Sports headlines for Monday August 24, 1970:

• Casper Wins Avco By Three Strokes, Takes Money Lead
• Billy Martin Reportedly Signed Already To Pilot A's Next Year

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Final results of the 1970 AVCO Golf Classic

Tournament held at Pleasant Valley Country Club (Sutton, MA) from August 20, 1970 to August 24, 1970     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Billy Casper	68	67	73	69	-11	277	$32,000
2	Rod Funseth	72	70	72	66	-8	280	$14,800
2	Tom Weiskopf	70	69	70	71	-8	280	$14,800
4	Mac McLendon	72	73	69	67	-7	281	$5,936
4	Charles Coody	73	72	69	67	-7	281	$5,936
4	Larry Hinson	71	70	72	68	-7	281	$5,936
4	Lou Graham	70	69	71	71	-7	281	$5,936
4	Larry Ziegler	72	68	70	71	-7	281	$5,936
9	John Schroeder	71	73	71	67	-6	282	$3,840
9	Paul Harney	72	74	67	69	-6	282	$3,840
9	Dan Sikes	66	74	69	73	-6	282	$3,840
9	Dave Hill	72	70	67	73	-6	282	$3,840
13	Gary Player	72	70	74	67	-5	283	$2,960
13	R.H. Sikes	69	71	72	71	-5	283	$2,960
15	Bruce Devlin	73	71	71	69	-4	284	$2,480
15	John Schlee	68	74	72	70	-4	284	$2,480
15	Chi Chi Rodriguez	71	68	74	71	-4	284	$2,480
15	Herb Hooper	70	71	71	72	-4	284	$2,480
19	Homero Blancas	74	73	68	70	-3	285	$1,773
19	Don Bies	69	72	73	71	-3	285	$1,773
19	Gibby Gilbert	73	68	73	71	-3	285	$1,773
19	Lee Trevino	70	73	70	72	-3	285	$1,773
19	Jim Colbert	69	70	70	76	-3	285	$1,773
24	Bob Rosburg	73	74	72	67	-2	286	$1,237
24	Hale Irwin	71	74	72	69	-2	286	$1,237
24	Jack Montgomery	72	71	73	70	-2	286	$1,237
24	Jim Wiechers	76	66	72	72	-2	286	$1,237
24	Johnny Miller	72	70	71	73	-2	286	$1,237
24	Howie Johnson	72	74	67	73	-2	286	$1,237
24	Dave Eichelberger	69	73	70	74	-2	286	$1,237
31	Bruce Crampton	74	72	71	70	-1	287	$947
31	Tom Shaw	69	72	75	71	-1	287	$947
31	Bobby Cole	74	73	68	72	-1	287	$947
31	Lloyd Monroe	70	73	71	73	-1	287	$947
31	Tommy Aycock	69	72	71	75	-1	287	$947
31	Chuck Courtney	72	66	74	75	-1	287	$947
37	Bob Smith	73	73	73	69	Even	288	$800
37	Dave Stockton	72	72	73	71	Even	288	$800
37	Art Wall	72	68	76	72	Even	288	$800
40	Grier Jones	71	75	72	71	+1	289	$578
40	Pete Brown	76	70	72	71	+1	289	$578
40	Paul Barkhouse	72	74	71	72	+1	289	$578
40	Bert Yancey	71	71	74	73	+1	289	$578
40	Doug Sanders	71	70	74	74	+1	289	$578
40	Jim Jamieson	72	70	71	76	+1	289	$578
40	Bobby Mitchell	68	72	72	77	+1	289	$578
47	Bob Murphy	73	72	72	73	+2	290	$400
47	Babe Hiskey	75	71	68	76	+2	290	$400
49	Bob Stone	72	73	75	71	+3	291	$271
49	Lee Elder	74	72	72	73	+3	291	$271
49	J.C. Snead	75	72	70	74	+3	291	$271
49	Bob Stanton	72	70	74	75	+3	291	$271
53	Hugh Royer	77	70	75	70	+4	292	$206
53	Lionel Hebert	70	74	77	71	+4	292	$206
53	Terry Wilcox	73	73	75	71	+4	292	$206
53	Mason Rudolph	76	71	73	72	+4	292	$206
53	John Kennedy	72	73	75	72	+4	292	$206
53	Dale Douglass	75	72	71	74	+4	292	$206
53	Jerry Heard	72	73	72	75	+4	292	$206
53	Bob Lunn	75	71	71	75	+4	292	$206
53	Joe Carr	68	75	74	75	+4	292	$206
53	Steve Spray	72	73	72	75	+4	292	$206
53	Bob Goalby	70	76	70	76	+4	292	$206
64	Dick Lotz	72	74	71	77	+6	294	$206
65	Vern Novak	75	72	75	73	+7	295	$206
65	Joe Porter	73	73	75	74	+7	295	$206
65	Mike Reasor	76	69	75	75	+7	295	$206
65	Gardner Dickinson	75	70	75	75	+7	295	$206
65	Tommy Jacobs	72	71	73	79	+7	295	$206
70	Rolf Deming	72	74	76	74	+8	296	$206
70	Dave Bollman	73	72	77	74	+8	296	$206
70	Harry Toscano	76	71	75	74	+8	296	$206
70	Doug Ford	74	72	75	75	+8	296	$206
70	Billy Maxwell	73	71	76	76	+8	296	$206
75	Bruce Fleisher	75	71	74	77	+9	297	$206
76	Mike Hill	72	75	76	75	+10	298	$206
76	Charles Volpone	75	72	74	77	+10	298	$206
78	Jay Dolan	75	67	76	82	+12	300	$206
79	Jesse Whittenton	73	73	75	80	+13	301	$206
80	Randy Wolff	73	74	77	79	+15	303	$206
81	Bob Payne	75	71	79	81	+18	306	$206

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Al Mengert	77	71	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Dudley Wysong	77	71	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jack Lewis	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jerry Abbott	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jim Grant	72	76	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Joel Goldstrand	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Labron Harris	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Ronnie Reif	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Tony Jacklin	70	78	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bill Garrett	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bob Dickson	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bob Erickson	72	77	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dave Ragan	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dick Carmody	78	71	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Don Massengale	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	George Knudson	79	70	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Rives McBee	77	72	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bob Menne	74	76	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Bunky Henry	74	76	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Cesar Sanudo	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Dave Marr	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	J.C. Goosie	74	76	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Richard Crawford	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Rocky Thompson	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Steve Oppermann	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Charles Sifford	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Howell Fraser	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Jerry McGee	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Martin Roesink	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Marty Fleckman	79	72	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Monty Kaser	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Rick Rhoads	79	72	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Steve Eichstaedt	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Dick Rhyan	79	73	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Ed Sneed	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Fred Marti	75	77	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Gordon Jones	77	75	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Julius Boros	75	77	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Wayne Vollmer	78	74	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Dennis Tiziani	79	74	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Dewitt Weaver	74	79	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Dick Hanscom	71	82	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Mike Ballo	77	76	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Rafe Botts	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Ross Coon	78	75	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Stan Brion	75	78	0	0	+9	153	$0
	George Boutell	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Jimmy Powell	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Les Peterson	73	81	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Howard Buchanan	79	76	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Jacky Cupit	78	77	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Kel Nagle	76	79	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Tom Sanderson	79	76	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Billy Farrell	82	75	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Dennis Murphy	77	80	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Doug Olson	77	80	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Chris Blocker	80	78	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Hal Underwood	82	76	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Ross Randall	80	78	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Phil Rodgers	81	78	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Roy Pace	80	79	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Ted Hayes	79	80	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Bob Dolci	78	83	0	0	+17	161	$0
WD	Bill Collins	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Bob Wynn	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Deane Beman	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Jerry Steelsmith	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Randy Petri	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Tommy Aaron	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Gene Ferrell	84	0	0	0	+12	84	$0

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