1975 Tournament Players Championship

Golf tournament

1975 Tournament Players ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| August 21–24, 1975
Location| Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
32°43′01″N 97°22′23″W﻿ / ﻿32.717°N 97.373°W﻿ / 32.717; -97.373
Course(s)| Colonial Country Club
Tour(s)| PGA Tour
Statistics
Par| 70
Length| 7,190 yards (6,575 m)[1]
Cut| 147 (+7)
Prize fund| $250,000
Winner's share| $50,000
Champion
Al Geiberger
270 (−10)
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The 1975 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, held August 21–24 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. This was the second Tournament Players Championship;[2] Al Geiberger led wire-to-wire and finished three strokes ahead of runner-up Dave Stockton.[1][3][4] Defending champion Jack Nicklaus opened with 67 but finished seventeen strokes behind, tied for eighteenth. Colonial Country Club recognises this tournament as also the 29th playing of the Colonial National Invitational, as the Tournament Players Championship was attached to established PGA Tour events.

The first two Tournament Players Championships were played in late summer; this edition was two weeks after the PGA Championship at Firestone, won by Nicklaus. The next TPC was held just six months later, in south Florida in late February, before the majors.

## Venue

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Main article: Colonial Country Club (Fort Worth)

This was the only Tournament Players Championship held in Texas; the first was in Georgia in 1974 and it relocated to Florida in 1976. Colonial Country Club has hosted an annual event on the PGA Tour since 1946 and was the site of the U.S. Open in 1941.

## Round summaries

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### First round

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Thursday, August 21, 1975

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Al Geiberger | 66 | −4
T2 |  Bob Dickson | 67 | −3
Hale Irwin
Jack Nicklaus
T5 |  Bud Allin | 68 | −2
Jim Wiechers
Mike Wynn
T8 |  John Mahaffey | 69 | −1
Andy North
Bill Rogers
Mason Rudolph
John Schlee
Larry Ziegler

Source:[5][6][7]

### Second round

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Friday, August 22, 1975
Saturday, August 23, 1975

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Al Geiberger | 66-68=134 | −6
T2 |  Bob Dickson | 67-69=136 | −4
Hubert Green | 71-65=136
Dave Stockton | 72-64=136
5 |  John Schlee | 69-68=137 | −3
T6 |  Hale Irwin | 67-72=139 | +1
Bill Rogers | 69-70=139
Mason Rudolph | 69-70=139
T9 |  Randy Erskine | 71-69=140 | E
Larry Ziegler | 69-71=140

Source:[8][9][10]

### Third round

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Saturday, August 23, 1975

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Al Geiberger | 66-68-67=201 | −9
2 |  Dave Stockton | 72-64-68=204 | −6
3 |  Hubert Green | 71-65-70=206 | −4
4 |  Bob Dickson | 67-69-72=208 | −2
T5 |  Charles Coody | 73-70-68=211 | +1
Hale Irwin | 67-72-72=211
Mason Rudolph | 69-70-72=211
T8 |  Bud Allin | 72-72-68=212 | +2
Jack Nicklaus | 67-75-70=212
Joe Porter | 72-72-68=212

Source:[10][11]

### Final round

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Sunday, August 24, 1975

Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)

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1 |  Al Geiberger | 66-68-67-69=270 | −10 | 50,000
2 |  Dave Stockton | 72-64-68-69=273 | −7 | 28,500
3 |  Hubert Green | 71-65-70-69=275 | −5 | 17,750
T4 |  Bob Murphy | 73-69-71-68=281 | +1 | 10,333
Bob Dickson | 67-69-72-73=281
Mason Rudolph | 69-70-72-70=281
7 |  Hale Irwin | 67-72-72-72=283 | +3 | 8,000
T8 |  Joe Porter | 72-72-68-72=284 | +4 | 6,792
Tom Watson | 73-69-75-67=284
Bobby Wadkins | 76-69-68-71=284

Source:[1][3][4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Al Geiberger needs rally to edge Stockton for title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 25, 1975. p. 10.
2. ^ Biggers, Don (June 23, 1974). "Move over 'big four,' here comes another". Rome News-Tribune. (Georgia). p. 1C.
3. ^ a b "Geiberger by 3 in TPC final". Chicago Tribune. wire services. August 25, 1975. p. 3, sec. 6.
4. ^ a b "Al Geiberger gets 50,000 for record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 25, 1975. p. 1C.
5. ^ "Geiberger hits a 'funny' 66 for Tournament Players lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 22, 1975. p. 3D.
6. ^ "Geiberger leads TPC". Chicago Tribune. August 22, 1975. p. 6, sec. 4.
7. ^ "Scoreboard: TPC at Fort Worth". Chicago Tribune. August 22, 1975. p. 4, sec. 4.
8. ^ "Geiberger fires a 68, leads by two". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 23, 1975. p. 3B.
9. ^ "Geiberger still leads". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. August 23, 1975. p. 3, sec. 2.
10. ^ a b "A couple of golf pals vie for crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 24, 1975. p. 5B.
11. ^ "Geiberger still rolling in TPC". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. August 24, 1975. p. 4, sec. 3.

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