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1974 PGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1974 PGA Championship
dates	August 8–11, 1974
location	Clemmons, North Carolina
course	Tanglewood Park,
Championship Course
org	PGA of America
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	7050 yd
field	141 players, 78 after cut
cut	149 (+9)
purse	$225,000
winners_share	$45,000
champion	USA Lee Trevino
score	276 (−4)
previous	[1973](1973-pga-championship)
next	[1975](1975-pga-championship)
map	USA#USA North Carolina
map_relief	yes
map_label	Tanglewood Park
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in North Carolina
coordinates

Championship Course 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. It was the first year since 1969 in which Nicklaus did not win a major championship, 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.

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 8, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Raymond Floyd	68	−2
USA Hubert Green
USA John Schlee
T4	ZAF Bobby Cole	69	−1
USA Jack Nicklaus
USA Eddie Pearce
USA Sam Snead
USA Leonard Thompson
USA Tom Watson
T10	USA Jim Colbert	70	E
AUS Bruce Devlin
USA Al Geiberger
USA Tom Jenkins
USA Grier Jones
USA Tom Nieporte
MEX Victor Regalado
USA Mason Rudolph
USA DeWitt Weaver
USA Kermit Zarley

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Second round

Friday, August 9, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA John Schlee	68-67=135	−5
2	USA Hubert Green	68-68=136	−4
T3	ZAF Bobby Cole	69-68=137	−3
ZAF Gary Player	73-64=137
5	USA Jack Nicklaus	69-69=138	−2
6	USA Lee Trevino	73-66=139	−1
T7	USA Tommy Aaron	73-67=140	E
USA Frank Beard	73-67=140
USA Raymond Floyd	68-72=140
USA Al Geiberger	70-70=140
USA Leonard Thompson	69-71=140
USA Sam Snead	69-71=140

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Third round

Saturday, August 10, 1974

Lee Trevino shot 68 to take the lead at 207 (−3), while 36-hole leader John Schlee carded 75 to fall three strokes back.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lee Trevino	73-66-68=207	−3
T2	ZAF Bobby Cole	69-68-71=208	−2
USA Jack Nicklaus	69-69-70=208
T4	USA Frank Beard	73-67-69=209	−1
USA Hubert Green	68-68-73=209
T6	USA Dave Hill	74-69-67=210	E
ZAF Gary Player	73-64-73=210
USA John Schlee	68-67-75=210
USA Leonard Thompson	69-71-70=210
10	USA Sam Snead	69-71-71=211	+1

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Final round

Sunday, August 11, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Lee Trevino	73-66-68-69=276	−4	45,000
2	USA Jack Nicklaus	69-69-70-69=277	−3	25,700
T3	ZAF Bobby Cole	69-68-71-71=279	−1	10,957
USA Hubert Green	68-68-73-70=279
USA Dave Hill	74-69-67-69=279
USA Sam Snead	69-71-71-68=279
7	ZAF Gary Player	73-64-73-70=280	E	7,200
8	USA Al Geiberger	70-70-75-66=281	+1	6,635
T9	USA Don Bies	73-71-68-70=282	+2	5,850
USA John Mahaffey	72-72-71-67=282

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References

(August 12, 1974). "'Super' Lee notches PGA". Spokesman-Review.
"Tournament Info for: 1974 PGA Championship". PGA of America.
Jenkins, Dan. (August 19, 1974). "He left them laughing".
Gundelfinger, Phil. (August 12, 1974). "Trevino holds off Nicklaus to win PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
"Tanglewood Park: golf". Forsyth County.
(August 9, 1974). "Nixon Resigns". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(August 9, 1974). "Swinging Sam still firing birds". Eugene Register-Guard.
(August 10, 1974). "Player chases Schlee in PGA". Eugene Register-Guard.
(August 11, 1974). "Trevino grabs PGA lead". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(August 11, 1974). "Player ignores comedian's antics". Eugene Register-Guard.

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