Sports headlines for Thursday May 24, 1973:
- Two Late Birdies Earn Nicklaus Share Of Lead
- Gorman, Evert Lead Advance By U.S. Netters
- State Investigating Use Of Drugs By Chargers
- Player Limit Up; NFL Clubs Face Pay Hikes
- Rodgers Takes Montreal Offer
Scores through round 1 of the 1973 Atlanta Classic
Tournament held at Atlanta Country Club (Marietta, GA) from May 24, 1973 to May 27, 1973 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | 67 | -5 | 67 | $30,000 | |||
| 1 | Mac McLendon | 67 | -5 | 67 | $690 | |||
| 1 | David Glenz | 67 | -5 | 67 | $384 | |||
| 4 | Hubert Green | 68 | -4 | 68 | $5,775 | |||
| 4 | Tom Kite | 68 | -4 | 68 | $540 | |||
| 4 | Bruce Ashworth | 68 | -4 | 68 | $384 | |||
| 7 | Rod Funseth | 69 | -3 | 69 | $3,000 | |||
| 7 | Dave Hill | 69 | -3 | 69 | $2,475 | |||
| 7 | Larry Wise | 69 | -3 | 69 | $1,088 | |||
| 10 | Tom Weiskopf | 70 | -2 | 70 | $17,100 | |||
| 10 | Al Geiberger | 70 | -2 | 70 | $11,650 | |||
| 10 | Lee Elder | 70 | -2 | 70 | $4,425 | |||
| 10 | Gay Brewer | 70 | -2 | 70 | $4,425 | |||
| 10 | Johnny Miller | 70 | -2 | 70 | $4,425 | |||
| 10 | Pat Fitzsimons | 70 | -2 | 70 | $3,600 | |||
| 10 | Don Iverson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $3,000 | |||
| 10 | Dwight Nevil | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,088 | |||
| 10 | Larry Hinson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $810 | |||
| 10 | Jim Colbert | 70 | -2 | 70 | $690 | |||
| 10 | Jim Dent | 70 | -2 | 70 | $540 | |||
| 10 | Howie Johnson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $540 | |||
| 10 | Jim Jamieson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $384 | |||
| 10 | George Archer | 70 | -2 | 70 | $244 | |||
| 10 | Bob Wynn | 70 | -2 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 25 | Orville Moody | 71 | -1 | 71 | $2,475 | |||
| 25 | Forrest Fezler | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,676 | |||
| 25 | Bob Shaw | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,088 | |||
| 25 | Deane Beman | 71 | -1 | 71 | $885 | |||
| 25 | Jerry McGee | 71 | -1 | 71 | $315 | |||
| 25 | Steve Cain | 71 | -1 | 71 | $315 | |||
| 25 | Fred Marti | 71 | -1 | 71 | $315 | |||
| 25 | Dave Stockton | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 33 | Doug Sanders | 72 | Even | 72 | $5,775 | |||
| 33 | Billy Casper | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,676 | |||
| 33 | Leonard Thompson | 72 | Even | 72 | $810 | |||
| 33 | John Lotz | 72 | Even | 72 | $540 | |||
| 33 | Jim Marshall | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 38 | Lou Graham | 73 | +1 | 73 | $3,600 | |||
| 38 | Richard Crawford | 73 | +1 | 73 | $2,475 | |||
| 38 | Rick Rhoads | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,676 | |||
| 38 | Ray Floyd | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,676 | |||
| 38 | Labron Harris | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,676 | |||
| 38 | Dave Marad | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,088 | |||
| 38 | Dick Lotz | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,088 | |||
| 38 | Charles Sifford | 73 | +1 | 73 | $1,088 | |||
| 38 | Ross Randall | 73 | +1 | 73 | $690 | |||
| 38 | Charles Coody | 73 | +1 | 73 | $540 | |||
| 38 | Mason Rudolph | 73 | +1 | 73 | $384 | |||
| 38 | Ed Sneed | 73 | +1 | 73 | $266 | |||
| 38 | Ken Still | 73 | +1 | 73 | $266 | |||
| 38 | Wayne Yates | 73 | +1 | 73 | $266 | |||
| 38 | David Graham | 73 | +1 | 73 | $113 | |||
| 38 | Davis Love | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Kermit Zarley | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,088 | |||
| 54 | John Schlee | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,088 | |||
| 54 | Curtis Sifford | 74 | +2 | 74 | $540 | |||
| 54 | Hale Irwin | 74 | +2 | 74 | $384 | |||
| 54 | Bobby Nichols | 74 | +2 | 74 | $384 | |||
| 54 | Bob Payne | 74 | +2 | 74 | $315 | |||
| 54 | Andy North | 74 | +2 | 74 | $315 | |||
| 54 | Rik Massengale | 74 | +2 | 74 | $315 | |||
| 54 | Bruce Fleisher | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Tom Jenkins | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Mike McCullough | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Tom Evans | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Chuck Thorpe | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Martin Bohen | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Homero Blancas | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Bert Yancey | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 54 | Bunky Henry | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Bert Greene | 75 | +3 | 75 | $2,475 | |||
| 71 | Allen Miller | 75 | +3 | 75 | $810 | |||
| 71 | Tim Collins | 75 | +3 | 75 | $315 | |||
| 71 | Frank Beard | 75 | +3 | 75 | $113 | |||
| 71 | Bob Charles | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Dave Eichelberger | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Tommy Aaron | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Vern Novak | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Chris Blocker | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Jim Ahern | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Lionel Hebert | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | George Johnson | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Bobby Mitchell | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 71 | Roy Pace | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 85 | John Mahaffey | 76 | +4 | 76 | $1,676 | |||
| 85 | Gary Player | 76 | +4 | 76 | $1,676 | |||
| 85 | Steve Oppermann | 76 | +4 | 76 | $690 | |||
| 85 | Dave Barber | 76 | +4 | 76 | $315 | |||
| 85 | Gary Holloman | 76 | +4 | 76 | $233 | |||
| 85 | Gibby Gilbert | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Mike Hill | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Dan Sikes | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Dave Marr | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Gary Groh | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Mike Wynn | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Dale Douglass | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Dwaine Knight | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Bob Eastwood | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | George Knudson | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 85 | Bobby Greenwood | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 101 | John Lister | 77 | +5 | 77 | $384 | |||
| 101 | Don Padgett | 77 | +5 | 77 | $266 | |||
| 101 | Jack Montgomery | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | Paul Moran | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | Grier Jones | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | Bob Allard | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | Pete Brown | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | Bob Murphy | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | Randy Wolff | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | Doug Olson | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | John Schroeder | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 101 | Bob Lunn | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Victor Regalado | 78 | +6 | 78 | $244 | |||
| 113 | Gardner Dickinson | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Artie McNickle | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Larry Ziegler | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Bobby Cole | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Ronnie Reif | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Tom Sanderson | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Sam Adams | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Tom Shaw | 79 | +7 | 79 | $315 | |||
| 121 | Ed Furgol | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Jim King | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Chuck Courtney | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Mike Morley | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Bob Goalby | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Byron Comstock | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Dewitt Weaver | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 121 | Lee Wykle | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Greg Edwards | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Jim Ferriell | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Bert Seagraves | 80 | +8 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Steve Melnyk | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Richie Karl | 81 | +9 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 135 | Bud Allin | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 135 | Ted Hayes | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 135 | Bobby Afton | 82 | +10 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 138 | Ras Allen | 83 | +11 | 83 | $0 |