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The 1976 U.S. Open was the 76th U.S. Open held June 17–20 at the Highlands Course of the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth Georgia a suburb northeast of Atlanta. Tour rookie Jerry Pate won his only major championship two strokes ahead of runners-up Al Geiberger and Tom Weiskopf.John Mahaffey who lost the U.S. Open in a playoff the year before took the lead with a 68 in the second round.