Sports headlines for Thursday April 20, 1978:
- A Kings Power Play: Cooke Fires Stewart
Scores through round 1 of the 1978 Houston Open
Tournament held at Woodlands Country Club (The Woodlands, TX) from April 20, 1978 to April 23, 1978 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Player | 64 | -8 | 64 | $40,000 | |||
| 2 | Bob Shearer | 65 | -7 | 65 | $3,920 | |||
| 3 | Bob Murphy | 66 | -6 | 66 | $11,800 | |||
| 3 | Lanny Wadkins | 66 | -6 | 66 | $492 | |||
| 5 | Andy Bean | 67 | -5 | 67 | $22,800 | |||
| 5 | Orville Moody | 67 | -5 | 67 | $2,700 | |||
| 5 | George Burns | 67 | -5 | 67 | $1,107 | |||
| 5 | Randy Erskine | 67 | -5 | 67 | $75 | |||
| 9 | Mike Reid | 68 | -4 | 68 | $8,200 | |||
| 9 | Gary Koch | 68 | -4 | 68 | $5,200 | |||
| 9 | Lon Hinkle | 68 | -4 | 68 | $3,920 | |||
| 9 | Gene Littler | 68 | -4 | 68 | $1,107 | |||
| 9 | Bobby Nichols | 68 | -4 | 68 | $365 | |||
| 14 | Kermit Zarley | 69 | -3 | 69 | $6,500 | |||
| 14 | Howard Twitty | 69 | -3 | 69 | $3,920 | |||
| 14 | Larry Nelson | 69 | -3 | 69 | $1,780 | |||
| 14 | Don Bies | 69 | -3 | 69 | $1,420 | |||
| 14 | Fred Marti | 69 | -3 | 69 | $820 | |||
| 14 | Bill Calfee | 69 | -3 | 69 | $820 | |||
| 14 | Bill Pelham | 69 | -3 | 69 | $600 | |||
| 14 | J.C. Snead | 69 | -3 | 69 | $492 | |||
| 14 | Victor Regalado | 69 | -3 | 69 | $395 | |||
| 14 | Skeeter Heath | 69 | -3 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 24 | Bill Kratzert | 70 | -2 | 70 | $11,800 | |||
| 24 | Mike Sullivan | 70 | -2 | 70 | $5,200 | |||
| 24 | Lee Trevino | 70 | -2 | 70 | $3,920 | |||
| 24 | Don Iverson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,420 | |||
| 24 | Tim Simpson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,420 | |||
| 24 | Miller Barber | 70 | -2 | 70 | $1,107 | |||
| 24 | John Lister | 70 | -2 | 70 | $820 | |||
| 24 | John Schroeder | 70 | -2 | 70 | $820 | |||
| 24 | Arnold Palmer | 70 | -2 | 70 | $492 | |||
| 24 | Artie McNickle | 70 | -2 | 70 | $440 | |||
| 24 | Tom Shaw | 70 | -2 | 70 | $365 | |||
| 24 | Leonard Thompson | 70 | -2 | 70 | $330 | |||
| 24 | Gary Vanier | 70 | -2 | 70 | $330 | |||
| 24 | Bobby Stroble | 70 | -2 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 24 | Tommy Valentine | 70 | -2 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 39 | Jack Renner | 71 | -1 | 71 | $6,500 | |||
| 39 | Lou Graham | 71 | -1 | 71 | $2,700 | |||
| 39 | Gil Morgan | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,780 | |||
| 39 | Morris Hatalsky | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,420 | |||
| 39 | Barry Jaeckel | 71 | -1 | 71 | $1,107 | |||
| 39 | Mark Hayes | 71 | -1 | 71 | $820 | |||
| 39 | Jim Dent | 71 | -1 | 71 | $820 | |||
| 39 | Jeff Hawkes | 71 | -1 | 71 | $600 | |||
| 39 | David Graham | 71 | -1 | 71 | $492 | |||
| 39 | Frank Conner | 71 | -1 | 71 | $440 | |||
| 39 | Tommy Aaron | 71 | -1 | 71 | $440 | |||
| 39 | Peter Jacobsen | 71 | -1 | 71 | $395 | |||
| 39 | Vicente Fernandez | 71 | -1 | 71 | $330 | |||
| 39 | Bob Eastwood | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 39 | Rod Curl | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 39 | Bruce Lietzke | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 39 | Perry Arthur | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 39 | Joe Kunes | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 39 | Woody Blackburn | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 39 | Jim White | 71 | -1 | 71 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Tom Kite | 72 | Even | 72 | $6,500 | |||
| 59 | Don January | 72 | Even | 72 | $2,700 | |||
| 59 | Rex Caldwell | 72 | Even | 72 | $2,700 | |||
| 59 | Lyn Lott | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,780 | |||
| 59 | Pat McGowan | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,420 | |||
| 59 | Rod Funseth | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,107 | |||
| 59 | Johnny Miller | 72 | Even | 72 | $1,107 | |||
| 59 | Barney Thompson | 72 | Even | 72 | $820 | |||
| 59 | George Knudson | 72 | Even | 72 | $440 | |||
| 59 | Bobby Walzel | 72 | Even | 72 | $395 | |||
| 59 | Jim Nelford | 72 | Even | 72 | $75 | |||
| 59 | Keith Fergus | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Joe Inman | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Ron Streck | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Bobby Wadkins | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Gary Jacobsen | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Babe Hiskey | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Julius Boros | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Gary Ostrega | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Dave Barr | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Parker Moore | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Bob Mann | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 59 | Mitch Adcock | 72 | Even | 72 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Jerry McGee | 73 | +1 | 73 | $2,700 | |||
| 82 | John Mahaffey | 73 | +1 | 73 | $600 | |||
| 82 | Allen Miller | 73 | +1 | 73 | $492 | |||
| 82 | Tom Purtzer | 73 | +1 | 73 | $440 | |||
| 82 | Mark Pfeil | 73 | +1 | 73 | $330 | |||
| 82 | Billy Casper | 73 | +1 | 73 | $330 | |||
| 82 | Mark Lye | 73 | +1 | 73 | $75 | |||
| 82 | Charlie Epps | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Brady Miller | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Steve Veriato | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Mike Shea | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Cesar Sanudo | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Doug Tewell | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Bruce Fleisher | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | George Johnson | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Tom Storey | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Alan Pate | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Doug Sanders | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Lonnie Nielsen | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 82 | Bill Rogers | 73 | +1 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Ed Fiori | 74 | +2 | 74 | $3,920 | |||
| 103 | Dave Eichelberger | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,780 | |||
| 103 | Mike McCullough | 74 | +2 | 74 | $1,780 | |||
| 103 | Lee Elder | 74 | +2 | 74 | $600 | |||
| 103 | Greg Powers | 74 | +2 | 74 | $395 | |||
| 103 | Wally Armstrong | 74 | +2 | 74 | $75 | |||
| 103 | Wayne Peddy | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | David Lundstrom | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Ben Crenshaw | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Forrest Fezler | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Ed Sabo | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Bob Payne | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | David Thore | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Don Massengale | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Gibby Gilbert | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Antonio Cerda | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 103 | Ken Still | 74 | +2 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Dwight Nevil | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Homero Blancas | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Jeff Mitchell | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Dave Marr | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Alan Tapie | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Frank Beard | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Ron Weber | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Travis Hudson | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Tom Jenkins | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Bill Galloway | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | George Cadle | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Dave Stockton | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Gary Groh | 75 | +3 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Jim Colbert | 76 | +4 | 76 | $2,700 | |||
| 133 | Marty Fleckman | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Jack Newton | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 133 | David Eger | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Charles Coody | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Jerry Heard | 76 | +4 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Jack Spradlin | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Bob Zender | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Jack Sommers | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Bobby Mitchell | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Bunky Henry | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Florentino Molina | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 140 | Mike Ford | 77 | +5 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 147 | John Godwin | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 147 | Ralph Johnston | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 147 | Jack Montgomery | 78 | +6 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 150 | Dana Quigley | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 150 | Rik Massengale | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 150 | Doug Ford | 79 | +7 | 79 | $0 |


