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1976 PGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1976 PGA Championship
dates	August 12–16, 1976
location	Bethesda, Maryland
course	Congressional Country Club
Blue Course
tour	PGA Tour
org	PGA of America
par	70
yardage	7054 yd
field	138 players, 76 after cut
cut	149 (+9)
purse	$250,950
winners_share	$45,000
champion	USA Dave Stockton
score	281 (+1)
previous	[1975](1975-pga-championship)
next	[1977](1977-pga-championship)
map	USA#USA Maryland
map_relief	yes
map_label	Congressional Country Club
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Maryland
coordinates

Blue Course 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 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. The final round was delayed to Monday for the first time, due to weather. 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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	403	215	453	420	409	456	166	362	602	3,486	460	395	188	445	439	554	211	411	465	3,568	7,054
Par	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	35	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	35	70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 12, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	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

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Second round

Friday, August 13, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		USA Gil Morgan	66-68=134	−6
2		USA Tom Kite	66-72=138	−2
T3	USA Don January	70-69=139	−1
ZAF Gary Player	70-69=139
USA Tom Weiskopf	65-74=139
T6	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

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Third round

Saturday, August 14, 1976

Sunday, August 15, 1976

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Charles Coody	68-72-67=207	−3
T2		USA Gil Morgan	66-68-75=209	−1
USA Jack Nicklaus	71-69-69=209
4	USA Don January	70-69-71=210	E
T5	USA Raymond Floyd	72-68-71=211	+1
AUS David Graham	70-71-70=211
USA Tom Kite	66-72-73=211
ZAF 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

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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.

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Dave Stockton (c)	70-72-69-70=281	+1	45,000
T2	USA Raymond Floyd (c)	72-68-71-71=282	+2	20,000
USA Don January (c)	70-69-71-72=282
T4	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=283
T8	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 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T13	USA Tom Kite	66-72-73-76=286	+6	4,350
ZAF Gary Player (c)	70-69-72-75=286
T15	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

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References

(August 12, 1976). "Grim Jack set for PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
"Tournament Info for: 1976 PGA Championship". PGA of America.
(August 17, 1976). "Stockton snatches PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jenkins, Dan. (August 23, 1976). "Swinging in the rain".
(August 17, 1976). "Stockton anticipated PGA win". Eugene Register-Guard.
(August 13, 1976). "Riled Weiskopf's 65 claims first-round PGA leadership". Spokesman-Review.
(August 14, 1978). "Dr. Gil stakes big margin 'Don't feel any pressure'". Spokesman-Review.
(August 16, 1972). "P.G.A. results". Spokesman-Review.
(August 16, 1976). "Nicklaus' birdie erased, fishing too". Spokesman-Review.
"1976 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com.

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