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Sports headlines for Sunday May 7, 1978:

• Watson Gets Par And Million
• Talladega Stock Car Race Postponed

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Final results of the 1978 Byron Nelson Golf Classic

Tournament held at Preston Trail Golf Club (Dallas, TX) from May 4, 1978 to May 7, 1978     (Par 70)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Tom Watson	69	67	70	66	-8	272	$40,000
2	Lee Trevino	70	69	68	66	-7	273	$22,800
3	Dave Stockton	75	69	65	67	-4	276	$9,750
3	Don January	69	73	67	67	-4	276	$9,750
3	Ed Sneed	70	67	71	68	-4	276	$9,750
3	Joe Inman	72	70	65	69	-4	276	$9,750
7	Ray Floyd	68	75	67	67	-3	277	$6,400
8	Andy Bean	70	72	66	70	-2	278	$5,650
8	Jim Dent	65	71	71	71	-2	278	$5,650
10	Jerry McGee	72	71	70	66	-1	279	$4,100
10	David Graham	71	69	73	66	-1	279	$4,100
10	Bill Kratzert	71	73	69	66	-1	279	$4,100
10	Calvin Peete	74	71	67	67	-1	279	$4,100
10	Barry Jaeckel	67	74	70	68	-1	279	$4,100
10	Alan Tapie	71	72	68	68	-1	279	$4,100
16	Chi Chi Rodriguez	71	70	72	67	Even	280	$3,000
16	Jay Haas	71	66	71	72	Even	280	$3,000
16	Orville Moody	67	73	67	73	Even	280	$3,000
19	George Burns	72	73	70	66	+1	281	$2,400
19	Larry Nelson	68	70	74	69	+1	281	$2,400
19	Steve Melnyk	67	69	72	73	+1	281	$2,400
22	Gary Koch	72	71	71	68	+2	282	$1,825
22	Pat McGowan	72	68	73	69	+2	282	$1,825
22	Dave Eichelberger	68	73	71	70	+2	282	$1,825
22	Tom Purtzer	71	68	72	71	+2	282	$1,825
26	Tom Shaw	69	73	73	68	+3	283	$1,361
26	Lanny Wadkins	73	69	72	69	+3	283	$1,361
26	Jim Chancey	73	71	70	69	+3	283	$1,361
26	Tom Kite	72	72	70	69	+3	283	$1,361
26	Peter Jacobsen	71	72	71	69	+3	283	$1,361
26	Lee Mikles	74	70	70	69	+3	283	$1,361
26	Hale Irwin	75	70	68	70	+3	283	$1,361
26	Mac McLendon	72	71	69	71	+3	283	$1,361
26	Jerry Heard	72	72	68	71	+3	283	$1,361
35	Lon Hinkle	71	74	70	69	+4	284	$924
35	Bob Shearer	72	73	70	69	+4	284	$924
35	Al Geiberger	71	70	73	70	+4	284	$924
35	Jerry Pate	73	69	72	70	+4	284	$924
35	Leonard Thompson	72	72	69	71	+4	284	$924
35	Larry Ziegler	74	69	70	71	+4	284	$924
35	Bill Pelham	68	73	71	72	+4	284	$924
35	Tom Storey	70	72	69	73	+4	284	$924
43	Bob Gilder	69	76	70	70	+5	285	$608
43	Gary Player	75	69	71	70	+5	285	$608
43	Don Bies	72	71	71	71	+5	285	$608
43	Bob Mann	73	71	70	71	+5	285	$608
43	Bobby Wadkins	73	72	69	71	+5	285	$608
43	Mike Shea	72	71	71	71	+5	285	$608
43	Jim Nelford	72	73	68	72	+5	285	$608
43	Peter Oosterhuis	70	72	70	73	+5	285	$608
51	Stan Lee	68	73	74	71	+6	286	$475
51	Bruce Devlin	70	73	71	72	+6	286	$475
51	John Schroeder	70	72	71	73	+6	286	$475
51	Buddy Gardner	75	69	68	74	+6	286	$475
55	Mark Lye	71	73	74	69	+7	287	$430
55	Gibby Gilbert	76	69	73	69	+7	287	$430
55	Gene Littler	71	74	72	70	+7	287	$430
55	Bobby Cole	73	70	74	70	+7	287	$430
55	John Schlee	70	74	73	70	+7	287	$430
60	Johnny Miller	69	73	77	69	+8	288	$395
60	Ed Sabo	75	69	73	71	+8	288	$395
62	Dennis Meyer	72	71	74	73	+10	290	$380
63	Ben Crenshaw	72	72	73	74	+11	291	$360
63	Arnold Palmer	66	77	74	74	+11	291	$360
63	Kermit Zarley	68	73	74	76	+11	291	$360
66	Lyn Lott	72	72	75	73	+12	292	$330
66	Homero Blancas	74	70	73	75	+12	292	$330
66	Curtis Strange	74	68	73	77	+12	292	$330
69	Jim Colbert	74	70	74	76	+14	294	$310
70	Andy North	78	67	75	75	+15	295	$300

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Babe Hiskey	76	70	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Bill Calfee	73	73	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Bobby Nichols	74	72	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Dale Douglass	74	72	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Doug Tewell	72	74	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Fuzzy Zoeller	77	69	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Jack Newton	74	72	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Mark Hayes	72	74	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Mark Pfeil	78	68	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Don Pooley	70	77	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Fred Marti	70	77	0	0	+7	147	$0
	George Cadle	75	72	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Gil Morgan	75	72	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Greg Powers	74	73	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Jim Simons	74	73	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Joe Porter	73	74	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Tom Weiskopf	74	73	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Brady Miller	75	73	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Gay Brewer	75	73	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Travis Hudson	74	74	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Victor Regalado	72	76	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Wayne Peddy	75	73	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Alan Pate	76	73	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Bob Smith	74	75	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Ed Dougherty	73	76	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Gary Groh	78	71	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Jeff Mitchell	73	76	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Morris Hatalsky	73	76	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Rik Massengale	74	75	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Rives McBee	77	72	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Ron Cerrudo	75	74	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Wally Armstrong	75	74	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Bill Hall	76	74	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Bruce Lietzke	80	70	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Charles Coody	77	73	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Danny Edwards	74	76	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Dave Newquist	72	78	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Ed Fiori	73	77	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Forrest Fezler	78	72	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Lonnie Nielsen	76	74	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Miller Barber	74	76	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Rod Curl	72	78	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Florentino Molina	77	74	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Howard Twitty	74	77	0	0	+11	151	$0
	J.C. Snead	78	73	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Jeff Hewes	79	72	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Jim Wiechers	76	75	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Keith Fergus	78	73	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Mike Reid	77	74	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Mike Sullivan	78	73	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Phil Hancock	77	74	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Rocky Thompson	78	73	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Bob Murphy	74	78	0	0	+12	152	$0
	D.A. Weibring	79	73	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Joe Kunes	76	76	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Pete Brown	73	79	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Tommy Valentine	76	76	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Bill Rogers	77	76	0	0	+13	153	$0
	David Eger	76	77	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Bob Zender	73	81	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Bobby Stroble	75	79	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Frank Conner	77	77	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Gary McCord	77	77	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Wayne Levi	75	79	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Antonio Cerda	78	77	0	0	+15	155	$0
	Mike Ford	80	75	0	0	+15	155	$0
	Mitch Adcock	76	80	0	0	+16	156	$0
	Mike Reasor	80	77	0	0	+17	157	$0
	Tim Simpson	76	81	0	0	+17	157	$0
	Frank Beard	80	79	0	0	+19	159	$0
	Steve Summer	80	87	0	0	+27	167	$0
	Steve Summers	80	87	0	0	+27	167	$0
WD	Barney Thompson	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Parker Moore	76	0	0	0	+6	76	$0
WD	Dwight Nevil	78	0	0	0	+8	78	$0
WD	Allen Miller	81	0	0	0	+11	81	$0

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