# 1974 Tournament Players Championship

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, and Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three TPC titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead, the 54-hole leader.
The final round on Sunday was interrupted several times by weather and twelve players completed their rounds on Monday morning, Labor Day.
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.

## Venue

This was the only Tournament Players Championship held in Georgia; it went to Texas in 1975 and relocated to Florida in 1976. Except for this year, the Atlanta Country Club hosted the Atlanta Classic on the PGA Tour from 1967 through 1996.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, August 29, 1974 Friday, August 30, 1974
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | J. C. Snead | 64 | −8 |
| T2 | Tom Evans | 65 | −7 |
| T2 | Jerry Heard | 65 | −7 |
| T4 | Bobby Mitchell | 66 | −6 |
| T4 | Jack Nicklaus | 66 | −6 |
| T6 | Homero Blancas | 67 | −5 |
| T6 | Charles Coody | 67 | −5 |
| T6 | Lou Graham | 67 | −5 |
| 9 | David Graham | 68 | −4 |
| T10 | Tommy Aaron | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Tim Collins | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Bruce Crampton | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | James Ferriell | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Rod Funseth | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Gibby Gilbert | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Larry Hinson | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Roy Pace | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Tom Shaw | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Bob E. Smith | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Lee Trevino | 69 | −3 |
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### Second round

Friday, August 30, 1974
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lou Graham | 67-67=134 | −10 |
| 2 | J. C. Snead | 64-71=135 | −9 |
| 3 | Dave Hill | 70-66=136 | −8 |
| T4 | Bruce Crampton | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T4 | Hubert Green | 70-67=137 | −7 |
| T4 | Jack Nicklaus | 66-71=137 | −7 |
| T7 | Bud Allin | 71-67=138 | −6 |
| T7 | Homero Blancas | 67-71=138 | −6 |
| T7 | Charles Coody | 67-71=138 | −6 |
| T7 | David Graham | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T7 | Jerry Heard | 65-73=138 | −6 |
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### Third round

Saturday, August 31, 1974
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | J. C. Snead | 64-71-67=202 | −14 |
| 2 | Jack Nicklaus | 66-71-68=205 | −11 |
| T3 | Homero Blancas | 67-71-69=207 | −9 |
| T3 | Lou Graham | 67-67-73=207 | −9 |
| 5 | Dave Hill | 70-66-72=208 | −8 |
| T6 | Bud Allin | 71-67-71=209 | −7 |
| T6 | Charles Coody | 67-71-71=209 | −7 |
| T6 | Bruce Crampton | 69-68-72=209 | −7 |
| T6 | David Graham | 68-70-71=209 | −7 |
| T6 | Hubert Green | 70-67-72=209 | −7 |
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### Final round

Sunday, September 1, 1974 Monday, September 2, 1974
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | 66-71-68-67=272 | −16 | 50,000 |
| 2 | J. C. Snead | 64-71-67-72=274 | −14 | 28,500 |
| 3 | Bruce Crampton | 69-68-72-67=276 | −12 | 17,750 |
| 4 | Gene Littler | 72-69-69-67=277 | −11 | 11,750 |
| 5 | Lou Graham | 67-67-73-71=278 | −10 | 10,250 |
| T6 | Hubert Green | 70-67-72-70=279 | −9 | 8,500 |
| T6 | Bob Murphy | 71-71-69-68=279 | −9 | 8,500 |
| 8 | Dave Hill | 70-66-72-72=280 | −8 | 7,375 |
| T9 | Bud Allin | 71-67-71-72=281 | −7 | 6,250 |
| T9 | Charles Coody | 67-71-71-72=281 | −7 | 6,250 |
| T9 | Eddie Pearce | 73-67-69-72=281 | −7 | 6,250 |
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