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1976 Open Championship

Golf tournament in Southport, England

Field	Value
name	1976 Open Championship
location	Southport, England
course	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
dates	7–10 July 1976
tour	European Tour
PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7001 yd
field	155 players
84 after 1st cut
66 after 2nd cut
cut	152 (+8) (1st cut)
226 (+10) (2nd cut)
purse	£75,000
$135,000
winners_share	£7,500
$13,500
champion	USA Johnny Miller
score	279 (−9)
previous	[1975](1975-open-championship)
next	[1977](1977-open-championship)

PGA Tour 84 after 1st cut 66 after 2nd cut 226 (+10) (2nd cut) $135,000 $13,500 Golf Club north of Liverpool, England The 1976 Open Championship was the 105th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Johnny Miller won his only Open championship, six strokes ahead of runners-up Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus. It was Miller's second and last major championship title; his first was the U.S. Open in 1973.{{cite news

Ballesteros, age 19, was the 54-hole leader at 211 (−5), two strokes ahead of Miller.{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1976/07/10/page/201/article/ballesteros-is-bullish-in-british

Defending champion Tom Watson carded an 80 (+8) in the third round for 227 (+11) and missed the second cut by a stroke. U.S. Open champion Jerry Pate was level par after two rounds, but also missed the second cut with an 87 for {{nowrap|231.{{cite news The championship is also well remembered for the one and only appearance of Maurice Flitcroft who posed as a professional to gain entry and carded a record 121 for his first round qualifier before being banned by the R&A.

Round summaries

First round

Wednesday, 7 July 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	69	−3
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr
JPN Norio Suzuki
T4	SCO Brian Barnes	70	−2
USA Tom Kite
AUS Jack Newton
T7	USA Bill Brask	71	−1
ZAF John Fourie
AUS Graham Marsh
T10	NZL Bob Charles	72	E
NED Jan Dorrestein
USA Hubert Green
USA Johnny Miller
ZAF Gary Player

Second round

Thursday, 8 July 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	69-69=138	−6
2	USA Johnny Miller	72-68=140	−4
T3	USA Hubert Green	72-70=142	−2
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr	69-73=142
T5	SCO Brian Barnes	70-73=143	−1
USA Raymond Floyd	76-67=143
ENG Tommy Horton	74-69=143
T8	USA George Burns	75-69=144	E
USA Carl Higgins	77-67=144
WAL Guy Hunt	76-68=144
USA Tom Kite	70-74=144
AUS Graham Marsh	71-73=144
AUS Jack Newton	70-74=144
USA Jack Nicklaus	74-70=144
USA Jerry Pate	73-71=144
ZAF Gary Player	72-72=144
JPN Norio Suzuki	69-75=144

Amateurs: McEvoy (+12), Squires (+12), Powell (+14), Poxon (+14), McNally (+15), McLean (+17), Ridley (+22).

Third round

Friday, 9 July 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ESP Seve Ballesteros	69-69-73=211	−5
2	USA Johnny Miller	72-68-73=213	−3
3	ENG Tommy Horton	74-69-72=215	−1
T4	AUS Graham Marsh	71-73-72=216	E
USA Jack Nicklaus	74-70-72=216
USA Raymond Floyd	76-67-73=216
T7	USA Tom Kite	70-74-73=217	+1
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr	69-73-75=217
T9	ZAF Bobby Cole	75-71-72=218	+2
SCO Brian Barnes	70-73-75=218

Source:

Final round

Saturday, 10 July 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Johnny Miller	72-68-73-66=279	−9	7,500
T2	USA Jack Nicklaus	74-70-72-69=285	−3	5,250
ESP Seve Ballesteros	69-69-73-74=285
4	USA Raymond Floyd	76-67-73-70=286	−2	3,800
T5	ENG Mark James	76-72-74-66=288	E	2,820
USA Hubert Green	72-70-78-68=288
USA Tom Kite	70-74-73-71=288
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr	69-73-75-71=288
ENG Tommy Horton	74-69-72-73=288
T10	USA George Burns	75-69-75-70=289	+1	1,975
ENG Peter Butler	74-72-73-70=289
ARG Vicente Fernández	79-71-69-70=289
JPN Norio Suzuki	69-75-75-70=289

Source:

The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.78 dollars (US) per pound sterling.

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4;	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	5	4	5	5
USA Miller	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9
ESP Ballesteros	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	+1	+2	+1	E	E	E	−2	−3
USA Nicklaus	E	E	−1	−2	−2	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3
USA Floyd	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle --		Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+

Source:

References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
(21 February 2021). "Maurice’s memoirs remain tragically...".
"1976 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.
(July 1976). "British Pound / US Dollar Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1976". PoundSterling.

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