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1976 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1976 Masters Tournament
image	1976_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1976 Masters Guide
dates	April 8–11, 1976
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7030 yd
field	72 players, 47 after cut
cut	150 (+6)
purse
winners_share	$40,000
champion	USA Raymond Floyd
score	271 (−17)
previous	[1975](1975-masters-tournament)
next	[1977](1977-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

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. He shot a 131 (−13) over the first two rounds, then posted two rounds of 70 on the weekend to tie Jack Nicklaus' record of 271 (−17), set in 1965. 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. After three years without use, it was changed to begin on the 10th hole in 1979; 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. 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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Raymond Floyd	65	−7
2	USA Andy North	66	−6
T3	USA Jack Nicklaus	67	−5
USA Larry Ziegler
5	USA Lou Graham	68	−4
T6	USA Bud Allin	69	−3
USA Dave Hill
T8	USA Ben Crenshaw	70	−2
USA Rod Curl
USA Rik Massengale

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Raymond Floyd	65-66=131	−13
2	USA Jack Nicklaus	67-69=136	−8
3	USA Hubert Green	71-66=137	−7
4	USA Larry Ziegler	67-71=138	−6
T5	USA Ben Crenshaw	70-70=140	−4
USA Tom Kite	73-67=140
T7	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:

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Raymond Floyd	65-66-70=201	−15
2	USA Jack Nicklaus	67-69-73=209	−7
3	USA Larry Ziegler	67-71-72=210	−6
4	USA Charles Coody	72-69-70=211	−5
T5	USA Ben Crenshaw	70-70-72=212	−4
USA Tom Kite	73-67-72=212
7	USA Lou Graham	68-73-72=213	−3
8	USA Tom Weiskopf	73-71-70=214	−2
T9	USA Hubert Green	71-66-78=215	−1
USA Hale Irwin	71-77-67=215

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1976

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Raymond Floyd	65-66-70-70=271	−17	40,000
2	USA Ben Crenshaw	70-70-72-67=279	−9	25,000
T3	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	67-69-73-73=282	−6	16,250
USA Larry Ziegler	67-71-72-72=282
T5	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=285
8	USA Billy Casper (c)	71-76-71-69=287	−1	8,000
T9	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 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
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=289
T15	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=291
USA Curtis Strange (a)	71-76-73-71=291	0
T19	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 Dale Hayes	75-74-73-70=292
T23	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=293
27	AUS Bruce Crampton	74-76-71-73=294	+6	2,000
T28	USA Bob Murphy	72-74-76-73=295	+7	1,950
USA Eddie Pearce	71-71-79-74=295
ZAF 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=295
T33	USA Don January	73-74-76-73=296	+8	1,900
JPN Masashi Ozaki	72-75-75-74=296
USA Tom Watson	77-73-76-70=296
36	USA Joe Inman	74-75-71-77=297	+9	1,850
T37	JPN Takashi Murakami	74-71-80-73=298	+10	1,800
USA Andy North	66-81-75-76=298
T39	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=299
42	USA Tommy Aaron (c)	73-76-77-74=300	+12	1,700
T43	USA Frank Beard	74-75-78-74=301	+13	1,650
USA J. C. Snead	72-77-76-76=301
45	USA Pat Fitzsimons	71-79-77-76=303	+15	1,600
46	USA Dick Siderowf (a)	76-73-77-81=307	+19	0
47	ZAF Bobby Cole	75-74-78-82=309	+21	1,500
CUT	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 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:

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
USA Floyd	−15	−15	−15	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−17	−17	−17	−17
USA Crenshaw	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
USA Nicklaus	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6
USA 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

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey	Double bogey		Triple bogey+ --

References

Parascenzo, Marino. (April 12, 1976). "Floyd enjoys a Sunday stroll". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jenkins, Dan. (April 16, 1977). "It was Ray all the way".
(April 10, 1976). "Ray Floyd's 5-wood strangling Masters". Eugene Register-Guard.
(April 11, 1976). "Eight ahead, Floyd looks like a safe bet". Eugene Register-Guard.
(February 6, 1976). "Masters goes to sudden death". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
(April 11, 1979). "In sudden death, Masters playoff shifts to no. 10". Observer-Reporter.
(April 7, 2004). "Masters playoff format is changed". CNN.com.
(April 9, 1976). "Floyd a new man with Masters lead". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(April 10, 1976). "Golf: Masters, at Augusta". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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