Sports headlines for Thursday September 5, 1974:
- Tanner Upsets Smith, Faces Connors Next
- Connors Story: How To Win Matches And Alienate People
- Decision Delayed In Matuszak Case
Scores through round 1 of the 1974 Southern Open
Tournament held at Green Island Country Club (Columbus, GA) from September 5, 1974 to September 8, 1974 (Par 70)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Ferriell | 67 | -3 | 67 | $3,633 | |||
| 1 | Lyn Lott | 67 | -3 | 67 | $220 | |||
| 3 | J.C. Snead | 68 | -2 | 68 | $9,250 | |||
| 3 | Chris Blocker | 68 | -2 | 68 | $1,800 | |||
| 3 | Mark Hayes | 68 | -2 | 68 | $925 | |||
| 3 | Jerry McGee | 68 | -2 | 68 | $710 | |||
| 3 | Jim Jewell | 68 | -2 | 68 | $553 | |||
| 3 | Richard Crawford | 68 | -2 | 68 | $266 | |||
| 3 | Larry Nelson | 68 | -2 | 68 | $266 | |||
| 10 | Phil Rodgers | 69 | -1 | 69 | $3,633 | |||
| 10 | Bob Dickson | 69 | -1 | 69 | $2,322 | |||
| 10 | Butch Baird | 69 | -1 | 69 | $925 | |||
| 10 | Bill Rogers | 69 | -1 | 69 | $925 | |||
| 10 | Emory Lee | 69 | -1 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 15 | Forrest Fezler | 70 | Even | 70 | $20,000 | |||
| 15 | Bruce Crampton | 70 | Even | 70 | $9,250 | |||
| 15 | Tommy Aaron | 70 | Even | 70 | $2,322 | |||
| 15 | Billy Ziobro | 70 | Even | 70 | $2,200 | |||
| 15 | Bruce Fleisher | 70 | Even | 70 | $1,800 | |||
| 15 | Rik Massengale | 70 | Even | 70 | $1,400 | |||
| 15 | Mike McCullough | 70 | Even | 70 | $1,400 | |||
| 15 | Dick Rhyan | 70 | Even | 70 | $925 | |||
| 15 | Bert Yancey | 70 | Even | 70 | $410 | |||
| 15 | John Toepel | 70 | Even | 70 | $190 | |||
| 15 | Gardner Dickinson | 70 | Even | 70 | $0 | |||
| 15 | Paul Purtzer | 70 | Even | 70 | $0 | |||
| 27 | Mike Hill | 71 | +1 | 71 | $4,750 | |||
| 27 | Ben Crenshaw | 71 | +1 | 71 | $3,633 | |||
| 27 | Dwight Nevil | 71 | +1 | 71 | $2,322 | |||
| 27 | David Graham | 71 | +1 | 71 | $2,200 | |||
| 27 | Bobby Walzel | 71 | +1 | 71 | $1,400 | |||
| 27 | Spike Kelley | 71 | +1 | 71 | $553 | |||
| 27 | Nate Starks | 71 | +1 | 71 | $553 | |||
| 27 | Bob Stanton | 71 | +1 | 71 | $410 | |||
| 27 | Barney Thompson | 71 | +1 | 71 | $410 | |||
| 27 | Bobby Mitchell | 71 | +1 | 71 | $266 | |||
| 27 | Jim Jamieson | 71 | +1 | 71 | $266 | |||
| 27 | Peter Davison | 71 | +1 | 71 | $203 | |||
| 27 | Grier Jones | 71 | +1 | 71 | $160 | |||
| 27 | Gary McCord | 71 | +1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Eddie Pearce | 72 | +2 | 72 | $1,800 | |||
| 41 | Babe Hiskey | 72 | +2 | 72 | $925 | |||
| 41 | Monty Kaser | 72 | +2 | 72 | $925 | |||
| 41 | Artie McNickle | 72 | +2 | 72 | $710 | |||
| 41 | Bruce Ashworth | 72 | +2 | 72 | $553 | |||
| 41 | Bob Menne | 72 | +2 | 72 | $410 | |||
| 41 | Chuck Courtney | 72 | +2 | 72 | $266 | |||
| 41 | Jim Dent | 72 | +2 | 72 | $266 | |||
| 41 | Jim Barber | 72 | +2 | 72 | $266 | |||
| 41 | George Archer | 72 | +2 | 72 | $266 | |||
| 41 | Curtis Sifford | 72 | +2 | 72 | $220 | |||
| 41 | Bunky Henry | 72 | +2 | 72 | $203 | |||
| 41 | Andy North | 72 | +2 | 72 | $180 | |||
| 41 | Ken Still | 72 | +2 | 72 | $160 | |||
| 41 | Mike Mitchell | 72 | +2 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Sam Adams | 72 | +2 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 41 | Hugh Royer | 72 | +2 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Larry Stubblefield | 73 | +3 | 73 | $1,400 | |||
| 58 | Don Iverson | 73 | +3 | 73 | $710 | |||
| 58 | Ras Allen | 73 | +3 | 73 | $553 | |||
| 58 | Sam Snead | 73 | +3 | 73 | $410 | |||
| 58 | Elliott Kirven | 73 | +3 | 73 | $266 | |||
| 58 | Joe Porter | 73 | +3 | 73 | $203 | |||
| 58 | Mike Reasor | 73 | +3 | 73 | $180 | |||
| 58 | Rick Rhoads | 73 | +3 | 73 | $160 | |||
| 58 | Hubert Green | 73 | +3 | 73 | $160 | |||
| 58 | Roy Pace | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Ben Kern | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Lee Wykle | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Jim Wiechers | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Bob Unger | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | John Schroeder | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Rocky Thompson | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Bob Murphy | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Jim Masserio | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Bill Garrett | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Terry Dill | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Wally Armstrong | 73 | +3 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Bob Eastwood | 74 | +4 | 74 | $1,400 | |||
| 79 | Jack Ewing | 74 | +4 | 74 | $710 | |||
| 79 | Dave Eichelberger | 74 | +4 | 74 | $710 | |||
| 79 | Gary Sanders | 74 | +4 | 74 | $410 | |||
| 79 | Bobby Heins | 74 | +4 | 74 | $160 | |||
| 79 | Bert Greene | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Bobby Greenwood | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Larry Wise | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Allen Miller | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Don Padgett | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Mason Rudolph | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | George Johnson | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Tim Collins | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Perry Leslie | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Charles Owens | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Vern Novak | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Jim Marshall | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Andy Thompson | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Steve Melnyk | 74 | +4 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Mike Morley | 75 | +5 | 75 | $553 | |||
| 98 | Larry Wood | 75 | +5 | 75 | $410 | |||
| 98 | Leonard Thompson | 75 | +5 | 75 | $266 | |||
| 98 | Larry Ringer | 75 | +5 | 75 | $220 | |||
| 98 | Randy Erskine | 75 | +5 | 75 | $203 | |||
| 98 | Bob Wynn | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Marty Fleckman | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Labron Harris | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Gil Morgan | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Mac McLendon | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Joe Inman | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Martin Bohen | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Mike Davis | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Tom Jenkins | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 98 | Chick Evans | 75 | +5 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Victor Regalado | 76 | +6 | 76 | $180 | |||
| 113 | Ross Randall | 76 | +6 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Dewitt Weaver | 76 | +6 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Bob Shaw | 76 | +6 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Tom Shaw | 76 | +6 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Bud Allin | 76 | +6 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Don Maddox | 76 | +6 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Sam Farlow | 76 | +6 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 113 | Buddy Whitten | 76 | +6 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 122 | Gibby Gilbert | 77 | +7 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 122 | Bob Lewis | 77 | +7 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 122 | John Lister | 77 | +7 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 122 | Tommy McGinnis | 77 | +7 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 122 | Terry Ferraro | 77 | +7 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 122 | Dwaine Knight | 77 | +7 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 128 | Wayne Yates | 78 | +8 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 128 | Pete Brown | 78 | +8 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 128 | Bill Galloway | 78 | +8 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Marion Heck | 79 | +9 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Pat Fitzsimons | 79 | +9 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 131 | John Godwin | 79 | +9 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Terry Diehl | 79 | +9 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Steve Lyles | 79 | +9 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 136 | John Quick | 80 | +10 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 136 | Terry Anton | 80 | +10 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 136 | Bert Seagraves | 80 | +10 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 139 | Mike Kallam | 82 | +12 | 82 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Tom Evans | 83 | +13 | 83 | $0 |