1975 PGA Tour


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., the champion, won in Milwaukee in July at age 51 for his first win in nine years.

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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize Notes
Jan 12Phoenix OpenArizona Johnny Miller 260 30,000
Jan 19Dean Martin Tucson OpenArizona Johnny Miller 263 40,000
Jan 26Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Gene Littler 280 37,000
Feb 3Hawaiian OpenHawaii Gary Groh 274 44,000
Feb 9Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Johnny Miller 339 32,000
Feb 16Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia J. C. Snead 279 34,000
Feb 23Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Pat Fitzsimons 275 30,000
Mar 2Jackie Gleason-Inverrary ClassicFlorida Bob Murphy 273 52,000
Mar 9Florida Citrus OpenFlorida Lee Trevino 276 40,000
Mar 16Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Jack Nicklaus 276 30,000
Mar 23Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Larry Ziegler 276 30,000
Mar 30Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Jack Nicklaus 271 40,000
Apr 6Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Tom Weiskopf 275 45,000
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus 276 40,000
Apr 13Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Bob Wynn270 7,000Satellite event
Apr 20Pensacola OpenFlorida Jerry McGee 271 25,000
Apr 27MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Al Geiberger 277 40,000
Apr 27Tallahassee OpenFlorida Rik Massengale 274 12,000Alternate event
May 4Houston OpenTexas Bruce Crampton 273 30,000
May 12Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Tom Watson 269 35,000
May 18First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisiana Billy Casper 271 30,000
May 25Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Gene Littler 270 35,000
Jun 1Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Hale Irwin 271 45,000
Jun 8Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Raymond Floyd 278 50,000
Jun 16IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Tom Jenkins 275 30,000
Jun 23U.S. OpenIllinois Lou Graham 287 40,000
Jun 30Western OpenIllinois Hale Irwin 283 40,000
Jul 6Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Art Wall, Jr. 271 26,000
Jul 13British OpenScotland Tom Watson 279 16,500
Jul 13Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinois Roger Maltbie 275 15,000
Jul 20Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusetts Roger Maltbie 276 40,000
Jul 27Canadian OpenCanada Tom Weiskopf 274 40,000
Aug 3Westchester ClassicNew York Gene Littler 271 50,000
Aug 10PGA ChampionshipOhio Jack Nicklaus 276 45,000
Aug 17Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Don Bies 267 40,000
Aug 24Tournament Players ChampionshipTexas Al Geiberger 270 50,000
Sep 1B.C. OpenNew York Don Iverson 274 35,000
Sep 7Southern OpenGeorgia Hubert Green 264 20,000
Sep 14World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth Carolina Jack Nicklaus 280 40,000
Sep 28Sahara InvitationalNevada Dave Hill 270 27,000
Oct 5Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia Johnny Miller 272 35,000
Oct 19San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Don January 275 25,000
Oct 26Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida Jim Colbert
Dean Refram 		252 20,000

Awards