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 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. Stockton's final putt averted the first sudden-death playoff in major championship history, 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.

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Round summaries First round Thursday, August 12, 1976

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tom Weiskopf 65 −5 T2 Tom Kite 66 −4 Gil Morgan T4 Charles Coody 68 −2 Lee Elder Jerry McGee T7 Mark Hayes 69 −1 Hale Irwin Mike Morley Jerry Pate Bob Zender Source:

Second round Friday, August 13, 1976

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Gil Morgan 66-68=134 −6 2 Tom Kite 66-72=138 −2 T3 Don January 70-69=139 −1 Gary Player 70-69=139 Tom Weiskopf 65-74=139T6 Bill Collins 70-70=140 E Charles Coody 68-72=140 Ben Crenshaw 71-69=140 Raymond Floyd 72-68=140 Gene Littler 71-69=140 Jerry McGee 68-72=140 Jack Nicklaus 71-69=140 Bob Zender 69-71=140 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 14, 1976 Sunday, August 15, 1976

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Charles Coody 68-72-67=207 −3 T2 Gil Morgan 66-68-75=209 −1 Jack Nicklaus 71-69-69=2094 Don January 70-69-71=210 ET5 Raymond Floyd 72-68-71=211 +1 David Graham 70-71-70=211 Tom Kite 66-72-73=211 Gary Player 70-69-72=211 Dave Stockton 70-72-69=211 T10 Lee Elder 68-74-70=212 +2 Jerry McGee 68-72-72=212 Tom Weiskopf 65-74-73=212 Source:

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. Champion(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Dave Stockton (c) 70-72-69-70=281 +1 45,000T2 Raymond Floyd (c) 72-68-71-71=282 +2 20,000 Don January (c) 70-69-71-72=282T4 David Graham 70-71-70-72=283 +3 9,750 Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-69-69-74=283 Jerry Pate 69-73-72-69=283 John Schlee 72-71-70-70=283T8 Charles Coody 68-72-67-77=284 +4 6,000 Ben Crenshaw 71-69-74-70=284 Jerry McGee 68-72-72-72=284 Gil Morgan 66-68-75-75=284 Tom Weiskopf 65-74-73-72=284 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Tom Kite 66-72-73-76=286 +6 4,350 Gary Player (c) 70-69-72-75=286T15 Lee Elder 68-74-70-75=287 +7 3,400 Mark Hayes 69-72-73-73=287 Mike Hill 72-70-73-72=287 Mike Morley 69-72-72-74=287 Arnold Palmer 71-76-68-72=287 J. C. Snead 74-71-70-72=287 Tom Watson 70-74-70-73=287 Source:

References

External links PGA.com – 1976 PGA Championship