1976 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1976 Masters Tournament 1976_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1976 Masters Guide April 8–11, 1976 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 7030 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PE0NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4167%2C1247031 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Floyd enjoys a Sunday stroll April 12, 1976 16 72 players, 47 after cut 150 (+6) $40,000 USA Raymond Floyd 271 (−17) 1975 1977 USA#USA Georgia yes Augusta National Location in the United States##Location in Georgia 33.503 N 82.020 W type:event inline,title The 1976 Masters Tournament was the 40th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Raymond Floyd won his only Masters title, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw.https://www.si.com/vault/1976/04/19/614806/it-was-ray-all-the-way Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins It was Ray all the way April 16, 1977 18 December 11, 2017 October 9, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191009005541/https://www.si.com/vault/1976/04/19/614806/it-was-ray-all-the-way dead He shot a 131 (−13) over the first two rounds,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CahVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6124%2C2372955 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Ray Floyd's 5-wood strangling Masters April 10, 1976 1B then posted two rounds of 70 on the weekend to tie Jack Nicklaus' record of 271 (−17), set in 1965. In the first three rounds, Floyd was under-par on every par-5, with eleven birdies and an eagle, and his 54-hole total of 201 (−15) was the lowest ever. Defending champion Nicklaus was the nearest pursuer, eight shots back at 209.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CqhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6302%2C2626612 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Eight ahead, Floyd looks like a safe bet April 11, 1976 1C It was the second of Floyd's four major titles. Tiger Woods broke the 72-hole record by a stroke 21 years later in 1997 with 270 (−18), which was tied by Jordan Spieth in 2015. Beginning with this Masters, a sudden-death playoff format was introduced, and originally planned to start at the first hole.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d0k0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=L2cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5698%2C2476902 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida Associated Press Masters goes to sudden death February 6, 1976 2E After three years without use, it was changed to begin on the 10th hole in 1979;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qe5dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eV8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1209%2C2015187 Observer-Reporter Washington, Pennsylvania Associated Press In sudden death, Masters playoff shifts to no. 10 April 11, 1979 D2 used for the first time that year, it ended on the eleventh green. In 2004, the playoff was changed to start on the 18th hole and then alternate with the adjacent 10th hole.https://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/07/golf.usmasters/ CNN.com Masters playoff format is changed April 7, 2004 April 7, 2013 Prior to 1976, playoffs were full 18-hole rounds on Monday, and the last was won by Billy Casper in 1970. The first playoff in 1935 was the exception at 36 holes. Floyd was the fourth wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, following Craig Wood in 1941, Arnold Palmer in 1960, and Nicklaus in 1972. The next was Jordan Spieth, 39 years later, in 2015. Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper (8,10,11,12), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9), Gary Player (3,4), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr. (8,11) Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Lou Graham (9,12), Hale Irwin (8,9,10,11,12), Johnny Miller (8,11,12), Lee Trevino (3,4,8,12) 3. The Open champions (last five years) Tom Watson (8,9,11), Tom Weiskopf (8,10,11,12) 4. PGA champions (last five years) 5. 1975 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Henri DeLozier (a), Keith Fergus (a), Fred Ridley (6,a) Andy Bean forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Vinny Giles (7,a) Jerry Pate (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 7. Members of the 1975 U.S. Walker Cup team William C. Campbell (a), John Grace (a), Jay Haas (a), Dick Siderowf (a), Curtis Strange (a) George Burns, Gary Koch, and Craig Stadler forfeited their exemptions by turning professional. 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1975 Masters Tournament Buddy Allin, Rod Curl, Pat Fitzsimons (9), Hubert Green (11), Dave Hill (10,11), Ralph Johnston, Tom Kite, Gene Littler (10,11,12), Allen Miller, Bobby Nichols, J. C. Snead (11,12), Larry Ziegler 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1975 U.S. Open Frank Beard, Ben Crenshaw (11), Joe Inman, John Mahaffey, Rik Massengale (11), Bob Murphy (12), Eddie Pearce, Jim Wiechers 10. Top eight players and ties from 1975 PGA Championship Andy North 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Don Bies, Jim Colbert, Raymond Floyd (12), Al Geiberger (12), Bob Gilder, Don Iverson, Don January, Tom Jenkins, Roger Maltbie, Jerry McGee, Dean Refram 12. Members of the U.S. 1975 Ryder Cup team 13. Foreign invitations Hugh Baiocchi (8), Maurice Bembridge, Bobby Cole (8), Bruce Crampton (10,11), Bruce Devlin (8), Priscillo Diniz (a), Dale Hayes, Graham Marsh (8), Takashi Murakami, Jack Newton, Peter Oosterhuis (9), Masashi Ozaki, Bob Shearer Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 8, 1976 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Raymond Floyd 65 −72 USA Andy North 66 −6T3 USA Jack Nicklaus 67 −5 USA Larry Ziegler 5 USA Lou Graham 68 −4T6 USA Bud Allin 69 −3 USA Dave Hill T8 USA Ben Crenshaw 70 −2 USA Rod Curl USA Rik Massengale Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=43hQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2xEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2921%2C1505364 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Floyd a new man with Masters lead April 9, 1976 1, part 2 Second round Friday, April 9, 1976 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Raymond Floyd 65-66=131 −132 USA Jack Nicklaus 67-69=136 −8 3 USA Hubert Green 71-66=137 −74 USA Larry Ziegler 67-71=138 −6T5 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-70=140 −4 USA Tom Kite 73-67=140T7 USA Charles Coody 72-69=141 −3 USA Lou Graham 68-73=141 AUS Graham Marsh 73-68=141 T10 USA Dave Hill 69-73=142 −2 USA Rik Massengale 70-72=142 USA Eddie Pearce 71-71=142 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O00NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5590%2C1126000 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Golf: Masters, at Augusta April 10, 1976 10 Third round Saturday, April 10, 1976 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Raymond Floyd 65-66-70=201 −152 USA Jack Nicklaus 67-69-73=209 −7 3 USA Larry Ziegler 67-71-72=210 −64 USA Charles Coody 72-69-70=211 −5T5 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-70-72=212 −4 USA Tom Kite 73-67-72=2127 USA Lou Graham 68-73-72=213 −38 USA Tom Weiskopf 73-71-70=214 −2T9 USA Hubert Green 71-66-78=215 −1 USA Hale Irwin 71-77-67=215 Source: Final round Sunday, April 11, 1976 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Raymond Floyd 65-66-70-70=271 −17 40,0002 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-70-72-67=279 −9 25,000T3 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 67-69-73-73=282 −6 16,250 USA Larry Ziegler 67-71-72-72=282T5 USA Charles Coody (c) 72-69-70-74=285 −3 11,167 USA Hale Irwin 71-77-67-70=285 USA Tom Kite 73-67-72-73=2858 USA Billy Casper (c) 71-76-71-69=287 −1 8,000T9 USA Roger Maltbie 72-75-70-71=288 E 6,000 AUS Graham Marsh 73-68-75-72=288 USA Tom Weiskopf 73-71-70-74=288 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA Jim Colbert 71-72-74-72=289 +1 3,567 USA Lou Graham 68-73-72-76=289 USA Gene Littler 71-72-74-72=289T15 USA Al Geiberger 75-70-73-73=291 +3 2,950 USA Dave Hill 69-73-76-73=291 USA Jerry McGee 71-73-72-75=291USA Curtis Strange (a) 71-76-73-71=291 0T19 USA Buddy Allin 69-76-72-75=292 +4 2,550 AUS Bruce Devlin 77-69-72-74=292 USA Hubert Green 71-66-78-77=292 ZAF 1928 Dale Hayes 75-74-73-70=292T23 USA Gay Brewer (c) 75-74-71-73=293 +5 2,225 USA Rik Massengale 70-72-78-73=293 USA Johnny Miller 71-73-74-75=293 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 76-74-75-68=29327 AUS Bruce Crampton 74-76-71-73=294 +6 2,000T28 USA Bob Murphy 72-74-76-73=295 +7 1,950 USA Eddie Pearce 71-71-79-74=295 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 73-73-70-79=295 USA Lee Trevino 75-75-69-76=295 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 74-71-75-75=295T33 USA Don January 73-74-76-73=296 +8 1,900 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 72-75-75-74=296 USA Tom Watson 77-73-76-70=29636 USA Joe Inman 74-75-71-77=297 +9 1,850T37 JPN 1947 Takashi Murakami 74-71-80-73=298 +10 1,800 USA Andy North 66-81-75-76=298T39 USA Bob Gilder 71-75-76-77=299 +11 1,750 USA John Mahaffey 72-74-78-75=299 AUS Bob Shearer 73-75-76-75=29942 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 73-76-77-74=300 +12 1,700T43 USA Frank Beard 74-75-78-74=301 +13 1,650 USA J. C. Snead 72-77-76-76=30145 USA Pat Fitzsimons 71-79-77-76=303 +15 1,60046 USA Dick Siderowf (a) 76-73-77-81=307 +19 047 ZAF 1928 Bobby Cole 75-74-78-82=309 +21 1,500CUT USA Bob Goalby (c) 76-75=151 +7 USA Sam Snead (c) 72-79=151 USA Rod Curl 70-82=152 +8 USA George Archer (c) 74-79=153 +9 USA Don Bies 76-77=153 USA Keith Fergus (a) 76-77=153 USA Jay Haas (a) 76-77=153 USA Don Iverson 73-80=153 USA Jim Wiechers 74-79=153 ZAF 1928 Hugh Baiocchi 78-76=154 +10 USA Doug Ford (c) 74-80=154 USA John Grace (a) 75-79=154 USA Tom Jenkins 75-79=154 USA Henri DeLozier (a) 75-80=155 +11 BRA Priscillo Diniz (a) 78-77=155 USA Bobby Nichols 78-77=155 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 74-81=155 USA Allen Miller 79-77=156 +12 USA Dean Refram 77-79=156 USA William C. Campbell (a) 78-80=158 +14 USA Fred Ridley (a) 77-81=158 USA Ralph Johnston 76-83=159 +15 AUS Jack Newton 76-83=159 ENG Maurice Bembridge 78-86=164 +20 USA Vinny Giles (a) 83-81=164 Sources:Masters – Past Winners & Results https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Augusta National Inc. April 20, 2021Past results – Masters tournament https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html PGA Tour April 20, 2021 Scorecard Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA Floyd −15−15−15−14−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−16−16−16−17−17−17−17USA Crenshaw −3−3−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6−6−6−8−9−9−9−9−9USA Nicklaus −7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−6−6−6USA Ziegler −6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−7−6−6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogey References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1976 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1976 1976 Category:1976 in golf Category:1976 in American sports Category:1976 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1976 sports events in the United States