Monday July 3, 1978
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Sports headlines for Monday July 3, 1978:




Final results of the 1978 Western Open


Tournament held at Butler National Golf Club (Oak Brook, IL) from June 29, 1978 to July 3, 1978     (Par 72)

Andy Bean defeated Bill Rogers on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
1Andy Bean70717566-6282$45,000
1Bill Rogers70716972-6282$25,650
3Tom Kite72727168-5283$15,975
4Phil Hancock70747070-4284$9,900
4Hale Irwin71707172-4284$9,900
6Cesar Sanudo67767468-3285$7,650
6Tom Watson71697471-3285$7,650
8Marty Fleckman70727866-2286$6,117
8Terry Diehl72717370-2286$6,117
8Rex Caldwell72737071-2286$6,117
11Tom Purtzer70727570-1287$4,556
11George Burns74727071-1287$4,556
11Bob Byman72727172-1287$4,556
11Graham Marsh71737073-1287$4,556
15Chi Chi Rodriguez75687570Even288$3,713
15Mac McLendon75696876Even288$3,713
17Bill Sander73717372+1289$2,622
17Jim Dent74737072+1289$2,622
17Orville Moody72737272+1289$2,622
17Dave Eichelberger72707572+1289$2,622
17Wally Armstrong71717473+1289$2,622
17Allen Miller68747374+1289$2,622
17Craig Stadler69737275+1289$2,622
17Bob Gilder68757076+1289$2,622
25John Schroeder69807170+2290$1,763
25Joe Porter76717172+2290$1,763
25Lanny Wadkins74717174+2290$1,763
25Bill Calfee73727075+2290$1,763
29Jack Renner72757569+3291$1,433
29D.A. Weibring76717470+3291$1,433
29Mark McCumber75707373+3291$1,433
29Dave Barr71737473+3291$1,433
29Larry Nelson75717273+3291$1,433
29Don January70757175+3291$1,433
35Joe Inman73767172+4292$1,064
35Pat McGowan75747073+4292$1,064
35Jim Nelford71787073+4292$1,064
35Keith Fergus72717673+4292$1,064
35Ed Sabo73757173+4292$1,064
35Antonio Cerda72727573+4292$1,064
35Tim Simpson74717176+4292$1,064
42Stan Lee72757472+5293$764
42Bob Murphy73767272+5293$764
42Howard Twitty77687573+5293$764
42Mark Lye73727474+5293$764
42Dana Quigley73766975+5293$764
42Mike McCullough73747175+5293$764
48Peter Jacobsen74737671+6294$543
48Steve Benson71767473+6294$543
48Homero Blancas72717873+6294$543
48Lonnie Nielsen70727973+6294$543
48Bobby Wadkins71747574+6294$543
48Rod Curl69767376+6294$543
48Forrest Fezler72687876+6294$543
48Morris Hatalsky74737176+6294$543
48Charles Coody72707379+6294$543
57Frank Conner74757175+7295$480
57Lee Mikles74737177+7295$480
59Kermit Zarley74737871+8296$435
59Victor Regalado74737772+8296$435
59Jeff Hawkes72757673+8296$435
59Gary Groh72747476+8296$435
59Jim Simons71727578+8296$435
64Ed Byman71787771+9297$390
64Mason Rudolph73727874+9297$390
64Bob Zender74757474+9297$390
67Gary McCord76737673+10298$360
67Frank Beard71787673+10298$360
67Tony Wallin76707577+10298$360
70Barney Thompson73747775+11299$113
70Danny Edwards76717379+11299$113
70Jack Newton73747280+11299$113
73Billy Casper79707576+12300$0
74Brad Bryant72777577+13301$0
75Bruce Robertson77727875+14302$0
75Lyn Lott73767776+14302$0
75Miller Barber73767578+14302$0
78Don Iverson73767480+15303$0
79Rick Beck75737884+22310$0


Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
Al Geiberger767400+6150$0
Bob Smith767400+6150$0
Brady Miller767400+6150$0
Carlton White747600+6150$0
Curtis Strange737700+6150$0
Don Pooley767400+6150$0
Gary Ostrega727800+6150$0
Gil Morgan747600+6150$0
Greg Powers757500+6150$0
Jim King767400+6150$0
John Adams708000+6150$0
Tom Weiskopf737700+6150$0
Tommy Valentine737700+6150$0
Bill Kratzert777400+7151$0
Bobby Stroble747700+7151$0
Ed Dougherty757600+7151$0
Gay Brewer757600+7151$0
Gibby Gilbert737800+7151$0
Greg Pitzer787300+7151$0
Jerry Pate737800+7151$0
Jim Jamieson708100+7151$0
Peter Oosterhuis767500+7151$0
Andy North767600+8152$0
Bob Dickson718100+8152$0
Jim Colbert787400+8152$0
Mark Pfeil807200+8152$0
Steve Melnyk797300+8152$0
Bob Lunn807300+9153$0
Bruce Lietzke817200+9153$0
Buddy Gardner757800+9153$0
Parker Moore757800+9153$0
Sam Adams767700+9153$0
Skeeter Heath797400+9153$0
Babe Hiskey767800+10154$0
Dave Shipley787600+10154$0
John Lister767800+10154$0
Peter Chapin767800+10154$0
Bunky Henry767900+11155$0
George Archer767900+11155$0
Wally Kuchar767900+11155$0
Bob Shaw797700+12156$0
Steve Veriato777900+12156$0
Gary Jacobsen718600+13157$0
Mike Ford778000+13157$0
Don Baker778100+14158$0
Jay Haas758300+14158$0
Mike Shea768200+14158$0
Vicente Fernandez788000+14158$0
Kip Byrne817800+15159$0
Mike Reasor827700+15159$0
Mike Sullivan798000+15159$0
Rik Massengale847500+15159$0
Bill Ogden798100+16160$0
Bob Mann778300+16160$0
Bill Ventresca808200+18162$0
Mitch Adcock838300+22166$0
WDRichie Karl00000$0
WDJerry Heard75000+375$0
WDJim Knoll76000+476$0
WDCalvin Peete77000+577$0
WDJack Fleck79000+779$0
WDDavid Eger80000+880$0
WDJack Spradlin81000+981$0
WDRocky Thompson81000+981$0
WDGary Hallberg83000+1183$0
WDBill Pelham7871760+9225$0

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