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The 1975 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to October 26, and consisted of 42 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, five, including two majors , and there were eight first-time winners. Johnny Miller won the first two events of the year for the second year in a row (he won the first three in 1974 ). Art Wall Jr. , the 1959 Masters champion, won in Milwaukee in July at age 51 for his first win in nine years .[1]
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1975 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament, usually Sunday. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
1st prize ($ )
Notes
Jan 12
Phoenix Open
Arizona
Johnny Miller (12)
260 (−24)
30,000
Jan 19
Dean Martin Tucson Open
Arizona
Johnny Miller (13)
263 (−25)
40,000
Jan 26
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
California
Gene Littler (26)
280 (−8)
37,000
Feb 3
Hawaiian Open
Hawaii
Gary Groh (1)
274 (−14)
44,000
Feb 9
Bob Hope Desert Classic
California
Johnny Miller (14)
339 (−21)
32,000
Feb 16
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
California
J. C. Snead (4)
279 (−9)
34,000
Feb 23
Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open
California
Pat Fitzsimons (1)
275 (−9)
30,000
Mar 2
Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic
Florida
Bob Murphy (4)
273 (−15)
52,000
Mar 9
Florida Citrus Open
Florida
Lee Trevino (20)
276 (−12)
40,000
Mar 16
Doral-Eastern Open
Florida
Jack Nicklaus (55)
276 (−12)
30,000
Mar 23
Greater Jacksonville Open
Florida
Larry Ziegler (2)
276 (−12)
30,000
Mar 30
Sea Pines Heritage Classic
South Carolina
Jack Nicklaus (56)
271 (−13)
40,000
Apr 6
Greater Greensboro Open
North Carolina
Tom Weiskopf (11)
275 (−9)
45,000
Apr 13
Masters Tournament
Georgia
Jack Nicklaus (57)
276 (−12)
40,000
Apr 13
Magnolia State Classic
Mississippi
Bob Wynn
270 (-10)
7,000
Satellite event
Apr 20
Pensacola Open
Florida
Jerry McGee (1)
271 (−13)
25,000
Apr 27
MONY Tournament of Champions
California
Al Geiberger (6)
277 (−11)
40,000
Apr 27
Tallahassee Open
Florida
Rik Massengale (1)
274 (−14)
12,000
Alternate event
May 4
Houston Open
Texas
Bruce Crampton (14)
273 (−15)
30,000
May 12
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Texas
Tom Watson (2)
269 (−15)
35,000
May 18
First NBC New Orleans Open
Louisiana
Billy Casper (51)
271 (−17)
30,000
May 25
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
Tennessee
Gene Littler (27)
270 (−18)
35,000
Jun 1
Atlanta Classic
Georgia
Hale Irwin (4)
271 (−17)
45,000
Jun 8
Kemper Open
North Carolina
Raymond Floyd (6)
278 (−10)
50,000
Jun 16
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
Pennsylvania
Tom Jenkins (1)
275 (−9)
30,000
Jun 23
U.S. Open
Illinois
Lou Graham (3)
287 (+3)
40,000
Jun 30
Western Open
Illinois
Hale Irwin (5)
283 (−1)
40,000
Jul 6
Greater Milwaukee Open
Wisconsin
Art Wall, Jr. (14)
271 (−17)
26,000
Jul 13
British Open
Scotland
Tom Watson (3)
279 (−9)
16,500
Jul 13
Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open
Illinois
Roger Maltbie (1)
275 (−9)
15,000
Jul 20
Pleasant Valley Classic
Massachusetts
Roger Maltbie (2)
276 (−8)
40,000
Jul 27
Canadian Open
Canada
Tom Weiskopf (12)
274 (−6)
40,000
Aug 3
Westchester Classic
New York
Gene Littler (28)
271 (−17)
50,000
Aug 10
PGA Championship
Ohio
Jack Nicklaus (58)
276 (−4)
45,000
Aug 17
Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
Connecticut
Don Bies (1)
267 (−17)
40,000
Aug 24
Tournament Players Championship
Texas
Al Geiberger (7)
270 (−10)
50,000
Sep 1
B.C. Open
New York
Don Iverson (1)
274 (−10)
35,000
Sep 7
Southern Open
Georgia
Hubert Green (8)
264 (−16)
20,000
Sep 14
World Open Golf Championship
North Carolina
Jack Nicklaus (59)
280 (−4)
40,000
Sep 28
Sahara Invitational
Nevada
Dave Hill (12)
270 (−14)
27,000
Oct 5
Kaiser International Open Invitational
California
Johnny Miller (15)
272 (−16)
35,000
Oct 19
San Antonio Texas Open
Texas
Don January (9)
275 (−13)
25,000
Oct 26
Walt Disney World National Team Championship
Florida
Jim Colbert (5) Dean Refram (2)
252 (−36)
20,000 (each)
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