1975 Tournament Players Championship

1975 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 21–24, 1975
LocationFort Worth, Texas, U.S.
32°43′01″N 97°22′23″W / 32.717°N 97.373°W / 32.717; -97.373
Course(s)Colonial Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,190 yards (6,575 m)[1]
Cut147 (+7)
Prize fund$250,000
Winner's share$50,000
Champion
United States Al Geiberger
270 (−10)
Location map
Fort Worth is located in the United States
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Location in the United States
Fort Worth is located in Texas
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Location in Texas
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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.

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.

  1. ^ a b "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.