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Sports headlines for Sunday September 10, 1972:

• Player's Brilliant Short Game Defeats Nicklaus, Trevino
• Bears' Sayers Quits Football
• Staubach Mends, Pin Is Removed

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Final results of the 1972 Southern Open

Tournament held at Green Island Country Club (Columbus, GA) from September 7, 1972 to September 10, 1972     (Par 70)

DeWitt Weaver defeated Chuck Courtney on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	George Archer	72	67	71	69	-1	279	$3,250
2	John Schroeder	72	69	70	69	Even	280	$2,400
2	Jack Ewing	70	71	70	69	Even	280	$2,400
4	Phil Rodgers	74	71	68	69	+2	282	$1,400
5	Bobby Cole	73	70	73	69	+5	285	$695
6	Bobby Mitchell	73	71	74	69	+7	287	$500
7	Chuck Courtney	69	68	69	70	-4	276	$11,400
8	Dick Rhyan	72	69	67	70	-2	278	$4,400
9	Jim Colbert	68	74	67	70	-1	279	$3,250
10	Forrest Fezler	70	71	70	70	+1	281	$1,800
10	Don Iverson	72	69	70	70	+1	281	$1,800
10	Larry Ziegler	68	73	70	70	+1	281	$1,800
13	Jerry McGee	72	71	70	70	+3	283	$1,013
14	Lee Wykle	74	71	70	70	+5	285	$695
15	Hubert Green	73	70	73	70	+6	286	$580
16	Mike Reasor	74	72	73	70	+9	289	$230
17	Chi Chi Rodriguez	66	72	68	71	-3	277	$7,100
18	Deane Beman	71	68	68	71	-2	278	$4,400
19	Dwight Nevil	75	70	63	71	-1	279	$3,250
20	Jerry Barrier	72	71	68	71	+2	282	$1,400
21	Roy Pace	69	67	76	71	+3	283	$1,013
22	Ken Still	72	71	71	71	+5	285	$695
23	Harry Toscano	76	70	69	71	+6	286	$580
24	Gibby Gilbert	72	69	75	71	+7	287	$500
25	Bob Menne	74	72	71	71	+8	288	$361
25	Larry Hinson	73	72	72	71	+8	288	$361
27	Jesus Rodriguez	72	73	75	71	+11	291	$143
28	Dewitt Weaver	65	67	72	72	-4	276	$20,000
29	Ron Cerrudo	70	70	70	72	+2	282	$1,400
30	Rod Funseth	70	73	69	72	+4	284	$820
30	Allen Miller	73	68	71	72	+4	284	$820
32	Bud Allin	72	74	68	72	+6	286	$580
33	Bob Smith	72	73	70	72	+7	287	$500
34	Bob Barbarossa	69	68	79	72	+8	288	$361
35	Dan Sikes	71	75	71	72	+9	289	$230
36	Chris Blocker	69	76	73	72	+10	290	$143
37	Steve Lyles	74	69	77	72	+12	292	$143
38	Johnny Miller	70	67	72	73	+2	282	$1,400
38	Mason Rudolph	70	71	68	73	+2	282	$1,400
40	Rolf Deming	72	72	67	73	+4	284	$820
40	John Schlee	74	69	68	73	+4	284	$820
42	George Knudson	71	70	71	73	+5	285	$695
43	Jim Dent	73	72	70	73	+8	288	$361
43	Bob Murphy	73	69	73	73	+8	288	$361
45	Richard Crawford	75	71	70	73	+9	289	$230
46	Lou Graham	75	70	73	73	+11	291	$143
47	Bert Yancey	70	69	70	74	+3	283	$1,013
48	Jack Lewis	71	72	71	74	+8	288	$361
48	Don Bies	72	72	70	74	+8	288	$361
50	Wilf Honenuik	74	71	71	74	+10	290	$143
51	Steve Melnyk	75	71	71	74	+11	291	$143
52	Larry Gilbert	69	75	74	74	+12	292	$143
53	Martin Roesink	69	70	72	75	+6	286	$580
54	Tom Shaw	73	69	73	75	+10	290	$143
55	J.C. Goosie	73	70	73	75	+11	291	$143
56	Ross Randall	70	75	72	75	+12	292	$143
56	Chuck Thorpe	70	74	73	75	+12	292	$143
58	Ted Hayes	73	72	73	75	+13	293	$143
59	Dave Marad	72	74	73	75	+14	294	$143
60	Paul Moran	74	71	75	75	+15	295	$143
61	Jim Marshall	75	71	79	75	+20	300	$143
62	George Johnson	67	70	67	76	Even	280	$2,400
62	Frank Beard	72	63	69	76	Even	280	$2,400
64	Tom Watson	75	71	67	76	+9	289	$230
65	Rafe Botts	74	72	70	76	+12	292	$143
66	Mike Wynn	72	73	75	76	+16	296	$143
67	Bob Dickson	67	71	71	77	+6	286	$580
68	Hugh Royer	70	72	76	77	+15	295	$143
68	J.C. Snead	71	75	72	77	+15	295	$143
70	Bob Zender	73	73	75	77	+18	298	$143
71	Davis Love	72	70	71	78	+11	291	$143
72	John Lister	72	72	72	78	+14	294	$143
73	David Glenz	71	71	75	79	+16	296	$143
74	Bunky Henry	73	73	72	79	+17	297	$143
75	Rik Massengale	69	74	69	80	+12	292	$143
76	Curtis Sifford	74	71	72	81	+18	298	$143
77	R.H. Sikes	72	70	72	82	+16	296	$143
78	Ralph Johnston	73	73	69	83	+18	298	$143

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Byron Comstock	77	70	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Jeff Voss	75	72	0	0	+7	147	$0
	John Toepel	73	74	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Larry Wood	76	71	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Mac McLendon	76	71	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Randy Wolff	70	77	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Sam Adams	74	73	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Tommy Aaron	71	76	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Bob Payne	73	75	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Dave Barber	75	73	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Jim King	75	73	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Marion Heck	72	76	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Ras Allen	74	74	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Steve Reid	75	73	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Wayne Peddy	74	74	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Bruce Fleisher	77	72	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Gary Bowerman	71	78	0	0	+9	149	$0
	John Lotz	78	71	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Johnny Pott	76	73	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Bob Bourne	73	77	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Bob Lewis	73	77	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Chris Gers	76	74	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Dale Douglass	77	73	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Earle Smith	77	73	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Herb Hooper	77	73	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Jim Gilbert	75	75	0	0	+10	150	$0
	John Jacobs	78	72	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Ken Ellsworth	78	72	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Martin Bohen	74	76	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Mike Mitchell	75	75	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Pete Brown	72	78	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Rocky Thompson	78	72	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Jim Barber	74	77	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Jim Jewell	82	69	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Monty Kaser	79	72	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Rick Rhoads	75	76	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Bob Eastwood	75	77	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Doug Olson	75	77	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Gary Groh	78	74	0	0	+12	152	$0
	John Kennedy	79	73	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Mike Spang	77	75	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Tom Sanderson	77	75	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Charles Owens	77	76	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Lloyd Monroe	79	74	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Bob Shaw	73	81	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Butch Baird	73	81	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Ed Moehling	76	79	0	0	+15	155	$0
	Leonard Thompson	78	78	0	0	+16	156	$0
	Ben Kern	77	80	0	0	+17	157	$0
	Jimmy Lynch	80	79	0	0	+19	159	$0
	Sherman Finger	78	84	0	0	+22	162	$0
WD	Tom Ulozas	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	John Mahaffey	75	0	0	0	+5	75	$0
WD	Fred Marti	76	0	0	0	+6	76	$0
WD	Ken Fulton	76	0	0	0	+6	76	$0
WD	Bert Greene	77	0	0	0	+7	77	$0
WD	Cesar Sanudo	80	0	0	0	+10	80	$0
WD	Billy Ziobro	82	0	0	0	+12	82	$0
WD	Wayne Yates	84	0	0	0	+14	84	$0

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