1975 Pga Championship

Jack Nicklaus, an Ohio native, won the fourth of his five PGA Championships and the fourteenth of his eighteen major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton. He was also the 54-hole leader, four strokes ahead of Crampton.

1975 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 7–10, 1975
Location	Akron, Ohio 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club South Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,180 yards (6,565 m)
Field	136 players, 71 after cut
Cut	148 (+8)
Prize fund	$225,000
Winner's share	$45,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
276 (−4)
Location map
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It was the second major of the year for Nicklaus, who won his fifth green jacket in April at the Masters, and the fourth of five times that he won two majors in the same calendar year.

Through 2021, this was the fourth and most recent time a player won the Masters and PGA Championship in the same calendar year. Nicklaus had previously won both in 1963, preceded by Jack Burke Jr. (1956) and Sam Snead (1949). Nicklaus also held both titles after a Masters win in 1972, and Tiger Woods held all four major titles after his Masters win in 2001.

This was the third PGA Championship at the South Course, which previously hosted in 1960 and 1966. It also a former venue for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which began in 1976 as the "World Series of Golf" on the PGA Tour, preceded by the American Golf Classic, which debuted in 1961.

First round

Thursday, August 7, 1975

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Mark Hayes	67	−3
T2	Bob Benson	68	−2
	Larry Hinson
T4	Billy Casper	69	−1
	Ed Dougherty
	Fred Wampler
	Bob Wynn
T8	Jim Dent	70	E
	Bruce Devlin
	Raymond Floyd
	Al Geiberger
	Mike Morley
	Jack Nicklaus
	Art Wall Jr.
	Tom Watson
	Tom Weiskopf

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Second round

Friday, August 8, 1975

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bruce Crampton	71-63=134	−6
2	Hale Irwin	72-65=137	−3
T3	Jack Nicklaus	70-68=138	−2
	Mark Hayes	67-71=138
	Bob Wynn	69-69=138
T6	Ed Dougherty	69-70=139	−1
	John Schlee	71-68=139
T8	Al Geiberger	70-70=140	E
	J. C. Snead	73-67=140
	Maurice VerBrugge	72-68=140

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Third round

Saturday, August 9, 1975

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	70-68-67=205	−5
2	Bruce Crampton	71-63-75=209	−1
3	Hale Irwin	72-65-73=210	E
T4	Ed Dougherty	69-70-72=211	+3
	Tom Weiskopf	70-71-70=211
T6	David Graham	72-70-70=212	+2
	Bob Murphy	75-68-69=212
	Tom Watson	70-71-71=212
T9	Billy Casper	69-72-72=213	+3
	Mark Hayes	67-71-75=213
	Mike Hill	72-71-70=213
	Larry Hinson	68-73-72=213
	Don January	72-70-71=213
	Gene Littler	76-71-66=213

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Final round

Sunday, August 10, 1975

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	70-68-67-71=276	−4	45,000
2	Bruce Crampton	71-63-75-69=278	−2	25,700
3	Tom Weiskopf	70-71-70-68=279	−1	16,000
4	Andy North	72-74-70-65=281	+1	10,500
T5	Billy Casper	69-72-72-70=283	+3	8,663
	Hale Irwin	72-65-73-73=283
T7	Dave Hill	71-71-74-68=284	+4	6,918
	Gene Littler	76-71-66-71=284
9	Tom Watson	70-71-71-73=285	+5	6,075
T10	Buddy Allin	73-72-70-71=286	+6	4,468
	Ben Crenshaw	73-72-71-70=286
	Raymond Floyd	70-73-72-71=286
	David Graham	72-70-70-74=286
	Don January	72-70-71-73=286
	John Schlee	71-68-75-72=286
	Leonard Thompson	74-69-72-71=286

Source:

• PGA.com – 1975 PGA Championship