`Sports headlines for Saturday March 18, 1978:`

South Africans Slice U.S. Cup Margin To 2-1
WBC Drops Spinks, Makes Norton Champ

Scores through round 3 of the 1978 Tournament Players Championship

Tournament held at Sawgrass Country Club (Ponta Vedra Beach, FL) from March 16, 1978 to March 19, 1978 (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Lou Graham	71	70	74	-1	215	$34,200
2	Jack Nicklaus	70	71	73	-2	214	$60,000
3	Ben Crenshaw	70	71	77	+2	218	$11,700
4	Andy North	74	71	74	+3	219	$11,700
5	Larry Nelson	71	72	75	+2	218	$11,700
6	John Mahaffey	72	72	75	+3	219	$5,460
7	Lon Hinkle	75	72	74	+5	221	$21,300
8	Sam Adams	74	72	77	+7	223	$1,290
9	Bob Eastwood	79	72	82	+17	233	$910
10	Peter Oosterhuis	73	73	75	+5	221	$7,500
10	Bob Zender	75	73	73	+5	221	$1,792
12	Danny Edwards	75	73	75	+7	223	$2,893
13	Gary Player	74	73	77	+8	224	$1,792
13	Mike Morley	72	73	79	+8	224	$945
15	John Schlee	77	73	75	+9	225	$2,893
15	Rod Funseth	74	73	78	+9	225	$2,310
17	Allen Miller	74	73	79	+10	226	$810
18	Jim Colbert	74	74	74	+6	222	$8,850
18	Florentino Molina	72	74	76	+6	222	$5,460
18	Phil Hancock	73	74	75	+6	222	$4,200
18	Mac McLendon	72	74	76	+6	222	$2,893
22	David Graham	72	74	78	+8	224	$2,893
22	Frank Conner	75	74	75	+8	224	$1,083
24	Don January	73	74	79	+10	226	$975
25	Miller Barber	78	74	76	+12	228	$975
26	John Schroeder	70	75	76	+5	221	$11,700
26	Mike McCullough	77	75	69	+5	221	$5,460
26	Bob Shearer	74	75	72	+5	221	$2,893
29	Joe Inman	71	75	79	+9	225	$1,792
29	Hale Irwin	75	75	75	+9	225	$1,083
31	Mark Pfeil	74	75	78	+11	227	$945
31	Bill Rogers	73	75	79	+11	227	$910
33	Artie McNickle	71	75	82	+12	228	$910
34	Gary McCord	77	75	77	+13	229	$770
35	Keith Fergus	73	75	82	+14	230	$1,792
35	Alan Tapie	73	75	82	+14	230	$1,792
35	Steve Melnyk	76	75	79	+14	230	$860
38	Wayne Levi	74	75	82	+15	231	$810
39	Forrest Fezler	76	75	82	+17	233	$750
40	Tom Shaw	76	75	83	+18	234	$750
40	Howard Twitty	78	75	81	+18	234	$750
42	Graham Marsh	73	76	73	+6	222	$2,893
43	Charles Coody	73	76	74	+7	223	$975
44	Lee Elder	75	76	75	+10	226	$4,200
44	Bill Kratzert	75	76	75	+10	226	$1,083
46	Jerry Pate	76	76	75	+11	227	$4,200
46	Jerry McGee	76	76	75	+11	227	$770
48	Jay Haas	76	76	76	+12	228	$860
49	Lyn Lott	75	76	78	+13	229	$1,792
49	Leonard Thompson	74	76	79	+13	229	$1,290
51	Peter Jacobsen	74	76	80	+14	230	$910
52	Rex Caldwell	75	76	80	+15	231	$770
53	John Lister	76	76	81	+17	233	$750
54	Hubert Green	76	77	71	+8	224	$7,500
55	Kermit Zarley	75	77	73	+9	225	$1,792
56	Gil Morgan	73	77	76	+10	226	$2,893
56	Gibby Gilbert	70	77	79	+10	226	$1,792
56	Gary Groh	70	77	79	+10	226	$770
59	Mark Hayes	73	77	77	+11	227	$1,792
60	Mike Reid	76	77	75	+12	228	$860
61	Tom Kite	74	77	78	+13	229	$1,792
62	Chi Chi Rodriguez	73	77	80	+14	230	$830
63	J.C. Snead	74	77	82	+17	233	$750
64	Don Bies	76	77	81	+18	234	$770
65	Homero Blancas	74	77	84	+19	235	$750
66	Jerry Heard	73	78	71	+6	222	$5,460
67	Andy Bean	73	78	76	+11	227	$1,792
68	Arnold Palmer	74	78	76	+12	228	$750
69	Ron Streck	75	78	77	+14	230	$860
70	Rod Curl	75	78	82	+19	235	$750
71	Bobby Wadkins	70	79	73	+6	222	$5,460
72	Victor Regalado	70	79	76	+9	225	$7,500
73	Morris Hatalsky	74	79	74	+11	227	$1,083
74	Fred Marti	72	79	77	+12	228	$1,290
75	Art Wall	73	79	77	+13	229	$810
76	Bobby Cole	72	79	81	+16	232	$975
77	Tom Weiskopf	73	80	74	+11	227	$860
78	Jim Simons	73	80	79	+16	232	$910

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