| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 29 – September 2, 1974 |
| Location | Marietta, Georgia, U.S. 33°56′24″N 84°25′34″W / 33.940°N 84.426°W |
| Course(s) | Atlanta Country Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,883 yards (6,294 m)[1] |
| Cut | 146 (+2) |
| Prize fund | $250,000 |
| Winner's share | $50,000 |
| Champion | |
 Jack Nicklaus | |
| 272 (−16) | |
| Location map | |
  Atlanta CC Location in the United States  Atlanta CC Location in Georgia | |
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,[2] and Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three TPC titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead, the 54-hole leader.[1][3]
The final round on Sunday was interrupted several times by weather and twelve players completed their rounds on Monday morning, Labor Day.[4]
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.[1][3]
- ^ a b c "Final round birdies end Nicklaus' victory drought". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 3, 1974. p. 23.
- ^ Biggers, Don (June 23, 1974). "Move over 'big four,' here comes another". Rome News-Tribune. (Georgia). p. 1C.
- ^ a b "Nicklaus 1st by 2 strokes; J.C. Snead 2d". Chicago Tribune. UPI. September 3, 1974. p. 1, sec. 3.
- ^ "Nicklaus catches Snead after 67". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 2, 1974. p. 13.