1976 Masters: Floyd Dominates
Ray Floyd dominated the 1976 Masters with a record performance. It was the 40th time the tournament was played.
Winner: Ray Floyd, 271
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 8-11, 1976
Leader after first round: Ray Floyd, 65
Leader after second round: Ray Floyd, 131
Leader after third round: Ray Floyd, 201
Notable Notes: The 1977 Masters was all about Ray Floyd. He led from wire-to-wire (the first golfer to do so) and tied Jack Nicklaus' then-tournament scoring records of 17-under-par 271.
Floyd opened with rounds of 65-66, bettering the previous 36-hole tournament record by four strokes. He led second-place Nicklaus by eight after three rounds. And Floyd won by eight over runner-up Ben Crenshaw (Nicklaus was third, 11 shots back).
Final Scores
| Raymond Floyd | 65-66-70-70—271 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 70-70-72-67—279 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 67-69-73-73—282 |
| Larry Ziegler | 67-71-72-72—282 |
| Charles Coody | 72-69-70-74—285 |
| Hale Irwin | 71-77-67-70—285 |
| Tom Kite | 73-67-72-73—285 |
| Billy Casper | 71-76-71-69—287 |
| Roger Maltbie | 72-75-70-71—288 |
| Graham Marsh | 73-68-75-72—288 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 73-71-70-74—288 |
| Jim Colbert | 71-72-74-72—289 |
| Lou Graham | 68-73-72-76—289 |
| Gene Littler | 71-72-74-72—289 |
| Al Geiberger | 75-70-73-73—291 |
| Dave Hill | 69-73-76-73—291 |
| Jerry McGee | 71-73-72-75—291 |
| a-Curtis Strange | 71-76-73-71—291 |
| Bud Allin | 69-76-72-75—292 |
| Bruce Devlin | 77-69-72-74—292 |
| Hubert Green | 71-66-78-77—292 |
| Dale Hayes | 75-74-73-70—292 |
| Gay Brewer | 75-74-71-73—293 |
| Rik Massengale | 70-72-78-73—293 |
| Johnny Miller | 71-73-74-75—293 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 76-74-75-68—293 |
| Bruce Crampton | 74-76-71-73—294 |
| Bob Murphy | 72-74-76-73—295 |
| Eddie Pearce | 71-71-79-74—295 |
| Gary Player | 73-73-70-79—295 |
| Lee Trevino | 75-75-69-76—295 |
| Art Wall Jr. | 74-71-75-75—295 |
| Don January | 73-74-76-73—296 |
| Jumbo Ozaki | 72-75-75-74—296 |
| Tom Watson | 77-73-76-70—296 |
| Joe Inman | 74-75-71-77—297 |
| Takashi Murakami | 74-71-80-73—298 |
| Andy North | 66-81-75-76—298 |
| Bob Gilder | 71-75-76-77—299 |
| John Mahaffey | 72-74-78-75—299 |
| Bob Shearer | 73-75-76-75—299 |
| Tommy Aaron | 73-76-77-74—300 |
| Frank Beard | 74-75-78-74—301 |
| J.C. Snead | 72-77-76-76—301 |
| Pat Fitzsimons | 71-79-77-76—303 |
| a-Dick Siderowf | 76-73-77-81—307 |
| Bobby Cole | 75-74-78-82—309 |