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Sports headlines for Sunday May 2, 1976:

• Elder Wins A Return Ticket To Masters
• Buddy Baker Wins Fastest 500 Ever

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Final results of the 1976 Houston Open

Tournament held at Woodlands Country Club (The Woodlands, TX) from April 29, 1976 to May 2, 1976     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Bobby Wadkins	69	73	78	65	-3	285	$3,000
2	Forrest Fezler	67	71	74	67	-9	279	$22,800
3	Lee Elder	70	72	67	69	-10	278	$40,000
4	Lou Graham	71	70	74	69	-4	284	$3,700
5	Steve Melnyk	74	70	75	69	Even	288	$1,390
6	John Mahaffey	72	70	73	70	-3	285	$3,000
7	Miller Barber	72	69	69	71	-7	281	$7,700
7	Lee Trevino	70	70	70	71	-7	281	$7,700
9	Mark Hayes	67	74	70	71	-6	282	$5,900
10	Gil Morgan	71	70	71	71	-5	283	$4,600
11	Rik Massengale	70	70	73	71	-4	284	$3,700
12	Ray Floyd	71	72	71	71	-3	285	$3,000
12	Hubert Green	69	68	77	71	-3	285	$3,000
14	Peter Oosterhuis	72	72	72	71	-1	287	$1,825
15	George Burns	68	70	70	72	-8	280	$11,800
15	Wally Armstrong	67	69	72	72	-8	280	$11,800
17	Barry Jaeckel	69	69	72	72	-6	282	$5,900
18	Bruce Devlin	69	70	72	72	-5	283	$4,600
19	Alan Tapie	69	74	70	72	-3	285	$3,000
20	Dave Hill	69	74	72	72	-1	287	$1,825
20	John Toepel	72	71	72	72	-1	287	$1,825
22	Lyn Lott	70	72	74	72	Even	288	$1,390
23	Dennis Meyer	69	75	74	72	+2	290	$942
24	Ed Sneed	69	70	70	73	-6	282	$5,900
25	Bill Rogers	67	73	73	73	-2	286	$2,300
26	John Lister	71	73	70	73	-1	287	$1,825
27	Gary Wintz	70	73	73	73	+1	289	$1,105
28	Mason Rudolph	75	68	74	73	+2	290	$942
29	Tony Jacklin	73	71	74	73	+3	291	$760
30	Tom Kite	76	68	75	73	+4	292	$584
30	Doug Sanders	74	70	75	73	+4	292	$584
32	Charles Coody	70	72	67	74	-5	283	$4,600
33	Bobby Walzel	69	71	74	74	Even	288	$1,390
33	Kermit Zarley	69	75	70	74	Even	288	$1,390
33	John Gentile	69	71	74	74	Even	288	$1,390
33	Dick Rhyan	73	69	72	74	Even	288	$1,390
37	Richard Crawford	72	68	75	74	+1	289	$1,105
38	Dave Eichelberger	70	73	74	74	+3	291	$760
39	Mike McCullough	71	73	75	74	+5	293	$495
40	Mike Hill	71	70	70	75	-2	286	$2,300
41	Rod Funseth	71	71	71	75	Even	288	$1,390
42	Tom Shaw	70	73	72	75	+2	290	$942
43	Andy North	73	68	75	75	+3	291	$760
44	Ron Cerrudo	71	69	79	75	+6	294	$470
45	Bobby Nichols	72	69	71	76	Even	288	$1,390
46	John Schlee	71	71	72	76	+2	290	$942
47	Marty Fleckman	70	74	71	76	+3	291	$760
48	Bob Menne	74	69	73	76	+4	292	$584
48	Gibby Gilbert	70	71	75	76	+4	292	$584
50	Butch Baird	72	71	74	76	+5	293	$495
51	Tom Jenkins	74	70	73	77	+6	294	$470
52	Andy Bean	70	73	75	77	+7	295	$450
53	George Knudson	70	71	71	78	+2	290	$942
54	Don Massengale	70	71	73	78	+4	292	$584
55	Marion Heck	72	71	73	78	+6	294	$470
56	Mike Reasor	70	74	74	82	+12	300	$440

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Bob Lunn	70	77	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Curtis Sifford	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Dave Stockton	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jim Colbert	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jimmy Powell	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Johnny Miller	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Monty Kaser	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	R.H. Sikes	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Terry Diehl	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Tom Evans	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Victor Regalado	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Chi Chi Rodriguez	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jack Fleck	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jerry McGee	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Larry Miller	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Larry Nelson	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Tom Storey	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Tommy Aaron	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	72	77	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bobby Schwarz	72	77	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bruce Lietzke	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	David Shuster	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Ed Sabo	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Homero Blancas	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Jay Hebert	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Jim Dent	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Jim Masserio	72	77	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Jim Simons	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Joe Inman	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	John Jacobs	71	78	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Nate Starks	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Perry Leslie	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Rod Curl	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Stanton Altgelt	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Vern Novak	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bill Pelham	71	79	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Charlie Epps	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Dave Newquist	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Florentino Molina	71	79	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Jon Cutshall	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Larry Hinson	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Lionel Hebert	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike Wynn	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Sammy Rachels	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Antonio Cerda	73	78	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Austin Straub	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Ben Crenshaw	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Gary Baker	78	73	0	0	+7	151	$0
	George Johnson	73	78	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Guy Cullins	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Jerry Pate	73	78	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Sam Adams	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Gary McCord	78	74	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Phil Rodgers	78	74	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Ron Weber	72	80	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Greg Powers	79	75	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Jack Montgomery	73	81	0	0	+10	154	$0
	David Canipe	75	80	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Freddie Haas	77	78	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Jack Burke	76	79	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Eddie Thomas	78	78	0	0	+12	156	$0
	John Harris	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Mark Pfeil	80	77	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Arnold Salinas	80	78	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Dewitt Weaver	83	75	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Guy Walkingstick	82	77	0	0	+15	159	$0
WD	Dick Lotz	74	0	0	0	+2	74	$0
WD	Bill Mallon	79	0	0	0	+7	79	$0
WD	Eddie Pearce	80	0	0	0	+8	80	$0

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