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.

1976 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 8, 1976 (1976-01-08) – November 7, 1976 (1976-11-07)
Number of official events45
Most wins3:
United States Ben Crenshaw
United States Johnny Miller
United States Hubert Green
Money winnerUnited States Jack Nicklaus
Player of the YearUnited States Jack Nicklaus
← 1975
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1976 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner(s)[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 11NBC Tucson OpenArizona200,000United States Johnny Miller (16)
Jan 18Phoenix OpenArizona200,000United States Bob Gilder (1)
Jan 25Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia185,000United States Ben Crenshaw (2)Pro-Am
Feb 1Hawaiian OpenHawaii230,000United States Ben Crenshaw (3)
Feb 8Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia180,000United States Johnny Miller (17)Pro-Am
Feb 15Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia180,000United States J. C. Snead (5)
Feb 22Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia185,000United States Hale Irwin (6)
Mar 1Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida300,000United States Jack Nicklaus (60)Special event
Mar 7Florida Citrus OpenFlorida200,000United States Hale Irwin (7)
Mar 14Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida200,000United States Hubert Green (9)
Mar 21Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida175,000United States Hubert Green (10)
Mar 28Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina215,000United States Hubert Green (11)Invitational
Apr 4Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina230,000United States Al Geiberger (8)
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia200,000United States Raymond Floyd (7)Major championship
Apr 11Magnolia ClassicMississippi35,000United States Dennis Meyer (n/a)Second Tour[lower-alpha 2]
Apr 18MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia225,000United States Don January (10)Winners-only event
Apr 18Tallahassee OpenFlorida80,000United States Gary Koch (1)Alternate event
Apr 25First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisiana175,000United States Larry Ziegler (3)
May 2Houston OpenTexas200,000United States Lee Elder (2)
May 9Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas200,000United States Mark Hayes (1)
May 16Colonial National InvitationTexas200,000United States Lee Trevino (21)Invitational
May 23Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee200,000United States Gibby Gilbert (2)
May 30Memorial TournamentOhio200,000United States Roger Maltbie (3)New tournament
Invitational
Jun 6IVB-Bicentennial Golf ClassicPennsylvania200,000United States Tom Kite (1)
Jun 13Kemper OpenNorth Carolina250,000United States Joe Inman (1)
Jun 20U.S. OpenGeorgia210,000United States Jerry Pate (1)Major championship
Jun 27Western OpenIllinois200,000United States Al Geiberger (9)
Jul 4Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin130,000United States Dave Hill (13)
Jul 10The Open ChampionshipEngland£75,000United States Johnny Miller (18)Major championship
Jul 11Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinois100,000New Zealand John Lister (1)Alternate event
Jul 18American Express Westchester ClassicNew York300,000Australia David Graham (2)
Jul 25Canadian OpenCanada200,000United States Jerry Pate (2)
Aug 1Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusetts200,000United States Buddy Allin (5)
Aug 8B.C. OpenNew York200,000United States Bob Wynn (1)
Aug 16PGA ChampionshipMaryland250,000United States Dave Stockton (10)Major championship
Aug 22Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut210,000United States Rik Massengale (2)
Aug 29American Golf ClassicOhio200,000Australia David Graham (3)
Aug 29Buick OpenMichigan60,000United States Ed Sabo (n/a)Second Tour[lower-alpha 2]
Sep 5World Series of GolfOhio400,000United States Jack Nicklaus (61)Upgraded to official event
Limited-field event
Sep 12World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth Carolina200,000United States Raymond Floyd (8)
Sep 19Ohio Kings Island OpenOhio150,000United States Ben Crenshaw (4)
Sep 26Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia175,000United States J. C. Snead (6)
Oct 3Sahara InvitationalNevada135,000United States George Archer (12)
Oct 17San Antonio Texas OpenTexas125,000United States Butch Baird (2)
Oct 24Southern OpenGeorgia125,000United States Mac McLendon (2)
Nov 1Pensacola OpenFlorida125,000United States Mark Hayes (2)
Nov 7Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida200,000United States Woody Blackburn (1) and
United States Billy Kratzert (1)		Team event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winner(s) Notes
Dec 12 World Cup California 4,200 Spain Seve Ballesteros and
Spain Manuel Piñero		 Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy 2,100 Mexico Ernesto Pérez Acosta

Awards
AwardWinner
Money winnerUnited States Jack Nicklaus
PGA Player of the YearUnited States Jack Nicklaus
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)United States Don January

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  2. Official money; unofficial win.

References
  1. "1977 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour.
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