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
United States 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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
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
Larry Ziegler  United States 67-71-72-72=282
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. 1.0 1.1 Parascenzo, Marino (April 12, 1976). "Floyd enjoys a Sunday stroll". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 16. 
  2. Jenkins, Dan (April 16, 1977). "It was Ray all the way". Sports Illustrated: 18. 
  3. "Masters playoff format is changed". CNN.com. April 7, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013. 

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