1976 PGA Championship

1976 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 12–16, 1976
Location	Bethesda, Maryland
Course(s)	Congressional Country Club Blue Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,054 yards (6,450 m)^[1]
Field	138 players, 76 after cut^[2]
Cut	149 (+9)
Prize fund	$250,950
Winner's share	$45,000
Champion
Dave Stockton
281 (+1)
«1975 1977»

Congressional
Country Club

Location in the United States

Congressional
Country Club

Location in Maryland

The 1976 PGA Championship was the 58th PGA Championship, played August 12–16 at Congressional Country Club (Blue Course) in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C. Held six weeks following the United States Bicentennial, it was the second major at Congressional; the U.S. Open was conducted twelve years earlier in 1964.

Dave Stockton, the 1970 champion, sank a 15-foot (5 m) foot putt to save par on the 72nd hole to win his second PGA Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Raymond Floyd and Don January.^[3] The final round was delayed to Monday for the first time, due to weather.^[2] Stockton's final putt averted the first sudden-death playoff in major championship history,^[4]^[5] which came a year later at the 1977 PGA Championship.

Defending champion Jack Nicklaus uncharacteristically shot a final round 74 (+4) and finished two strokes back, in a tie for fourth. Third round leader Charles Coody shot 77 and fell into a tie for eighth.^[3]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Dave Stockton	United States	1970	70	72	69	70	281	+1	1
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969	72	68	71	71	282	+2	T2
Don January	United States	1967	70	69	71	72	282	+2	T2
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973, 1975	71	69	69	74	283	+3	T4
Gary Player	South Africa	1962, 1972	70	69	72	75	286	+6	T13

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lee Trevino	United States	1974	70	80	150	+10
Doug Ford	United States	1955	77	73	150	+10
Al Geiberger	United States	1966	78	72	150	+10
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	77	73	150	+10
Julius Boros	United States	1968	72	79	151	+11
Sam Snead	United States	1942, 1949, 1951	75	76	151	+11
Bobby Nichols	United States	1964	74	79	153	+13
Jay Hebert	United States	1960	83	76	159	+19
Jerry Barber	United States	1961	80	83	163	+23

Source:^[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 12, 1976

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tom Weiskopf	United States	65	−5
T2	Tom Kite	United States	66	−4
T2	Gil Morgan	United States	66	−4
T4	Charles Coody	United States	68	−2
	Lee Elder	United States
	Jerry McGee	United States
T7	Mark Hayes	United States	69	−1
	Hale Irwin	United States
	Mike Morley	United States
	Jerry Pate	United States
	Bob Zender	United States

Source:^[7]

Second round

Friday, August 13, 1976

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gil Morgan	United States	66-68=134	−6
2	Tom Kite	United States	66-72=138	−2
T3	Don January	United States	70-69=139	−1
	Gary Player	South Africa	70-69=139
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	65-74=139
T6	Bill Collins	United States	70-70=140	E
	Charles Coody	United States	68-72=140
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-69=140
	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-68=140
	Gene Littler	United States	71-69=140
	Jerry McGee	United States	68-72=140
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-69=140
	Bob Zender	United States	69-71=140

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, August 14, 1976
Sunday, August 15, 1976

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Charles Coody	United States	68-72-67=207	−3
T2	Gil Morgan	United States	66-68-75=209	−1
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-69-69=209	−1
4	Don January	United States	70-69-71=210	E
T5	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-68-71=211	+1
	David Graham	Australia	70-71-70=211
	Tom Kite	United States	66-72-73=211
	Gary Player	South Africa	70-69-72=211
	Dave Stockton	United States	70-72-69=211
T10	Lee Elder	United States	68-74-70=212	+2
	Jerry McGee	United States	68-72-72=212
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	65-74-73=212

Source:^[8]

Final round

Sunday, August 15, 1976 (cancelled)
Monday, August 16, 1976

After the third round was completed on Sunday morning, the fourth round was begun but then scratched due to weather; the partial scores were cancelled with a fresh start on Monday.^[9]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Dave Stockton	United States	70-72-69-70=281	+1	45,000
T2	Raymond Floyd	United States	72-68-71-71=282	+2	20,000
T2	Don January	United States	70-69-71-72=282	+2	20,000
T4	David Graham	Australia	70-71-70-72=283	+3	9,750
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-69-69-74=283
	Jerry Pate	United States	69-73-72-69=283
	John Schlee	United States	72-71-70-70=283
T8	Charles Coody	United States	68-72-67-77=284	+4	6,000
	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-69-74-70=284
	Jerry McGee	United States	68-72-72-72=284
	Gil Morgan	United States	66-68-75-75=284
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	65-74-73-72=284

Source:^[5]^[10]

References

↑ "Grim Jack set for PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 12, 1976. p. 12.
1 2 "Tournament Info for: 1976 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
1 2 "Stockton snatches PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 17, 1976. p. 12.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (August 23, 1976). "Swinging in the rain". Sports Illustrated. p. 8.
1 2 "Stockton anticipated PGA win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 17, 1976. p. D1.
1 2 "Dr. Gil stakes big margin 'Don't feel any pressure'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 14, 1978. p. 13.
↑ "Riled Weiskopf's 65 claims first-round PGA leadership". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 13, 1976. p. 27.
↑ "P.G.A. results". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. August 16, 1972. p. 13.
↑ "Nicklaus' birdie erased, fishing too". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 16, 1976. p. 11.
↑ "1976 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

External links

About.com – 1976 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1976 PGA Championship

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