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Sunday 10 August 1975Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins PGA Championship
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 August 1975 · 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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/12°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/11°C · wind 7 km/h ENE, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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.
136 started, 71 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bruce Crampton
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 14th 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