1976 Open Championship
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Location map". The 1976 Open Championship was the 105th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Johnny Miller won his only Open championship, six strokes ahead of runners-up Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus. It was Miller's second and last major championship title; his first was the U.S. Open in 1973.[1][2][3]
Ballesteros, age 19, was the 54-hole leader at 211 (−5), two strokes ahead of Miller.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
Round summaries
First round
Wednesday, 7 July 1976
Second round
Thursday, 8 July 1976
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller | 72-68=140 | −4 |
| T3 | Template:Flagicon Hubert Green | 72-70=142 | −2 |
| Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Jnr | 69-73=142 | ||
| T5 | Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes | 70-73=143 | −1 |
| Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd | 76-67=143 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Tommy Horton | 74-69=143 | ||
| T8 | Template:Flagicon George Burns | 75-69=144 | E |
| Template:Flagicon Carl Higgins | 77-67=144 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Guy Hunt | 76-68=144 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Tom Kite | 70-74=144 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Graham Marsh | 71-73=144 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Jack Newton | 70-74=144 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 74-70=144 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate | 73-71=144 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Gary Player | 72-72=144 | ||
| Template:Flagicon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros | 69-69-73=211 | −5 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller | 72-68-73=213 | −3 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Tommy Horton | 74-69-72=215 | −1 |
| T4 | Template:Flagicon Graham Marsh | 71-73-72=216 | E |
| Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 74-70-72=216 | ||
| Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd | 76-67-73=216 | ||
| T7 | Template:Flagicon Tom Kite | 70-74-73=217 | +1 |
| Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Jnr | 69-73-75=217 | ||
| T9 | Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole | 75-71-72=218 | +2 |
| Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes | 70-73-75=218 |
Source:[5]
Final round
Saturday, 10 July 1976
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller | 72-68-73-66=279 | −9 | 7,500 |
| T2 | Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus | 74-70-72-69=285 | −3 | 5,250 |
| Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros | 69-69-73-74=285 | |||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd | 76-67-73-70=286 | −2 | 3,800 |
| T5 | Template:Flagicon Mark James | 76-72-74-66=288 | E | 2,820 |
| Template:Flagicon Hubert Green | 72-70-78-68=288 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Tom Kite | 70-74-73-71=288 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Jnr | 69-73-75-71=288 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Tommy Horton | 74-69-72-73=288 | |||
| T10 | Template:Flagicon George Burns | 75-69-75-70=289 | +1 | 1,975 |
| Template:Flagicon Peter Butler | 74-72-73-70=289 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Vicente Fernández | 79-71-69-70=289 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Norio Suzuki | 69-75-75-70=289 |
- The exchange rate at the time was approximately 1.78 dollars (US) per pound sterling.[8]
Scorecard
Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4; | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Template:Flagicon Miller | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 |
| Template:Flagicon Ballesteros | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | +1 | +2 | +1 | E | E | E | −2 | −3 |
| Template:Flagicon Nicklaus | E | E | −1 | −2 | −2 | E | E | E | E | E | E | +1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −3 |
| Template:Flagicon Floyd | E | E | E | E | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | E | −1 | −1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
Source:[3]
References
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