1975 Masters Tournament
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
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Augusta National
Location in Georgia

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] 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

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive400410Camellia4854
2Pink Dogwood555511White Dogwood4454
3Flowering Peach360412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple220313Azalea4755
5Magnolia450414Chinese Fir4204
6Juniper190315Firethorn5205
7Pampas365416Redbud1903
8Yellow Jasmine530517Nandina4004
9Carolina Cherry440418Holly4204
Out3,51036In3,51036
Source:[1]Total7,02072

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Bobby Nichols67−5
T2United States Allen Miller68−4
United States Jack Nicklaus
T4United States Arnold Palmer69−3
United States J. C. Snead
United States Tom Weiskopf
T7United States Billy Casper70−2
United States Bob Murphy
United States Tom Watson
T10United States Tommy Aaron71−1
United States Jerry Heard
United States Mac McLendon
United States Jerry Pate (a)
United States Sam Snead
United States Lee Trevino
United States Larry Ziegler

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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jack Nicklaus68-67=135−9
T2United States Billy Casper70-70=140−4
United States Arnold Palmer69-71=140
United States Tom Watson70-70=140
T5United States Homero Blancas72-69=141−3
United States Pat Fitzsimons73-68=141
United States Bobby Nichols67-74=141
United States J. C. Snead69-72=141
United States Lee Trevino71-70=141
United States Tom Weiskopf69-72=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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tom Weiskopf69-72-66=207−9
2United States Jack Nicklaus68-67-73=208−8
3United States Johnny Miller75-71-65=211−5
4United States Tom Watson70-70-72=212−4
T5United States Billy Casper70-70-73=213−3
United States Bobby Nichols67-74-72=213
T7United States Buddy Allin73-69-73=215−1
United States Hubert Green74-71-70=215
United States Allen Miller68-75-72=215
United States Arnold Palmer69-71-75=215
United States Lee Trevino71-70-74=215

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] 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

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Jack Nicklaus (c)68-67-73-68=276−1240,000
T2United States Johnny Miller75-71-65-66=277−1121,250
United States Tom Weiskopf69-72-66-70=277
T4United States Hale Irwin73-74-71-64=282−612,500
United States Bobby Nichols67-74-72-69=282
6United States Billy Casper (c)70-70-73-70=283−57,500
7United States Dave Hill75-71-70-68=284−46,000
T8United States Hubert Green74-71-70-70=285−34,500
United States Tom Watson70-70-72-73=285
T10United States Tom Kite72-74-71-69=286−23,600
United States J. C. Snead69-72-75-70=286
United States Lee Trevino71-70-74-71=286

Sources:[16][17]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
United States Nicklaus−7−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−11−12−12−12
United States Miller−5−6−5−6−6−7−7−8−9−9−8−8−9−9−10−10−11−11
United States Weiskopf−9−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−10−11−12−11−11−11
United States Irwin+2+1E−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−6−6
United States Nichols−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
United States 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

  1. 1 2 "Masters par and yardage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 9, 1975. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 "Weiskopf 66 passes Jack". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 13, 1975. p. D1.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1975). "You're all right, Jack". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  9. 1 2 3 "Nicklaus survives shootout". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 12.
  10. 1 2 "Nicklaus way ahead, Elder goes home". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. April 12, 1975. p. 10.
  11. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "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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