1974 PGA Championship

1974 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 8–11, 1974
Location	Clemmons, North Carolina
Course(s)	Tanglewood Park, Championship Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,050 yards (6,447 m)^[1]
Field	141 players, 78 after cut^[2]
Cut	149 (+9)
Prize fund	$225,000
Winner's share	$45,000
Champion
Lee Trevino
276 (−4)
«1973 1975»

Tanglewood
Park

Location in the United States

Tanglewood
Park

Location in North Carolina

The 1974 PGA Championship was the 56th PGA Championship, played August 8–11 at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, North Carolina, a suburb southwest of Winston-Salem. Lee Trevino won the first of his two PGA Championships, one stroke ahead of defending champion Jack Nicklaus.^[1] It was the fifth of Trevino's six major titles and Nicklaus was the runner-up to Trevino in a major for the fourth and final time.^[3] It was the first year since 1969 in which Nicklaus did not win a major championship,^[4] but he regained the title the following year.

Three-time champion Sam Snead, age 62, finished tied for third for his third consecutive top ten finish in the event. It was the final major in which he was in contention, his next best finish was a tie for 42nd at the PGA Championship in 1979.

Trevino used a putter he found in a friend's attic only days before and had only one three-putt, on the 71st hole.^[4] Tanglewood is a county-owned facility in Forsyth County.^[5]

This championship coincided with the resignation of President Nixon, who left office on Friday.^[6]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973	69	69	70	69	277	−3	2
Sam Snead	United States	1942, 1949, 1951	69	71	71	68	279	−1	T3
Gary Player	South Africa	1962, 1972	73	64	73	70	280	E	7
Al Geiberger	United States	1966	70	70	75	66	281	+1	8
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969	68	72	74	70	284	+4	T11
Dave Stockton	United States	1970	71	73	70	74	288	+8	T26
Bobby Nichols	United States	1964	72	74	72	73	291	+11	T39
Bob Rosburg	United States	1959	75	72	74	82	303	+23	76

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Doug Ford	United States	1955	77	77	154	+14
Dow Finsterwald	United States	1958	76	80	156	+16
Jay Hebert	United States	1960	76	80	156	+16
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	78	78	156	+16
Jerry Barber	United States	1961	80	80	160	+20
Paul Runyan	United States	1934, 1938	84	WD

Source:^[2]^[7]^[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 8, 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Raymond Floyd	United States	68	−2
	Hubert Green	United States
	John Schlee	United States
T4	Bobby Cole	South Africa	69	−1
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	Eddie Pearce	United States
	Sam Snead	United States
	Leonard Thompson	United States
	Tom Watson	United States
T10	Jim Colbert	United States	70	E
	Bruce Devlin	Australia
	Al Geiberger	United States
	Tom Jenkins	United States
	Grier Jones	United States
	Tom Nieporte	United States
	Victor Regalado	Mexico
	Mason Rudolph	United States
	DeWitt Weaver	United States
	Kermit Zarley	United States

Source:^[9]

Second round

Friday, August 9, 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	John Schlee	United States	68-67=135	−5
2	Hubert Green	United States	68-68=136	−4
T3	Bobby Cole	South Africa	69-68=137	−3
T3	Gary Player	South Africa	73-64=137	−3
5	Jack Nicklaus	United States	69-69=138	−2
6	Lee Trevino	United States	73-66=139	−1
T7	Tommy Aaron	United States	73-67=140	E
	Frank Beard	United States	73-67=140
	Raymond Floyd	United States	68-72=140
	Al Geiberger	United States	70-70=140
	Leonard Thompson	United States	69-71=140
	Sam Snead	United States	69-71=140

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 10, 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Trevino	United States	73-66-68=207	−3
T2	Bobby Cole	South Africa	69-68-71=208	−2
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	69-69-70=208	−2
T4	Frank Beard	United States	73-67-69=209	−1
T4	Hubert Green	United States	68-68-73=209	−1
T6	Dave Hill	United States	74-69-67=210	E
	Gary Player	South Africa	73-64-73=210
	John Schlee	United States	68-67-75=210
	Leonard Thompson	United States	69-71-70=210
10	Sam Snead	United States	69-71-71=211	+1

Source:^[11]

Final round

Sunday, August 11, 1974

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Lee Trevino	United States	73-66-68-69=276	−4	45,000
2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	69-69-70-69=277	−3	25,700
T3	Bobby Cole	South Africa	69-68-71-71=279	−1	10,957
	Hubert Green	United States	68-68-73-70=279
	Dave Hill	United States	74-69-67-69=279
	Sam Snead	United States	69-71-71-68=279
7	Gary Player	South Africa	73-64-73-70=280	E	7,200
8	Al Geiberger	United States	70-70-75-66=281	+1	6,635
T9	Don Bies	United States	73-71-68-70=282	+2	5,850
T9	John Mahaffey	United States	72-72-71-67=282	+2	5,850

Source:^[1]^[7]

References

1 2 3 "'Super' Lee notches PGA". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. August 12, 1974. p. 12.
1 2 "Tournament Info for: 1974 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (August 19, 1974). "He left them laughing". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
1 2 Gundelfinger, Phil (August 12, 1974). "Trevino holds off Nicklaus to win PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 18.
↑ "Tanglewood Park: golf". Forsyth County. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
↑ "Nixon Resigns". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 9, 1974. p. 1.
1 2 "1974 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
↑ "Scoreboard, Golf: PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. August 10, 1974. p. 3B.
↑ "Swinging Sam still firing birds". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 9, 1974. p. 1D.
↑ "Player chases Schlee in PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 10, 1974. p. 1B.
↑ "Player ignores comedian's antics". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 11, 1974. p. 3C.

External links

PGA Media Guide 2012
About.com – 1974 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1974 PGA Championship

Preceded by 1974 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1975 Masters

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