1975 Masters Tournament


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 At age 40, Lee Elder became the first African-American to compete at the tournament, but missed the cut by four strokes.
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.
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.
Nicklaus won his sixth green jacket eleven years later in 1986 at age 46.

Course

Field

;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions
Hale Irwin, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino
;3. The Open champions
Tom Weiskopf
;4. PGA champions
Dave Stockton
;5. 1974 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
John Grace, Gary Koch, Jerry Pate, Curtis Strange
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
Dick Siderowf, Craig Stadler
;7. Members of the 1974 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
George Burns
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1974 Masters Tournament
Buddy Allin, Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw, Ray Floyd, Hubert Green, Jerry Heard, Dave Hill, Ralph Johnston, Bobby Nichols, Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Dan Sikes
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1974 U.S. Open
Forrest Fezler, Lou Graham, Tom Kite, John Mahaffey, Mike Reasor, Tom Watson, Bert Yancey, Larry Ziegler
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1974 PGA Championship
Al Geiberger
;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, Ed Sneed
;12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team
Homero Blancas
;13. Foreign invitations
Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge, Bob Charles, Bobby Cole, Bruce Crampton, Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin, Dale Hayes, Tony Jacklin, Lu Liang-Huan, Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Victor Regalado

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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First round

Thursday, April 10, 1975
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Nichols67−5
T2Allen Miller68−4
T2Jack Nicklaus68−4
T4Arnold Palmer69−3
T4J. C. Snead69−3
T4Tom Weiskopf69−3
T7Billy Casper70−2
T7Bob Murphy70−2
T7Tom Watson70−2
T10Tommy Aaron71−1
T10Jerry Heard71−1
T10Mac McLendon71−1
T10Jerry Pate 71−1
T10Sam Snead71−1
T10Lee Trevino71−1
T10Larry Ziegler71−1

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Second round

Friday, April 11, 1975
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus68-67=135−9
T2Billy Casper70-70=140−4
T2Arnold Palmer69-71=140−4
T2Tom Watson70-70=140−4
T5Homero Blancas72-69=141−3
T5Pat Fitzsimons73-68=141−3
T5Bobby Nichols67-74=141−3
T5J. C. Snead69-72=141−3
T5Lee Trevino71-70=141−3
T5Tom Weiskopf69-72=141−3

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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 to take a one-stroke lead and Miller a 65 to climb into solo third. Nicklaus three-putted four times on Saturday and was three-over-par on the last four holes to lose the lead.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Weiskopf69-72-66=207−9
2Jack Nicklaus68-67-73=208−8
3Johnny Miller75-71-65=211−5
4Tom Watson70-70-72=212−4
T5Billy Casper70-70-73=213−3
T5Bobby Nichols67-74-72=213−3
T7Buddy Allin73-69-73=215−1
T7Hubert Green74-71-70=215−1
T7Allen Miller68-75-72=215−1
T7Arnold Palmer69-71-75=215−1
T7Lee Trevino71-70-74=215−1

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Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1975
Although Nicklaus was in solo second after 54 holes, he played with Tom Watson in the penultimate pairing, followed by Miller and leader Weiskopf. 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 birdie putt, while Weiskopf and Miller watched from the 16th tee. Weiskopf left his tee shot short and bogeyed, while Miller made par and birdied 17.
Both were a stroke behind with makeable birdie putts on the 72nd green to tie Nicklaus, who had just missed his birdie attempt. Miller missed left and low from while Weiskopf's eight-footer missed right.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Jack Nicklaus68-67-73-68=276−1240,000
T2Johnny Miller75-71-65-66=277−1121,250
T2Tom Weiskopf69-72-66-70=277−1121,250
T4Hale Irwin73-74-71-64=282−612,500
T4Bobby Nichols67-74-72-69=282−612,500
6Billy Casper70-70-73-70=283−57,500
7Dave Hill75-71-70-68=284−46,000
T8Hubert Green74-71-70-70=285−34,500
T8Tom Watson70-70-72-73=285−34,500
T10Tom Kite72-74-71-69=286−23,600
T10J. C. Snead69-72-75-70=286−23,600
T10Lee Trevino71-70-74-71=286−23,600

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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