1976 PGA Tour

The 1976 PGA Tour was the 61st season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the eighth season since separating from the PGA of America.

1976 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 8, 1976 (1976-01-08) – November 7, 1976 (1976-11-07)
Number of official events45
Most wins Ben Crenshaw (3)
Johnny Miller (3)
Hubert Green (3)
Money list Jack Nicklaus
PGA Player of the Year Jack Nicklaus
← 1975
1977 →

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 OpenArizona200,000 Johnny Miller (16)
Jan 18Phoenix OpenArizona200,000 Bob Gilder (1)
Jan 25Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia185,000 Ben Crenshaw (2)Pro-Am
Feb 1Hawaiian OpenHawaii230,000 Ben Crenshaw (3)
Feb 8Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia180,000 Johnny Miller (17)Pro-Am
Feb 15Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia180,000 J. C. Snead (5)
Feb 22Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia185,000 Hale Irwin (6)
Mar 1Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida300,000 Jack Nicklaus (60)Special event
Mar 7Florida Citrus OpenFlorida200,000 Hale Irwin (7)
Mar 14Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida200,000 Hubert Green (9)
Mar 21Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida175,000 Hubert Green (10)
Mar 28Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina215,000 Hubert Green (11)Invitational
Apr 4Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina230,000 Al Geiberger (8)
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia200,000 Raymond Floyd (7)Major championship
Apr 11Magnolia ClassicMississippi35,000 Dennis Meyer (n/a)Second Tour[lower-alpha 2]
Apr 18MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia225,000 Don January (10)Winners-only event
Apr 18Tallahassee OpenFlorida80,000 Gary Koch (1)Alternate event
Apr 25First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisiana175,000 Larry Ziegler (3)
May 2Houston OpenTexas200,000 Lee Elder (2)
May 9Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas200,000 Mark Hayes (1)
May 16Colonial National InvitationTexas200,000 Lee Trevino (21)Invitational
May 23Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee200,000 Gibby Gilbert (2)
May 30Memorial TournamentOhio200,000 Roger Maltbie (3)New tournament
Invitational
Jun 6IVB-Bicentennial Golf ClassicPennsylvania200,000 Tom Kite (1)
Jun 13Kemper OpenNorth Carolina250,000 Joe Inman (1)
Jun 20U.S. OpenGeorgia210,000 Jerry Pate (1)Major championship
Jun 27Western OpenIllinois200,000 Al Geiberger (9)
Jul 4Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin130,000 Dave Hill (13)
Jul 10The Open ChampionshipEngland£75,000 Johnny Miller (18)Major championship[lower-alpha 3]
Jul 11Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinois100,000 John Lister (1)Alternate event
Jul 18American Express Westchester ClassicNew York300,000 David Graham (2)
Jul 25Canadian OpenCanada200,000 Jerry Pate (2)
Aug 1Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusetts200,000 Buddy Allin (5)
Aug 8B.C. OpenNew York200,000 Bob Wynn (1)
Aug 16PGA ChampionshipMaryland250,000 Dave Stockton (10)Major championship
Aug 22Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut210,000 Rik Massengale (2)
Aug 29American Golf ClassicOhio200,000 David Graham (3)
Aug 29Buick OpenMichigan60,000 Ed Sabo (n/a)Second Tour[lower-alpha 2]
Sep 5World Series of GolfOhio400,000 Jack Nicklaus (61)Upgraded to official event
Limited-field event
Sep 12World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth Carolina200,000 Raymond Floyd (8)
Sep 19Ohio Kings Island OpenOhio150,000 Ben Crenshaw (4)
Sep 26Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia175,000 J. C. Snead (6)
Oct 3Sahara InvitationalNevada135,000 George Archer (12)
Oct 17San Antonio Texas OpenTexas125,000 Butch Baird (2)
Oct 24Southern OpenGeorgia125,000 Mac McLendon (2)
Nov 1Pensacola OpenFlorida125,000 Mark Hayes (2)
Nov 7Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida200,000 Woody Blackburn (1) and
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 Seve Ballesteros and
Manuel Piñero		 Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy 2,100 Ernesto Pérez Acosta

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Jack Nicklaus266,438
2 Ben Crenshaw257,759
3 Hale Irwin252,718
4 Hubert Green228,031
5 Al Geiberger194,821
6 J. C. Snead192,645
7 Raymond Floyd178,318
8 David Graham176,174
9 Don January163,622
10 Jerry Pate153,102

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
PGA Player of the Year Jack Nicklaus[3]
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy) Don January[4]

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.
  3. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References
  1. "1977 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  2. "PGA Money leaders". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. December 26, 1976. p. 92. Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Green, Bob (December 26, 1976). "Nicklaus wins player of year, not major events". Great Falls Tribune. Great Falls, Montana. p. 17. Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Greene, Jerry (December 23, 1976). "Golf". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. p. 78 (3-C in paper). Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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