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Sports headlines for Sunday August 17, 1975:

• Averill's Long Wait Ends
• Bies Finally Wins -- After 74 Holes
• Donohue Has Brain Surgery After Car Crash
• Tiny Lund Killed; Baker Edges Petty
• Dock Ellis Still Banned By Bucs

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Final results of the 1975 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open

Tournament held at Wethersfield Country Club (Wethersfield, CT) from August 14, 1975 to August 17, 1975     (Par 71)

Don Bies defeated Hubert Green on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Don Bies	65	66	67	69	-17	267	$40,000
1	Hubert Green	66	65	68	68	-17	267	$22,800
3	J.C. Snead	66	68	67	67	-16	268	$14,200
4	Victor Regalado	69	68	65	67	-15	269	$8,800
4	Larry Nelson	68	66	67	68	-15	269	$8,800
6	Homero Blancas	67	69	68	66	-14	270	$7,200
7	Johnny Miller	69	67	68	67	-13	271	$6,150
7	Andy North	66	69	67	69	-13	271	$6,150
9	Ray Floyd	67	69	71	65	-12	272	$5,200
9	Gary Player	69	68	69	66	-12	272	$5,200
11	Jim Simons	71	69	70	63	-11	273	$4,400
11	Mike Hill	66	71	68	68	-11	273	$4,400
13	Jerry Heard	67	69	73	65	-10	274	$3,400
13	Joe Inman	68	70	67	69	-10	274	$3,400
13	Lee Trevino	72	65	68	69	-10	274	$3,400
13	David Glenz	66	71	66	71	-10	274	$3,400
13	Al Geiberger	69	69	64	72	-10	274	$3,400
18	Art Wall	71	69	72	63	-9	275	$2,400
18	Dennis Meyer	64	73	72	66	-9	275	$2,400
18	Don January	68	68	69	70	-9	275	$2,400
18	Terry Dill	70	66	67	72	-9	275	$2,400
22	Rod Curl	70	70	69	67	-8	276	$1,725
22	Sam Adams	71	69	67	69	-8	276	$1,725
22	Dave Stockton	69	67	70	70	-8	276	$1,725
25	Austin Straub	65	71	72	69	-7	277	$1,725
25	Bob Murphy	70	69	71	67	-7	277	$1,480
25	Lanny Wadkins	73	69	66	69	-7	277	$1,480
25	Jerry McGee	69	70	68	70	-7	277	$1,480
29	Bob Zender	67	74	69	68	-6	278	$1,270
29	Ken Still	69	71	70	68	-6	278	$1,270
29	Tim Collins	69	71	69	69	-6	278	$1,270
29	Barney Thompson	70	69	69	70	-6	278	$1,270
33	Bob Shaw	70	71	71	67	-5	279	$999
33	Randy Feather	70	72	68	69	-5	279	$999
33	Chi Chi Rodriguez	72	69	68	70	-5	279	$999
33	Bob Wynn	72	69	68	70	-5	279	$999
33	Steve Melnyk	70	72	66	71	-5	279	$999
33	Lou Graham	67	67	71	74	-5	279	$999
33	Tom Shaw	68	67	69	75	-5	279	$999
40	Allen Miller	71	68	73	68	-4	280	$760
40	Peter Oosterhuis	72	68	72	68	-4	280	$760
40	Leonard Thompson	73	69	69	69	-4	280	$760
40	Bob Goalby	67	71	71	71	-4	280	$760
44	George Knudson	70	71	72	68	-3	281	$540
44	Bob Eastwood	68	72	72	69	-3	281	$540
44	Bert Greene	70	70	72	69	-3	281	$540
44	Rick Rhoads	69	69	73	70	-3	281	$540
44	Bobby Cole	70	69	71	71	-3	281	$540
44	Larry Ziegler	72	70	68	71	-3	281	$540
44	Doug Sanders	69	70	70	72	-3	281	$540
44	Bobby Walzel	69	69	70	73	-3	281	$540
44	Billy Ziobro	70	69	69	73	-3	281	$540
53	Bob Erickson	71	70	73	68	-2	282	$445
53	Bob Unger	71	68	74	69	-2	282	$445
53	Tony Jacklin	73	69	69	71	-2	282	$445
53	Jay Horton	71	69	71	71	-2	282	$445
57	Perry Leslie	70	72	72	69	-1	283	$420
58	Nate Starks	70	71	70	73	Even	284	$400
58	Sammy Rachels	68	71	72	73	Even	284	$400
58	Ron Cerrudo	71	71	67	75	Even	284	$400
61	Laurie Hammer	68	73	75	69	+1	285	$350
61	Bob Benson	70	70	74	71	+1	285	$350
61	Mike Morley	70	69	74	72	+1	285	$350
61	George Cadle	73	68	72	72	+1	285	$350
61	Jim Wiechers	71	71	70	73	+1	285	$350
61	Richard Crawford	69	72	68	76	+1	285	$350
61	Ed Dougherty	69	70	69	77	+1	285	$350
68	Artie McNickle	71	70	73	72	+2	286	$153
68	Gary Groh	71	70	73	72	+2	286	$153
68	George Archer	68	73	70	75	+2	286	$153
68	Bobby Heins	69	73	67	77	+2	286	$153
72	Labron Harris	70	71	70	77	+4	288	$0
73	Chuck Courtney	70	68	78	73	+5	289	$0
74	Mike Long	68	73	75	74	+6	290	$0
75	Ras Allen	71	71	76	76	+10	294	$0

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Arnold Salinas	72	71	0	0	+1	143	$0
	Butch Baird	70	73	0	0	+1	143	$0
	Frank Beard	72	71	0	0	+1	143	$0
	Gary McCord	71	72	0	0	+1	143	$0
	Gil Morgan	71	72	0	0	+1	143	$0
	Jim Marshall	74	69	0	0	+1	143	$0
	John Wells	67	76	0	0	+1	143	$0
	Randy Erskine	71	72	0	0	+1	143	$0
	David Graham	70	74	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Dennis Coscina	74	70	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Doug Tewell	68	76	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Gay Brewer	72	72	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Jim Barber	71	73	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Jim Colbert	72	72	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Joe Carr	73	71	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Lyn Lott	74	70	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Mike Wynn	70	74	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Tommy Aaron	73	71	0	0	+2	144	$0
	Ben Kern	73	72	0	0	+3	145	$0
	Jim Dent	75	70	0	0	+3	145	$0
	John Toepel	75	70	0	0	+3	145	$0
	Lee Elder	71	74	0	0	+3	145	$0
	Rex Caldwell	70	75	0	0	+3	145	$0
	Roger Maltbie	73	72	0	0	+3	145	$0
	Terry Diehl	70	75	0	0	+3	145	$0
	Charles Sifford	77	69	0	0	+4	146	$0
	Eddie Thomas	78	68	0	0	+4	146	$0
	John Lister	70	76	0	0	+4	146	$0
	Rocky Thompson	74	72	0	0	+4	146	$0
	Charles Owens	73	74	0	0	+5	147	$0
	Don Parson	74	73	0	0	+5	147	$0
	Fuzzy Zoeller	71	76	0	0	+5	147	$0
	Jim Masserio	73	74	0	0	+5	147	$0
	Dan Halldorson	77	71	0	0	+6	148	$0
	Dave Eichelberger	72	76	0	0	+6	148	$0
	Jim Ahern	76	72	0	0	+6	148	$0
	Jimmy Wittenberg	74	74	0	0	+6	148	$0
	John Schamp	78	70	0	0	+6	148	$0
	Mike Mitchell	73	75	0	0	+6	148	$0
	Pat McDonald	75	73	0	0	+6	148	$0
	Bobby Greenwood	74	75	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Curtis Sifford	76	73	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Jim Bullard	76	73	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Dwight Nevil	74	76	0	0	+8	150	$0
	Ed Sabo	73	77	0	0	+8	150	$0
	Pete Brown	74	76	0	0	+8	150	$0
	Greg Hughes	74	77	0	0	+9	151	$0
	John Abendroth	78	73	0	0	+9	151	$0
	Rafe Botts	73	78	0	0	+9	151	$0
	Bob Risch	76	76	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Bruce Lietzke	74	78	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Ken Merscheim	75	77	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Ross Randall	76	76	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Bobby Phillips	75	78	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Tom Purtzer	74	79	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Dick Mast	76	78	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Joey Dills	76	79	0	0	+13	155	$0
WD	Forrest Fezler	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Marty Fleckman	82	0	0	0	+11	82	$0

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