1975 Masters Tournament
The 1975 Masters Tournament was the 39th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Jack Nicklaus won his fifth Masters and thirteenth major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and At age 40, Lee Elder became the first African-American to compete at the tournament, but missed the cut by four strokes.
The 1975 Masters is widely considered to be one of the greatest majors ever, with three great players at the peak of their games dueling in a thrilling Sunday finish.
Had a playoff been required, it would have been a full 18-hole round on Monday. Prior to the next Masters in 1976, a sudden-death format was introduced and was first used in 1979.
Nicklaus won his sixth green jacket eleven years later in 1986 at age 46.
Field
;1. Masters championsTommy Aaron, George Archer, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.
- Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.
;2. U.S. Open champions
Hale Irwin, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino
;3. The Open champions
Tom Weiskopf
;4. PGA champions
Dave Stockton
;5. 1974 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
John Grace, Gary Koch, Jerry Pate, Curtis Strange
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
Dick Siderowf, Craig Stadler
;7. Members of the 1974 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
George Burns
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1974 Masters Tournament
Buddy Allin, Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Hubert Green, Jerry Heard, Dave Hill, Ralph Johnston, Bobby Nichols, Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Dan Sikes
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1974 U.S. Open
Forrest Fezler, Lou Graham, Tom Kite, John Mahaffey, Mike Reasor, Tom Watson, Bert Yancey, Larry Ziegler
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1974 PGA Championship
Al Geiberger
;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Rod Curl, Terry Diehl, Lee Elder, Pat Fitzsimons, Gary Groh, Richie Karl, Gene Littler, Mac McLendon, Bob Menne, Allen Miller, Bob Murphy, J. C. Snead, Ed Sneed
;12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team
Homero Blancas
;13. Foreign invitations
Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge, Bob Charles, Bobby Cole, Bruce Crampton, Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin, Dale Hayes, Tony Jacklin, Lu Liang-Huan, Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Victor Regalado
- ''Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.''
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 10, 1975| Place | Player | Score | To par | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Second roundFriday, April 11, 1975Snead, age 62, was one-over-par after 27 holes when he withdrew due to a back injury.
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