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 (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 ($) |
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| 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 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 |
| 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 15 | 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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