THE PLAYERS Championship 1976 — leaderboard and results
1976-02-26 to 1976-03-01 · Inverrary G&CC (East) · Purse $300,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | -19 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 65 | |
| 2 | J.C. Snead | -16 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 68 | |
| T3 | Jim Masserio | -12 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 67 | |
| T3 | Roger Maltbie | -12 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 71 | |
| 5 | Mark Hayes | -11 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 72 | |
| 6 | Lee Elder | -10 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 67 | |
| T7 | Butch Baird | -8 | 71 | 67 | 72 | 70 | |
| T7 | Don January | -8 | 67 | 68 | 73 | 72 | |
| T9 | David Graham | -7 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 69 | |
| T9 | Gary Player | -7 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 67 | |
| T9 | Tom Watson | -7 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 74 | |
| T12 | Don Bies | -6 | 75 | 68 | 72 | 67 | |
| T12 | Fred Marti | -6 | 66 | 74 | 75 | 67 | |
| T12 | Hubert Green | -6 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 70 | |
| T12 | John Schlee | -6 | 73 | 67 | 71 | 71 | |
| T12 | Raymond Floyd | -6 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 69 | |
| T17 | Bob Dickson | -5 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 69 | |
| T17 | Dave Stockton | -5 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 68 | |
| T17 | George Burns | -5 | 68 | 70 | 76 | 69 | |
| T17 | Hale Irwin | -5 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 75 | |
| T17 | Lee Trevino | -5 | 73 | 69 | 68 | 73 | |
| T17 | Rik Massengale | -5 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 70 | |
| T17 | Tom Kite | -5 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 71 | |
| T24 | Al Geiberger | -4 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 73 | |
| T24 | Charles Coody | -4 | 72 | 68 | 75 | 69 | |
| T24 | Dale Douglass | -4 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 73 | |
| T27 | Bruce Crampton | -3 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 73 | |
| T27 | Don Iverson | -3 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 69 | |
| T27 | Gary McCord | -3 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 71 | |
| T27 | Grier Jones | -3 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 72 | |
| T27 | Jerry Heard | -3 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 69 | |
| T27 | Jim Simons | -3 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 70 | |
| T27 | Mike McCullough | -3 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 73 | |
| T34 | Bob Payne | -2 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 76 | |
| T34 | Gibby Gilbert | -2 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 69 | |
| T34 | John Mahaffey | -2 | 68 | 72 | 74 | 72 | |
| T34 | Ken Still | -2 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 70 | |
| T34 | Larry Ziegler | -2 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 72 | |
| T39 | Jerry McGee | -1 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 76 | |
| T39 | Johnny Miller | -1 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 72 | |
| T39 | Larry Nelson | -1 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 72 | |
| T39 | Mac McLendon | -1 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 71 | |
| T43 | Barry Jaeckel | E | 67 | 78 | 74 | 69 | |
| T43 | Bob Murphy | E | 72 | 70 | 73 | 73 | |
| T43 | Bruce Devlin | E | 74 | 71 | 73 | 70 | |
| T43 | Howard Twitty | E | 75 | 69 | 73 | 71 | |
| T43 | Jim Colbert | E | 72 | 72 | 74 | 70 | |
| T43 | Jim Dent | E | 70 | 73 | 75 | 70 | |
| T43 | Lyn Lott | E | 75 | 68 | 73 | 72 | |
| T43 | Miller Barber | E | 70 | 72 | 71 | 75 | |
| T51 | Arnold Palmer | +1 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 76 | |
| T51 | Bill Rogers | +1 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 75 | |
| T51 | Bob Gilder | +1 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 77 | |
| T51 | Randy Erskine | +1 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 73 | |
| T51 | Wally Armstrong | +1 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 74 | |
| T56 | Bruce Fleisher | +2 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | |
| T56 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | +2 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 72 | |
| T56 | Eddie Pearce | +2 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 71 | |
| T56 | Gary Groh | +2 | 70 | 69 | 75 | 76 | |
| T56 | Gay Brewer | +2 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 78 | |
| T56 | Leonard Thompson | +2 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 71 | |
| T56 | Lou Graham | +2 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 71 | |
| T56 | Rod Funseth | +2 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 76 | |
| T56 | Tommy Aaron | +2 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 72 | |
| T65 | Dave Hill | +3 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 74 | |
| T65 | George Knudson | +3 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 74 | |
| T65 | Gil Morgan | +3 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 71 | |
| T65 | Homero Blancas | +3 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 75 | |
| T65 | Lanny Wadkins | +3 | 75 | 69 | 72 | 75 | |
| T70 | Art Wall | +4 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 76 | |
| T70 | Ben Crenshaw | +4 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 73 | |
| T70 | Bobby Cole | +4 | 77 | 68 | 75 | 72 | |
| T70 | John Jacobs | +4 | 73 | 69 | 78 | 72 | |
| T74 | Bob Eastwood | +5 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 72 | |
| T74 | Tom Jenkins | +5 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 76 | |
| T74 | Tony Jacklin | +5 | 74 | 69 | 77 | 73 | |
| 77 | Frank Beard | +6 | 70 | 72 | 78 | 74 | |
| 78 | Ralph Johnston | +7 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 77 | |
| 79 | Fuzzy Zoeller | +8 | 74 | 69 | 76 | 77 | |
| 80 | Tom Shaw | +9 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 77 | |
| CUT | Alan Tapie | +2 | 71 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Allen Miller | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Andy North | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Antonio Cerda | +7 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Barney Thompson | +4 | 75 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Bert Yancey | +17 | 75 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Bob Menne | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Bob Smith | +5 | 76 | 73 | |||
| Bob Stanton | — | ||||||
| CUT | Bob Wynn | +3 | 75 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Bob Zender | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Mitchell | +9 | 74 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Wadkins | +5 | 76 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Walzel | +2 | 72 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Bruce Lietzke | +8 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Charles Courtney | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Curtis Sifford | +6 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Danny Edwards | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger | +7 | 78 | 73 | |||
| CUT | David Glenz | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Dean Refram | +3 | 75 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Dick Lotz | +9 | 73 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Dick Rhyan | +2 | 72 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Doug Sanders | +3 | 75 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Dwight Nevil | +8 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Ed Dougherty | +3 | 75 | 72 | |||
| WD | Ed Sneed | -3 | 68 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Forrest Fezler | +2 | 74 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Gary Wintz | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Gene Littler | +3 | 73 | 74 | |||
| CUT | George Archer | +2 | 74 | 72 | |||
| CUT | George Cadle | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | George Johnson | +3 | 71 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Jim Wiechers | +6 | 72 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Joe Inman | +5 | 72 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Joe Porter | +5 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | John Lister | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | John Schroeder | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Julius Boros | +7 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Larry Hinson | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Lionel Hebert | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Marty Fleckman | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Mason Rudolph | +7 | 72 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Mike Hill | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Mike Morley | +2 | 74 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Mike Reasor | +4 | 76 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Mike Wynn | +7 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Nate Starks | +3 | 77 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Pat Fitzsimons | +2 | 74 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Peter Oosterhuis | +2 | 73 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Richard Crawford | +11 | 80 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Rod Curl | +3 | 73 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Ron Cerrudo | +5 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Roy Pace | +9 | 79 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Sam Adams | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Sam Snead | +2 | 71 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Sammy Rachels | +5 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Spike Kelley | +8 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Steve Melnyk | +6 | 77 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Terry Diehl | +3 | 73 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Tom Evans | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Tom Weiskopf | +3 | 73 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Victor Regalado | +3 | 74 | 73 |
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