1975 Tournament Players Championship

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.

1975 Tournament Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 21–24, 1975
Location	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. 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)
Location map
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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

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

First round

Thursday, August 21, 1975

Place	Player	Score	To par
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

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
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

Saturday, August 23, 1975

Place	Player	Score	To par
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

Sunday, August 24, 1975

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
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

1. "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. "Geiberger by 3 in TPC final". Chicago Tribune. wire services. August 25, 1975. p. 3, sec. 6.
4. "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 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.

External links

• The Players Championship website