1975 Masters Tournament

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1975 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates April 10–13, 1975
Location Augusta, Georgia
Course(s) 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
United States Jack Nicklaus
276 (–12)

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. At age 40, Lee Elder became the first African-American to compete at the tournament,[3][4] but missed the cut.[5]

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.[6]

Contents

Course [edit]

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

Round summaries [edit]

First round [edit]

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

Source:[7]

Second round [edit]

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:[5]

Third round [edit]

Saturday, April 12, 1975

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]

Final round [edit]

Sunday, April 13, 1975

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:[8]

Scorecard [edit]

Final round

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
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

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[3][9]

References [edit]

  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. Associated Press. April 13, 1975. p. D1. 
  3. ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1975). "You're all right, Jack". Sports Illustrated: 18. 
  4. ^ "Nicklaus survies shootout". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 12. 
  5. ^ a b Christine, Bill (April 12, 1975). "Palmer hot, but Jack scorches Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 8. 
  6. ^ "Masters playoff format is changed". CNN.com. April 7, 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2013. 
  7. ^ "Nichols (me?) leads Masters". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. April 11, 1975. p. 11. 
  8. ^ "1975 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012. 
  9. ^ "Nicklaus wins Masters with long birdie putt". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. April 14, 1975. p. 25. 

External links [edit]

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020


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