1975 PGA Tour

The 1975 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to October 26, and consisted of 42 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, five, including two majors, and there were eight first-time winners. Johnny Miller won the first two events of the year for the second year in a row (he won the first three in 1974). Art Wall Jr., the 1959 Masters champion, won in Milwaukee in July at age 51 for his first win in nine years.[1]

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1975 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament, usually Sunday. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 12Phoenix OpenArizonaUnited States Johnny Miller (12)260 (−24)30,000
Jan 19Dean Martin Tucson OpenArizonaUnited States Johnny Miller (13)263 (−25)40,000
Jan 26Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCaliforniaUnited States Gene Littler (26)280 (−8)37,000
Feb 3Hawaiian OpenHawaiiUnited States Gary Groh (1)274 (−14)44,000
Feb 9Bob Hope Desert ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Johnny Miller (14)339 (−21)32,000
Feb 16Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States J. C. Snead (4)279 (−9)34,000
Feb 23Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCaliforniaUnited States Pat Fitzsimons (1)275 (−9)30,000
Mar 2Jackie Gleason-Inverrary ClassicFloridaUnited States Bob Murphy (4)273 (−15)52,000
Mar 9Florida Citrus OpenFloridaUnited States Lee Trevino (20)276 (−12)40,000
Mar 16Doral-Eastern OpenFloridaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (55)276 (−12)30,000
Mar 23Greater Jacksonville OpenFloridaUnited States Larry Ziegler (2)276 (−12)30,000
Mar 30Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth CarolinaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (56)271 (−13)40,000
Apr 6Greater Greensboro OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Tom Weiskopf (11)275 (−9)45,000
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgiaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (57)276 (−12)40,000
Apr 20Pensacola OpenFloridaUnited States Jerry McGee (1)271 (−13)25,000
Apr 27MONY Tournament of ChampionsCaliforniaUnited States Al Geiberger (6)277 (−11)40,000
Apr 27Tallahassee OpenFloridaUnited States Rik Massengale (1)274 (−14)12,000
May 4Houston OpenTexasAustralia Bruce Crampton (14)273 (−15)30,000
May 12Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexasUnited States Tom Watson (2)269 (−15)35,000
May 18First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisianaUnited States Billy Casper (51)271 (−17)30,000
May 25Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennesseeUnited States Gene Littler (27)270 (−18)35,000
Jun 1Atlanta ClassicGeorgiaUnited States Hale Irwin (4)271 (−17)45,000
Jun 8Kemper OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Raymond Floyd (6)278 (−10)50,000
Jun 16IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvaniaUnited States Tom Jenkins (1)275 (−9)30,000
Jun 23U.S. OpenIllinoisUnited States Lou Graham (3)287 (+3)40,000
Jun 30Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Hale Irwin (5)283 (−1)40,000
Jul 6Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsinUnited States Art Wall, Jr. (14)271 (−17)26,000
Jul 13British OpenScotlandUnited States Tom Watson (3)279 (−9)16,500
Jul 13Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinoisUnited States Roger Maltbie (1)275 (−9)15,000
Jul 20Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Roger Maltbie (2)276 (−8)40,000
Jul 27Canadian OpenCanadaUnited States Tom Weiskopf (12)274 (−6)40,000
Aug 3Westchester ClassicNew YorkUnited States Gene Littler (28)271 (−17)50,000
Aug 10PGA ChampionshipOhioUnited States Jack Nicklaus (58)276 (−4)45,000
Aug 17Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticutUnited States Don Bies (1)267 (−17)40,000
Aug 24Tournament Players ChampionshipTexasUnited States Al Geiberger (7)270 (−10)50,000
Sep 1B.C. OpenNew YorkUnited States Don Iverson (1)274 (−10)35,000
Sep 7Southern OpenGeorgiaUnited States Hubert Green (8)264 (−16)20,000
Sep 14World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth CarolinaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (59)280 (−4)40,000
Sep 28Sahara InvitationalNevadaUnited States Dave Hill (12)270 (−14)27,000
Oct 5Kaiser International Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Johnny Miller (15)272 (−16)35,000
Oct 19San Antonio Texas OpenTexasUnited States Don January (9)275 (−13)25,000
Oct 26Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFloridaUnited States Jim Colbert (5)
United States Dean Refram (2)
252 (−36)20,000
(each)

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerJack Nicklaus United States
PGA Player of the YearJack Nicklaus United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Bruce Crampton Australia

References

  1. "Art Wall a winner at Milwaukee". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. (Florida). Associated Press. July 7, 1975. p. 1C.
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