The 1975 Masters Tournament was the 39th Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

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1975 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 10–13, 1975
Location	Augusta, Georgia 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,020 yards (6,419 m)[1][2]
Field	76 players, 46 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Winner's share	$40,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
276 (−12)
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Jack Nicklaus won his fifth Masters and thirteenth major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} At age 40, Lee Elder became the first African-American to compete at the tournament,^[8][9] but missed the cut by four strokes.^[10][11]

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.^[5][12]

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.^[13]

Nicklaus won his sixth green jacket eleven years later in 1986 at age 46.

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron (12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (12), Billy Casper (12), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10,11), Sam Snead (8,10), 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.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Hale Irwin (8,9), Johnny Miller (8,11), Lee Trevino (3,4,10,11,12)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Weiskopf (8,9,11,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Dave Stockton (8,11)

5. 1974 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

John Grace (a), Gary Koch (7,a), Jerry Pate (6,7,a), Curtis Strange (7,a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Dick Siderowf (a), Craig Stadler (a)

7. Members of the 1974 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

George Burns (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1974 Masters Tournament

Buddy Allin (9,11), Miller Barber (11), Frank Beard (9), Jim Colbert (9,11), Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd (9), Hubert Green (10,11), Jerry Heard, Dave Hill (10,11,12), Ralph Johnston, Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Dan Sikes

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1974 U.S. Open

Forrest Fezler (11), Lou Graham (12), Tom Kite, John Mahaffey, Mike Reasor, Tom Watson (11), Bert Yancey, Larry Ziegler (11)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1974 PGA Championship

Al Geiberger (11)

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 (12), Ed Sneed

12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team

Homero Blancas

13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge (8), Bob Charles, Bobby Cole (10), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin, Dale Hayes, Tony Jacklin (2), Lu Liang-Huan, Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Victor Regalado (11)

• Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.