Dates | February 26 – March 1, 1976 |
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Location | Lauderhill, Florida, U.S. |
Course(s) | Inverrary Country Club East Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,128 yards (6,518 m) |
Cut | 145 (+1) |
Prize fund | $300,000 |
Winner's share | $60,000 |
Jack Nicklaus | |
269 (−19) | |
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The 1976 Tournament Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held February 26 to March 1 at Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill, northwest of Fort Lauderdale. This was the third Tournament Players Championship;Jack Nicklaus won his second title, three strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead, similar to his 1974 win.
Saturday was washed out by a thunderstorm; the third round was on Sunday and the final round on Monday.
Defending champion Al Geiberger finished fifteen strokes back, in a tie for 24th place.
The first two editions had been played in late summer, after the major championships; this year's was in late February.
This was the only Tournament Players Championship held in south Florida; the first was in Georgia and the second in Texas. It relocated to northeast Florida at Ponte Vedra Beach in 1977. Inverrary hosted an annual event on the PGA Tour from 1972 through 1983.
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Thursday, February 26, 1976
Friday, February 27, 1976
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Friday, February 27, 1976
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Saturday, February 28, 1976
Sunday, February 29, 1976
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Monday, March 1, 1976