The 1975 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, held at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. This was the second Tournament Players Championship; led wire-to-wire and finished three strokes ahead of runner-up Dave Stockton. Defending champion Jack Nicklaus opened with 67 but finished seventeen strokes behind, tied for eighteenth.

As the first three versions of the Tournament Players Championship were established PGA Tour events with increased prize money and qualifications, Colonial Country Club recognises this tournament as also the 29th playing of the Colonial National Invitational. 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

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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 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:

Second round Friday, August 22, 1975 Saturday, August 23, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 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:

Third round Saturday, August 23, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 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:

Final round Sunday, August 24, 1975 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Al Geiberger 66-68-67-69=270 −10 50,0002 Dave Stockton 72-64-68-69=273 −7 28,5003 Hubert Green 71-65-70-69=275 −5 17,750T4 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 8,000T8 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:

References

External links The Players Championship website