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Sports headlines for Sunday April 17, 1977:

• Sneed Beats Hinkle In Tallahassee Playoff
• Richards-Riggs vs. King-Mulloy
• This Time Blood Spills At Davis Cup Matches
• Umps Protest Instant Replay
• Nicklaus Wins Fifth T Of C In A Playoff

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Final results of the 1977 Tallahassee Open

Tournament held at Killearn Country Club (Tallahassee, FL) from April 14, 1977 to April 17, 1977     (Par 72)

Ed Sneed defeated Lon Hinkle on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Frank Conner	72	73	67	70	-6	282	$1,600
2	Ed Sneed	68	70	68	70	-12	276	$16,000
3	Bill Rogers	72	72	68	68	-8	280	$2,490
4	Bob Payne	70	76	68	71	-3	285	$556
5	David Lundstrom	71	75	68	72	-2	286	$454
6	Mike Reid	72	72	68	75	-1	287	$344
7	Bobby Wadkins	71	74	68	76	+1	289	$198
8	Lon Hinkle	70	69	69	68	-12	276	$9,120
9	Ed Dougherty	68	72	69	71	-8	280	$2,490
9	Bobby Cole	73	67	69	71	-8	280	$2,490
11	Jim Dent	71	72	69	69	-7	281	$1,920
12	Vicente Fernandez	73	72	69	69	-5	283	$1,083
12	Stan Lee	70	74	69	70	-5	283	$1,083
12	Mark Pfeil	71	70	69	73	-5	283	$1,083
15	Mike Reasor	73	73	69	71	-2	286	$454
16	Stanton Altgelt	73	72	69	73	-1	287	$344
17	Ron Streck	73	71	69	79	+4	292	$144
18	Bobby Walzel	69	68	70	71	-10	278	$5,680
19	Dale Hayes	68	72	70	70	-8	280	$2,490
20	Lyn Lott	70	71	70	70	-7	281	$1,920
21	Sam Adams	71	71	70	71	-5	283	$1,083
21	Mark Lye	71	71	70	71	-5	283	$1,083
23	Calvin Peete	72	70	70	72	-4	284	$643
24	Leonard Thompson	75	69	70	71	-3	285	$556
25	Dave Eichelberger	74	72	70	70	-2	286	$454
26	Bob Eastwood	72	72	70	77	+3	291	$172
27	John Gentile	72	72	70	79	+5	293	$24
28	Jim Simons	69	73	71	66	-9	279	$3,520
28	Jack Ewing	68	68	71	72	-9	279	$3,520
30	Jeff Mitchell	69	71	71	72	-5	283	$1,083
30	Wally Armstrong	69	68	71	75	-5	283	$1,083
32	Paul Moran	74	69	71	70	-4	284	$643
33	Paul Purtzer	70	75	71	71	-1	287	$344
33	Bob Charles	74	71	71	71	-1	287	$344
35	Jay Haas	73	73	71	71	Even	288	$249
35	George Cadle	73	71	71	73	Even	288	$249
37	Bob Dickson	72	74	71	73	+2	290	$186
38	George Johnson	69	76	71	76	+4	292	$144
39	Tom Shaw	70	72	72	69	-5	283	$1,083
39	Chuck Milne	72	70	72	69	-5	283	$1,083
39	Homero Blancas	73	68	72	70	-5	283	$1,083
42	Dan Sikes	72	71	72	71	-2	286	$454
43	Tom Jenkins	72	69	72	74	-1	287	$344
44	Steve Melnyk	71	75	72	70	Even	288	$249
45	Bob Mann	75	70	72	72	+1	289	$198
46	Rusty Guernsey	73	72	72	74	+3	291	$172
47	Hubert Green	72	73	73	66	-4	284	$643
47	Craig Stadler	74	68	73	69	-4	284	$643
49	Fred Marti	77	69	73	69	Even	288	$249
49	Allen Miller	69	74	73	72	Even	288	$249
49	Mike McCullough	71	69	73	75	Even	288	$249
52	Bob Lunn	71	75	73	71	+2	290	$186
53	Guy Walkingstick	73	72	73	74	+4	292	$144
53	Jim Wiechers	74	69	73	76	+4	292	$144
55	Dwight Nevil	72	70	73	78	+5	293	$24
56	Don Pooley	71	74	73	76	+6	294	$0
57	Bob Murphy	72	68	74	70	-4	284	$643
58	Harry Toscano	71	72	74	69	-2	286	$454
58	Orville Moody	69	71	74	72	-2	286	$454
60	Chi Chi Rodriguez	72	72	74	74	+4	292	$144
61	Marty Fleckman	70	76	74	73	+5	293	$24
62	Keith Fergus	69	72	75	66	-6	282	$1,600
63	Nate Starks	74	69	75	72	+2	290	$186
64	Don Iverson	73	72	75	71	+3	291	$172
65	Mike Walters	72	72	75	73	+4	292	$144
65	David Canipe	72	71	75	74	+4	292	$144
67	Jim Booros	73	71	75	75	+6	294	$0
68	Ray Arinno	72	74	75	74	+7	295	$0
69	Pete Brown	71	74	76	69	+2	290	$186
70	David Sheff	73	71	76	72	+4	292	$144
71	Mike Wynn	72	74	76	71	+5	293	$24
71	Artie McNickle	72	70	76	75	+5	293	$24
73	Dennis Meyer	71	72	77	66	-2	286	$454
74	Doug Tewell	72	70	77	73	+4	292	$144
75	Larry Startzel	71	75	77	71	+6	294	$0
76	Richard Meissner	68	74	77	81	+12	300	$0
77	Bob Morris	76	70	77	83	+18	306	$0
78	Bob Wolfe	73	67	78	74	+4	292	$144
79	Doug Olson	74	72	78	75	+11	299	$0
80	Larry Nelson	71	67	79	71	Even	288	$249
81	Ed Sabo	72	70	81	69	+4	292	$144
82	Monty Kaser	69	76	81	77	+15	303	$0

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Bill Mallon	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bob Duval	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bob Erickson	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Doug Schryer	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Florentino Molina	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jim Duval	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jim Masserio	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Mike Long	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Ray Sovik	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Rich Bassett	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Ron Cerrudo	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bill Calfee	72	76	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Curtis Sifford	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Dave Newquist	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Geoff Hensley	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Gordon Waldespuhl	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jimmy Wittenberg	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	John Abendroth	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Morris Hatalsky	70	78	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Richard Crawford	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bunky Henry	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Carlton White	72	77	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Gary Wintz	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	J.C. Goosie	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Jeff Hewes	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Jim Barker	77	72	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Alberto Rivadeneira	78	72	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Chris Clark	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	David Lind	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Duke Butler	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	John Jacobs	70	80	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Larry Webb	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Marion Heck	78	72	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mason Rudolph	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike Sullivan	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Rex Caldwell	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Roger Parker	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Steve Cain	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Bob Menne	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Bruce Fleisher	80	71	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Gary Groh	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Jim Knoll	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Bob Zender	78	74	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bobby Stroble	71	81	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Jim White	72	80	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Peter Jacobsen	73	79	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Randy Erskine	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Ron Terry	78	74	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Sam Farlow	72	80	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Sandy Galbraith	73	79	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Carl Higgins	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Tom Storey	73	80	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Jerry Castigiliano	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Mark Alwin	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Steve Oppermann	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Steve Veriato	74	80	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Roger Kennedy	79	76	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Wayne Wright	78	77	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Dick Mast	75	81	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Don Baker	78	78	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Antonio Cerda	83	74	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Warren Chancellor	74	83	0	0	+13	157	$0
WD	Barney Thompson	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Bob Shaw	75	0	0	0	+3	75	$0
WD	Doug Ford	76	0	0	0	+4	76	$0
WD	Joe Porter	77	0	0	0	+5	77	$0
WD	Tommy McGinnis	79	0	0	0	+7	79	$0
WD	Bob Crissy	75	70	0	0	+1	145	$0

Final results of the 1977 MONY Tournament of Champions

Tournament held at La Costa Country Club (Carlsbad, CA) from April 14, 1977 to April 17, 1977     (Par 72)

Jack Nicklaus defeated Bruce Lietzke on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Tom Purtzer	74	68	68	73	-5	283	$11,950
2	J.C. Snead	76	74	68	74	+4	292	$2,651
3	Mark Hayes	70	72	69	76	-1	287	$5,930
4	Butch Baird	72	71	69	77	+1	289	$4,348
5	Tom Watson	74	73	69	76	+4	292	$2,651
6	Jack Nicklaus	71	69	70	71	-7	281	$45,000
7	David Graham	71	72	70	72	-3	285	$7,515
8	Danny Edwards	73	73	70	71	-1	287	$5,930
8	George Archer	71	74	70	72	-1	287	$5,930
10	Mac McLendon	74	74	70	70	Even	288	$5,137
10	Tom Kite	74	68	70	76	Even	288	$5,137
12	Andy Bean	75	71	70	73	+1	289	$4,348
13	Rik Massengale	72	72	71	69	-4	284	$7,925
14	Joe Inman	69	73	71	73	-2	286	$6,918
15	Al Geiberger	74	75	71	69	+1	289	$4,348
16	Don January	77	74	71	69	+3	291	$3,063
17	Graham Marsh	73	72	72	66	-5	283	$11,950
18	Lee Elder	68	74	72	74	Even	288	$5,137
19	Johnny Miller	67	74	73	69	-5	283	$11,950
20	Gary Koch	69	72	73	72	-2	286	$6,918
21	John Lister	75	68	73	74	+2	290	$3,557
22	Larry Ziegler	75	74	73	72	+6	294	$2,373
23	Bruce Lietzke	71	70	74	66	-7	281	$26,000
24	Lee Trevino	74	72	74	71	+3	291	$3,063
25	Dave Stockton	73	72	74	78	+9	297	$2,295
26	Ben Crenshaw	76	71	75	68	+2	290	$3,557
26	Ray Floyd	67	76	75	72	+2	290	$3,557
28	Dave Hill	71	78	75	78	+14	302	$2,272
29	Bud Allin	76	76	75	76	+15	303	$2,250
30	Roger Maltbie	71	71	77	73	+4	292	$2,651
31	Bob Wynn	70	67	78	74	+1	289	$4,348

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings

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