Sports headlines for Sunday April 24, 1977:

• Braves To Seek Marshall Trade
• 11 Players Question 'Selling Job' On NFL Accord
• Yarborough Drives To Rainy Win In Virginia
• Pair Of 67s Give Simons First Win

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Final results of the 1977 First NBC New Orleans Open

Tournament held at Lakewood Country Club (New Orleans, LA) from April 21, 1977 to April 24, 1977     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Jim Simons	70	69	67	67	-15	273	$35,000
2	Stan Lee	69	68	70	69	-12	276	$19,950
3	Tom Watson	68	68	71	70	-11	277	$12,425
4	Ben Crenshaw	69	69	71	69	-10	278	$7,700
4	Lou Graham	71	69	69	69	-10	278	$7,700
6	Doug Tewell	70	69	71	69	-9	279	$6,300
7	Leonard Thompson	72	71	70	68	-7	281	$5,382
7	Don January	68	70	71	72	-7	281	$5,382
9	Chi Chi Rodriguez	68	74	70	70	-6	282	$4,375
9	Lyn Lott	72	72	66	72	-6	282	$4,375
9	Miller Barber	66	74	69	73	-6	282	$4,375
12	Dave Eichelberger	71	72	71	69	-5	283	$3,092
12	Wally Armstrong	71	71	72	69	-5	283	$3,092
12	Mike Reid	73	71	69	70	-5	283	$3,092
12	Homero Blancas	72	69	71	71	-5	283	$3,092
12	Gene Littler	71	69	72	71	-5	283	$3,092
12	Phil Hancock	69	69	73	72	-5	283	$3,092
18	Gibby Gilbert	71	72	70	71	-4	284	$2,275
18	Rod Curl	70	71	71	72	-4	284	$2,275
18	Ed Dougherty	69	72	66	77	-4	284	$2,275
21	Morris Hatalsky	71	74	70	70	-3	285	$1,715
21	Kermit Zarley	75	66	74	70	-3	285	$1,715
21	Bobby Cole	68	73	71	73	-3	285	$1,715
21	Jim Colbert	70	70	71	74	-3	285	$1,715
25	Grier Jones	69	73	72	72	-2	286	$1,427
25	Fuzzy Zoeller	73	68	71	74	-2	286	$1,427
27	Jim Dent	71	74	75	67	-1	287	$1,190
27	Lon Hinkle	71	72	72	72	-1	287	$1,190
27	Bill Kratzert	73	70	71	73	-1	287	$1,190
27	Orville Moody	73	68	73	73	-1	287	$1,190
27	Bob Charles	71	72	71	73	-1	287	$1,190
27	Mark Lye	70	69	74	74	-1	287	$1,190
27	Fred Marti	72	72	69	74	-1	287	$1,190
34	Jim Wiechers	70	74	75	69	Even	288	$828
34	Larry Ziegler	71	74	72	71	Even	288	$828
34	Rod Funseth	70	75	72	71	Even	288	$828
34	Dwight Nevil	71	74	71	72	Even	288	$828
34	George Burns	71	72	73	72	Even	288	$828
34	Bob Payne	73	70	72	73	Even	288	$828
34	Vince Bizik	72	69	74	73	Even	288	$828
34	Keith Fergus	68	70	75	75	Even	288	$828
34	Mike Wynn	70	70	72	76	Even	288	$828
43	Allen Miller	73	68	74	74	+1	289	$595
43	Peter Jacobsen	73	71	71	74	+1	289	$595
43	Steve Melnyk	69	75	71	74	+1	289	$595
43	David Lundstrom	72	71	71	75	+1	289	$595
47	Dale Hayes	74	70	75	71	+2	290	$468
47	Billy Casper	73	72	74	71	+2	290	$468
47	Dale Douglass	73	70	76	71	+2	290	$468
47	Craig Stadler	66	73	75	76	+2	290	$468
51	Gary Wintz	73	72	72	74	+3	291	$425
51	Steve Veriato	70	73	73	75	+3	291	$425
53	George Knudson	68	76	74	74	+4	292	$407
53	Julius Boros	72	73	71	76	+4	292	$407
55	Victor Regalado	71	69	78	75	+5	293	$385
55	Charles Coody	76	67	74	76	+5	293	$385
55	Mike Reasor	71	74	72	76	+5	293	$385
58	Bob Murphy	73	71	77	74	+7	295	$355
58	Bob Lunn	75	70	74	76	+7	295	$355
58	Lanny Wadkins	74	71	73	77	+7	295	$355
58	Vicente Fernandez	70	74	72	79	+7	295	$355
62	Alberto Rivadeneira	71	74	77	74	+8	296	$329
62	Ron Cerrudo	74	71	75	76	+8	296	$329
64	Jon Cutshall	74	71	77	79	+13	301	$315

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Andy Bean	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Artie McNickle	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bob Dickson	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bob Menne	77	70	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bobby Wadkins	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Chuck Milne	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Dennis Meyer	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Don Iverson	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Gay Brewer	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jack Ewing	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jay Friedman	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Mark Pfeil	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Mason Rudolph	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Mike Hill	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Mike Shea	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Nate Starks	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Ray Arinno	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Rex Caldwell	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Ron Streck	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Sam Adams	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bill Calfee	72	76	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	78	70	0	0	+4	148	$0
	George Cadle	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	George Johnson	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Harry Toscano	77	71	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jay Haas	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jeff Mitchell	72	76	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jim Booros	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	John Jacobs	72	76	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Mike Sullivan	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Ray Sovik	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bob Erickson	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Forrest Fezler	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	John Lister	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Rick Beck	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Tom Evans	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Tom Shaw	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bob Wolfe	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Dave Marr	71	79	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Don Pooley	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Frank Beard	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Gary Groh	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Gary Koch	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike Walters	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Phil Rodgers	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Calvin Peete	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Don Baker	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Doug Olson	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Eddie Pearce	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Larry Hinson	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	David Canipe	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	David Smith	77	75	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Larry Startzel	80	72	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Mike Nixon	73	79	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Paul Moran	75	77	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bob Mann	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Bob Shearer	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Guy Walkingstick	78	75	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Jimmy Wittenberg	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Monty Kaser	80	73	0	0	+9	153	$0
	David Lind	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Marty Fleckman	74	80	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Ron Terry	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Rusty Guernsey	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Carl Higgins	78	78	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Van Stewart	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	George Cascino	81	78	0	0	+15	159	$0
WD	Bobby Walzel	77	0	0	0	+5	77	$0
WD	Freddie Haas	77	0	0	0	+5	77	$0
WD	J.C. Snead	78	0	0	0	+6	78	$0
WD	Paul Purtzer	78	0	0	0	+6	78	$0
WD	Richard Meissner	79	0	0	0	+7	79	$0
WD	Lionel Hebert	80	0	0	0	+8	80	$0
WD	John Gentile	81	0	0	0	+9	81	$0

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