1976 - Men America
The winners in the category "1976 - Men America" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
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Played as the (last) American Golf Classic (Aug 26-29). Second-placed Lou Graham (USA) finished 4 shots behind David Graham (Aus). [North course, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio].
America
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Played as the Bob Hope Desert Classic (Feb 4-8). Second-placed Rik Massengale (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Miller (USA). [Indian Wells CC, Coachella Valley, CA. Earlier rounds also at: Bermuda Dunes CC; Eldorado CC; La Quinta CC].
America
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Played as the Argentine Open (Abierto de la Republica/Argentina). Vicente Fernandez (Arg) finished in second place behind defending champion Molina (Arg). [Jockey Club, Buenos Aires].
America
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Played as the Florida Citrus Open (March 4-7). Irwin (USA) beat Kermit Zarley (USA) with a par at the sixth playoff hole. [Rio Pinar CC, Orlando, FL].
America
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Atlanta Classic not played in 1976 as Atlanta Athletic Club hosted the US Open.
America
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Played as the B.C. Open (Aug 5-8). Second-placed Bob Gilder (USA) finished 1 shot behind Wynn (USA), who recorded his only win on the PGA Tour. [En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY].
America
WGA
Played as the Western Open (June 24-27). Second-placed Joe Porter (USA) finished 1 shot behind Al Geiberger (USA). [Butler National GC, Oak Brook, IL].
America
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Played as the Brazil Open (Aberto do Brasil). Quinteros (Arg) beat Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) in a playoff. [Porto Alegre CC, Porto Alegre, Brazil].
America
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Played as the Buick Open (Aug 26-29; PGA Second Tour event). Ed Sabo (USA) beat Randy Erskine (USA) with a birdie four at the third playoff hole. [Flint Elks CC, Grand Blanc, nr Flint, Michigan].
America
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Played as the Canadian Open (July 22-25). Second-placed Jack Nicklaus (USA) finished 4 shots behind Jerry Pate (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Essex G&CC, LaSalle, Windsor, Ontario].
America
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Played as the Colonial National Invitation (May 13-16). Second-placed Mike Morley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Lee Trevino (USA). [Colonial CC, Ft Worth, TX].
America
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Played as the Byron Nelson Golf Classic (May 6-9). Second-placed Don Bies (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time PGA Tour winner Hayes (USA). [Preston Trail GC, Dallas, TX].
America
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Honda Classic not played in 1976 due to host venue, Inverrary G&CC, hosting the Tournament Players Championship.
Played as the Doral-Eastern Open (March 11-14). Second-placed Jack Nicklaus (USA) and Mark Hayes (USA) finished 6 shots behind Hubert Green (USA). [Blue Monster course, Doral Resort, Miami, FL].
America
Andy Williams
Played as the Andy Williams San Diego Open Invitational (Feb 12-15). Second-placed Don Bies (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion J.C. Snead (USA), who posted his fifth PGA Tour win. [South course, Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA].
America
Glen Campbell
Played as the Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open (Feb 19-22). Second-placed Tom Watson (USA) finished 2 shots behind Irwin (USA). [Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA].
America
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Played as the Greater Milwaukee Open (July 1-4). Second-placed John Jacobs (USA) finished 3 shots behind Dave Hill (USA), who recorded the last of his 13 PGA Tour wins. [Tuckaway CC, Franklin, nr Milwaukee, Wisc.].
America
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Played as the World Open Golf Championship (Sept 9-12). Floyd (USA) beat Jerry McGee (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [No.2 course, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina].
America
Sea Pines
Played as the Sea Pines Heritage Classic (March 25-28). Second-placed Jerry McGee (USA) finished 5 shots behind Green (USA). [Harbour Town Links, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC].
America
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Played as the Houston Open (Apr 29-May 2). Second-placed Forrest Fezler (USA) finished 1 shot behind Lee Elder (USA), who claimed his second PGA Tour title. [The Woodlands CC, nr Houston, TX. Course used was based on the current back-nine of the Tournament course and part of the neighbouring Panther Trail course].
America
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Played as the Greater Jacksonville Open (March 18-21). Second-placed Miller Barber (USA) finished 2 shots behind Green (USA), who recorded his tenth PGA Tour win, and second in as many weeks. [Deerwood CC, Jacksonville, FL].
America
Pepsi-Cola
Played as the Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Ch'ship (two-person team event; one PGA Tr, one LPGA Tr). Winning team: Chi Chi Rodriguez (Puerto Rico/USA) & Jo Ann Washam (USA). Second-place: Jim Colbert (USA) & Silvia Bertolaccini (Arg) and David Graham (Aus) & Penny Pulz (Aus). [Doral Golf Resort, Miami, FL].
America
Jaycees
Played as the Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad City Open (July 8-11). Second-placed tour rookie Fuzzy Zoeller (USA) finished 2 shots behind Lister (NZ), who recorded his only PGA Tour win. Zoeller's opening round 63 included birdies on each of the last eight holes. [Oakwood CC, Coal Valley, Quad Cities, IL].
America
Kemper Insurance
Played as the Kemper Open (June 10-13). Second-placed Tom Weiskopf (USA) and Grier Jones (USA) finished 1 shot behind 28-year-old Joe Inman (USA), who recorded his first and only PGA Tour win. [Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, NC].
America
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Played as the inaugural Memorial Tournament (May 27-30). Maltbie (USA) beat Hale Irwin (USA) with a birdie at the first sudden-death playoff hole (par-4 17th); this followed both men tying a three-hole aggregate-score playoff. [Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, nr Columbus, OH].
America
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Played as the Mexican Open (Abierto Mexicano de Golf). Victor Regalado (Mex) finished in second place behind Ernesto Pérez Acosta (Mex). [GC La Hacienda, Ciudad López Mateos, nr Mexico City].
America
Kaiser Intl.
Played as the Kaiser International Open Invitational (Sept 23-26). Second-placed Gibby Gilbert (USA) and defending champion Johnny Miller (USA) finished 2 shots behind Jesse Carlyle "J.C." Snead (USA). Miller was chasing his third straight win in this event. [North course, Silverado Resort, Napa, CA].
America
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Played as the Pleasant Valley Classic (Jul 29-Aug 1). Second-placed Ben Crenshaw (USA) finished 1 shot behind Bud Allin (USA), who recorded the last of his five PGA Tour wins. [Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, MA].
America
First NBC
Played as the First NBC New Orleans Open (April 22-25). Second-placed Victor Regalado (Mex) finished 1 shot behind Larry Ziegler (USA), who recorded the last of his three PGA Tour wins. [Lakewood GC, New Orleans, LA].
America
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Played as the Ohio Kings Island Open (Sept 16-19). Second-placed Andy North (USA) finished 1 shot behind Ben Crenshaw (USA). ["The Grizzly" course, City of Mason Golf Ctr, Mason, OH; at the time called Nicklaus Golf Ctr].
America
Bing Crosby
Played as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am (Jan 22-25). Second-placed Mike Morley (USA) finished 2 shots behind Crenshaw (USA), who posted his second PGA Tour win. [Pebble Beach Links, Monterey Peninsula, CA. Earlier rounds also at: Cypress Point Club and Spyglass Hill GC].
America
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Played as the Pensacola Open (Oct 29-Nov 1). Second-placed Lee Elder (USA) finished 2 shots behind Hayes (USA), who recorded the second of his three PGA Tour wins. [Pensacola CC, Pensacola, FL].
America
IVB
Played as the IVB Bicentennial Golf Classic (June 3-6). 26-year-old Tom Kite (USA) beat Terry Diehl (USA) with a par at the fifth playoff hole, to record his first PGA Tour win. [Whitemarsh Valley CC, Lafayette Hill, nr Philadelphia, PA].
America
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Played as the Phoenix Open (Jan 15-18). Second-placed Roger Maltbie (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time PGA Tour winner Gilder (USA). [Phoenix CC, Phoenix, AZ].
America
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Played as the Tournament Players Championship (Feb 26-Mar 1). Second-placed Jesse Carlyle "J.C." Snead (USA) finished 3 shots behind Nicklaus (USA), who recorded his second win in three years in this event. In his first win, Snead also finished second. Monday finish required due to earlier bad weather. [East course, Inverrary CC, Ft Lauderdale, FL].
America
Sahara Hotel
Played as the Sahara Invitational (Sep 30-Oct 3). Second-placed Don January (USA) and defending champion Dave Hill (USA) finished 2 shots behind George Archer (USA). [Las Vegas National GC, Las Vegas, NV; at the time known as Sahara-Nevada CC; originally the Stardust CC].
America
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Played as the Magnolia State Classic (April 8-11; unofficial PGA Tour "satellite" event). Second-placed Tom Purtzer (USA) and Artie McNickle (USA) finished 2 shots behind Meyer (USA). [Hattiesburg CC, Hattiesburg, MS].
America
MONY
Played as the MONY Tournament of Champions (April 15-18). Second-placed Hubert Green (USA) finished 5 shots behind January (USA), who recorded the last of his 10 PGA Tour wins. [North course, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif. Now known as Champions course].
America
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Played as the Hawaiian Open (Jan 29-Feb 1). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) and Larry Nelson (USA) finished 4 shots behind Ben Crenshaw (USA). [Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii].
America
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Played as the Southern Open (Oct 21-24). Second-placed and defending champion Hubert Green (USA) finished 2 shots behind Mac McLendon (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Green Island CC, Columbus, Georgia].
America
American Express
Played for the first time as the American Express Westchester Classic (July 15-18). Second-placed Ben Crenshaw (USA), Tom Watson (USA) and Fuzzy Zoeller (USA) finished 3 shots behind Graham (Aus), who claimed his second PGA Tour win. [West course, Westchester CC, Rye, NY].
America
Danny Thomas
Played as the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic (May 20-23). Second-placed Gil Morgan (USA), Forrest Fezler (USA) and John Lister (NZ) finished 4 shots behind Gilbert (USA), who recorded the second of his three PGA Tour wins. [South course, Colonial CC, Cordova, nr Memphis, TN].
America
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Played as the Tallahassee Open (April 15-18). Second-placed John Mahaffey (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time PGA Tour winner Koch (USA). [Killearn CC, Tallahassee, FL].
America
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Played as the San Antonio Texas Open (Oct 14-17). Fred "Butch" Baird (USA) beat Miller Barber (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole to claim the second of his two PGA Tour wins. [Woodlake GC, San Antonio, Texas].
America
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Played as the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open (Aug 19-22). Second-placed Al Geiberger (USA) and J.C. Snead (USA) finished 2 shots behind Rik Massengale (USA), who claimed the second of his three PGA Tour wins. [Wethersfield CC, nr Hartford, CT].
America
NBC
Played as the NBC Tucson Open (Jan 8-11). Second-placed Howard Twitty (USA) finished 3 shots behind Johnny Miller (USA), who recorded his third straight win in this tournament. [Catalina course, Tucson National Resort, Tucson, AZ].
America
Disney World
Played as the Walt Disney World National Team Championship (Nov 4-7; two-man team event). Woody Blackburn (USA) & Billy Kratzert (USA) beat Gay Brewer (USA) & Bobby Nichols (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. This was the first of two PGA Tour wins for 25-year-old Blackburn, and the first of four PGA Tour wins for 24-year-old Kratzert. [Magnolia course, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL. Earlier rounds also played on the Palm course].
America
Disney World
Played as the Walt Disney World National Team Championship (Nov 4-7; two-man team event). Woody Blackburn (USA) & Billy Kratzert (USA) beat Gay Brewer (USA) & Bobby Nichols (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. This was the first of two PGA Tour wins for 25-year-old Blackburn, and the first of four PGA Tour wins for 24-year-old Kratzert. [Magnolia course, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL. Earlier rounds also played on the Palm course].
America
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Second-placed Manuel Pinero (Esp) and Brian Barnes (Scot) finished 3 shots behind Ernesto Pérez Acosta (Mex), who won the International Trophy for best individual score in the World Cup of Golf. Team winners of the Cup: Seve Ballesteros & Manuel Pinero (Esp). [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
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Played as the World Series of Golf (Sept 2-5; for the first time an official PGA Tour 72-hole event). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 4 shots behind Jack Nicklaus (USA). [South course, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio].
America
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Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 1-4). Second-placed Lee Trevino (USA) finished 2 shots behind Geiberger (USA). [Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC].
Sony Open in Hawaii: played at Waialae Country Club near Honolulu, the Sony Open takes over the spotlight from The Sentry as the PGA Tour’s calendar-year opening event (Jan 15-18). The Sentry (not being played in 2026) was formerly known as the Tournament of Champions, with a field typically restricted to golfers who won a PGA Tour event in the previous calendar year.
Dubai Desert Classic: the DP World Tour’s first Rolex Series event of 2026, is contested for the 37th time (Jan 22-25). First won by Englishman Mark James in 1989, it now boasts a four-time winner, Rory McIlroy. Played on the Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis course, this once desert-surrounded course is the long-time flagship for Golf in Dubai.
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