1975 U.S. Open Golf Championship
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The 1975 U.S. Open Championship was the 75th U.S. Open
played June 19-23 at Medinah Country Club
(Course No. 3) in Medinah, Illinois
. Lou Graham won the championship in an 18-hole playoff over John Mahaffey
(71 to 73).
Tom Watson
shot 67-68-135 to tie the Open record for the first 36 holes of play. Watson shot 78-77 on the weekend to finish three shots out of the Graham-Mahaffey playoff. It marked the second straight year Watson failed to maintain a weekend lead in the championship. He was the 54-hole leader at the 1974 U.S. Open.
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
played June 19-23 at Medinah Country Club
Medinah Country Club
Medinah Country Club is a private country club in Medinah, Illinois with nearly 600 members and containing three golf courses, Lake Kadijah, swimming facilities and a Byzantine-style, mosque-evoking clubhouse with Oriental, Louis XIV and Italian architectural aspects. Medinah is widely known for...
(Course No. 3) in Medinah, Illinois
Medinah, Illinois
Medinah is an unincorporated community in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois and is a suburb of Chicago. Medinah, largely located in DuPage County, is situated between the villages of Roselle, Itasca, Bloomingdale, and Addison...
. Lou Graham won the championship in an 18-hole playoff over John Mahaffey
John Mahaffey
John Drayton Mahaffey, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including 10 PGA Tour events....
(71 to 73).
Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
shot 67-68-135 to tie the Open record for the first 36 holes of play. Watson shot 78-77 on the weekend to finish three shots out of the Graham-Mahaffey playoff. It marked the second straight year Watson failed to maintain a weekend lead in the championship. He was the 54-hole leader at the 1974 U.S. Open.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lou Graham | 74-72-68-73=287 | +3 | 40,000 | |
| 2 | John Mahaffey John Mahaffey John Drayton Mahaffey, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including 10 PGA Tour events.... |
73-71-72-71=287 | 20,000 | ||
| T3 | Frank Beard | 74-69-67-78=288 | +4 | 10,875 | |
| Ben Crenshaw Ben Crenshaw Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973... |
70-68-76-74=288 | ||||
| Hale Irwin Hale Irwin Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was... |
74-71-73-70=288 | ||||
| Bob Murphy Bob Murphy (golfer) Robert Joseph Murphy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Murphy has won 21 tournaments as a professional.-Early years:... |
74-73-72-69=288 | ||||
| T7 | Jack Nicklaus Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a... |
72-70-75-72=289 | +5 | 7,500 | |
| Peter Oosterhuis Peter Oosterhuis Peter A. Oosterhuis is an English professional golfer and golf analyst.-Early years, amateur golf:Oosterhuis was born in London... |
69-73-72-75=289 | ||||
| T9 | Pat Fitzsimons Pat Fitzsimons Pat Fitzsimons is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Fitzsimons was born in Coos Bay, Oregon. He attended the University of Oregon. He turned professional in 1971.... |
67-73-73-77=290 | +6 | 5,000 | |
| Arnold Palmer Arnold Palmer Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955... |
69-75-73-73=290 | ||||
| Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
67-68-78-77=290 |