1976 PGA Tour

The 1976 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 7. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Ben Crenshaw, Johnny Miller, and Hubert Green won the most tournaments, three, and there were eight first-time winners. Hubert Green's wins were in three consecutive weeks in March. Johnny Miller won the first event of the year for the third consecutive year. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1976 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 11NBC Tucson OpenArizonaUnited States Johnny Miller (16)274 (−14)40,000
Jan 18Phoenix OpenArizonaUnited States Bob Gilder (1)268 (−16)40,000
Jan 25Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCaliforniaUnited States Ben Crenshaw (2)281 (−7)37,000
Feb 1Hawaiian OpenHawaiiUnited States Ben Crenshaw (3)270 (−18)46,000
Feb 8Bob Hope Desert ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Johnny Miller (17)344 (−16)36,000
Feb 15Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States J. C. Snead (5)272 (−16)36,000
Feb 22Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCaliforniaUnited States Hale Irwin (6)272 (−12)37,000
Mar 1Tournament Players ChampionshipFloridaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (60)269 (−19)60,000
Mar 7Florida Citrus OpenFloridaUnited States Hale Irwin (7)270 (−18)40,000
Mar 14Doral-Eastern OpenFloridaUnited States Hubert Green (9)270 (−18)40,000
Mar 21Greater Jacksonville OpenFloridaUnited States Hubert Green (10)276 (−12)35,000
Mar 28Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth CarolinaUnited States Hubert Green (11)274 (−10)43,000
Apr 4Greater Greensboro OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Al Geiberger (8)268 (−16)46,000
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgiaUnited States Raymond Floyd (7)271 (−17)40,000
Apr 18MONY Tournament of ChampionsCaliforniaUnited States Don January (10)277 (−11)45,000
Apr 18Tallahassee OpenFloridaUnited States Gary Koch (1)277 (−11)16,000
Apr 25First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisianaUnited States Larry Ziegler (3)274 (−14)35,000
May 2Houston OpenTexasUnited States Lee Elder (2)278 (−10)40,000
May 9Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexasUnited States Mark Hayes (1)273 (−11)40,000
May 16Colonial National InvitationTexasUnited States Lee Trevino (21)273 (−7)40,000
May 23Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennesseeUnited States Gibby Gilbert (2)273 (−15)40,000
May 30Memorial TournamentOhioUnited States Roger Maltbie (3)288 (E)40,000
Jun 6IVB-Bicentennial Golf ClassicPennsylvaniaUnited States Tom Kite (1)277 (−7)40,000
Jun 13Kemper OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Joe Inman (1)277 (−11)50,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenGeorgiaUnited States Jerry Pate (1)277 (−3)42,000
Jun 27Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Al Geiberger (9)288 (+4)40,000
Jul 4Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsinUnited States Dave Hill (13)270 (−18)26,000
Jul 10British OpenEnglandUnited States Johnny Miller (18)279 (−9)13,500
Jul 11Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinoisNew Zealand John Lister (1)268 (−16)20,000
Jul 18American Express Westchester ClassicNew YorkAustralia David Graham (2)272 (−12)60,000
Jul 25Canadian OpenCanadaUnited States Jerry Pate (2)267 (−13)40,000
Aug 1Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Bud Allin (5)277 (−7)40,000
Aug 8B.C. OpenNew YorkUnited States Bob Wynn (1)271 (−13)40,000
Aug 16PGA ChampionshipMarylandUnited States Dave Stockton (10)281 (+1)45,000
Aug 22Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticutUnited States Rik Massengale (2)266 (−18)42,000
Aug 29American Golf ClassicOhioAustralia David Graham (3)274 (−14)40,000
Sep 5World Series of GolfOhioUnited States Jack Nicklaus (61)275 (−5)100,000
Sep 12World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth CarolinaUnited States Raymond Floyd (8)274 (−10)40,000
Sep 19Ohio Kings Island OpenOhioUnited States Ben Crenshaw (4)271 (−9)30,000
Sep 26Kaiser International Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States J. C. Snead (6)274 (−14)35,000
Oct 3Sahara InvitationalNevadaUnited States George Archer (12)271 (−13)27,000
Oct 17San Antonio Texas OpenTexasUnited States Butch Baird (2)273 (−15)25,000
Oct 24Southern OpenGeorgiaUnited States Mac McLendon (2)274 (−6)25,000
Nov 1Pensacola OpenFloridaUnited States Mark Hayes (2)275 (−9)25,000
Nov 7Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFloridaUnited States Woody Blackburn (1)
United States Billy Kratzert (1)
260 (−28)20,000
(each)

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerJack Nicklaus United States
PGA Player of the YearJack Nicklaus United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Don January United States
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