1975 PGA Championship 1975" "Saturday, August 9, 1975" "Sunday, August 10, 1975" Source: 1975 PGA Championship The 1975 PGA Championship was the 57th PGA Championship, played August 7–10 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Jack Nicklaus, an Ohio native, won the fourth of his five PGA Championships and the fourteenth of his eighteen major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Crampton. Nicklaus was the 54-hole leader, four strokes ahead of Crampton. It was the second major of the year for Nicklaus, who won his fifth green jacket in April at the Masters, and the fourth of five
Justin Rose players having tied at 3 under par after 72 holes. Two weeks later, Rose won the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. At the 2014 Ryder Cup held at the PGA Centenary Course at the Gleneagles Hotel, Rose emerged as the leading points-getter, amassing 4 points in a 3-0-2 performance, which aided Europe to a 16.5-11.5 victory over the United States of America, marking the 3rd time in a row that Europe claimed the cup and the 6th time out of the last 7 playings of the event. At the 2015 Masters Tournament, Rose finished in a tie for second with