Golf Network News
Sunday 11 August 1974Men’s majorsYear in Review
Trevino wins PGA Championship
Tanglewood Park, Clemmons, North Carolina · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 August 1974 · purse $225,000 · winner's share $45,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/20°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 24 · 23.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/21°C · wind 6 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/20°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/19°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 20 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
141 started, 78 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Tanglewood Park (Championship Course), Winston-Salem
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1939-12-01, Dallas, Texas, USA; United States; age 34 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet