Sports headlines for Friday February 6, 1976:
- Scouts Acquire Henry Boucha
- Dolphins' Stadium Hopes Hit Snag
- U.S. Skaters In Win... Loss... Controversy
Scores through round 3 of the 1976 Bob Hope Desert Classic
Tournament held at Indian Wells Country Club (Indian Wells, CA) from February 4, 1976 to February 8, 1976 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold Palmer | 74 | 64 | 76 | -2 | 214 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Billy Casper | 72 | 65 | 74 | -5 | 211 | $4,860 | ||
| 3 | George Cadle | 74 | 65 | 77 | Even | 216 | $1,118 | ||
| 4 | Dwight Nevil | 71 | 67 | 73 | -5 | 211 | $3,480 | ||
| 5 | Victor Regalado | 74 | 67 | 74 | -1 | 215 | $1,643 | ||
| 5 | Rod Curl | 75 | 67 | 73 | -1 | 215 | $792 | ||
| 7 | Bud Allin | 67 | 68 | 75 | -6 | 210 | $12,780 | ||
| 8 | Bob Murphy | 70 | 68 | 76 | -2 | 214 | $4,320 | ||
| 9 | Mike Morley | 74 | 68 | 73 | -1 | 215 | $2,520 | ||
| 10 | Jim Jamieson | 74 | 68 | 74 | Even | 216 | $927 | ||
| 11 | Dick Rhyan | 73 | 68 | 78 | +3 | 219 | $0 | ||
| 12 | Johnny Miller | 71 | 69 | 73 | -3 | 213 | $36,000 | ||
| 13 | Bruce Lietzke | 74 | 69 | 72 | -1 | 215 | $3,480 | ||
| 14 | Orville Moody | 73 | 69 | 75 | +1 | 217 | $1,118 | ||
| 15 | Joe Porter | 73 | 69 | 76 | +2 | 218 | $410 | ||
| 16 | Don Massengale | 77 | 69 | 73 | +3 | 219 | $356 | ||
| 16 | Phil Rodgers | 75 | 69 | 75 | +3 | 219 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Dave Stockton | 73 | 69 | 78 | +4 | 220 | $0 | ||
| 19 | Bobby Wadkins | 77 | 69 | 77 | +7 | 223 | $0 | ||
| 20 | Dave Newquist | 74 | 70 | 67 | -5 | 211 | $7,740 | ||
| 20 | Jack Nicklaus | 69 | 70 | 72 | -5 | 211 | $5,535 | ||
| 22 | John Mahaffey | 70 | 70 | 73 | -3 | 213 | $927 | ||
| 23 | Lee Elder | 71 | 70 | 73 | -2 | 214 | $5,535 | ||
| 24 | Forrest Fezler | 73 | 70 | 74 | +1 | 217 | $320 | ||
| 25 | Alan Tapie | 73 | 70 | 75 | +2 | 218 | $288 | ||
| 25 | Bob Wynn | 73 | 70 | 75 | +2 | 218 | $0 | ||
| 27 | Rex Caldwell | 71 | 70 | 78 | +3 | 219 | $2,520 | ||
| 27 | J.C. Snead | 73 | 70 | 76 | +3 | 219 | $1,118 | ||
| 27 | Barry Jaeckel | 75 | 70 | 74 | +3 | 219 | $288 | ||
| 30 | Jerry McGee | 76 | 70 | 75 | +5 | 221 | $666 | ||
| 30 | Calvin Peete | 77 | 70 | 74 | +5 | 221 | $503 | ||
| 32 | Howard Twitty | 78 | 70 | 74 | +6 | 222 | $1,643 | ||
| 33 | Rick Richards | 79 | 70 | 74 | +7 | 223 | $0 | ||
| 34 | Dennis Meyer | 81 | 70 | 76 | +11 | 227 | $0 | ||
| 35 | Mason Rudolph | 71 | 71 | 71 | -3 | 213 | $1,643 | ||
| 36 | Bill Rogers | 69 | 71 | 74 | -2 | 214 | $4,320 | ||
| 36 | Dave Hill | 71 | 71 | 72 | -2 | 214 | $1,118 | ||
| 36 | Jim Wiechers | 72 | 71 | 71 | -2 | 214 | $410 | ||
| 39 | Jimmy Powell | 72 | 71 | 72 | -1 | 215 | $1,359 | ||
| 40 | Curtis Sifford | 75 | 71 | 71 | +1 | 217 | $503 | ||
| 41 | Gay Brewer | 70 | 71 | 77 | +2 | 218 | $1,359 | ||
| 42 | Gary Wintz | 72 | 71 | 76 | +3 | 219 | $792 | ||
| 43 | David Graham | 69 | 71 | 80 | +4 | 220 | $503 | ||
| 44 | Ken Still | 77 | 71 | 74 | +6 | 222 | $503 | ||
| 45 | Dick Lotz | 73 | 71 | 81 | +9 | 225 | $0 | ||
| 45 | George Burns | 77 | 71 | 77 | +9 | 225 | $0 | ||
| 47 | Dan O'Neill | 83 | 71 | 74 | +12 | 228 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Rik Massengale | 69 | 72 | 71 | -4 | 212 | $20,520 | ||
| 49 | Mike McCullough | 72 | 72 | 70 | -2 | 214 | $2,520 | ||
| 50 | Jerry Heard | 73 | 72 | 70 | -1 | 215 | $7,740 | ||
| 50 | Jerry Pate | 71 | 72 | 72 | -1 | 215 | $2,520 | ||
| 52 | George Knudson | 74 | 72 | 71 | +1 | 217 | $356 | ||
| 53 | Mike Reasor | 71 | 72 | 75 | +2 | 218 | $2,520 | ||
| 54 | Mac McLendon | 77 | 72 | 70 | +3 | 219 | $1,643 | ||
| 54 | Miller Barber | 75 | 72 | 72 | +3 | 219 | $792 | ||
| 56 | Don Bies | 74 | 72 | 74 | +4 | 220 | $320 | ||
| 57 | Doug Sanders | 73 | 72 | 76 | +5 | 221 | $0 | ||
| 58 | Lionel Hebert | 74 | 72 | 76 | +6 | 222 | $410 | ||
| 58 | Bob Gilder | 75 | 72 | 75 | +6 | 222 | $356 | ||
| 58 | Dave Evans | 74 | 72 | 76 | +6 | 222 | $0 | ||
| 61 | Hubert Green | 75 | 72 | 76 | +7 | 223 | $1,359 | ||
| 61 | Tom Nieporte | 75 | 72 | 76 | +7 | 223 | $0 | ||
| 61 | Tommy Jacobs | 71 | 72 | 80 | +7 | 223 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Tom Shaw | 71 | 72 | 82 | +9 | 225 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Ed Sabo | 74 | 72 | 79 | +9 | 225 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Pat Fitzsimons | 77 | 72 | 77 | +10 | 226 | $0 | ||
| 67 | Bob Rosburg | 81 | 72 | 77 | +14 | 230 | $0 | ||
| 68 | Tommy Aaron | 73 | 73 | 69 | -1 | 215 | $2,520 | ||
| 69 | Peter Oosterhuis | 72 | 73 | 71 | Even | 216 | $927 | ||
| 70 | Jim Colbert | 67 | 73 | 77 | +1 | 217 | $7,740 | ||
| 70 | Mike Mitchell | 74 | 73 | 70 | +1 | 217 | $666 | ||
| 72 | Art Wall | 75 | 73 | 71 | +3 | 219 | $410 | ||
| 72 | Tom Jenkins | 74 | 73 | 72 | +3 | 219 | $410 | ||
| 74 | Dale Douglass | 75 | 73 | 72 | +4 | 220 | $2,520 | ||
| 74 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 72 | 73 | 75 | +4 | 220 | $0 | ||
| 76 | Wally Armstrong | 75 | 73 | 75 | +7 | 223 | $792 | ||
| 76 | Gil Morgan | 79 | 73 | 71 | +7 | 223 | $356 | ||
| 76 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 71 | 73 | 79 | +7 | 223 | $0 | ||
| 79 | Leonard Thompson | 77 | 73 | 74 | +8 | 224 | $356 | ||
| 79 | Don Iverson | 81 | 73 | 70 | +8 | 224 | $0 | ||
| 81 | John Jacobs | 81 | 73 | 71 | +9 | 225 | $0 | ||
| 81 | Dick Mayer | 72 | 73 | 80 | +9 | 225 | $0 | ||
| 83 | Don Pooley | 76 | 73 | 77 | +10 | 226 | $0 | ||
| 84 | Bobby Walzel | 75 | 73 | 79 | +11 | 227 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Roger Maltbie | 75 | 73 | 80 | +12 | 228 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Tom Evans | 76 | 73 | 81 | +14 | 230 | $0 | ||
| 87 | Charles Coody | 68 | 74 | 74 | Even | 216 | $1,118 | ||
| 88 | Gary Koch | 72 | 74 | 71 | +1 | 217 | $666 | ||
| 89 | Bobby Nichols | 74 | 74 | 71 | +3 | 219 | $410 | ||
| 90 | Larry Nelson | 74 | 74 | 73 | +5 | 221 | $0 | ||
| 91 | Bob Goalby | 73 | 74 | 75 | +6 | 222 | $270 | ||
| 92 | Jack Ewing | 76 | 74 | 73 | +7 | 223 | $503 | ||
| 93 | Isao Matsui | 72 | 74 | 78 | +8 | 224 | $356 | ||
| 93 | Lyn Lott | 74 | 74 | 76 | +8 | 224 | $0 | ||
| 95 | Steve Veriato | 75 | 74 | 78 | +11 | 227 | $0 | ||
| 96 | Labron Harris | 74 | 74 | 82 | +14 | 230 | $0 | ||
| 97 | Barney Thompson | 80 | 74 | 78 | +16 | 232 | $0 | ||
| 98 | Lanny Wadkins | 71 | 75 | 69 | -1 | 215 | $1,359 | ||
| 99 | Gary McCord | 71 | 75 | 71 | +1 | 217 | $503 | ||
| 100 | Gary Groh | 76 | 75 | 69 | +4 | 220 | $0 | ||
| 101 | Dean Refram | 73 | 75 | 73 | +5 | 221 | $0 | ||
| 102 | George Johnson | 74 | 75 | 73 | +6 | 222 | $288 | ||
| 103 | Tommy McGinnis | 76 | 75 | 75 | +10 | 226 | $0 | ||
| 103 | John Schamp | 75 | 75 | 76 | +10 | 226 | $0 | ||
| 105 | John Harris | 76 | 75 | 79 | +14 | 230 | $0 | ||
| 106 | Joe Inman | 78 | 75 | 78 | +15 | 231 | $0 | ||
| 107 | Mike Shea | 73 | 76 | 65 | -2 | 214 | $306 | ||
| 108 | Tony Jacklin | 71 | 76 | 69 | Even | 216 | $3,480 | ||
| 109 | Bill Ogden | 72 | 76 | 74 | +6 | 222 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Joey Dills | 71 | 76 | 79 | +10 | 226 | $0 | ||
| 111 | Terry Wilcox | 76 | 76 | 78 | +14 | 230 | $0 | ||
| 112 | Gardner Dickinson | 75 | 76 | 80 | +15 | 231 | $0 | ||
| 113 | Bob Payne | 69 | 77 | 75 | +5 | 221 | $503 | ||
| 114 | Frank Beard | 77 | 77 | 82 | +20 | 236 | $0 | ||
| 115 | Bob Stanton | 72 | 78 | 75 | +9 | 225 | $0 | ||
| 116 | Bob Eastwood | 76 | 78 | 80 | +18 | 234 | $0 | ||
| 117 | Jerry Barber | 77 | 78 | 80 | +19 | 235 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Dow Finsterwald | 77 | 79 | 85 | +25 | 241 | $0 | ||
| 119 | David Glenz | 73 | 80 | 73 | +10 | 226 | $0 | ||
| 120 | Jim Ferriell | 76 | 81 | 81 | +22 | 238 | $0 | ||
| 121 | Bert Yancey | 84 | 84 | 82 | +34 | 250 | $0 |


