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Sports headlines for Sunday April 23, 1978:

• Player Does It Again, Rallies For 3 In Row
• Waltrip Wins Virginia 500; Bonnett And Petty Collide
• Giants Draw A Record 50,510

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Final results 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	67	70	69	-18	270	$40,000
2	Andy Bean	67	65	66	73	-17	271	$22,800
3	Bill Kratzert	70	67	69	66	-16	272	$11,800
3	Bob Murphy	66	66	70	70	-16	272	$11,800
5	Mike Reid	68	72	67	67	-14	274	$8,200
6	Kermit Zarley	69	68	72	66	-13	275	$6,500
6	Tom Kite	72	69	64	70	-13	275	$6,500
6	Jack Renner	71	65	68	71	-13	275	$6,500
9	Mike Sullivan	70	69	68	69	-12	276	$5,200
9	Gary Koch	68	71	66	71	-12	276	$5,200
11	Ed Fiori	74	65	71	67	-11	277	$3,920
11	Bob Shearer	65	72	71	69	-11	277	$3,920
11	Lee Trevino	70	69	68	70	-11	277	$3,920
11	Lon Hinkle	68	69	69	71	-11	277	$3,920
11	Howard Twitty	69	66	68	74	-11	277	$3,920
16	Rex Caldwell	72	70	72	64	-10	278	$2,700
16	Lou Graham	71	66	73	68	-10	278	$2,700
16	Jim Colbert	76	68	66	68	-10	278	$2,700
16	Don January	72	69	68	69	-10	278	$2,700
16	Jerry McGee	73	68	68	69	-10	278	$2,700
16	Orville Moody	67	68	70	73	-10	278	$2,700
22	Larry Nelson	69	70	73	67	-9	279	$1,780
22	Dave Eichelberger	74	69	68	68	-9	279	$1,780
22	Gil Morgan	71	69	70	69	-9	279	$1,780
22	Lyn Lott	72	68	70	69	-9	279	$1,780
22	Mike McCullough	74	68	67	70	-9	279	$1,780
27	Don Iverson	70	70	75	65	-8	280	$1,420
27	Pat McGowan	72	69	72	67	-8	280	$1,420
27	Morris Hatalsky	71	69	70	70	-8	280	$1,420
27	Don Bies	69	70	71	70	-8	280	$1,420
27	Tim Simpson	70	67	70	73	-8	280	$1,420
32	Johnny Miller	72	71	70	68	-7	281	$1,107
32	Miller Barber	70	74	68	69	-7	281	$1,107
32	Barry Jaeckel	71	71	67	72	-7	281	$1,107
32	Rod Funseth	72	69	67	73	-7	281	$1,107
32	George Burns	67	67	72	75	-7	281	$1,107
32	Gene Littler	68	70	67	76	-7	281	$1,107
38	John Lister	70	73	68	71	-6	282	$820
38	Barney Thompson	72	69	70	71	-6	282	$820
38	Mark Hayes	71	71	68	72	-6	282	$820
38	Bill Calfee	69	71	69	73	-6	282	$820
38	Jim Dent	71	68	68	75	-6	282	$820
38	John Schroeder	70	67	70	75	-6	282	$820
38	Fred Marti	69	69	69	75	-6	282	$820
45	Bill Pelham	69	73	71	70	-5	283	$600
45	John Mahaffey	73	71	69	70	-5	283	$600
45	Lee Elder	74	68	71	70	-5	283	$600
45	Jeff Hawkes	71	71	69	72	-5	283	$600
49	Allen Miller	73	69	72	70	-4	284	$492
49	Arnold Palmer	70	74	68	72	-4	284	$492
49	David Graham	71	72	69	72	-4	284	$492
49	J.C. Snead	69	71	71	73	-4	284	$492
49	Lanny Wadkins	66	72	73	73	-4	284	$492
54	George Knudson	72	71	72	70	-3	285	$440
54	Artie McNickle	70	69	74	72	-3	285	$440
54	Tommy Aaron	71	71	71	72	-3	285	$440
54	Tom Purtzer	73	71	68	73	-3	285	$440
54	Frank Conner	71	68	69	77	-3	285	$440
59	Greg Powers	74	69	73	70	-2	286	$395
59	Bobby Walzel	72	69	72	73	-2	286	$395
59	Peter Jacobsen	71	70	72	73	-2	286	$395
59	Victor Regalado	69	71	70	76	-2	286	$395
63	Bobby Nichols	68	74	74	71	-1	287	$365
63	Tom Shaw	70	69	76	72	-1	287	$365
65	Billy Casper	73	71	73	71	Even	288	$330
65	Mark Pfeil	73	71	72	72	Even	288	$330
65	Gary Vanier	70	70	76	72	Even	288	$330
65	Vicente Fernandez	71	73	70	74	Even	288	$330
65	Leonard Thompson	70	70	71	77	Even	288	$330
70	Wally Armstrong	74	69	75	71	+1	289	$75
70	Randy Erskine	67	77	73	72	+1	289	$75
70	Mark Lye	73	70	73	73	+1	289	$75
70	Jim Nelford	72	69	75	73	+1	289	$75
74	Bob Mann	72	72	73	73	+2	290	$0
74	Jerry Heard	76	68	73	73	+2	290	$0
74	Skeeter Heath	69	74	73	74	+2	290	$0
74	Parker Moore	72	72	72	74	+2	290	$0
78	Woody Blackburn	71	70	77	73	+3	291	$0
79	Tommy Valentine	70	72	79	72	+5	293	$0
80	Jim White	71	73	79	75	+10	298	$0
81	Mitch Adcock	72	72	79	78	+13	301	$0
82	Ken Still	74	69	77	83	+15	303	$0

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Bob Eastwood	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bobby Wadkins	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Brady Miller	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bruce Lietzke	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Chi Chi Rodriguez	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	David Lundstrom	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Dwight Nevil	75	70	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Joe Inman	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Keith Fergus	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Marty Fleckman	76	69	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Rod Curl	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Ron Streck	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Steve Veriato	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Wayne Peddy	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Babe Hiskey	72	74	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Ben Crenshaw	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Bobby Stroble	70	76	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Bruce Fleisher	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Cesar Sanudo	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Dana Quigley	79	67	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Doug Tewell	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Forrest Fezler	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Gary Jacobsen	72	74	0	0	+2	146	$0
	George Johnson	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Homero Blancas	75	71	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Jack Newton	76	70	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Joe Kunes	71	75	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Mike Shea	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Perry Arthur	71	75	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Bob Payne	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	David Eger	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	David Thore	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Don Massengale	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Ed Sabo	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jack Spradlin	77	70	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jeff Mitchell	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Julius Boros	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Alan Tapie	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bob Zender	77	71	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Charles Coody	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Dave Marr	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Fuzzy Zoeller	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Gibby Gilbert	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Tom Storey	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Alan Pate	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Antonio Cerda	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Frank Beard	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Rik Massengale	79	70	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Doug Sanders	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Gary Ostrega	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Lonnie Nielsen	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Ralph Johnston	78	72	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Ron Weber	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Tom Jenkins	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Travis Hudson	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Bill Galloway	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Jack Sommers	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Dave Barr	72	80	0	0	+8	152	$0
	George Cadle	75	77	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Dave Stockton	75	78	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Gary Groh	75	78	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Bill Rogers	73	81	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	77	78	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Bunky Henry	77	79	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Doug Ford	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Florentino Molina	77	80	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Jack Montgomery	78	80	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Mike Ford	77	83	0	0	+16	160	$0

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