1974 Tournament Players Championship


The 1974 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Georgia on the PGA Tour, held August 29 to September 2 at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, a suburb northwest of Atlanta. This was the first Tournament Players Championship, and Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three TPC titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead, the 54-hole leader.
The final round on Sunday was interrupted several times by weather and twelve players completed their rounds on Monday morning, Labor Day.
The year's concluding major, the PGA Championship, was played three weeks earlier in North Carolina and won by Lee Trevino, a stroke ahead of Nicklaus. Trevino opened with 69 at the TPC but finished twelve shots back, in eighteenth place.

Venue

This was the only Tournament Players Championship held in Georgia; it went to Texas in 1975 and relocated to Florida in 1976. Except for this year, the Atlanta Country Club hosted the Atlanta Classic on the PGA Tour from 1967 through 1996.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 29, 1974
Friday, August 30, 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1J. C. Snead64−8
T2Tom Evans65−7
T2Jerry Heard65−7
T4Bobby Mitchell66−6
T4Jack Nicklaus66−6
T6Homero Blancas67−5
T6Charles Coody67−5
T6Lou Graham67−5
9David Graham68−4
T10Tommy Aaron69−3
T10Tim Collins69−3
T10Bruce Crampton69−3
T10James Ferriell69−3
T10Rod Funseth69−3
T10Gibby Gilbert69−3
T10Larry Hinson69−3
T10Roy Pace69−3
T10Tom Shaw69−3
T10Bob E. Smith69−3
T10Lee Trevino69−3

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Second round

Friday, August 30, 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lou Graham67-67=134−10
2J. C. Snead64-71=135−9
3Dave Hill70-66=136−8
T4Bruce Crampton69-68=137−7
T4Hubert Green70-67=137−7
T4Jack Nicklaus66-71=137−7
T7Bud Allin71-67=138−6
T7Homero Blancas67-71=138−6
T7Charles Coody67-71=138−6
T7David Graham68-70=138−6
T7Jerry Heard65-73=138−6

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Third round

Saturday, August 31, 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1J. C. Snead64-71-67=202−14
2Jack Nicklaus66-71-68=205−11
T3Homero Blancas67-71-69=207−9
T3Lou Graham67-67-73=207−9
5Dave Hill70-66-72=208−8
T6Bud Allin71-67-71=209−7
T6Charles Coody67-71-71=209−7
T6Bruce Crampton69-68-72=209−7
T6David Graham68-70-71=209−7
T6Hubert Green70-67-72=209−7

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Final round

Sunday, September 1, 1974
Monday, September 2, 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Jack Nicklaus66-71-68-67=272−1650,000
2J. C. Snead64-71-67-72=274−1428,500
3Bruce Crampton69-68-72-67=276−1217,750
4Gene Littler72-69-69-67=277−1111,750
5Lou Graham67-67-73-71=278−1010,250
T6Hubert Green70-67-72-70=279−98,500
T6Bob Murphy71-71-69-68=279−98,500
8Dave Hill70-66-72-72=280−87,375
T9Bud Allin71-67-71-72=281−76,250
T9Charles Coody67-71-71-72=281−76,250
T9Eddie Pearce73-67-69-72=281−76,250

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