The 1974 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Georgia on the PGA Tour, held August 29 to September 2 at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, a suburb northwest of Atlanta. This was the first Tournament Players Championship, and Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three TPC titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead, the 54-hole leader.

The final round on Sunday was interrupted several times by weather and twelve players completed their rounds on Monday morning, Labor Day.

The year's concluding major, the PGA Championship, was played three weeks earlier in North Carolina and won by Lee Trevino, a stroke ahead of Nicklaus. Trevino opened with 69 at the TPC but finished twelve shots back, in eighteenth place.

Venue

This was the only Tournament Players Championship held in Georgia; it went to Texas in 1975 and relocated to Florida in 1976. Except for this year, the Atlanta Country Club hosted the Atlanta Classic on the PGA Tour from 1967 through 1996.

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 29, 1974 Friday, August 30, 1974 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 J. C. Snead 64 −8 T2 Tom Evans 65 −7 Jerry HeardT4 Bobby Mitchell 66 −6 Jack NicklausT6 Homero Blancas 67 −5 Charles Coody Lou Graham 9 David Graham 68 −4 T10 Tommy Aaron 69 −3 Tim Collins Bruce Crampton James Ferriell Rod Funseth Gibby Gilbert Larry Hinson Roy Pace Tom Shaw Bob E. Smith Lee Trevino Source:

Second round Friday, August 30, 1974 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lou Graham 67-67=134 −10 2 J. C. Snead 64-71=135 −9 3 Dave Hill 70-66=136 −8T4 Bruce Crampton 69-68=137 −7 Hubert Green 70-67=137 Jack Nicklaus 66-71=137 T7 Bud Allin 71-67=138 −6 Homero Blancas 67-71=138 Charles Coody 67-71=138 David Graham 68-70=138 Jerry Heard 65-73=138 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 31, 1974 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 J. C. Snead 64-71-67=202 −14 2 Jack Nicklaus 66-71-68=205 −11 T3 Homero Blancas 67-71-69=207 −9 Lou Graham 67-67-73=207 5 Dave Hill 70-66-72=208 −8 T6 Bud Allin 71-67-71=209 −7 Charles Coody 67-71-71=209 Bruce Crampton 69-68-72=209 David Graham 68-70-71=209 Hubert Green 70-67-72=209 Source:

Final round Sunday, September 1, 1974 Monday, September 2, 1974 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Jack Nicklaus 66-71-68-67=272 −16 50,0002 J. C. Snead 64-71-67-72=274 −14 28,5003 Bruce Crampton 69-68-72-67=276 −12 17,7504 Gene Littler 72-69-69-67=277 −11 11,7505 Lou Graham 67-67-73-71=278 −10 10,250T6 Hubert Green 70-67-72-70=279 −9 8,500 Bob Murphy 71-71-69-68=2798 Dave Hill 70-66-72-72=280 −8 7,375T9 Bud Allin 71-67-71-72=281 −7 6,250 Charles Coody 67-71-71-72=281 Eddie Pearce 73-67-69-72=281 Source:

References

External links The Players Championship website