Sports headlines for Thursday February 8, 1973:
- Baseball Camp Workouts Off During Talks
- Golfer Named Miller Birdies Way Into Contention At Desert
- Quarry Faces Lyle In Garden
Scores through round 2 of the 1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic
Tournament held at Bermuda Dunes Country Club (Bermuda Dunes, CA) from February 7, 1973 to February 11, 1973 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | 64 | 70 | -10 | 134 | $14,800 | |||
| 1 | George Johnson | 66 | 68 | -10 | 134 | $0 | |||
| 3 | Gay Brewer | 66 | 70 | -8 | 136 | $7,040 | |||
| 4 | Bob Barbarossa | 66 | 76 | -2 | 142 | $2,320 | |||
| 5 | Dwight Nevil | 67 | 73 | -4 | 140 | $1,160 | |||
| 6 | Charles Coody | 67 | 75 | -2 | 142 | $4,000 | |||
| 6 | Ben Kern | 67 | 75 | -2 | 142 | $256 | |||
| 8 | Billy Casper | 68 | 68 | -8 | 136 | $3,520 | |||
| 9 | Kermit Zarley | 68 | 72 | -4 | 140 | $4,520 | |||
| 10 | John Mahaffey | 68 | 73 | -3 | 141 | $4,520 | |||
| 11 | Bob Payne | 68 | 74 | -2 | 142 | $300 | |||
| 12 | Tom Jenkins | 68 | 75 | -1 | 143 | $1,160 | |||
| 13 | Jerry McGee | 69 | 71 | -4 | 140 | $688 | |||
| 14 | Rik Massengale | 69 | 72 | -3 | 141 | $122 | |||
| 15 | Jim Ahern | 69 | 73 | -2 | 142 | $688 | |||
| 16 | Bob Rosburg | 69 | 74 | -1 | 143 | $0 | |||
| 17 | Dave Stockton | 69 | 76 | +1 | 145 | $385 | |||
| 18 | Dale Douglass | 69 | 78 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Doug Sanders | 70 | 66 | -8 | 136 | $844 | |||
| 20 | Allen Miller | 70 | 67 | -7 | 137 | $2,880 | |||
| 21 | John Schlee | 70 | 68 | -6 | 138 | $5,760 | |||
| 22 | Jim Wiechers | 70 | 69 | -5 | 139 | $7,040 | |||
| 23 | Johnny Miller | 70 | 70 | -4 | 140 | $14,800 | |||
| 23 | Don Iverson | 70 | 70 | -4 | 140 | $970 | |||
| 25 | George Knudson | 70 | 71 | -3 | 141 | $970 | |||
| 25 | Chuck Courtney | 70 | 71 | -3 | 141 | $688 | |||
| 27 | Tom Nieporte | 70 | 73 | -1 | 143 | $0 | |||
| 27 | Babe Hiskey | 70 | 73 | -1 | 143 | $0 | |||
| 29 | Tom Watson | 70 | 74 | Even | 144 | $256 | |||
| 30 | Joe Porter | 70 | 76 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 31 | Larry Mancour | 70 | 77 | +3 | 147 | $385 | |||
| 32 | Wilf Honenuik | 70 | 78 | +4 | 148 | $0 | |||
| 33 | Arnold Palmer | 71 | 66 | -7 | 137 | $32,000 | |||
| 34 | Orville Moody | 71 | 68 | -5 | 139 | $1,760 | |||
| 35 | Miller Barber | 71 | 69 | -4 | 140 | $688 | |||
| 35 | Billy Ziobro | 71 | 69 | -4 | 140 | $344 | |||
| 37 | Lanny Wadkins | 71 | 70 | -3 | 141 | $4,520 | |||
| 37 | Lloyd Monroe | 71 | 70 | -3 | 141 | $496 | |||
| 37 | Lionel Hebert | 71 | 70 | -3 | 141 | $0 | |||
| 40 | Lee Elder | 71 | 71 | -2 | 142 | $2,880 | |||
| 40 | Mike Morley | 71 | 71 | -2 | 142 | $1,760 | |||
| 42 | Lee Wykle | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $3,520 | |||
| 42 | Jerry Heard | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $2,320 | |||
| 42 | Ken Still | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $688 | |||
| 42 | Larry Wood | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $385 | |||
| 46 | Roy Pace | 71 | 74 | +1 | 145 | $385 | |||
| 46 | Bud Allin | 71 | 74 | +1 | 145 | $300 | |||
| 46 | Bob Lunn | 71 | 74 | +1 | 145 | $0 | |||
| 49 | Don Padgett | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 49 | Bill Ogden | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 51 | Rick Acton | 71 | 86 | +13 | 157 | $0 | |||
| 52 | Victor Regalado | 72 | 69 | -3 | 141 | $385 | |||
| 53 | Tom Shaw | 72 | 71 | -1 | 143 | $385 | |||
| 54 | Larry Ziegler | 72 | 72 | Even | 144 | $0 | |||
| 55 | Pete Brown | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $1,380 | |||
| 55 | Roberto Bernardini | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $0 | |||
| 55 | Dick Lotz | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $0 | |||
| 55 | Tommy McGinnis | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Dick Rhyan | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $344 | |||
| 59 | Bunky Henry | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 61 | J.C. Snead | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 61 | Andy North | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 61 | Vince Bizik | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 61 | John Schroeder | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 65 | Jerry Barber | 72 | 77 | +5 | 149 | $0 | |||
| 66 | Bob Lewis | 72 | 78 | +6 | 150 | $0 | |||
| 67 | Dave Evans | 72 | 80 | +8 | 152 | $0 | |||
| 68 | Min Nan Hsieh | 73 | 69 | -2 | 142 | $300 | |||
| 68 | Mike Kallam | 73 | 69 | -2 | 142 | $0 | |||
| 70 | Rick Rhoads | 73 | 70 | -1 | 143 | $1,380 | |||
| 71 | Jack Ewing | 73 | 71 | Even | 144 | $2,320 | |||
| 71 | Joe Carr | 73 | 71 | Even | 144 | $0 | |||
| 73 | Rod Curl | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $1,760 | |||
| 73 | Cesar Sanudo | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $970 | |||
| 73 | Paul Harney | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $385 | |||
| 73 | Jimmy Powell | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $256 | |||
| 73 | Jim Dent | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $122 | |||
| 73 | Jim Simons | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $0 | |||
| 73 | Gardner Dickinson | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $0 | |||
| 80 | Joel Goldstrand | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $496 | |||
| 80 | Jim Hardy | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $496 | |||
| 82 | Jim Colbert | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $1,160 | |||
| 82 | Pat Fitzsimons | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 84 | Labron Harris | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $1,380 | |||
| 84 | Tommy Jacobs | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $496 | |||
| 86 | Steve Spray | 73 | 81 | +10 | 154 | $0 | |||
| 87 | Tommy Aaron | 74 | 69 | -1 | 143 | $970 | |||
| 88 | Lee Trevino | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $1,380 | |||
| 88 | Art Silvestrone | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $496 | |||
| 88 | David Glenz | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Dave Barber | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $0 | |||
| 92 | Jim Jamieson | 74 | 71 | +1 | 145 | $844 | |||
| 93 | Harry Toscano | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 93 | Ron Cerrudo | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 93 | Mike Reasor | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 96 | Bob Wynn | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $300 | |||
| 96 | Mike Higgins | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Dave Marr | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Charles Sifford | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | |||
| 100 | Bob Murphy | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $300 | |||
| 101 | Jim Barber | 74 | 76 | +6 | 150 | $0 | |||
| 102 | Butch Baird | 75 | 69 | Even | 144 | $688 | |||
| 103 | Dave Hill | 75 | 70 | +1 | 145 | $2,320 | |||
| 103 | Forrest Fezler | 75 | 70 | +1 | 145 | $1,160 | |||
| 105 | Bob Goalby | 75 | 71 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Dennis Meyer | 75 | 72 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Bob Shaw | 75 | 72 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 108 | Tom Sanderson | 75 | 73 | +4 | 148 | $0 | |||
| 109 | Mike Wynn | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $300 | |||
| 109 | Hubert Green | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Steve Oppermann | 75 | 75 | +6 | 150 | $0 | |||
| 112 | Jim Jewell | 75 | 77 | +8 | 152 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Bob Zender | 75 | 78 | +9 | 153 | $0 | |||
| 114 | Moon Mullins | 75 | 79 | +10 | 154 | $0 | |||
| 115 | Don Bies | 76 | 70 | +2 | 146 | $300 | |||
| 115 | Phil Rodgers | 76 | 70 | +2 | 146 | $0 | |||
| 117 | Greg Powers | 76 | 71 | +3 | 147 | $0 | |||
| 118 | Larry Hinson | 76 | 73 | +5 | 149 | $688 | |||
| 118 | Jim Ferriell | 76 | 73 | +5 | 149 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Bob Smith | 76 | 75 | +7 | 151 | $0 | |||
| 121 | John Schamp | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $0 | |||
| 122 | Ed Sneed | 77 | 70 | +3 | 147 | $344 | |||
| 123 | Rolf Deming | 77 | 72 | +5 | 149 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Jerry Barrier | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Ernie Vossler | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $0 | |||
| 126 | Ken Venturi | 77 | 76 | +9 | 153 | $0 | |||
| 127 | George Boutell | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $0 | |||
| 128 | David Cink | 77 | 80 | +13 | 157 | $0 | |||
| 129 | Howie Johnson | 78 | 73 | +7 | 151 | $0 | |||
| 129 | Bill Johnston | 78 | 73 | +7 | 151 | $0 | |||
| 129 | Paul Purtzer | 78 | 73 | +7 | 151 | $0 | |||
| 132 | Doug Olson | 78 | 75 | +9 | 153 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Gary Groh | 80 | 70 | +6 | 150 | $300 | |||
| 134 | Jack Fleck | 80 | 73 | +9 | 153 | $0 | |||
| 135 | John Hayes | 86 | 87 | +29 | 173 | $0 |


