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CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR FEATURES "JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: THE 1975 MASTERS(R)" ON SUNDAY, APRIL 10

CBS Sports will broadcast a CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR special JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: THE 1975 MASTERS® on Sunday, April 10 (1:00-2:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.   Jim Nantz, this year covering his 26th Masters for CBS Sports, and 24th as host, revisits one of the most memorable showdowns in golf history - the 1975 Masters - when Jack Nicklaus fended off Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller through the final holes to win the coveted green jacket.  Nicklaus sank a 40-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole that proved to be the difference in his record fifth Masters victory.  

 

"Back in 1975 people didn't have TiVo or DVRs to be able to record events if they missed them on television," said Nantz.  "This is a rare mulligan for people to look back and experience this historic tournament.  It is a privilege to bring back the 1975 Masters, considered by many golf purists to have been the most dramatic final round in the history of this storied event."

 

This one-hour special includes a conversation with six-time Masters champion Nicklaus, as well as Weiskopf and Miller, as each relives that classic Sunday afternoon in April 1975.

 

JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: THE 1975 MASTERS is produced and directed by Chris Svendsen.  The Executive Producer is Jim Nantz. 

 

About Jim Nantz Productions: 

Jim Nantz Productions was established in 2005.  This year's retrospective on the 1975 Masters is Nantz's sixth production of the Emmy Award-nominated series.  On Masters Sunday, April 9, 2006, JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA re-aired the 1986 Masters that featured Jack Nicklaus's epic victory. In 2007, JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: THE 1960 MASTERS featured Arnold Palmer's historic win which was, for the first time, re-broadcast and colorized.  THE 1960 MASTERS special was nominated for a 2007 Sports Emmy Award for the George Wensel Technical Achievement Award.  In 2008, JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: THE 1978 MASTERS featured Gary Player's improbable win; in 2009, JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: SEVE AT THE MASTERS looked back on one of the game's and the Masters' greatest players, Seve Ballesteros; and in 2010 JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: THE 1977 MASTERS told the story of the classic showdown between Tom Watson holding off Jack Nicklaus for the victory.

 

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