1976 PGA Championship

August 2023 1976 PGA Championship August 12–16, 1976 Bethesda, Maryland Congressional Country ClubBlue Course PGA Tour PGA of America 70 7054 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=luUNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2737%2C998629 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Grim Jack set for PGA August 12, 1976 12 138 players, 76 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=402&date=1976&tourn_name_id=2 PGA of America Tournament Info for: 1976 PGA Championship July 19, 2012 August 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120809072226/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=402&date=1976&tourn_name_id=2 dead 149 (+9) $250,950 $45,000 USA Dave Stockton 281 (+1) 1975 1977 USA#USA Maryland yes Congressional Country Club Location in the United States##Location in Maryland 38.996 -77.176 type:event_region:US-MD inline,title The 1976 PGA Championship was the 58th PGA Championship, played August 12–16 at Congressional Country Club (Blue Course) in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C. Held six weeks following the United States Bicentennial, it was the second major at Congressional; the U.S. Open was conducted twelve years earlier in 1964. Dave Stockton, the 1970 champion, sank a 15 ft 0 on putt to save par on the 72nd hole to win his second PGA Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Raymond Floyd and Don January.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=muUNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jW0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6960%2C1454662 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Stockton snatches PGA August 17, 1976 12 The final round was delayed to Monday for the first time, due to weather. Stockton's final putt averted the first sudden-death playoff in major championship history,https://www.si.com/vault/1976/08/23/613343/swinging-in-the-rain Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Swinging in the rain August 23, 1976 8https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d_BVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6082%2C4348268 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Stockton anticipated PGA win August 17, 1976 D1 which came a year later at the 1977 PGA Championship. Defending champion Jack Nicklaus shot a final round 74 (+4) and finished two strokes back, in a tie for fourth. Third round leader Charles Coody shot 77 and fell into a tie for eighth. Course layout Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4032154534204094561663626023,4864603951884454395542114114653,5687,054Par434444345354434453443570 Round summaries First round Thursday, August 12, 1976 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tom Weiskopf 65 −5 T2 USA Tom Kite 66 −4 USA Gil Morgan T4 USA Charles Coody 68 −2 USA Lee Elder USA Jerry McGee T7 USA Mark Hayes 69 −1 USA Hale Irwin USA Mike Morley USA Jerry Pate USA Bob Zender Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oPBLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6795%2C5237865 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Riled Weiskopf's 65 claims first-round PGA leadership August 13, 1976 27 Second round Friday, August 13, 1976 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Gil Morgan 66-68=134 −6 2 USA Tom Kite 66-72=138 −2 T3 USA Don January 70-69=139 −1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 70-69=139 USA Tom Weiskopf 65-74=139T6 USA Bill Collins 70-70=140 E USA Charles Coody 68-72=140 USA Ben Crenshaw 71-69=140 USA Raymond Floyd 72-68=140 USA Gene Littler 71-69=140 USA Jerry McGee 68-72=140 USA Jack Nicklaus 71-69=140 USA Bob Zender 69-71=140 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ofBLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6550%2C5422746 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Dr. Gil stakes big margin 'Don't feel any pressure' August 14, 1978 13 Third round Saturday, August 14, 1976 Sunday, August 15, 1976 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Charles Coody 68-72-67=207 −3 T2 USA Gil Morgan 66-68-75=209 −1 USA Jack Nicklaus 71-69-69=2094 USA Don January 70-69-71=210 ET5 USA Raymond Floyd 72-68-71=211 +1 AUS David Graham 70-71-70=211 USA Tom Kite 66-72-73=211 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 70-69-72=211 USA Dave Stockton 70-72-69=211 T10 USA Lee Elder 68-74-70=212 +2 USA Jerry McGee 68-72-72=212 USA Tom Weiskopf 65-74-73=212 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FccRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5708%2C66593 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington P.G.A. results August 16, 1972 13 Final round Sunday, August 15, 1976 (cancelled) Monday, August 16, 1976 After the third round was completed on Sunday morning, the fourth round was begun but then scratched due to weather; the partial scores were cancelled with a fresh start on Monday.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FccRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6929%2C57754 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Nicklaus' birdie erased, fishing too August 16, 1976 11 Champion(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Dave Stockton (c) 70-72-69-70=281 +1 45,000T2 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 72-68-71-71=282 +2 20,000 USA Don January (c) 70-69-71-72=282T4 AUS David Graham 70-71-70-72=283 +3 9,750 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-69-69-74=283 USA Jerry Pate 69-73-72-69=283 USA John Schlee 72-71-70-70=283T8 USA Charles Coody 68-72-67-77=284 +4 6,000 USA Ben Crenshaw 71-69-74-70=284 USA Jerry McGee 68-72-72-72=284 USA Gil Morgan 66-68-75-75=284 USA Tom Weiskopf 65-74-73-72=284 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 USA Tom Kite 66-72-73-76=286 +6 4,350 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 70-69-72-75=286T15 USA Lee Elder 68-74-70-75=287 +7 3,400 USA Mark Hayes 69-72-73-73=287 USA Mike Hill 72-70-73-72=287 USA Mike Morley 69-72-72-74=287 USA Arnold Palmer 71-76-68-72=287 USA J. C. Snead 74-71-70-72=287 USA Tom Watson 70-74-70-73=287 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1976&tid=22 databasegolf.com 1976 PGA Championship August 14, 2012 References 2 External links PGA.com – 1976 PGA Championship 1976 Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Maryland Category:Bethesda, Maryland PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship