Golf tournament
The 1975 Masters Tournament was the 39th Masters Tournament , held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia .
Jack Nicklaus won his fifth Masters and thirteenth major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Lee Elder became the first African-American to compete at the tournament,[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
The 1975 Masters is widely considered to be one of the greatest majors ever, with three great players at the peak of their games dueling in a thrilling Sunday finish.[ 5] [ 12]
Had a playoff been required, it would have been a full 18-hole round on Monday. Prior to the next Masters in 1976 , a sudden-death format was introduced and was first used in 1979 .[ 13]
Nicklaus won his sixth green jacket eleven years later in 1986 at age 46.
Course
Field
1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron (12), George Archer , Gay Brewer (12), Billy Casper (12), Charles Coody , Doug Ford , Bob Goalby (8), Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10,11), Sam Snead (8,10), Art Wall Jr.
The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Hale Irwin (8,9), Johnny Miller (8,11), Lee Trevino (3,4,10,11,12)
3. The Open champions (last five years) Tom Weiskopf (8,9,11,12)
4. PGA champions (last five years) Dave Stockton (8,11)
5. 1974 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists John Grace (a), Gary Koch (7,a), Jerry Pate (6,7,a), Curtis Strange (7,a)
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Dick Siderowf (a), Craig Stadler (a)
7. Members of the 1974 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team George Burns (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1974 Masters Tournament Buddy Allin (9,11), Miller Barber (11), Frank Beard (9), Jim Colbert (9,11), Ben Crenshaw , Raymond Floyd (9), Hubert Green (10,11), Jerry Heard , Dave Hill (10,11,12), Ralph Johnston , Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers , Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Dan Sikes
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1974 U.S. Open Forrest Fezler (11), Lou Graham (12), Tom Kite , John Mahaffey , Mike Reasor , Tom Watson (11), Bert Yancey , Larry Ziegler (11)
10. Top eight players and ties from 1974 PGA Championship Al Geiberger (11)
11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Rod Curl , Terry Diehl , Lee Elder , Pat Fitzsimons , Gary Groh , Richie Karl , Gene Littler , Mac McLendon , Bob Menne , Allen Miller , Bob Murphy , J. C. Snead (12), Ed Sneed
12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team Homero Blancas
13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki , Hugh Baiocchi , Maurice Bembridge (8), Bob Charles , Bobby Cole (10), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo , Bruce Devlin , Dale Hayes , Tony Jacklin (2), Lu Liang-Huan , Graham Marsh , Peter Oosterhuis , Masashi Ozaki , Victor Regalado (11)
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 10, 1975
Source: [ 14]
Second round
Friday, April 11, 1975
Snead, age 62, was one-over-par after 27 holes when he withdrew due to a back injury.[ 10]
Source: [ 11]
Third round
Saturday, April 12, 1975
Nicklaus entered the weekend with a five-shot lead but struggled with a one-over 73 in the final pairing with Arnold Palmer . Weiskopf carded a 66 (−6) to take a one-stroke lead and Miller a 65 to climb into solo third.[ 15] [ 15]
Source: [ 2] [ 15]
Final round
Sunday, April 13, 1975
Summary
Although Nicklaus was in solo second after 54 holes, he played with Tom Watson in the penultimate pairing, followed by Miller and leader Weiskopf.[ 9] [ 3]
Both were a stroke behind with makeable birdie putts on the 72nd green to tie Nicklaus, who had just missed his 12-foot (3.7 m) birdie attempt. Miller missed left and low from 18 feet (5.5 m) while Weiskopf's eight-footer (2.4 m) missed right.[ 3] [ 9]
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T13
Arnold Palmer (c)69-71-75-72=287
−1
3,250
Larry Ziegler 71-73-74-69=287
T15
Bobby Cole 73-71-73-71=288
E
2,900
Rod Curl 72-70-76-70=288
Bruce Devlin 72-70-76-70=288
Allen Miller 68-75-72-73=288
Art Wall Jr. (c)72-74-72-70=288
T20
Buddy Allin 73-69-73-74=289
+1
2,550
Ralph Johnston 74-73-69-73=289
T22
Hugh Baiocchi 76-72-72-70=290
+2
2,275
Pat Fitzsimons 73-68-79-70=290
Gene Littler 72-72-72-74=290
Graham Marsh 75-70-74-71=290
T26
Miller Barber 74-72-72-73=291
+3
2,000
Maurice Bembridge 75-72-75-69=291
Jerry Heard 71-75-72-73=291
Dave Stockton 72-72-73-74=291
T30
George Burns (a)72-72-76-72=292
+4
0
Ben Crenshaw 72-71-75-74=292
1,950
Forrest Fezler 76-71-71-74=292
Raymond Floyd 72-73-79-68=292
Gary Player (c)72-74-73-73=292
Victor Regalado 76-72-72-72=292
Bert Yancey 74-71-74-73=292
37
Jerry Pate (a)71-75-78-69=293
+5
0
T38
Tommy Aaron (c)71-75-76-72=294
+6
1,850
Gary Groh 72-76-71-75=294
T40
Charles Coody (c)72-75-75-73=295
+7
1,850
Lou Graham 72-72-77-74=295
42
Bob Murphy 70-72-80-74=296
+8
1,750
T43
Homero Blancas 72-69-79-77=297
+9
1,700
Lu Liang-Huan 73-74-78-72=297
Masashi Ozaki 73-73-83-68=297
46
Richie Karl 72-75-79-76=302
+14
1,650
CUT
Gay Brewer (c)77-72=149
+5
Roberto De Vicenzo 74-75=149
Mac McLendon 71-78=149
Mike Reasor 74-75=149
Phil Rodgers 77-72=149
Chi-Chi Rodríguez 74-75=149
Frank Beard 76-74=150
+6
Bob Charles 76-74=150
Jim Colbert 75-75=150
Terry Diehl 72-78=150
Al Geiberger 79-71=150
Ed Sneed 74-76=150
Isao Aoki 75-76=151
+7
Dale Hayes 77-74=151
Tony Jacklin 77-74=151
Gary Koch (a)77-74=151
Peter Oosterhuis 79-72=151
George Archer (c)80-72=152
+8
Lee Elder 74-78=152
Doug Ford (c)78-74=152
John Mahaffey 77-75=152
Curtis Strange (a)75-77=152
Bob Goalby (c)81-72=153
+9
Dick Siderowf (a)75-78=153
John Grace (a)79-75=154
+10
Bruce Crampton 76-79=155
+11
Craig Stadler (a)80-76=156
+12
Bob Menne 76-82=158
+14
Dan Sikes 76-82=158
WD
Sam Snead (c)71
−1
Sources:[ 16] [ 17]
Scorecard
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Par
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
4
−7
−8
−9
−9
−10
−10
−10
−10
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−10
−11
−12
−12
−12
−5
−6
−5
−6
−6
−7
−7
−8
−9
−9
−8
−8
−9
−9
−10
−10
−11
−11
−9
−9
−10
−10
−10
−11
−11
−11
−11
−11
−10
−10
−10
−11
−12
−11
−11
−11
+2
+1
E
−1
−1
−1
−1
−2
−2
−3
−3
−3
−4
−4
−5
−5
−6
−6
−3
−3
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−5
−5
−5
−5
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−5
−5
−6
−6
−5
−5
−6
−6
−6
−2
−2
−3
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
Triple bogey+
Source: [ 8] [ 18]
References
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