1976 Open Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 7–10 July 1976 |
Location | European Tour PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72[1] |
Length | 7,001 yards (6,402 m)[1] |
Field | 155 players 84 after 1st cut 66 after 2nd cut[1] |
Cut | 152 (+8) (1st cut) 226 (+10) (2nd cut)[1] |
Prize fund | £75,000 $135,000 |
Winner's share | £7,500 $13,500 |
Champion | |
Johnny Miller | |
279 (−9) | |
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The 1976 Open Championship was the 105th
Ballesteros, age 19, was the 54-hole leader at 211 (−5), two strokes ahead of Miller.[5] In the final round, he was seven over par after twelve holes, which included a triple-bogey at the eleventh. Ballesteros rallied on the final six holes, with three birdies and an eagle, to tie Nicklaus for second place.
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 231.[6] Masters winner Raymond Floyd finished in fourth at 286 (−2), a stroke behind Ballesteros and Nicklaus. 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.[7]
Round summaries
First round
Wednesday, 7 July 1976
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Seve Ballesteros | 69 | −3 |
Christy O'Connor Jnr | |||
Norio Suzuki | |||
T4 | Brian Barnes | 70 | −2 |
Tom Kite | |||
Jack Newton | |||
T7 | Bill Brask | 71 | −1 |
John Fourie | |||
Graham Marsh | |||
T10 | Bob Charles | 72 | E |
Jan Dorrestein | |||
Hubert Green | |||
Johnny Miller | |||
Gary Player |
Second round
Thursday, 8 July 1976
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Seve Ballesteros | 69-69=138 | −6 |
2 | Johnny Miller | 72-68=140 | −4 |
T3 | Hubert Green | 72-70=142 | −2 |
Christy O'Connor Jnr | 69-73=142 | ||
T5 | Brian Barnes | 70-73=143 | −1 |
Raymond Floyd | 76-67=143 | ||
Tommy Horton | 74-69=143 | ||
T8 | George Burns | 75-69=144 | E |
Carl Higgins | 77-67=144 | ||
Guy Hunt | 76-68=144 | ||
Tom Kite | 70-74=144 | ||
Graham Marsh | 71-73=144 | ||
Jack Newton | 70-74=144 | ||
Jack Nicklaus | 74-70=144 | ||
Jerry Pate | 73-71=144 | ||
Gary Player | 72-72=144 | ||
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 |
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1 | Seve Ballesteros | 69-69-73=211 | −5 |
2 | Johnny Miller | 72-68-73=213 | −3 |
3 | Tommy Horton | 74-69-72=215 | −1 |
T4 | Graham Marsh | 71-73-72=216 | E |
Jack Nicklaus | 74-70-72=216 | ||
Raymond Floyd | 76-67-73=216 | ||
T7 | Tom Kite | 70-74-73=217 | +1 |
Christy O'Connor Jnr | 69-73-75=217 | ||
T9 | Bobby Cole | 75-71-72=218 | +2 |
Brian Barnes | 70-73-75=218 |
Source:[6]
Final round
Saturday, 10 July 1976
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
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1 | Johnny Miller | 72-68-73-66=279 | −9 | 7,500 |
T2 | Jack Nicklaus | 74-70-72-69=285 | −3 | 5,250 |
Seve Ballesteros | 69-69-73-74=285 | |||
4 | Raymond Floyd | 76-67-73-70=286 | −2 | 3,800 |
T5 | Mark James | 76-72-74-66=288 | E | 2,820 |
Hubert Green | 72-70-78-68=288 | |||
Tom Kite | 70-74-73-71=288 | |||
Christy O'Connor Jnr | 69-73-75-71=288 | |||
Tommy Horton | 74-69-72-73=288 | |||
T10 | George Burns | 75-69-75-70=289 | +1 | 1,975 |
Peter Butler | 74-72-73-70=289 | |||
Vicente Fernández | 79-71-69-70=289 | |||
Norio Suzuki | 69-75-75-70=289 |
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
Source:[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 60, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (19 July 1976). "At last, he's out of the crowd". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
- ^ "Miller wins British Open". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 11 July 1976. p. 1, sec. 3.
- ^ a b c "Miller turns it into runaway". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 11 July 1976. p. B1.
- ^ "Ballesteros is Bullish in British". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. 10 July 1976. p. 1, sec. 2.
- ^ a b "Golf: British Open scores". Chicago Tribune. 10 July 1976. p. 2, sec. 2.
- ^ @ajcdeane (21 February 2021). "Maurice's memoirs remain tragically..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "1976 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.