`Sports headlines for Sunday May 12, 1974:`

Dave Hill Has Last Laugh, $30,000 Check In Winning Houston Open

Final results of the 1974 Houston Open

Tournament held at Quail Valley Golf Club (Missouri City, TX) from May 9, 1974 to May 12, 1974 (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Steve Melnyk	72	65	70	70	-11	277	$11,600
2	Jack Ewing	74	66	73	71	-4	284	$1,554
3	Dave Hill	70	67	74	65	-12	276	$30,000
4	Gary McCord	74	67	71	74	-2	286	$833
4	Kermit Zarley	72	67	72	75	-2	286	$833
6	Bruce Devlin	73	67	71	76	-1	287	$540
7	Andy North	73	68	67	69	-11	277	$11,600
8	Gibby Gilbert	72	68	72	69	-7	281	$3,450
8	Bob Stanton	70	68	69	74	-7	281	$3,450
10	David Graham	73	68	70	71	-6	282	$2,700
11	Pat Fitzsimons	73	68	67	75	-5	283	$2,325
12	Rod Funseth	75	68	68	73	-4	284	$1,554
12	Chuck Courtney	72	68	71	73	-4	284	$1,554
14	Tom Evans	72	68	73	72	-3	285	$1,110
15	George Archer	75	68	69	74	-2	286	$833
16	Richard Crawford	74	68	69	76	-1	287	$540
17	Mike Higgins	75	68	71	76	+2	290	$289
18	Dave Stockton	73	69	71	65	-10	278	$5,775
18	Joe Inman	71	69	67	71	-10	278	$5,775
20	Hubert Green	73	69	71	66	-9	279	$4,613
21	Allen Miller	72	69	72	68	-7	281	$3,450
21	Dick Lotz	71	69	67	74	-7	281	$3,450
23	Homero Blancas	71	69	73	72	-3	285	$1,110
24	Lionel Hebert	75	69	69	73	-2	286	$833
25	Pete Brown	74	69	74	70	-1	287	$540
25	Roy Pace	72	69	72	74	-1	287	$540
27	Mike McCullough	75	69	74	73	+3	291	$251
28	Mark Hayes	74	70	68	69	-7	281	$3,450
29	Bruce Crampton	70	70	72	71	-5	283	$2,325
30	Dave Marr	71	70	72	71	-4	284	$1,554
30	Orville Moody	74	70	66	74	-4	284	$1,554
32	John Mahaffey	72	70	72	71	-3	285	$1,110
32	Rick Rhoads	72	70	71	72	-3	285	$1,110
32	Bob Eastwood	73	70	70	72	-3	285	$1,110
35	Mike Hill	74	70	67	75	-2	286	$833
36	Bert Greene	74	70	72	71	-1	287	$540
36	Dave Eichelberger	75	70	70	72	-1	287	$540
38	Bob Goalby	74	70	70	74	Even	288	$373
38	Frank Beard	74	70	69	75	Even	288	$373
40	Al Geiberger	73	70	75	71	+1	289	$334
40	Ben Crenshaw	70	70	73	76	+1	289	$334
40	Bob Menne	71	70	72	76	+1	289	$334
43	Vern Novak	74	70	72	75	+3	291	$251
44	Martin Bohen	73	70	74	80	+9	297	$0
45	Rod Curl	69	71	68	69	-11	277	$11,600
46	Tom Kite	67	71	70	75	-5	283	$2,325
47	Jerry McGee	70	71	70	73	-4	284	$1,554
48	Bob Unger	74	71	72	69	-2	286	$833
48	Larry Nelson	71	71	74	70	-2	286	$833
50	Bob Wynn	72	71	72	72	-1	287	$540
50	Ed Sneed	69	71	73	74	-1	287	$540
52	Babe Hiskey	72	71	73	72	Even	288	$373
52	Charles Coody	73	71	69	75	Even	288	$373
54	Dick Rhyan	73	71	72	73	+1	289	$334
54	Victor Regalado	73	71	68	77	+1	289	$334
56	Charles Sifford	72	71	71	76	+2	290	$289
57	Mike Kallam	74	71	71	76	+4	292	$153
58	Monty Kaser	73	71	73	76	+5	293	$0
59	Wally Armstrong	67	72	72	72	-5	283	$2,325
60	Bob Smith	70	72	76	71	+1	289	$334
61	Randy Erskine	73	72	74	72	+3	291	$251
62	Bob Rosburg	70	73	67	69	-9	279	$4,613
63	Tommy Aaron	69	73	69	73	-4	284	$1,554
64	Bob Payne	72	73	68	73	-2	286	$833
65	Chi Chi Rodriguez	70	73	72	72	-1	287	$540
66	Mike Morley	72	73	69	76	+2	290	$289
67	Lyn Lott	71	73	76	71	+3	291	$251
68	Byron Comstock	71	73	75	73	+4	292	$153
68	Jim Dent	70	73	75	74	+4	292	$153
70	Ron Cerrudo	72	73	72	76	+5	293	$0
71	Bob Zender	68	74	69	76	-1	287	$540
72	Dwight Nevil	69	74	73	74	+2	290	$289
72	Paul Moran	68	74	72	76	+2	290	$289
74	Billy Ziobro	71	74	75	78	+10	298	$0
75	Ross Randall	70	75	74	71	+2	290	$289

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Ben Kern	73	73	0	+2	146	$0
	Bob Erickson	73	73	0	+2	146	$0
	Bobby Heins	77	69	0	+2	146	$0
	Chris Blocker	74	72	0	+2	146	$0
	Chuck Thorpe	75	71	0	+2	146	$0
	Curtis Sifford	74	72	0	+2	146	$0
	Forrest Fezler	72	74	0	+2	146	$0
	Jim Barber	73	73	0	+2	146	$0
	John Lister	75	71	0	+2	146	$0
	Ken Venturi	74	72	0	+2	146	$0
	Miller Barber	74	72	0	+2	146	$0
	Rik Massengale	75	71	0	+2	146	$0
	Terry Diehl	77	69	0	+2	146	$0
	Terry Ferraro	69	77	0	+2	146	$0
	Tom Jenkins	71	75	0	+2	146	$0
	Tom Shaw	71	75	0	+2	146	$0
	Bobby Walzel	74	73	0	+3	147	$0
	David Glenz	76	71	0	+3	147	$0
	Don Massengale	72	75	0	+3	147	$0
	Don Padgett	76	71	0	+3	147	$0
	Sam Farlow	73	74	0	+3	147	$0
	Charles Owens	73	75	0	+4	148	$0
	Dewitt Weaver	75	73	0	+4	148	$0
	Dwaine Knight	75	73	0	+4	148	$0
	Jim Masserio	74	74	0	+4	148	$0
	Ras Allen	76	72	0	+4	148	$0
	Tommy Aycock	73	75	0	+4	148	$0
	Bob Lunn	72	77	0	+5	149	$0
	Don Bies	74	75	0	+5	149	$0
	Fred Marti	75	74	0	+5	149	$0
	Jack Burke	73	76	0	+5	149	$0
	Jim Marshall	75	74	0	+5	149	$0
	John Jackson	76	73	0	+5	149	$0
	John Quick	75	74	0	+5	149	$0
	Lou Graham	77	72	0	+5	149	$0
	Andy Thompson	77	73	0	+6	150	$0
	Bob Allard	77	73	0	+6	150	$0
	Don Maddox	73	77	0	+6	150	$0
	Marion Heck	72	79	0	+7	151	$0
	Peter Davison	78	73	0	+7	151	$0
	Rick Acton	77	74	0	+7	151	$0
	Spike Kelley	78	73	0	+7	151	$0
	Artie McNickle	77	75	0	+8	152	$0
	Elwin Fanning	77	75	0	+8	152	$0
	Jim Simons	77	75	0	+8	152	$0
	Larry Wood	74	78	0	+8	152	$0
	John Toepel	79	74	0	+9	153	$0
	Larry Laoretti	79	74	0	+9	153	$0
	Bob Crissy	79	75	0	+10	154	$0
	Larry Miller	83	75	0	+14	158	$0
	Rocky Thompson	84	77	0	+17	161	$0
WD	Eddie Pearce	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Jim Colbert	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Lanny Wadkins	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Leonard Thompson	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Mike Mitchell	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Julius Boros	75	0	0	+3	75	$0
WD	Bob Shaw	76	0	0	+4	76	$0
WD	Bobby Mitchell	77	0	0	+5	77	$0
WD	Bob Charles	78	0	0	+6	78	$0
WD	Tommy McGinnis	78	0	0	+6	78	$0
WD	Bill Garrett	81	0	0	+9	81	$0
WD	Labron Harris	72	73	75	+4	220	$0

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