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 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

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4004 10Camellia48542Pink Dogwood555511White Dogwood44543Flowering Peach360412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple220313Azalea47555Magnolia450414Chinese Fir42046Juniper190315Firethorn52057Pampas365416Redbud19038Yellow Jasmine530517Nandina40049Carolina Cherry440418Holly4204Out3,51036In3,51036Source:Total7,02072

Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron (12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (12), Billy Casper (12), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10,11), Sam Snead (8,10), Art Wall Jr. Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Hale Irwin (8,9), Johnny Miller (8,11), Lee Trevino (3,4,10,11,12)

3. The Open champions (last five years) Tom Weiskopf (8,9,11,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years) Dave Stockton (8,11)

5. 1974 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists John Grace (a), Gary Koch (7,a), Jerry Pate (6,7,a), Curtis Strange (7,a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Dick Siderowf (a), Craig Stadler (a)

7. Members of the 1974 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team George Burns (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1974 Masters Tournament Buddy Allin (9,11), Miller Barber (11), Frank Beard (9), Jim Colbert (9,11), Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd (9), Hubert Green (10,11), Jerry Heard, Dave Hill (10,11,12), Ralph Johnston, Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Dan Sikes

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1974 U.S. Open Forrest Fezler (11), Lou Graham (12), Tom Kite, John Mahaffey, Mike Reasor, Tom Watson (11), Bert Yancey, Larry Ziegler (11)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1974 PGA Championship Al Geiberger (11)

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 (12), Ed Sneed

12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team Homero Blancas

13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge (8), Bob Charles, Bobby Cole (10), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin, Dale Hayes, Tony Jacklin (2), Lu Liang-Huan, Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Victor Regalado (11)

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 10, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bobby Nichols 67 −5T2 Allen Miller 68 −4 Jack NicklausT4 Arnold Palmer 69 −3 J. C. Snead Tom WeiskopfT7 Billy Casper 70 −2 Bob Murphy Tom WatsonT10 Tommy Aaron 71 −1 Jerry Heard Mac McLendon Jerry Pate (a) Sam Snead Lee Trevino Larry Ziegler (a) = amateur

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Second round Friday, April 11, 1975

Snead, age 62, was one-over-par after 27 holes when he withdrew due to a back injury. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jack Nicklaus 68-67=135 −9 T2 Billy Casper 70-70=140 −4 Arnold Palmer 69-71=140 Tom Watson 70-70=140T5 Homero Blancas 72-69=141 −3 Pat Fitzsimons 73-68=141 Bobby Nichols 67-74=141 J. C. Snead 69-72=141 Lee Trevino 71-70=141 Tom Weiskopf 69-72=141 Source:

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 (−6) 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tom Weiskopf 69-72-66=207 −9 2 Jack Nicklaus 68-67-73=208 −8 3 Johnny Miller 75-71-65=211 −5 4 Tom Watson 70-70-72=212−4T5 Billy Casper 70-70-73=213 −3 Bobby Nichols 67-74-72=213T7 Buddy Allin 73-69-73=215−1 Hubert Green 74-71-70=215 Allen Miller 68-75-72=215 Arnold Palmer 69-71-75=215 Lee Trevino 71-70-74=215 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 13, 1975

Summary 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 (2.4 m) missed right.

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Jack Nicklaus (c) 68-67-73-68=276 −12 40,000T2 Johnny Miller 75-71-65-66=277 −11 21,250 Tom Weiskopf 69-72-66-70=277T4 Hale Irwin 73-74-71-64=282 −6 12,500 Bobby Nichols 67-74-72-69=2826 Billy Casper (c) 70-70-73-70=283 −5 7,5007 Dave Hill 75-71-70-68=284 −4 6,000T8 Hubert Green 74-71-70-70=285 −3 4,500 Tom Watson 70-70-72-73=285T10 Tom Kite 72-74-71-69=286 −2 3,600 J. C. Snead 69-72-75-70=286 Lee Trevino 71-70-74-71=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Arnold Palmer (c) 69-71-75-72=287 −1 3,250 Larry Ziegler 71-73-74-69=287T15 Bobby Cole 73-71-73-71=288 E 2,900 Rod Curl 72-70-76-70=288 Bruce Devlin 72-70-76-70=288 Allen Miller 68-75-72-73=288 Art Wall Jr. (c) 72-74-72-70=288T20 Buddy Allin 73-69-73-74=289 +1 2,550 Ralph Johnston 74-73-69-73=289T22 Hugh Baiocchi 76-72-72-70=290 +2 2,275 Pat Fitzsimons 73-68-79-70=290 Gene Littler 72-72-72-74=290 Graham Marsh 75-70-74-71=290T26 Miller Barber 74-72-72-73=291 +3 2,000 Maurice Bembridge 75-72-75-69=291 Jerry Heard 71-75-72-73=291 Dave Stockton 72-72-73-74=291T30 George Burns (a) 72-72-76-72=292 +4 0 Ben Crenshaw 72-71-75-74=292 1,950 Forrest Fezler 76-71-71-74=292 Raymond Floyd 72-73-79-68=292 Gary Player (c) 72-74-73-73=292 Victor Regalado 76-72-72-72=292 Bert Yancey 74-71-74-73=29237 Jerry Pate (a) 71-75-78-69=293 +5 0T38 Tommy Aaron (c) 71-75-76-72=294 +6 1,850 Gary Groh 72-76-71-75=294T40 Charles Coody (c) 72-75-75-73=295 +7 1,850 Lou Graham 72-72-77-74=29542 Bob Murphy 70-72-80-74=296 +8 1,750T43 Homero Blancas 72-69-79-77=297 +9 1,700 Lu Liang-Huan 73-74-78-72=297 Masashi Ozaki 73-73-83-68=29746 Richie Karl 72-75-79-76=302 +14 1,650CUT Gay Brewer (c) 77-72=149 +5 Roberto De Vicenzo 74-75=149 Mac McLendon 71-78=149 Mike Reasor 74-75=149 Phil Rodgers 77-72=149 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 74-75=149 Frank Beard 76-74=150 +6 Bob Charles 76-74=150 Jim Colbert 75-75=150 Terry Diehl 72-78=150 Al Geiberger 79-71=150 Ed Sneed 74-76=150 Isao Aoki 75-76=151 +7 Dale Hayes 77-74=151 Tony Jacklin 77-74=151 Gary Koch (a) 77-74=151 Peter Oosterhuis 79-72=151 George Archer (c) 80-72=152 +8 Lee Elder 74-78=152 Doug Ford (c) 78-74=152 John Mahaffey 77-75=152 Curtis Strange (a) 75-77=152 Bob Goalby (c) 81-72=153 +9 Dick Siderowf (a) 75-78=153 John Grace (a) 79-75=154 +10 Bruce Crampton 76-79=155 +11 Craig Stadler (a) 80-76=156 +12 Bob Menne 76-82=158 +14 Dan Sikes 76-82=158WD Sam Snead (c) 71 −1

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Scorecard Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Nicklaus −7−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−11−12−12−12 Miller −5−6−5−6−6−7−7−8−9−9−8−8−9−9−10−10−11−11 Weiskopf −9−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−10−11−12−11−11−11 Irwin +2+1E−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−6−6 Nichols −3−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6 Casper −3−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5 Hill E−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−1−2−2−3−3−4−4−4−4 Green EE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EEE−2−2−2−2−2−3 Watson −4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−5−5−6−6−6−2−2−3 Kite +1EE−1−1−1−1EEEEE−1−1−2−2−2−2 Snead +1+1+1+1+1EEEE−1EE−1E−1−1−1−2 Trevino −1−1−2−3−3−3−2−3−3−3−2−3−3−3−3−2−2−2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} Source:

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1975 Masters leaderboard and scorecards