Sports headlines for Sunday March 19, 1978:

• Allison Wins Easily In The Atlanta 500
• Leonard KOs Muniz In First
• Solomon Victory Clinches U.S. Win
• Nicklaus Bends, Shoots 75 But Still Earns $60,000
• Leon Spinks Has A 'Lost Weekend'
• Paper: Yankees' Lease Is Costly

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Final results 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	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Jack Nicklaus	70	71	73	75	+1	289	$60,000
2	Lou Graham	71	70	74	75	+2	290	$34,200
3	Lon Hinkle	75	72	74	70	+3	291	$21,300
4	John Schroeder	70	75	76	71	+4	292	$11,700
4	Andy North	74	71	74	73	+4	292	$11,700
4	Larry Nelson	71	72	75	74	+4	292	$11,700
4	Ben Crenshaw	70	71	77	74	+4	292	$11,700
8	Jim Colbert	74	74	74	72	+6	294	$8,850
9	Victor Regalado	70	79	76	70	+7	295	$7,500
9	Hubert Green	76	77	71	71	+7	295	$7,500
9	Peter Oosterhuis	73	73	75	74	+7	295	$7,500
12	Bobby Wadkins	70	79	73	74	+8	296	$5,460
12	Florentino Molina	72	74	76	74	+8	296	$5,460
12	Jerry Heard	73	78	71	74	+8	296	$5,460
12	Mike McCullough	77	75	69	75	+8	296	$5,460
12	John Mahaffey	72	72	75	77	+8	296	$5,460
17	Jerry Pate	76	76	75	70	+9	297	$4,200
17	Lee Elder	75	76	75	71	+9	297	$4,200
17	Phil Hancock	73	74	75	75	+9	297	$4,200
20	Gil Morgan	73	77	76	72	+10	298	$2,893
20	John Schlee	77	73	75	73	+10	298	$2,893
20	David Graham	72	74	78	74	+10	298	$2,893
20	Danny Edwards	75	73	75	75	+10	298	$2,893
20	Mac McLendon	72	74	76	76	+10	298	$2,893
20	Graham Marsh	73	76	73	76	+10	298	$2,893
20	Bob Shearer	74	75	72	77	+10	298	$2,893
27	Rod Funseth	74	73	78	74	+11	299	$2,310
28	Keith Fergus	73	75	82	70	+12	300	$1,792
28	Alan Tapie	73	75	82	70	+12	300	$1,792
28	Tom Kite	74	77	78	71	+12	300	$1,792
28	Lyn Lott	75	76	78	71	+12	300	$1,792
28	Mark Hayes	73	77	77	73	+12	300	$1,792
28	Andy Bean	73	78	76	73	+12	300	$1,792
28	Gibby Gilbert	70	77	79	74	+12	300	$1,792
28	Joe Inman	71	75	79	75	+12	300	$1,792
28	Kermit Zarley	75	77	73	75	+12	300	$1,792
28	Gary Player	74	73	77	76	+12	300	$1,792
28	Bob Zender	75	73	73	79	+12	300	$1,792
39	Leonard Thompson	74	76	79	72	+13	301	$1,290
39	Fred Marti	72	79	77	73	+13	301	$1,290
39	Sam Adams	74	72	77	78	+13	301	$1,290
42	Morris Hatalsky	74	79	74	75	+14	302	$1,083
42	Bill Kratzert	75	76	75	76	+14	302	$1,083
42	Hale Irwin	75	75	75	77	+14	302	$1,083
42	Frank Conner	75	74	75	78	+14	302	$1,083
46	Bobby Cole	72	79	81	71	+15	303	$975
46	Miller Barber	78	74	76	75	+15	303	$975
46	Don January	73	74	79	77	+15	303	$975
46	Charles Coody	73	76	74	80	+15	303	$975
50	Mark Pfeil	74	75	78	77	+16	304	$945
50	Mike Morley	72	73	79	80	+16	304	$945
52	Bob Eastwood	79	72	82	72	+17	305	$910
52	Jim Simons	73	80	79	73	+17	305	$910
52	Peter Jacobsen	74	76	80	75	+17	305	$910
52	Artie McNickle	71	75	82	77	+17	305	$910
52	Bill Rogers	73	75	79	78	+17	305	$910
57	Steve Melnyk	76	75	79	76	+18	306	$860
57	Ron Streck	75	78	77	76	+18	306	$860
57	Mike Reid	76	77	75	78	+18	306	$860
57	Jay Haas	76	76	76	78	+18	306	$860
57	Tom Weiskopf	73	80	74	79	+18	306	$860
62	Chi Chi Rodriguez	73	77	80	77	+19	307	$830
63	Wayne Levi	74	75	82	77	+20	308	$810
63	Art Wall	73	79	77	79	+20	308	$810
63	Allen Miller	74	73	79	82	+20	308	$810
66	Don Bies	76	77	81	75	+21	309	$770
66	Rex Caldwell	75	76	80	78	+21	309	$770
66	Gary McCord	77	75	77	80	+21	309	$770
66	Jerry McGee	76	76	75	82	+21	309	$770
66	Gary Groh	70	77	79	83	+21	309	$770
71	Tom Shaw	76	75	83	76	+22	310	$750
71	J.C. Snead	74	77	82	77	+22	310	$750
73	Rod Curl	75	78	82	76	+23	311	$750
73	John Lister	76	76	81	78	+23	311	$750
75	Homero Blancas	74	77	84	77	+24	312	$750
75	Howard Twitty	78	75	81	78	+24	312	$750
77	Forrest Fezler	76	75	82	80	+25	313	$750
77	Arnold Palmer	74	78	76	85	+25	313	$750

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Dave Eichelberger	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Dwight Nevil	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	George Burns	79	75	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Mike Hill	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Ray Floyd	77	77	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Rik Massengale	73	81	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Sammy Rachels	77	77	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Steve Taylor	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Tom Watson	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Bill Calfee	79	76	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Billy Casper	77	78	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Bruce Lietzke	77	78	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Dan Sikes	74	81	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Ed Sneed	76	79	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Jack Renner	75	80	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Jeff Mitchell	74	81	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Jim Dent	74	81	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Joe Porter	76	79	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Terry Diehl	78	77	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Tom Purtzer	75	80	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Bob Payne	75	81	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Bobby Walzel	78	78	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Butch Baird	78	78	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Curtis Strange	83	73	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Dave Stockton	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Don Iverson	81	75	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Doug Tewell	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Grier Jones	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Orville Moody	74	82	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Wally Armstrong	77	79	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Barry Jaeckel	76	81	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Bob Smith	74	83	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Bruce Devlin	76	81	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Don Pooley	74	83	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Eddie Pearce	80	77	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Gary Koch	77	80	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Mark Lye	78	79	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Roger Maltbie	79	78	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Stan Lee	80	77	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Steve Veriato	75	82	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Barney Thompson	76	82	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Bobby Nichols	77	81	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Larry Ziegler	79	79	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Tom Storey	79	79	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Bob Gilder	74	85	0	0	+15	159	$0
	George Knudson	80	79	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Johnny Miller	77	82	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Tommy Aaron	83	76	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Antonio Cerda	82	78	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Bob Murphy	78	82	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Dale Hayes	77	83	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Frank Beard	80	80	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Fuzzy Zoeller	77	83	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Ken Still	80	80	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Randy Erskine	75	85	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Lanny Wadkins	79	82	0	0	+17	161	$0
	Bob Wynn	76	86	0	0	+18	162	$0
	Calvin Peete	81	81	0	0	+18	162	$0
	Ed Dougherty	78	85	0	0	+19	163	$0
	Tim Simpson	81	82	0	0	+19	163	$0
	Craig Stadler	79	85	0	0	+20	164	$0
	Bill Mallon	84	85	0	0	+25	169	$0
	George Cadle	81	89	0	0	+26	170	$0
WD	Gene Littler	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Lee Trevino	75	78	0	0	+9	153	$0

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