The 1976–77 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1976 and May 1977. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events. __TOC__
New professionals John Virgo was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as a professional player at the Association's July 1976 meeting. Doug Mountjoy, Roy Andrewartha and Chris Ross all became professionals after competing in the 1976 World Amateur Snooker Championship in October, which Mountjoy won. Patsy Fagan joined the professional ranks in October.
Calendar DateDates use the mm-dd date format. Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference NR Australian Professional Championship Dandenong Football Club Melbourne 09-?? 09-?? NR Canadian Open Toronto John Spencer Alex Higgins 17–9 11–28 12–11 NR Nunawading Basketball Centre Melbourne Eddie Charlton Ray Reardon 31–24 01-?? 01-?? NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Perrie Mans 1–0 02–07 02–11 NR The Masters New London Theatre London Doug Mountjoy Ray Reardon 7–6 Snooker Scene, February 1977, page 9 02–17 02–18 NR Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament Leopardstown Racecourse Dublin Alex Higgins Ray Reardon 5–3 04–18 04–30 WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield John Spencer Cliff Thorburn 25–21 04–30 05–07 NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn John Spencer John Pulman 7–5 Snooker Scene, May 1977, page 27
WR = World ranking event NR = Non-ranking event
Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings.
No. Ch.Indicates a relation to the Order of Merit used during the 1975/1976 season. Name Points 1 Ray Reardon 15 2 Alex Higgins 9 3 Eddie Charlton 8 4 Fred Davis 6 5 Graham Miles 6 6 Rex Williams 6 7 Perrie Mans 5 8 John Spencer 5 9 Dennis Taylor 5 10 Gary Owen 4 11 John Dunning 4 12 Jim Meadowcroft 3 13 Cliff Thorburn 3 14 Bill Werbeniuk 3 15 John Pulman 3 16 David Taylor 2
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