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 Notes
Jan 11NBC Tucson OpenArizona Johnny Miller 274 40,000
Jan 18Phoenix OpenArizona Bob Gilder 268 40,000
Jan 25Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Ben Crenshaw 281 37,000
Feb 1Hawaiian OpenHawaii Ben Crenshaw 270 46,000
Feb 8Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Johnny Miller 344 36,000
Feb 15Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia J. C. Snead 272 36,000
Feb 22Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Hale Irwin 272 37,000
Mar 1Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Jack Nicklaus 269 60,000
Mar 7Florida Citrus OpenFlorida Hale Irwin 270 40,000
Mar 14Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Hubert Green 270 40,000
Mar 21Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Hubert Green 276 35,000
Mar 28Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Hubert Green 274 43,000
Apr 4Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Al Geiberger 268 46,000
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia Raymond Floyd 271 40,000
Apr 11Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Dennis Meyer 271 7,000Satellite event
Apr 18MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Don January 277 45,000
Apr 18Tallahassee OpenFlorida Gary Koch 277 16,000Alternate event
Apr 25First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisiana Larry Ziegler 274 35,000
May 2Houston OpenTexas Lee Elder 278 40,000
May 9Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Mark Hayes 273 40,000
May 16Colonial National InvitationTexas Lee Trevino 273 40,000
May 23Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Gibby Gilbert 273 40,000
May 30Memorial TournamentOhio Roger Maltbie 288 40,000
Jun 6IVB-Bicentennial Golf ClassicPennsylvania Tom Kite 277 40,000
Jun 13Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Joe Inman 277 50,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenGeorgia Jerry Pate 277 42,000
Jun 27Western OpenIllinois Al Geiberger 288 40,000
Jul 4Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Dave Hill 270 26,000
Jul 10British OpenEngland Johnny Miller 279 13,500
Jul 11Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinois John Lister 268 20,000
Jul 18American Express Westchester ClassicNew York David Graham 272 60,000
Jul 25Canadian OpenCanada Jerry Pate 267 40,000
Aug 1Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusetts Bud Allin 277 40,000
Aug 8B.C. OpenNew York Bob Wynn 271 40,000
Aug 16PGA ChampionshipMaryland Dave Stockton 281 45,000
Aug 22Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Rik Massengale 266 42,000
Aug 29American Golf ClassicOhio David Graham 274 40,000
Sep 5World Series of GolfOhio Jack Nicklaus 275 100,000
Sep 12World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth Carolina Raymond Floyd 274 40,000
Sep 19Ohio Kings Island OpenOhio Ben Crenshaw 271 30,000
Sep 26Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia J. C. Snead 274 35,000
Oct 3Sahara InvitationalNevada George Archer 271 27,000
Oct 17San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Butch Baird 273 25,000
Oct 24Southern OpenGeorgia Mac McLendon 274 25,000
Nov 1Pensacola OpenFlorida Mark Hayes 275 25,000
Nov 7Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida Woody Blackburn
Billy Kratzert 		260 20,000

Awards