1974 PGA Championship

1974 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 8–11, 1974
LocationClemmons, North Carolina
35°59′35″N 80°24′18″W / 35.993°N 80.405°W / 35.993; -80.405
Course(s)Tanglewood Park,
Championship Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,050 yards (6,447 m)[1]
Field141 players, 78 after cut[2]
Cut149 (+9)
Prize fund$225,000
Winner's share$45,000
Champion
United States Lee Trevino
276 (−4)
Location map
Tanglewood Park is located in the United States
Tanglewood Park
Tanglewood Park
Location in the United States
Tanglewood Park is located in North Carolina
Tanglewood Park
Tanglewood Park
Location in North Carolina
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The 1974 PGA Championship was the 56th PGA Championship, played August 8–11 at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, North Carolina, a suburb southwest of Winston-Salem. Lee Trevino won the first of his two PGA Championships, one stroke ahead of defending champion Jack Nicklaus.[1] It was the fifth of Trevino's six major titles and Nicklaus was the runner-up to Trevino in a major for the fourth and final time.[3] It was the first year since 1969 in which Nicklaus did not win a major championship,[4] but he regained the title the following year.

Three-time champion Sam Snead, age 62, finished tied for third for his third consecutive top ten finish in the event. It was the final major in which he was in contention, his next best finish was a tie for 42nd at the PGA Championship in 1979. Gary Player's bid to win three majors in 1974 came up short in the final round; the winner of the Masters and Open Championship finished four strokes back at even par, in seventh place.

Trevino used a putter he found in a friend's attic only days before and had only one three-putt, on the 71st hole.[4] Tanglewood is a county-owned facility in Forsyth County.[5]

This championship coincided with the resignation of President Nixon, who left office on Friday.[6]

  1. ^ a b "'Super' Lee notches PGA". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. August 12, 1974. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1974 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dan (August 19, 1974). "He left them laughing". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  4. ^ a b Gundelfinger, Phil (August 12, 1974). "Trevino holds off Nicklaus to win PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Tanglewood Park: golf". Forsyth County. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Nixon Resigns". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 9, 1974. p. 1.