1976_PGA_Championship

1976 PGA Championship

1976 PGA Championship

Golf tournament

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.

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Dave Stockton, the 1970 champion, sank a 15-foot (5 m) 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.[3] The final round was delayed to Monday for the first time, due to weather.[2] Stockton's final putt averted the first sudden-death playoff in major championship history,[4][5] 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.[3]

Course layout

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 12, 1976

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Second round

Friday, August 13, 1976

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Third round

Saturday, August 14, 1976
Sunday, August 15, 1976

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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.[9]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Grim Jack set for PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 12, 1976. p. 12.
  2. [2]
    "Tournament Info for: 1976 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Stockton snatches PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 17, 1976. p. 12.
  4. [4]
    Jenkins, Dan (August 23, 1976). "Swinging in the rain". Sports Illustrated. p. 8.
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    "Stockton anticipated PGA win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 17, 1976. p. D1.
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    "Riled Weiskopf's 65 claims first-round PGA leadership". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 13, 1976. p. 27.
  7. [7]
    "Dr. Gil stakes big margin 'Don't feel any pressure'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 14, 1978. p. 13.
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    "P.G.A. results". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. August 16, 1972. p. 13.
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    "Nicklaus' birdie erased, fishing too". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 16, 1976. p. 11.
  10. [10]
    "1976 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
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