusta National through 1982.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WFcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yiQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6177%2C1789683 Times-News Hendersonville, North Carolina Tour caddies at Augusta? November 12, 1982 14https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3LUSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6774%2C1068214 Spokane Chronicle Washington Wade Harless Tradition bagged at Masters April 6, 1983 C1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xMksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=chMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6823%2C3348928 Sunday Star-News Wilmington, North Carolina Anderson Dave Dave Anderson (sportswriter) New Masters caddies collide April 10, 1983 6D Course layout Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3901874214465274425942054353,6475834023844531673184522204063,3857,032Par434454534365444344343571 Round summaries First round Thursday, June 19, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Pat Fitzsimons 67 −4 USA Tom Watson 3 USA Jim Wiechers 68 −3T4 USA Grier Jones 69 −2 ENG Peter Oosterhuis USA Arnold Palmer USA Lanny Wadkins8 USA Ben Crenshaw 70 −1T9 USA Jim Colbert 71 E USA Dale Douglass USA Marty Fleckman AUS David Graham USA Lynn Janson USA Rik Massengale USA Lance Ten Broeck (a) Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/06/20/page/49/article/watson-fitzsimons-share-open-lead Chicago Tribune Tomashek Tom Watson, Fitzsimons share Open lead June 20, 1975 1, sec. 4 Second round Friday, June 20, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tom Watson 67-68=135 −72 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-68=138 −43 USA Pat Fitzsimons 67-73=140 −2T4 USA Terry Dill 72-69=141 −1 USA Lee Trevino 72-69=141 USA Jim Wiechers 68-73=141T7 USA Grier Jones 69-73=142 E USA Jack Nicklaus 72-70=142 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 69-73=142T10 USA Frank Beard 74-69=143 +1 USA Jay Haas (a) 74-69=143 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/06/21/page/208 Chicago Tribune Tomashek Tom Watson grabs open lead June 21, 1975 1, sec. 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S7BEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l9kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2191%2C5569992 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon U.S. Open results June 21, 1975 48 Third round Saturday, June 21, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Frank Beard 74-69-67=210 −3 T2 USA Pat Fitzsimons 67-73-73=213 E USA Tom Watson 67-68-78=213T4 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-68-76=214 +1 USA Lou Graham 74-72-68=214 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 69-73-72=214T7 USA Hubert Green 74-69-72=215 +2 USA Jay Haas (a) 74-69-72=215 USA Joe Inman 72-72-71=215 T10 USA Miller Barber 74-71-71=216 +3 USA John Mahaffey 73-71-72=216 USA Rik Massengale 71-74-71=216 USA Eddie Pearce 75-71-70=216 USA Lee Trevino 72-69-75=216 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/06/22/page/65/article/masthead-2-no-title Chicago Tribune Tomashek Tom Beard swings into U.S. Open lead June 22, 1975 1, sec. 3https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TLBEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l9kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2538%2C5721615 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Beard's back in a big way June 22, 1975 1B Final round Sunday, June 22, 1975 Frank Beard began the final round with a three-stroke lead, four over Graham and six ahead of Mahaffey.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TLBEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l9kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2538%2C5721615 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Beard's back in a big way June 22, 1975 1B But after bogeys at 16 and 17, he staggered home with a 78 (+7) to finish a shot behind. Mahaffey holed a 40 ft 0 on putt for birdie at 14, then parred out the rest of the way to post an even-par 71 and 287 total. Graham went to the 18th with a one-stroke lead and a chance to win in regulation, but he hit his approach into a bunker and failed to save par and fell into a tie with Mahaffey. Several other players had an opportunity to join the playoff. Bob Murphy was tied until a bogey at 18 dropped him a shot out of the playoff, and Ben Crenshaw found the water on 17 and also finished a stroke out, as did defending champion Hale Irwin. Second round leader Tom Watson had another difficult day and fell into a tie for ninth. Jack Nicklaus bogeyed the last three holes and finished two strokes out of the playoff. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 Lou Graham United States 74-72-68-73=287 +3 Playoff John Mahaffey United States 73-71-72-71=287 T3 Frank Beard United States 74-69-67-78=288 +4 10,875Ben Crenshaw United States 70-68-76-74=288Hale Irwin United States 74-71-73-70=288Bob Murphy United States 74-73-72-69=288T7 Jack Nicklaus United States 72-70-75-72=289 +5 7,500Peter Oosterhuis England 69-73-72-75=289T9 Pat Fitzsimons United States 67-73-73-77=290 +6 5,000Arnold Palmer United States 69-75-73-73=290Tom Watson United States 67-68-78-77=290 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/06/23/page/63/article/graham-mahaffey-in-open-playoff Chicago Tribune Tomashek Tom Graham, Mahaffey in Open playoff June 23, 1975 1, sec. 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YzAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5J4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7052%2C5038040 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Associated Press Medinah showdown June 23, 1975 9 Scorecard Hole123456789101112131415161718Par434454534 544434434USA Graham E+1+1EEEE+1+1+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+2+3USA Mahaffey+3+4+4+4+3+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+4+3+3+3+3+3USA Beard−3−2−2−2−2−1E+1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3+4+4USA Crenshaw+1+1+1+1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+4+4USA Irwin+4+4+4+4+3+2+2+2+3+4+4+4+4+3+3+4+4+4USA Murphy+6+6+6+6+5+6+6+5+5+4+4+4+5+5+4+3+3+4USA Nicklaus+3+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+4+5ENG Oosterhuis+1+1+2+2+1+1+1+1+2+3+4+5+5+5+5+5+5+5 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source: Playoff Monday, June 23, 1975 Graham jumped out to an early advantage in the playoff, recording birdies at 4, 5, and 10 en route to a 71 and a two-stroke win over Mahaffey. PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Lou Graham United States 71 E 40,0002 John Mahaffey United States 73 +220,000 Scorecard Hole123456789101112131415161718Par434454534 544434434USA Graham EE+1E−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−1−1−1EEUSA MahaffeyE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+2+2 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-hxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7281%2C4708429 Toledo Blade Ohio Loomis Tom Graham just aims for par: Lou's 71 wins Open playoff June 24, 1975 28 References External links USGA Championship Database USOpen.com - 1975 1975 Category:U.S. Open (golf) Category:Golf tournaments in Illinois Category:Medinah, Illinois U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf)