Tom Watson(E)

Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus

The "Duel in the Sun" — Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus played the greatest head-to-head contest in major championship history. Watson and Nicklaus were paired together for the final two rounds and both played brilliant golf. Watson shot 65-65 to Nicklaus's 65-66 in rounds three and four. Watson won by a single stroke. Hubert Green finished third, ten strokes behind.