Sports headlines for Friday May 5, 1972:
- Irwin Scrambles To Houston Lead
- Bucs' Dock Ellis Sprayed With Mace By Cincy Police
- Leafs' Selwood Signs With WHA
- N. Carolina St. Cager Arrested
Scores through round 2 of the 1972 Houston Open
Tournament held at Westwood Country Club (Houston, TX) from May 4, 1972 to May 8, 1972 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | 67 | 67 | -10 | 134 | $3,685 | ||
| 2 | Chuck Thorpe | 66 | 71 | -7 | 137 | $4,542 | ||
| 3 | Bruce Devlin | 69 | 70 | -5 | 139 | $25,000 | ||
| 3 | Doug Sanders | 68 | 71 | -5 | 139 | $9,667 | ||
| 3 | Don January | 71 | 68 | -5 | 139 | $2,188 | ||
| 3 | Bob Payne | 69 | 70 | -5 | 139 | $622 | ||
| 7 | Jack Ewing | 68 | 72 | -4 | 140 | $4,542 | ||
| 7 | Don Bies | 67 | 73 | -4 | 140 | $3,000 | ||
| 7 | Ross Randall | 71 | 69 | -4 | 140 | $1,079 | ||
| 7 | Jim Ferriell | 68 | 72 | -4 | 140 | $227 | ||
| 11 | Cesar Sanudo | 70 | 71 | -3 | 141 | $2,188 | ||
| 11 | Bruce Crampton | 74 | 67 | -3 | 141 | $1,563 | ||
| 11 | Roy Pace | 73 | 68 | -3 | 141 | $821 | ||
| 11 | Mike Reasor | 71 | 70 | -3 | 141 | $821 | ||
| 11 | Bert Yancey | 73 | 68 | -3 | 141 | $622 | ||
| 11 | Lanny Wadkins | 69 | 72 | -3 | 141 | $289 | ||
| 11 | David Glenz | 71 | 70 | -3 | 141 | $232 | ||
| 18 | Tommy Aaron | 73 | 69 | -2 | 142 | $9,667 | ||
| 18 | Lou Graham | 72 | 70 | -2 | 142 | $9,667 | ||
| 18 | Chuck Courtney | 70 | 72 | -2 | 142 | $4,542 | ||
| 18 | Jerry McGee | 70 | 72 | -2 | 142 | $2,188 | ||
| 18 | Bob Goalby | 70 | 72 | -2 | 142 | $1,563 | ||
| 18 | Babe Hiskey | 70 | 72 | -2 | 142 | $821 | ||
| 18 | Richard Crawford | 73 | 69 | -2 | 142 | $232 | ||
| 25 | Larry Hinson | 72 | 71 | -1 | 143 | $3,000 | ||
| 25 | Bert Greene | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $3,000 | ||
| 25 | John Lister | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $2,188 | ||
| 25 | Richie Karl | 72 | 71 | -1 | 143 | $1,563 | ||
| 25 | Bob Lewis | 72 | 71 | -1 | 143 | $1,563 | ||
| 25 | Bob Smith | 75 | 68 | -1 | 143 | $821 | ||
| 25 | Bob Charles | 73 | 70 | -1 | 143 | $821 | ||
| 25 | Marty Fleckman | 69 | 74 | -1 | 143 | $821 | ||
| 25 | Bob Menne | 69 | 74 | -1 | 143 | $821 | ||
| 25 | Bruce Fleisher | 72 | 71 | -1 | 143 | $232 | ||
| 25 | Dave Eichelberger | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $227 | ||
| 25 | Mike Spang | 74 | 69 | -1 | 143 | $227 | ||
| 25 | Ben Crenshaw | 72 | 71 | -1 | 143 | $0 | ||
| 38 | Dwight Nevil | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $289 | ||
| 39 | Homero Blancas | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $1,563 | ||
| 39 | Bobby Cole | 74 | 71 | +1 | 145 | $622 | ||
| 39 | Dale Douglass | 70 | 75 | +1 | 145 | $622 | ||
| 39 | Billy Maxwell | 75 | 70 | +1 | 145 | $289 | ||
| 39 | Dave Marr | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $289 | ||
| 39 | Larry Ziegler | 71 | 74 | +1 | 145 | $289 | ||
| 39 | Ron Cerrudo | 71 | 74 | +1 | 145 | $289 | ||
| 39 | Curtis Sifford | 74 | 71 | +1 | 145 | $232 | ||
| 39 | Paul Moran | 75 | 70 | +1 | 145 | $227 | ||
| 39 | Ralph Johnston | 74 | 71 | +1 | 145 | $227 | ||
| 39 | Jerry Breaux | 71 | 74 | +1 | 145 | $227 | ||
| 39 | Bob Dickson | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $227 | ||
| 39 | Mac McLendon | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $227 | ||
| 39 | John Kennedy | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $227 | ||
| 53 | Grier Jones | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $3,000 | ||
| 53 | Allen Miller | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $1,563 | ||
| 53 | Jim Dent | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $1,079 | ||
| 53 | Lee Elder | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $821 | ||
| 53 | John Mahaffey | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $289 | ||
| 53 | Miller Barber | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $289 | ||
| 53 | Gibby Gilbert | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $232 | ||
| 53 | Bobby Greenwood | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $227 | ||
| 53 | Bob Murphy | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $0 | ||
| 62 | Tom Shaw | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $1,079 | ||
| 62 | Earle Smith | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $1,079 | ||
| 62 | Dave Marad | 77 | 70 | +3 | 147 | $622 | ||
| 62 | Wilf Honenuik | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $289 | ||
| 62 | Fred Marti | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $227 | ||
| 62 | Doug Olson | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $227 | ||
| 62 | Hubert Green | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $227 | ||
| 62 | Gary Groh | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $227 | ||
| 62 | Bobby Mitchell | 71 | 76 | +3 | 147 | $227 | ||
| 62 | Greg Hughes | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $227 | ||
| 62 | Greg Powers | 75 | 72 | +3 | 147 | $227 | ||
| 62 | Mike Baker | 71 | 76 | +3 | 147 | $227 | ||
| 62 | Tom Kite | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 75 | David Graham | 78 | 70 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Jim Barber | 77 | 71 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Ben Kern | 75 | 73 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Kermit Zarley | 75 | 73 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Julius Boros | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Bud Allin | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Harry Toscano | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Jim Barker | 72 | 76 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Mike Morley | 71 | 77 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Byron Comstock | 71 | 77 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Bob Stone | 71 | 77 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Monty Kaser | 78 | 71 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Bob Lunn | 76 | 73 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Lionel Hebert | 76 | 73 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Howie Johnson | 76 | 73 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Randy Wolff | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Corker Deloach | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Les Peterson | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Jack Harden | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Wayne Vollmer | 72 | 77 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Mike Higgins | 72 | 77 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Jim Hardy | 71 | 78 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Jim Ferrier | 71 | 78 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 98 | Steve Spray | 78 | 72 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 98 | Orville Moody | 75 | 75 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 98 | Larry Wood | 74 | 76 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 98 | Charles Coody | 73 | 77 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 102 | Bob Barbarossa | 77 | 74 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 102 | George Knudson | 77 | 74 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 102 | Lee Wykle | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 102 | Steve Melnyk | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 102 | John Schlee | 74 | 77 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 102 | Ralph Baker | 74 | 77 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 102 | Bobby Nichols | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 102 | John Mills | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 102 | Dan Sikes | 72 | 79 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 111 | Bunky Henry | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 111 | Tom Watson | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 111 | Forrest Fezler | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 111 | John Schroeder | 75 | 77 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 111 | Steve Reid | 73 | 79 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 111 | Phil Rodgers | 72 | 80 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 117 | Phil Ferranti | 79 | 74 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 117 | Ron Weber | 78 | 75 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 117 | Ed Sneed | 78 | 75 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 117 | Tom Sanderson | 78 | 75 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 117 | Craig Metz | 75 | 78 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 122 | Wayne Peddy | 79 | 75 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 122 | Jack Lewis | 78 | 76 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 122 | Dave Haberle | 73 | 81 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 125 | Leonard Thompson | 78 | 77 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 125 | Elwin Fanning | 75 | 80 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 127 | Sam Harvey | 80 | 76 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 127 | Labron Harris | 79 | 77 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 127 | Bill Garrett | 78 | 78 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 127 | Larry Mowry | 76 | 80 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 131 | Jacky Cupit | 79 | 78 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 131 | Sam Adams | 79 | 78 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 131 | George Hixon | 76 | 81 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 134 | Dennis Rouse | 82 | 76 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 134 | Bob Eastwood | 78 | 80 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 136 | Jimmy Wright | 81 | 82 | +19 | 163 | $0 |