Past Results

1979 Recap

Dates: May 24-27, 1979
Purse: $329,885
Par: 36-36=72
Yardage: 7,101 yards

Leaders

First Round â€“ Lanny Wadkins had a three-under 69 and led Mike McCullough by one. Second Round â€“ Tom Watsonâ€™s 69 gave him a two-under 142 and a four-stroke lead over Jack Nicklaus, Tom Kite and Peter Jacobsen. Third Round â€“ Watson held his four-stroke lead with a 214, while Miller Barber was at 218.

Notes

Cut Notes: 75 players at 13-over 157.

Weather: Thursday - Cool, windy day and some showers early in the day. Friday - Very cool, windy and rain most of the day. Saturday - Mostly cloudy, somewhat warmer and still windy. Sunday - Rain forced delay of start until 12:54 p.m., and both tees were used.

1979 Final Leaderboard

	Name	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	Purse
1	Tom Watson	73	69	72	71	285	$54,000
2	Miller Barber	74	73	71	70	288	$32,400
3	Bob Gilder	74	80	68	69	291	$20,400
4	Lanny Wadkins	69	79	73	71	292	$13,200
5	Tom Kite	74	72	74	72	292	$13,200
6	Ed Sneed	71	78	75	69	293	$10,800
7	Howard Twitty	75	76	74	69	294	$9,350
8	Jim Colbert	73	78	73	70	294	$9,350
9	Bill Rogers	77	75	71	71	294	$9,350
10	George Burns	76	78	73	68	295	$7,800
11	Jay Haas	73	78	73	71	295	$7,800
12	Fuzzy Zoeller	79	74	71	72	296	$6,075
13	Hubert Green	75	77	72	72	296	$6,075
14	Hale Irwin	73	80	76	67	296	$6,075
15	Bruce Lietzke	75	74	72	75	296	$6,075
16	Terry Diehl	79	71	74	73	297	$4,350
17	Alan Tapie	75	76	73	73	297	$4,350
18	Tom Weiskopf	76	73	74	74	297	$4,350
19	Barry Jaeckel	76	77	76	68	297	$4,350
20	Lon Hinkle	75	73	72	77	297	$4,350
21	Lee Elder	75	76	77	69	297	$4,350
22	John Mahaffey	78	78	72	70	298	$2,880
23	Jim Nelford	73	78	75	72	298	$2,880
24	J.C. Snead	76	73	77	72	298	$2,880
25	Bobby Walzel	73	78	75	72	298	$2,880
26	Leonard Thompson	78	75	72	73	298	$2,880
27	Craig Stadler	76	80	67	76	299	$2,220
28	Wally Armstrong	76	75	71	77	299	$2,220
29	Jack Nicklaus	73	73	74	79	299	$2,220
30	Chi Chi Rodriguez	75	81	71	73	300	$1,822
31	David Graham	73	76	76	75	300	$1,822
32	Keith Fergus	76	79	71	74	300	$1,822
33	Bob Mann	76	76	78	70	300	$1,822
34	Peter Oosterhuis	73	76	74	77	300	$1,822
35	Mike McCullough	70	82	76	72	300	$1,822
36	Don Bies	72	76	76	77	301	$1,491
37	Peter Jacobsen	72	74	78	77	301	$1,491
38	Ron Streck	74	78	77	72	301	$1,491
39	Victor Regalado	75	79	73	75	302	$1,390
40	Orville Moody	75	79	76	72	302	$1,390
41	Art Wall	74	81	73	74	302	$1,390
42	Gibby Gilbert	82	75	74	72	303	$1,270
43	Gil Morgan	80	76	75	72	303	$1,270
44	Gary Koch	78	74	78	73	303	$1,270
45	Arnold Palmer	75	81	74	73	303	$1,270
46	Wayne Levi	72	84	73	74	303	$1,270
47	Phil Hancock	78	79	75	72	304	$1,151
48	Graham Marsh	75	78	80	71	304	$1,151
49	Dave Hill	75	76	74	79	304	$1,151
50	Ray Floyd	75	80	78	71	304	$1,151
51	Larry Nelson	77	79	74	74	304	$1,151
52	Bob Zender	76	79	74	75	304	$1,151
53	John Schroeder	74	81	74	75	304	$1,151
54	Bob Murphy	76	77	74	78	305	$1,080
55	Lou Graham	79	76	78	72	305	$1,080
56	Buddy Gardner	76	81	74	74	305	$1,080
57	Jerry McGee	77	78	76	74	305	$1,080
58	Curtis Strange	73	81	76	75	305	$1,080
59	Don January	73	81	75	76	305	$1,080
60	Morris Hatalsky	76	74	78	77	305	$1,080
61	Rik Massengale	76	75	76	79	306	$1,045
62	Fred Marti	77	80	77	73	307	$1,037
63	Rex Caldwell	75	79	77	76	307	$1,037
64	Mac McLendon	71	81	81	75	308	$1,025
65	Frank Conner	76	79	76	77	308	$1,025
66	Jerry Heard	78	77	75	78	308	$1,025
67	Andy North	79	76	76	78	309	$1,015
68	Mike Hill	75	80	80	75	310	$1,005
69	Tom Purtzer	75	82	78	75	310	$1,005
70	Lindy Miller	75	78	79	78	310	$1,005
71	Pat McGowan	79	77	78	77	311	$1,000
72	Mike Morley	78	79	80	75	312	$1,000
73	Joe Inman	75	81	78	78	312	$1,000
74	Bill Kratzert	81	76	81	81	319	$1,000

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