1976 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: Johnny Miller, 279
Where it was played: Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England
Tournament dates: July 7-10, 1976
Leader after first round: Norio Suzuki, Seve Ballesteros and Christy O'Connor Jr., 69
Leader after second round: Seve Ballesteros, 138
Leader after third round: Seve Ballesteros, 211
Notable Notes: Johnny Miller won the second (and last) of his two major championships, with another great final round. At his first major, the 1973 U.S. Open, Miller famously shot 63 in the final round. Here, Miller came from two strokes behind at the start of the final round to win by six with a 66 in Round 4. Miller passed up Seve Ballesteros in that final round. Ballesteros was only 19 years old, but he led the first three rounds.
Final Scores
| Johnny Miller | 72-68-73-66—279 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 69-69-73-74—285 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 74-70-72-69—285 |
| Raymond Floyd | 76-67-73-70—286 |
| Tom Kite | 70-74-73-71—288 |
| Tommy Horton | 74-69-72-73—288 |
| Christy O'Connor Jr. | 69-73-75-71—288 |
| Mark James | 76-72-74-66—288 |
| Hubert Green | 72-70-78-68—288 |
| Peter Butler | 74-72-73-70—289 |
| Norio Suzuki | 69-75-75-70—289 |
| George Burns | 75-69-75-70—289 |
| Vicente Fernandez | 79-71-69-70—289 |
| Brian Barnes | 70-73-75-72—290 |
| John Fourie | 71-74-75-71—291 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 78-71-71-71—291 |
| Jack Newton | 70-74-76-72—292 |
| Graham Marsh | 71-73-72-76—292 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 73-72-76-71—292 |
| Guy Wolstenholme | 76-72-71-73—292 |
| David Huish | 73-74-72-74—293 |
| Alan Tapie | 74-72-75-72—293 |
| Bob Shearer | 76-73-75-69—293 |
| David Graham | 77-70-75-71—293 |
| Stewart Ginn | 78-72-72-71—293 |
| Simon Hobday | 79-71-75-68—293 |
| Hsu Chi San | 81-69-71-72—293 |
| Neil Coles | 74-77-70-73—294 |
| Doug Sanders | 77-73-73-71—294 |
| Nick Faldo | 78-71-76-69—294 |
| Gary Player | 72-72-79-71—294 |
| Gene Littler | 75-74-73-74—296 |
| Guy Hunt | 76-68-76-76—296 |
| Hale Irwin | 74-72-77-73—296 |
| Paddy McGuirk | 76-70-77-73—296 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 77-71-76-72—296 |
| Bobby Cole | 75-71-72-78—296 |
| Ian Mosey | 73-74-75-75—297 |
| Vincent Hood | 76-74-73-74—297 |
| Martin Foster | 74-71-77-75—297 |
| David Jagger | 78-72-74-73—297 |
| Malcolm Gregson | 73-75-76-74—298 |
| Barry Burgess | 75-76-74-73—298 |
| Warren Humphreys | 73-77-73-75—298 |
| Tony Jacklin | 73-77-76-72—298 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 74-75-77-72—298 |
| Peter Dawson | 80-72-73-73—298 |
| Doug McClelland | 74-73-77-75—299 |
| Bob Murphy | 75-77-73-74—299 |
| Dale Hayes | 77-71-74-77—299 |
| Bill Garrett | 74-74-78-73—299 |
| Stewart Adwick | 78-71-74-76—299 |
| Peter Berry | 80-72-71-76—299 |
| Carl Higgins | 77-67-81-74—299 |
| Arnold O'Connor | 76-76-74-74—300 |
| John Hammond | 74-76-73-77—300 |
| Arnold Palmer | 75-72-76-77—300 |
| David Talbot | 74-74-74-78—300 |
| Andries Oosthuizen | 75-73-78-74—300 |
| Bernard Gallacher | 74-72-76-79—301 |
| Danny Edwards | 74-72-79-76—301 |
| Bob Wynn | 79-70-75-77—301 |
| Liam Higgins | 77-74-75-76—302 |
| Bill Lockie | 78-74-74-76—302 |
| Peter Tupling | 75-71-77-79—302 |
| Alex Caygill | 80-71-75-76—302 |
