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1975 Masters Tournament

The 1975 Masters Tournament was the 39th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1975 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1975 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 10–13, 1975
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,020 yards (6,419 m)[1][2]
Field76 players, 46 after cut
Cut148 ( 4)
Winner's share$40,000
Champion
United States Jack Nicklaus
276 (−12)
Location map
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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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] At age 40, Lee Elder became the first African-American to compete at the tournament,[8][9] but missed the cut by four strokes.[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

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Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Tea Olive 400 4 10 Camellia 485 4
2 Pink Dogwood 555 5 11 White Dogwood 445 4
3 Flowering Peach 360 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Flowering Crab Apple 220 3 13 Azalea 475 5
5 Magnolia 450 4 14 Chinese Fir 420 4
6 Juniper 190 3 15 Firethorn 520 5
7 Pampas 365 4 16 Redbud 190 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 530 5 17 Nandina 400 4
9 Carolina Cherry 440 4 18 Holly 420 4
Out 3,510 36 In 3,510 36
Source:[1] Total 7,020 72

Field

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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

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First round

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Thursday, April 10, 1975

Place Player Score To par
1   Bobby Nichols 67 −5
T2   Allen Miller 68 −4
  Jack Nicklaus
T4   Arnold Palmer 69 −3
  J. C. Snead
  Tom Weiskopf
T7   Billy Casper 70 −2
  Bob Murphy
  Tom Watson
T10   Tommy Aaron 71 −1
  Jerry Heard
  Mac McLendon
  Jerry Pate (a)
  Sam Snead
  Lee Trevino
  Larry Ziegler

Source:[14]

Second round

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Friday, April 11, 1975

Snead, age 62, was one-over-par after 27 holes when he withdrew due to a back injury.[10]

Place Player Score To par
1   Jack Nicklaus 68-67=135 −9
T2   Billy Casper 70-70=140 −4
  Arnold Palmer 69-71=140
  Tom Watson 70-70=140
T5   Homero Blancas 72-69=141 −3
  Pat Fitzsimons 73-68=141
  Bobby Nichols 67-74=141
  J. C. Snead 69-72=141
  Lee Trevino 71-70=141
  Tom Weiskopf 69-72=141

Source:[11]

Third round

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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] Nicklaus three-putted four times on Saturday and was three-over-par on the last four holes to lose the lead.[15]

Place Player Score To par
1   Tom Weiskopf 69-72-66=207 −9
2   Jack Nicklaus 68-67-73=208 −8
3   Johnny Miller 75-71-65=211 −5
4   Tom Watson 70-70-72=212 −4
T5   Billy Casper 70-70-73=213 −3
  Bobby Nichols 67-74-72=213
T7   Buddy Allin 73-69-73=215 −1
  Hubert Green 74-71-70=215
  Allen Miller 68-75-72=215
  Arnold Palmer 69-71-75=215
  Lee Trevino 71-70-74=215

Source:[2][15]

Final round

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Sunday, April 13, 1975

Summary

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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] Nicklaus was three-under for the round and led Weiskopf by a stroke at the 14th tee, but he bogeyed while Weiskopf birdied for a two-shot swing and a lead change. On the par-3 16th hole, Nicklaus listened on the green as both Weiskopf and Miller birdied on the 15th green, as he had done. Nicklaus then sank a 40-foot (12 m) birdie putt, while Weiskopf and Miller watched from the 16th tee. Weiskopf left his tee shot 80 feet (24 m) short and bogeyed, while Miller made par and birdied 17.[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

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Jack Nicklaus (c) 68-67-73-68=276 −12 40,000
T2   Johnny Miller 75-71-65-66=277 −11 21,250
  Tom Weiskopf 69-72-66-70=277
T4   Hale Irwin 73-74-71-64=282 −6 12,500
  Bobby Nichols 67-74-72-69=282
6   Billy Casper (c) 70-70-73-70=283 −5 7,500
7   Dave Hill 75-71-70-68=284 −4 6,000
T8   Hubert Green 74-71-70-70=285 −3 4,500
  Tom Watson 70-70-72-73=285
T10   Tom Kite 72-74-71-69=286 −2 3,600
  J. C. Snead 69-72-75-70=286
  Lee Trevino 71-70-74-71=286

Sources:[16][17]

Scorecard

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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
  Nicklaus −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12
  Miller −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11
  Weiskopf −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11
  Irwin 2 1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6
  Nichols −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
  Watson −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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  1. ^ a b "Masters par and yardage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 9, 1975. p. 19.
  2. ^ a b "Weiskopf 66 passes Jack". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 13, 1975. p. D1.
  3. ^ a b c "Jack reigns again, a 40-footer the clincher". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 1B.
  4. ^ Christine, Bill (April 14, 1975). "Nicklaus wins record 5th Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 14.
  5. ^ a b Mizell, Hubert (April 14, 1975). "Nicklaus pens epic Masters finish". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). p. 1C.
  6. ^ "Nicklaus wins Masters with long birdie putt". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). April 14, 1975. p. 25.
  7. ^ Denlinger, Kenneth (April 14, 1975). "Nicklaus wins record 5th as others' putts slither by". Milwaukee Journal. (Washington Post). p. 7, part 2.
  8. ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1975). "You're all right, Jack". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  9. ^ a b c "Nicklaus survives shootout". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 12.
  10. ^ a b "Nicklaus way ahead, Elder goes home". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. April 12, 1975. p. 10.
  11. ^ a b Christine, Bill (April 12, 1975). "Palmer hot, but Jack scorches Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 8.
  12. ^ "Our Top 10 All-Time Favorite Masters Tournaments". www.golf.com. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  13. ^ "Masters playoff format is changed". CNN.com. April 7, 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  14. ^ "Nichols (me?) leads Masters". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. April 11, 1975. p. 11.
  15. ^ a b c "Tall Tom: a tall order for Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1975. p. 1C.
  16. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  17. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "Nicklaus wins Masters with long birdie putt". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 25.
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