Past Results

1978 Recap

Dates: May 18-21,1978
Purse: $259,960
Par: 36-36=72
Yardage: 7,101 yards

Leaders

First Round â€“ Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player were tied at five-under 67. Tom Kite, Rex Caldwell and Jim Simons were at 68. Second Round â€“ Simons was alone in lead at seven-under l37. Player, Andy Bean, Ed Sneed and Bobby Wadkins were at l39. Third Round â€“ Simons birdied last hole for six-under 210, with Bill Kratzert at 211 and Rod Curl 212.

Notes

Cut Notes: 73 players at 149.

Weather: Thursday and Friday, mostly sunny. Saturday and Sunday, overcast. Lift, clean and place in fairway first two days.

1978 Final Leaderboard

	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	Purse
1	Jim Simons	68	69	73	74	284	$50,000
2	Bill Kratzert	72	70	69	74	285	$28,500
3	Fuzzy Zoeller	71	73	73	70	287	$17,750
4	Ed Sneed	69	70	78	71	288	$10,333
5	Gary Player	67	72	75	74	288	$10,333
6	Jack Nicklaus	67	76	71	74	288	$10,333
7	Morris Hatalsky	74	68	75	72	289	$7,687
8	Bob Shearer	72	72	70	75	289	$7,687
9	Gil Morgan	74	67	76	74	291	$6,750
10	Jerry Pate	76	73	74	69	292	$5,300
11	Curtis Strange	69	76	77	70	292	$5,300
12	Jay Haas	71	76	73	72	292	$5,300
13	David Graham	78	69	72	73	292	$5,300
14	Tom Watson	73	72	72	75	292	$5,300
15	Bruce Lietzke	74	70	76	73	293	$3,750
16	Mark Hayes	70	78	72	73	293	$3,750
17	Howard Twitty	75	71	73	74	293	$3,750
18	Keith Fergus	72	70	74	77	293	$3,750
19	Rod Curl	77	67	68	81	293	$3,750
20	Lee Elder	74	72	77	71	294	$2,650
21	Larry Nelson	77	71	71	75	294	$2,650
22	Steve Melnyk	71	75	73	75	294	$2,650
23	Bob Gilder	75	74	70	75	294	$2,650
24	Tom Weiskopf	72	77	74	72	295	$1,970
25	Bobby Walzel	72	77	74	72	295	$1,970
26	Andy Bean	71	68	81	75	295	$1,970
27	Don Pooley	71	76	74	74	295	$1,970
28	Terry Diehl	72	73	74	76	295	$1,970
29	Gary Koch	71	70	74	80	295	$1,970
30	Ben Crenshaw	72	77	75	72	296	$1,518
31	Mac McLendon	74	74	75	73	296	$1,518
32	Miller Barber	73	73	75	75	296	$1,518
33	Mike Morley	70	74	76	76	296	$1,518
34	Charles Coody	74	72	74	76	296	$1,518
35	Bob Zender	74	72	71	79	296	$1,518
36	George Burns	71	74	78	74	297	$1,203
37	Hubert Green	71	74	76	76	297	$1,203
38	Mike McCullough	72	76	74	75	297	$1,203
39	Rex Caldwell	68	75	76	78	297	$1,203
40	Bruce Devlin	72	77	76	73	298	$993
41	Andy North	70	76	76	76	298	$993
42	Gibby Gilbert	71	75	75	77	298	$993
43	Bob Wynn	76	70	75	77	298	$993
44	Hale Irwin	73	73	73	79	298	$993
45	Wally Armstrong	75	72	72	79	298	$993
46	John Schroeder	76	73	79	71	299	$910
47	Jeff Mitchell	73	76	75	75	299	$910
48	Arnold Palmer	77	71	75	76	299	$910
49	Gary Groh	78	68	76	77	299	$910
50	Bobby Wadkins	70	69	81	79	299	$910
51	Tommy Aaron	71	73	74	81	299	$910
52	Lou Graham	71	75	71	82	299	$910
53	Jim Colbert	75	74	74	77	300	$865
54	Leonard Thompson	73	72	75	80	300	$865
55	Tom Purtzer	74	74	79	74	301	$816
56	Bob E. Smith	77	72	79	73	301	$816
57	Mike Reid	74	73	77	77	301	$816
58	Barry Jaeckel	74	74	75	78	301	$816
59	Lon Hinkle	69	76	77	79	301	$816
60	Victor Regalado	73	75	74	79	301	$816
61	Doug Tewell	73	73	75	80	301	$816
62	Tom Kite	68	75	78	80	301	$816
63	Joe Inman	74	74	77	77	302	$780
64	Don Bies	74	71	80	77	302	$780
65	Craig Stadler	72	75	79	76	302	$780
66	Gary McCord	71	76	70	86	303	$770
67	Alan Tapie	70	74	81	79	304	$765
68	George Cadle	74	74	80	77	305	$755
69	Frank Beard	75	71	81	78	305	$755
70	Jerry Heard	71	78	77	79	305	$755
71	Roger Maltbie	71	76	80	81	308	$750
72	Lu Liang-Huan	73	76	75	84	308	$750
73	Forrest Fez1er	75	74	81	79	309	$750

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