1975 PGA Championship

August 2023 1975 PGA Championship August 7–10, 1975 Akron, Ohio Firestone Country ClubSouth Course PGA of America PGA Tour 70 7180 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jEENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wm0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4393%2C1068820 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Nicklaus manhandles Firestone August 11, 1975 16 136 players, 71 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=401&date=1975&tourn_name_id=2 PGA of America Tournament Info for: 1975 PGA Championship August 14, 2012 August 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120809071623/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=401&date=1975&tourn_name_id=2 dead 148 (+8) $225,000 $45,000 USA Jack Nicklaus 276 (−4) 1974 1976 USA#USA Ohio yes Firestone Country Club Location in the United States##Location in Ohio 41.008 -81.508 type:event_region:US-OH inline,title 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8R9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4680%2C4390952 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Nicklaus rules PGA again August 11, 1975 10 He was also the 54-hole leader, four strokes ahead of Crampton.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HY4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6788%2C2284061 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Mini miracle at 16 sparks Nicklaus August 10, 1975 3B It was the second major of the year for Nicklaus, who won his fifth green jacket in April at the Masters,https://www.si.com/vault/1975/08/18/606717/swinging-on-a-star Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Swinging on a star August 18, 1975 16 and the fourth of five times that he won two majors in the same calendar year. Through 2025, 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 Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4005004504652304652254504653,6504053651804604102306253904653,5307,180Par454434344354434435443570 Round summaries First round Thursday, August 7, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Mark Hayes 67 −3T2 USA Bob Benson 68 −2 USA Larry Hinson T4 USA Billy Casper 69 −1 USA Ed Dougherty USA Fred Wampler USA Bob Wynn T8 USA Jim Dent 70 E AUS Bruce Devlin USA Raymond Floyd USA Al Geiberger USA Mike Morley USA Jack Nicklaus USA Art Wall Jr. USA Tom Watson USA Tom Weiskopf Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G44QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4740%2C2038288 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Top players trail at PGA August 8, 1975 1D Second round Friday, August 8, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Bruce Crampton 71-63=134 −6 2 USA Hale Irwin 72-65=137 −3T3 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-68=138 −2 USA Mark Hayes 67-71=138 USA Bob Wynn 69-69=138T6 USA Ed Dougherty 69-70=139 −1 USA John Schlee 71-68=139 T8 USA Al Geiberger 70-70=140 E USA J. C. Snead 73-67=140 USA Maurice VerBrugge 72-68=140 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HI4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2818%2C2131629 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Crampton after that major crown August 9, 1975 1B Third round Saturday, August 9, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-68-67=205 −52 AUS Bruce Crampton 71-63-75=209 −1 3 USA Hale Irwin 72-65-73=210 ET4 USA Ed Dougherty 69-70-72=211 +3 USA Tom Weiskopf 70-71-70=211 T6 AUS David Graham 72-70-70=212 +2 USA Bob Murphy 75-68-69=212 USA Tom Watson 70-71-71=212T9 USA Billy Casper 69-72-72=213 +3 USA Mark Hayes 67-71-75=213 USA Mike Hill 72-71-70=213 USA Larry Hinson 68-73-72=213 USA Don January 72-70-71=213 USA Gene Littler 76-71-66=213 Source: Final round Sunday, August 10, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-68-67-71=276 −4 45,0002 AUS Bruce Crampton 71-63-75-69=278 −2 25,7003 USA Tom Weiskopf 70-71-70-68=279 −1 16,0004 USA Andy North 72-74-70-65=281 +1 10,500T5 USA Billy Casper 69-72-72-70=283 +3 8,663 USA Hale Irwin 72-65-73-73=283T7 USA Dave Hill 71-71-74-68=284 +4 6,918 USA Gene Littler 76-71-66-71=2849 USA Tom Watson 70-71-71-73=285 +5 6,075T10 USA Buddy Allin 73-72-70-71=286 +6 4,468 USA Ben Crenshaw 73-72-71-70=286 USA Raymond Floyd 70-73-72-71=286 AUS David Graham 72-70-70-74=286 USA Don January 72-70-71-73=286 USA John Schlee 71-68-75-72=286 USA Leonard Thompson 74-69-72-71=286 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1975&tid=22 databasegolf.com 1975 PGA Championship August 22, 2013 References 2 External links PGA.com – 1975 PGA Championship 1975 Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Ohio Category:Sports competitions in Akron, Ohio PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship