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Sports headlines for Sunday April 25, 1976:

• Ozark Restrained From Hitting Writer
• N.Y. Times Says Yanks, Messersmith Deal Illegal

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Final results of the 1976 First NBC New Orleans Open

Tournament held at Lakewood Country Club (New Orleans, LA) from April 22, 1976 to April 25, 1976     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Larry Ziegler	69	68	67	70	-14	274	$35,000
2	Victor Regalado	68	69	69	69	-13	275	$19,950
3	Tom Watson	68	72	72	64	-12	276	$12,425
4	Gibby Gilbert	72	70	68	68	-10	278	$5,938
4	Gene Littler	69	69	72	68	-10	278	$5,938
4	Jack Nicklaus	68	67	74	69	-10	278	$5,938
4	Lee Elder	68	69	71	70	-10	278	$5,938
4	Billy Casper	67	71	70	70	-10	278	$5,938
4	Jim Colbert	71	66	71	70	-10	278	$5,938
4	John Mahaffey	68	71	68	71	-10	278	$5,938
11	Tom Evans	70	69	69	71	-9	279	$3,675
11	Miller Barber	71	68	69	71	-9	279	$3,675
11	Hubert Green	68	70	69	72	-9	279	$3,675
14	Grier Jones	72	70	70	68	-8	280	$2,975
14	John Lister	71	69	71	69	-8	280	$2,975
14	Lyn Lott	68	69	69	74	-8	280	$2,975
17	Bobby Walzel	72	72	72	66	-6	282	$2,188
17	Gil Morgan	73	68	71	70	-6	282	$2,188
17	George Cadle	72	72	67	71	-6	282	$2,188
17	Ron Cerrudo	70	69	72	71	-6	282	$2,188
17	Bill Rogers	69	66	74	73	-6	282	$2,188
17	Mac McLendon	73	66	68	75	-6	282	$2,188
17	Gary Wintz	68	71	72	71	-6	282	$1,477
24	Dave Eichelberger	73	71	69	70	-5	283	$1,477
24	Mike Reasor	65	72	75	71	-5	283	$1,477
24	Don January	70	73	68	72	-5	283	$1,477
24	Dave Hill	69	70	71	73	-5	283	$1,477
28	Tom Storey	72	72	74	66	-4	284	$1,217
28	Bobby Mitchell	71	71	71	71	-4	284	$1,217
28	David Graham	68	72	72	72	-4	284	$1,217
28	Bob Murphy	69	71	72	72	-4	284	$1,217
32	Bruce Lietzke	70	72	76	67	-3	285	$851
32	Marty Fleckman	69	71	76	69	-3	285	$851
32	Rod Funseth	72	72	72	69	-3	285	$851
32	Monty Kaser	67	71	77	70	-3	285	$851
32	Ed Dougherty	73	71	70	71	-3	285	$851
32	Mike McCullough	69	71	74	71	-3	285	$851
32	Bob Payne	72	71	71	71	-3	285	$851
32	Don Iverson	71	69	73	72	-3	285	$851
32	Dale Hayes	69	71	73	72	-3	285	$851
32	Mike Hill	72	66	74	73	-3	285	$851
32	Bill Mallon	71	72	69	73	-3	285	$851
32	Barney Thompson	69	65	76	75	-3	285	$851
44	Fred Marti	74	70	71	71	-2	286	$560
44	Forrest Fezler	73	71	71	71	-2	286	$560
44	Homero Blancas	70	71	73	72	-2	286	$560
44	Antonio Cerda	72	70	72	72	-2	286	$560
48	Steve Melnyk	71	73	72	71	-1	287	$433
48	Barry Jaeckel	71	70	74	72	-1	287	$433
48	Fuzzy Zoeller	75	66	73	73	-1	287	$433
48	Nate Starks	71	73	70	73	-1	287	$433
48	Wally Armstrong	67	73	74	73	-1	287	$433
48	George Burns	69	72	72	74	-1	287	$433
48	Dale Douglass	75	69	68	75	-1	287	$433
55	Peter Oosterhuis	75	69	75	69	Even	288	$372
55	Leonard Thompson	69	71	78	70	Even	288	$372
55	Charles Coody	70	72	74	72	Even	288	$372
55	Kermit Zarley	72	70	73	73	Even	288	$372
55	Bob Eastwood	70	73	72	73	Even	288	$372
55	Tommy Aaron	69	73	72	74	Even	288	$372
61	Frank Conner	68	74	77	70	+1	289	$315
61	Butch Baird	69	71	79	70	+1	289	$315
61	Stanton Altgelt	70	71	75	73	+1	289	$315
61	Dave Newquist	72	72	72	73	+1	289	$315
61	Tom Shaw	69	74	72	74	+1	289	$315
61	Florentino Molina	69	71	74	75	+1	289	$315
61	David Shuster	71	71	71	76	+1	289	$315
68	Larry Griffin	73	71	75	71	+2	290	$116
68	Bob Charles	72	69	77	72	+2	290	$116
68	Bob Menne	69	72	76	73	+2	290	$116
68	Marion Heck	69	73	75	73	+2	290	$116
68	Lanny Wadkins	72	70	74	74	+2	290	$116
68	John Toepel	70	72	74	74	+2	290	$116
68	Don Massengale	70	70	71	79	+2	290	$116
75	Bobby Wadkins	68	76	75	72	+3	291	$0
76	Sam Adams	73	69	78	72	+4	292	$0
76	R.H. Sikes	71	73	74	74	+4	292	$0
76	Gary Groh	70	72	76	74	+4	292	$0
76	Julius Boros	71	70	76	75	+4	292	$0
76	Bobby Schwarz	72	70	75	75	+4	292	$0
81	Dick Lotz	68	76	76	73	+5	293	$0
81	Dick Rhyan	71	73	75	74	+5	293	$0
81	Andy Bean	70	73	72	78	+5	293	$0
84	Tony Jacklin	72	72	77	73	+6	294	$0
85	John Gentile	72	71	78	75	+8	296	$0
86	Larry Miller	72	71	81	74	+10	298	$0

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Benny Passons	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bob Smith	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bob Zender	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Dan Sikes	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Dave Philo	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Ed Sneed	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Gar Hamilton	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Gary Koch	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Guy Cullins	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Jim Masserio	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Jim Simons	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Jim Wiechers	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Ken Venturi	69	76	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Larry Hinson	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Lon Hinkle	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Mason Rudolph	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Mike Shea	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Randy Erskine	75	70	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Tom Purtzer	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bob Erickson	71	75	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Bob Stanton	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Cesar Sanudo	76	70	0	0	+2	146	$0
	George Johnson	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Mike Slipko	69	77	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Jerry Pate	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Joe Porter	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Mike Mitchell	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Rex Caldwell	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Rod Curl	77	70	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Allen Miller	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bob Lunn	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Chi Chi Rodriguez	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Dan Elliott	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Frank Beard	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Freddie Haas	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	George Griffin	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Greg Powers	70	78	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Guy Walkingstick	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jay Marschall	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Larry Nelson	72	76	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Lionel Hebert	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Paul Moran	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Roger Parker	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bryan Abbott	78	71	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Babe Hiskey	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Danny Edwards	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	John Schamp	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Perry Leslie	71	79	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Steve Veriato	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	David Smith	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Mark Pfeil	72	79	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Stan Stopa	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Luca Barbato	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Jim Thorpe	77	76	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Pat McDonald	75	79	0	0	+10	154	$0
	John Harris	74	81	0	0	+11	155	$0
WD	Doug Tewell	73	0	0	0	+1	73	$0
WD	Bob Wynn	75	0	0	0	+3	75	$0
WD	Johnny Pott	75	0	0	0	+3	75	$0
WD	Bob Shaw	79	0	0	0	+7	79	$0
WD	Bobby Cole	69	74	0	0	-1	143	$0

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