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

Tournament information
Dates	April 10–13, 1975
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,020 yards (6,419 m)[1][2]
Field	76 players, 46 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Winner's share	$40,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
276 (−12)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Augusta 

Location in 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] 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

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

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron (12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (12), Billy Casper (12), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Jack Nicklaus (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.

• Jack Burke, Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.

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, Ray 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.

Nationalities in the field

North America (61)	South America (1)	Europe (3)	Oceania (4)	Asia (3)	Africa (4)
Mexico (1)	Argentina (1)	England (3)	Australia (3)	Japan (2)	South Africa (4)
United States (60)			New Zealand (1)	Taiwan (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972	68	67	73	68	276	−12	1
Billy Casper	United States	1970	70	70	73	70	283	−5	6
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	69	71	75	72	287	−1	T13
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	72	74	72	70	288	E	T15
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974	72	74	73	73	292	+4	T30
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	71	75	76	72	294	+6	T38
Charles Coody	United States	1971	72	75	75	73	295	+7	T40

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	77	72	149	+5
Doug Ford	United States	1957	78	74	152	+8
George Archer	United States	1969	80	72	152	+8
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	81	72	153	+9
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	71		WD

Source:[11]

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1975

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

• (a) = amateur

Source:[14]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1975

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

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

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

Source:[2][15]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1975

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]

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

Source:[3][16]

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
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][17]

References

1. "Masters par and yardage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 9, 1975. p. 19.
2. "Weiskopf 66 passes Jack". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 13, 1975. p. D1.
3. "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. 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. Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1975). "You're all right, Jack". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
9. "Nicklaus survives shootout". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 12.
10. "Nicklaus way ahead, Elder goes home". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. April 12, 1975. p. 10.
11. 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. "Tall Tom: a tall order for Nicklaus". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1975. p. 1C.
16. "1975 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
17. "Nicklaus wins Masters with long birdie putt". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 25.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com: 1975 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1975 Masters leaderboard and scorecards