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Sports headlines for Sunday May 1, 1977:

• Argentina Scores First Davis Cup Win Over U.S.
• Texas Gets Marshall...Maybe
• Waltrip Blocks Foes, Wins At Talladega
• Gene Littler Wins Houston Open By 3

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Final results of the 1977 Houston Open

Tournament held at Woodlands Country Club (The Woodlands, TX) from April 28, 1977 to May 1, 1977     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Gene Littler	70	65	67	74	-12	276	$40,000
2	Chi Chi Rodriguez	72	66	71	71	-8	280	$14,220
3	Dave Eichelberger	72	67	70	73	-6	282	$5,980
4	Doug Tewell	71	67	73	72	-5	283	$3,800
5	Lanny Wadkins	71	68	70	70	-9	279	$22,800
6	George Knudson	69	68	76	69	-6	282	$5,980
6	Leonard Thompson	70	68	70	74	-6	282	$5,980
8	George Burns	67	68	72	79	-2	286	$1,510
9	Tom Kite	74	68	75	72	+1	289	$760
10	Bruce Lietzke	75	68	71	76	+2	290	$513
11	Fuzzy Zoeller	76	68	73	74	+3	291	$465
12	Jim Wiechers	78	68	73	78	+9	297	$0
13	Lon Hinkle	73	69	70	70	-6	282	$5,980
14	Vicente Fernandez	72	69	71	71	-5	283	$3,800
15	Allen Miller	72	69	74	71	-2	286	$1,510
16	Bud Allin	74	69	72	77	+4	292	$415
17	Tom Storey	72	69	83	76	+12	300	$0
17	Alberto Rivadeneira	75	69	79	77	+12	300	$0
19	Andy North	71	70	69	71	-7	281	$8,800
20	Keith Fergus	75	70	69	70	-4	284	$2,700
21	Rik Massengale	73	70	71	71	-3	285	$1,960
22	Mike Reid	73	70	71	72	-2	286	$1,510
23	Hale Irwin	75	70	71	71	-1	287	$1,240
23	Frank Beard	76	70	69	72	-1	287	$1,240
23	Mike Hill	73	70	72	72	-1	287	$1,240
26	Julius Boros	76	70	72	71	+1	289	$760
26	Steve Melnyk	73	70	71	75	+1	289	$760
28	Lee Elder	73	70	74	73	+2	290	$513
29	Mike Morley	75	70	74	72	+3	291	$465
30	Craig Stadler	74	70	73	75	+4	292	$415
31	Jim Jamieson	74	70	76	73	+5	293	$375
32	Peter Jacobsen	76	70	75	74	+7	295	$325
32	Ben Crenshaw	76	70	70	79	+7	295	$325
34	Larry Nelson	74	71	71	68	-4	284	$2,700
34	Billy Casper	71	71	72	70	-4	284	$2,700
36	Wally Armstrong	75	71	71	68	-3	285	$1,960
37	Gil Morgan	72	71	73	72	Even	288	$1,055
37	Victor Regalado	71	71	73	73	Even	288	$1,055
39	Jim Simons	72	71	76	70	+1	289	$760
40	Frank Conner	71	71	71	77	+2	290	$513
41	Tommy Aaron	74	71	75	71	+3	291	$465
42	Paul Moran	71	71	77	73	+4	292	$415
43	Bobby Cole	74	71	77	71	+5	293	$375
44	Elroy Marti	74	71	79	73	+9	297	$0
44	Don Massengale	74	71	72	80	+9	297	$0
46	Bill Kratzert	71	72	66	72	-7	281	$8,800
47	Lou Graham	71	72	72	68	-5	283	$3,800
47	Bob Shearer	72	72	70	69	-5	283	$3,800
49	Fred Marti	70	72	69	75	-2	286	$1,510
50	Charles Coody	72	72	73	72	+1	289	$760
50	Don January	72	72	70	75	+1	289	$760
52	Gay Brewer	73	72	71	74	+2	290	$513
53	Bill Mallon	74	72	71	74	+3	291	$465
54	Tony Jacklin	74	72	71	77	+6	294	$355
55	Freddie Haas	73	72	75	75	+7	295	$325
56	Jerry McGee	71	73	69	70	-5	283	$3,800
57	Morris Hatalsky	71	73	71	71	-2	286	$1,510
58	Hubert Green	71	73	72	72	Even	288	$1,055
59	Bob Smith	72	73	77	67	+1	289	$760
59	Gary Koch	73	73	72	71	+1	289	$760
61	Jeff Mitchell	73	73	75	71	+4	292	$415
61	Mark Pfeil	72	73	73	74	+4	292	$415
63	Babe Hiskey	73	73	76	75	+9	297	$0
63	Bill Pelham	73	73	74	77	+9	297	$0
65	Bob Eastwood	70	74	70	69	-5	283	$3,800
66	Arnold Palmer	72	74	71	67	-4	284	$2,700
67	Forrest Fezler	70	74	70	72	-2	286	$1,510
68	Mark Lye	68	74	78	72	+4	292	$415
69	Rex Caldwell	71	74	76	77	+10	298	$0
70	Jack Nicklaus	69	75	67	71	-6	282	$5,980
71	Bobby Wadkins	70	75	69	74	Even	288	$1,055
72	Dave Marr	68	75	73	73	+1	289	$760
73	Sam Farlow	71	75	71	78	+7	295	$325
74	Ron Cerrudo	71	75	78	72	+8	296	$300
75	Andy Bean	70	76	70	69	-3	285	$1,960
75	Mark Hayes	67	76	72	70	-3	285	$1,960
77	Lee Trevino	69	77	75	68	+1	289	$760
78	Jim Dent	69	77	72	76	+6	294	$355

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Antonio Cerda	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Barry Jaeckel	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bill Calfee	70	77	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bob Menne	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bunky Henry	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Butch Baird	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Dwight Nevil	70	77	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Grier Jones	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jack Ewing	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jay Friedman	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	John Abendroth	77	70	0	0	+3	147	$0
	John Lister	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jon Cutshall	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Larry Ziegler	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Marion Heck	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Pete Brown	77	70	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Steve Veriato	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Tom Jenkins	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bob Gilder	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bruce Fleisher	77	71	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Gibby Gilbert	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Homero Blancas	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jay Haas	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jim White	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Mike Wynn	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Stan Lee	77	71	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Tom Shaw	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Art Wall	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dale Hayes	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	David Lundstrom	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dick Mast	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Don Pooley	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Ed Sabo	79	70	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Jim Booros	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Miller Barber	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Peter Oosterhuis	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Tom Evans	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Tommy Aycock	71	78	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Vince Bizik	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bruce Devlin	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Dale Douglass	78	72	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Don Iverson	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Ed Dougherty	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Harry Toscano	77	73	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike Long	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike Sullivan	79	71	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Ray Arinno	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Rod Curl	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Rod Funseth	71	79	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Bob Dickson	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Bob Lunn	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Bob Payne	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Jim Knoll	80	71	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Ken Still	73	78	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Orville Moody	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Ron Weber	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Gary Wintz	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	George Johnson	75	79	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Jeff Hewes	79	75	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Mike Walters	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Stanton Altgelt	80	75	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Steve Cain	81	74	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Woody Blackburn	80	75	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Jim Masserio	76	80	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Alan Tapie	74	83	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Gordon Waldespuhl	77	80	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Gary Dowen	83	75	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Mike Reasor	78	80	0	0	+14	158	$0
WD	Geoff Hensley	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Larry Webb	73	0	0	0	+1	73	$0
WD	Doug Sanders	81	0	0	0	+9	81	$0
WD	Gary Hardin	87	0	0	0	+15	87	$0
WD	Jim Colbert	72	73	71	0	Even	216	$0

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