The 1975 PGA Championship was the 57th PGA Championship, played August 7–10 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Jack Nicklaus, an Ohio native, won the fourth of his five PGA Championships and the fourteenth of his eighteen major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton. He was also the 54-hole leader, four strokes ahead of Crampton.

It was the second major of the year for Nicklaus, who won his fifth green jacket in April at the Masters, and the fourth of five times that he won two majors in the same calendar year.

Through 2025, this was the fourth and most recent time a player won the Masters and PGA Championship in the same calendar year. Nicklaus had previously won both in 1963, preceded by Jack Burke Jr. (1956) and Sam Snead (1949). Nicklaus also held both titles after a Masters win in 1972, and Tiger Woods held all four major titles after his Masters win in 2001.

This was the third PGA Championship at the South Course, which previously hosted in 1960 and 1966. It also a former venue for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which began in 1976 as the "World Series of Golf" on the PGA Tour, preceded by the American Golf Classic, which debuted in 1961.

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Round summaries First round Thursday, August 7, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Mark Hayes 67 −3T2 Bob Benson 68 −2 Larry Hinson T4 Billy Casper 69 −1 Ed Dougherty Fred Wampler Bob Wynn T8 Jim Dent 70 E Bruce Devlin Raymond Floyd Al Geiberger Mike Morley Jack Nicklaus Art Wall Jr. Tom Watson Tom Weiskopf Source:

Second round Friday, August 8, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bruce Crampton 71-63=134 −6 2 Hale Irwin 72-65=137 −3T3 Jack Nicklaus 70-68=138 −2 Mark Hayes 67-71=138 Bob Wynn 69-69=138T6 Ed Dougherty 69-70=139 −1 John Schlee 71-68=139 T8 Al Geiberger 70-70=140 E J. C. Snead 73-67=140 Maurice VerBrugge 72-68=140 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 9, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jack Nicklaus 70-68-67=205 −52 Bruce Crampton 71-63-75=209 −1 3 Hale Irwin 72-65-73=210 ET4 Ed Dougherty 69-70-72=211 +3 Tom Weiskopf 70-71-70=211 T6 David Graham 72-70-70=212 +2 Bob Murphy 75-68-69=212 Tom Watson 70-71-71=212T9 Billy Casper 69-72-72=213 +3 Mark Hayes 67-71-75=213 Mike Hill 72-71-70=213 Larry Hinson 68-73-72=213 Don January 72-70-71=213 Gene Littler 76-71-66=213 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 10, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Jack Nicklaus 70-68-67-71=276 −4 45,0002 Bruce Crampton 71-63-75-69=278 −2 25,7003 Tom Weiskopf 70-71-70-68=279 −1 16,0004 Andy North 72-74-70-65=281 +1 10,500T5 Billy Casper 69-72-72-70=283 +3 8,663 Hale Irwin 72-65-73-73=283T7 Dave Hill 71-71-74-68=284 +4 6,918 Gene Littler 76-71-66-71=2849 Tom Watson 70-71-71-73=285 +5 6,075T10 Buddy Allin 73-72-70-71=286 +6 4,468 Ben Crenshaw 73-72-71-70=286 Raymond Floyd 70-73-72-71=286 David Graham 72-70-70-74=286 Don January 72-70-71-73=286 John Schlee 71-68-75-72=286 Leonard Thompson 74-69-72-71=286 Source:

References

External links PGA.com – 1975 PGA Championship