1974 Tournament Players Championship Explained

1974 Tournament Players Championship
Dates:	August 29 – September 2, 1974
Location:	Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Course:	Atlanta Country Club
Tour:	PGA Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	^[1]
Cut:	146 (+2)
Purse:	$250,000
Winners Share:	$50,000
Champion:	Jack Nicklaus
Score:	272 (−16)
Map:	USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	Atlanta CC
Coordinates:	33.94°N -84.426°W
Next:	1975

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,^[2] and Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three TPC titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead, the 54-hole leader.^{[1] [3]}

The final round on Sunday was interrupted several times by weather and twelve players completed their rounds on Monday morning, Labor Day.^[4]

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.^{[1] [3]}

Venue

See main article: Atlanta Country Club. 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		64	−8
T2	Tom Evans	65	−7
Jerry Heard
T4		66	−6
Jack Nicklaus
T6		67	−5
9		68	−4
T10		69	−3
Tim Collins
Bruce Crampton
James Ferriell
Rod Funseth
Gibby Gilbert
Larry Hinson
Roy Pace
Tom Shaw
Bob E. Smith
Lee Trevino

Source:^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Second round

Friday, August 30, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		67-67=134	−10
2		64-71=135	−9
3		70-66=136	−8
T4		69-68=137	−7
	70-67=137
	66-71=137
T7		71-67=138	−6
	67-71=138
	67-71=138
	68-70=138
	65-73=138

Source:^{[7] [8]}

Third round

Saturday, August 31, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		64-71-67=202	−14
2		66-71-68=205	−11
T3		67-71-69=207	−9
	67-67-73=207
5		70-66-72=208	−8
T6		71-67-71=209	−7
	67-71-71=209
	69-68-72=209
	68-70-71=209
	70-67-72=209

Source:^{[9] [10]}

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		64-71-67-72=274	−14	28,500
3		69-68-72-67=276	−12	17,750
4		72-69-69-67=277	−11	11,750
5		67-67-73-71=278	−10	10,250
T6		70-67-72-70=279	−9	8,500
	71-71-69-68=279
8		70-66-72-72=280	−8	7,375
T9		71-67-71-72=281	−7	6,250
	67-71-71-72=281
	73-67-69-72=281

Source:^{[1] [3]}

External links

• The Players Championship website

Notes and References

1. News: Final round birdies end Nicklaus' victory drought. Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . September 3, 1974 . 23 .
2. News: Move over 'big four,' here comes another . Rome News-Tribune . (Georgia) . Biggers . Don . June 23, 1974 . 1C .
3. News: Nicklaus 1st by 2 strokes; J.C. Snead 2d. Chicago Tribune . UPI . September 3, 1974 . 1, sec. 3.
4. News: Nicklaus catches Snead after 67 . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . September 2, 1974 . 13.
5. News: J.C. Snead fashions 64 for TPC lead . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press . August 30, 1975 . 1D.
6. News: J.C. Snead's 64 leads Atlanta . Chicago Tribune . UPI . August 30, 1974 . 7 sec. 3.
7. News: Graham hits second 67 . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press . August 31, 1975 . 2B.
8. News: Graham sets pace, Evans disqualified . Chicago Tribune . UPI . August 31, 1974 . 2, sec. 2.
9. News: J.C. Snead sizzles . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . September 1, 1974 . 3, sports.
10. News: J.C. Snead grabs lead of 3 on eagle . Chicago Tribune . UPI . September 1, 1974 . 4, sec. 3.