Sports headlines for Thursday August 4, 1977:
- Elder Shoots 64, Leads By One
- Pronovost Named By Sabres
Scores through round 1 of the 1977 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
Tournament held at Wethersfield Country Club (Wethersfield, CT) from August 4, 1977 to August 7, 1977 (Par 71)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Burns | 65 | -6 | 65 | $0 | |||
| 2 | Ralph Johnston | 68 | -3 | 68 | $0 | |||
| 2 | Julius Boros | 68 | -3 | 68 | $0 | |||
| 4 | Peter Oosterhuis | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 4 | Bob Murphy | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 4 | Ray Sovik | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 4 | Jerry Heard | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 8 | Andy Bean | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 8 | Allen Miller | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 8 | Bob Shearer | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 8 | Art Wall | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 8 | John Gentile | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 8 | Mark Alwin | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 8 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 8 | Tony Jacklin | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 16 | Jim Dent | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 16 | John Jackson | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 16 | Jim Colbert | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 16 | George Johnson | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 16 | Skip Dunaway | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Dale Douglass | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | John Schroeder | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Richard Crawford | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Ken Still | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Steve Veriato | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Nate Starks | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Joe Inman | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Andy North | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Bob Menne | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Rick Acton | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | David Canipe | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | Ed Dougherty | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 21 | J.C. Snead | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Lanny Wadkins | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Bob Shaw | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Dennis Coscina | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Roger Parker | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Fred Marti | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | David Glenz | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Sandy Galbraith | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Barry Jaeckel | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Babe Hiskey | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Vicente Fernandez | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Mark Lye | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Bob Mann | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 34 | Paul Moran | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Ron Cerrudo | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Bruce Fleisher | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Steve Melnyk | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Homero Blancas | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Geoff Hensley | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Lance Suzuki | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Woody Blackburn | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Tom Jenkins | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Marty Fleckman | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Phil Rodgers | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Ron Milanovich | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Warren Chancellor | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Don Parson | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Bob Erickson | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Gary Koch | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Dick Stranahan | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Bobby Stroble | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 65 | Dick McClean | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 66 | Doug Ford | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 67 | Terry Mauney | 79 | +8 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 68 | Bruce Lietzke | 69 | -2 | 69 | $1,586 | |||
| 69 | Kermit Zarley | 65 | -6 | 65 | $5,460 | |||
| 70 | Larry Nelson | 68 | -3 | 68 | $19,425 | |||
| 71 | Grier Jones | 69 | -2 | 69 | $19,425 | |||
| 72 | Phil Hancock | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,166 | |||
| 73 | Jim Booros | 68 | -3 | 68 | $1,166 | |||
| 74 | Larry Ziegler | 72 | +1 | 72 | $840 | |||
| 75 | Bob Lunn | 73 | +2 | 73 | $462 | |||
| 76 | Lee Trevino | 66 | -5 | 66 | $2,730 | |||
| 77 | Calvin Peete | 67 | -4 | 67 | $6,825 | |||
| 78 | Rik Massengale | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,974 | |||
| 78 | Mike Reid | 71 | Even | 71 | $567 | |||
| 80 | Jim Simons | 65 | -6 | 65 | $2,730 | |||
| 80 | Dick Mast | 65 | -6 | 65 | $105 | |||
| 82 | Jerry McGee | 68 | -3 | 68 | $3,465 | |||
| 83 | Rod Funseth | 69 | -2 | 69 | $2,730 | |||
| 83 | Artie McNickle | 69 | -2 | 69 | $840 | |||
| 83 | Frank Conner | 69 | -2 | 69 | $567 | |||
| 83 | David Lind | 69 | -2 | 69 | $352 | |||
| 87 | Lou Graham | 70 | -1 | 70 | $4,253 | |||
| 87 | Alan Tapie | 70 | -1 | 70 | $2,730 | |||
| 87 | Forrest Fezler | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,586 | |||
| 87 | Johnny Miller | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,166 | |||
| 91 | Ron Streck | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,166 | |||
| 92 | Terry Diehl | 65 | -6 | 65 | $5,460 | |||
| 93 | Bill Kratzert | 66 | -5 | 66 | $42,000 | |||
| 94 | Victor Regalado | 67 | -4 | 67 | $9,240 | |||
| 94 | Rod Curl | 67 | -4 | 67 | $6,825 | |||
| 94 | Dave Stockton | 67 | -4 | 67 | $1,974 | |||
| 97 | Tom Kite | 68 | -3 | 68 | $4,253 | |||
| 97 | Joe Porter | 68 | -3 | 68 | $1,586 | |||
| 97 | Orville Moody | 68 | -3 | 68 | $352 | |||
| 100 | Bob Eastwood | 69 | -2 | 69 | $4,253 | |||
| 100 | Butch Baird | 69 | -2 | 69 | $567 | |||
| 102 | Wally Armstrong | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,586 | |||
| 102 | Wayne Levi | 70 | -1 | 70 | $462 | |||
| 102 | Alan Pate | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 105 | Tommy McGinnis | 71 | Even | 71 | $409 | |||
| 106 | Curtis Strange | 65 | -6 | 65 | $9,240 | |||
| 107 | Brady Miller | 66 | -5 | 66 | $1,166 | |||
| 108 | Dwight Nevil | 67 | -4 | 67 | $567 | |||
| 109 | Jimmy Wittenberg | 68 | -3 | 68 | $352 | |||
| 109 | Randy Erskine | 68 | -3 | 68 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Hubert Green | 69 | -2 | 69 | $4,253 | |||
| 111 | Tom Shaw | 69 | -2 | 69 | $840 | |||
| 111 | Jack Newton | 69 | -2 | 69 | $567 | |||
| 111 | Stan Lee | 69 | -2 | 69 | $462 | |||
| 115 | Barney Thompson | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,974 | |||
| 115 | George Archer | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,166 | |||
| 115 | Perry Leslie | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,166 | |||
| 115 | Mike McCullough | 70 | -1 | 70 | $567 | |||
| 119 | Joe Kunes | 71 | Even | 71 | $840 | |||
| 120 | Florentino Molina | 74 | +3 | 74 | $1,166 | |||
| 121 | Howard Twitty | 67 | -4 | 67 | $1,586 | |||
| 121 | Bobby Wadkins | 67 | -4 | 67 | $567 | |||
| 123 | Peter Jacobsen | 69 | -2 | 69 | $409 | |||
| 124 | Don Pooley | 70 | -1 | 70 | $409 | |||
| 125 | Mike Hill | 71 | Even | 71 | $840 | |||
| 125 | Leonard Thompson | 71 | Even | 71 | $840 | |||
| 125 | Jim Wiechers | 71 | Even | 71 | $567 | |||
| 125 | Dennis Meyer | 71 | Even | 71 | $462 | |||
| 129 | Tommy Aaron | 73 | +2 | 73 | $105 | |||
| 130 | Lee Elder | 64 | -7 | 64 | $6,825 | |||
| 131 | Wren Lum | 67 | -4 | 67 | $0 | |||
| 132 | Frank Beard | 70 | -1 | 70 | $409 | |||
| 132 | Pete Brown | 70 | -1 | 70 | $352 | |||
| 134 | David Thore | 72 | +1 | 72 | $352 | |||
| 135 | Dave Newquist | 68 | -3 | 68 | $1,586 | |||
| 135 | Bob Wynn | 68 | -3 | 68 | $0 | |||
| 135 | Chuck Milne | 68 | -3 | 68 | $0 | |||
| 138 | Morris Hatalsky | 69 | -2 | 69 | $3,465 | |||
| 138 | Bill Mallon | 69 | -2 | 69 | $2,730 | |||
| 138 | Carl Higgins | 69 | -2 | 69 | $567 | |||
| 141 | Al Geiberger | 72 | +1 | 72 | $462 | |||
| 141 | Curtis Sifford | 72 | +1 | 72 | $409 | |||
| 141 | Ed Sabo | 72 | +1 | 72 | $105 | |||
| 144 | Doug Dalziel | 68 | -3 | 68 | $0 | |||
| 145 | Tim Simpson | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 146 | Jim Barker | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 146 | Mark Pfeil | 70 | -1 | 70 | $352 | |||
| 148 | Gary Hardin | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 |