1976 Masters Tournament

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1976 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 8–11, 1976
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,030 yards (6,428 m)^[1]
Field	72 players, 47 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Winner's share	$40,000
Champion
Raymond Floyd
271 (−17)

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.^[2] 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.^[1] 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. Nicklaus was the nearest pursuer, eight shots back at 209. It was the second of Floyd's four major titles.

Beginning with this Masters, a sudden-death playoff format was introduced; it was first used in 1979 and began at the 10th hole. In 2004, the playoff was changed to start on the 18th hole and then alternate with the 10th hole.^[3] 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 36 holes.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 11, 1976

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Raymond Floyd	United States	65-66-70-70=271	−17	40,000
2	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-70-72-67=279	−9	25,000
T3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	67-69-73-73=282	−6	16,250
T3	Larry Ziegler	United States	67-71-72-72=282	−6	16,250
T5	Charles Coody	United States	72-69-70-74=285	−3	11,167
	Hale Irwin	United States	71-77-67-70=285
	Tom Kite	United States	73-67-72-73=285
8	Billy Casper	United States	71-76-71-69=287	-1	8,000
T9	Roger Maltbie	United States	72-75-70-71=288	E	6,000
	Graham Marsh	Australia	73-68-75-72=288
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	73-71-70-74=288

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Parascenzo, Marino (April 12, 1976). "Floyd enjoys a Sunday stroll". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (April 16, 1977). "It was Ray all the way". Sports Illustrated: 18.
↑ "Masters playoff format is changed". CNN.com. April 7, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013.

External links

Masters.com – past winners
About.com: 1976 Masters
Augusta.com – 1976 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

v t e 1976 Men's Major Golf Championships

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