# 1975 Tournament Players Championship

The 1975 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, held August 21–24 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. This was the second Tournament Players Championship; Al Geiberger led wire-to-wire and finished three strokes ahead of runner-up Dave Stockton. Defending champion Jack Nicklaus opened with 67 but finished seventeen strokes behind, tied for eighteenth.
As the first three versions of the Tournament Players Championship were established PGA Tour events with increased prize money and qualifications, Colonial Country Club recognises this tournament as also the 29th playing of the Colonial National Invitational. The first two Tournament Players Championships were played in late summer; this edition was two weeks after the PGA Championship at Firestone, won by Nicklaus. The next TPC was held just six months later, in south Florida in late February, before the majors.

## Venue

This was the only Tournament Players Championship held in Texas; the first was in Georgia in 1974 and it relocated to Florida in 1976. Colonial Country Club has hosted an annual event on the PGA Tour since 1946 and was the site of the U.S. Open in 1941.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, August 21, 1975
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Al Geiberger | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | Bob Dickson | 67 | −3 |
| T2 | Hale Irwin | 67 | −3 |
| T2 | Jack Nicklaus | 67 | −3 |
| T5 | Bud Allin | 68 | −2 |
| T5 | Jim Wiechers | 68 | −2 |
| T5 | Mike Wynn | 68 | −2 |
| T8 | John Mahaffey | 69 | −1 |
| T8 | Andy North | 69 | −1 |
| T8 | Bill Rogers | 69 | −1 |
| T8 | Mason Rudolph | 69 | −1 |
| T8 | John Schlee | 69 | −1 |
| T8 | Larry Ziegler | 69 | −1 |
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### Second round

Friday, August 22, 1975 Saturday, August 23, 1975
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Al Geiberger | 66-68=134 | −6 |
| T2 | Bob Dickson | 67-69=136 | −4 |
| T2 | Hubert Green | 71-65=136 | −4 |
| T2 | Dave Stockton | 72-64=136 | −4 |
| 5 | John Schlee | 69-68=137 | −3 |
| T6 | Hale Irwin | 67-72=139 | +1 |
| T6 | Bill Rogers | 69-70=139 | +1 |
| T6 | Mason Rudolph | 69-70=139 | +1 |
| T9 | Randy Erskine | 71-69=140 | E |
| T9 | Larry Ziegler | 69-71=140 | E |
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### Third round

Saturday, August 23, 1975
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Al Geiberger | 66-68-67=201 | −9 |
| 2 | Dave Stockton | 72-64-68=204 | −6 |
| 3 | Hubert Green | 71-65-70=206 | −4 |
| 4 | Bob Dickson | 67-69-72=208 | −2 |
| T5 | Charles Coody | 73-70-68=211 | +1 |
| T5 | Hale Irwin | 67-72-72=211 | +1 |
| T5 | Mason Rudolph | 69-70-72=211 | +1 |
| T8 | Bud Allin | 72-72-68=212 | +2 |
| T8 | Jack Nicklaus | 67-75-70=212 | +2 |
| T8 | Joe Porter | 72-72-68=212 | +2 |
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### Final round

Sunday, August 24, 1975
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Al Geiberger | 66-68-67-69=270 | −10 | 50,000 |
| 2 | Dave Stockton | 72-64-68-69=273 | −7 | 28,500 |
| 3 | Hubert Green | 71-65-70-69=275 | −5 | 17,750 |
| T4 | Bob Murphy | 73-69-71-68=281 | +1 | 10,333 |
| T4 | Bob Dickson | 67-69-72-73=281 | +1 | 10,333 |
| T4 | Mason Rudolph | 69-70-72-70=281 | +1 | 10,333 |
| 7 | Hale Irwin | 67-72-72-72=283 | +3 | 8,000 |
| T8 | Joe Porter | 72-72-68-72=284 | +4 | 6,792 |
| T8 | Tom Watson | 73-69-75-67=284 | +4 | 6,792 |
| T8 | Bobby Wadkins | 76-69-68-71=284 | +4 | 6,792 |
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