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Sports headlines for Monday July 3, 1978:

• Andy Bean Wins Western Open On 73rd Hole
• 'We'll Keep You In Mind,' They Used To Tell Doby
• Nanne Says Sargent To Sign With Stars
• Guidry, Tanana On AL Squad For The 49th All-Star Game

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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.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Andy Bean	70	71	75	66	-6	282	$45,000
1	Bill Rogers	70	71	69	72	-6	282	$25,650
3	Tom Kite	72	72	71	68	-5	283	$15,975
4	Phil Hancock	70	74	70	70	-4	284	$9,900
4	Hale Irwin	71	70	71	72	-4	284	$9,900
6	Cesar Sanudo	67	76	74	68	-3	285	$7,650
6	Tom Watson	71	69	74	71	-3	285	$7,650
8	Marty Fleckman	70	72	78	66	-2	286	$6,117
8	Terry Diehl	72	71	73	70	-2	286	$6,117
8	Rex Caldwell	72	73	70	71	-2	286	$6,117
11	Tom Purtzer	70	72	75	70	-1	287	$4,556
11	George Burns	74	72	70	71	-1	287	$4,556
11	Bob Byman	72	72	71	72	-1	287	$4,556
11	Graham Marsh	71	73	70	73	-1	287	$4,556
15	Chi Chi Rodriguez	75	68	75	70	Even	288	$3,713
15	Mac McLendon	75	69	68	76	Even	288	$3,713
17	Bill Sander	73	71	73	72	+1	289	$2,622
17	Jim Dent	74	73	70	72	+1	289	$2,622
17	Orville Moody	72	73	72	72	+1	289	$2,622
17	Dave Eichelberger	72	70	75	72	+1	289	$2,622
17	Wally Armstrong	71	71	74	73	+1	289	$2,622
17	Allen Miller	68	74	73	74	+1	289	$2,622
17	Craig Stadler	69	73	72	75	+1	289	$2,622
17	Bob Gilder	68	75	70	76	+1	289	$2,622
25	John Schroeder	69	80	71	70	+2	290	$1,763
25	Joe Porter	76	71	71	72	+2	290	$1,763
25	Lanny Wadkins	74	71	71	74	+2	290	$1,763
25	Bill Calfee	73	72	70	75	+2	290	$1,763
29	Jack Renner	72	75	75	69	+3	291	$1,433
29	D.A. Weibring	76	71	74	70	+3	291	$1,433
29	Mark McCumber	75	70	73	73	+3	291	$1,433
29	Dave Barr	71	73	74	73	+3	291	$1,433
29	Larry Nelson	75	71	72	73	+3	291	$1,433
29	Don January	70	75	71	75	+3	291	$1,433
35	Joe Inman	73	76	71	72	+4	292	$1,064
35	Pat McGowan	75	74	70	73	+4	292	$1,064
35	Jim Nelford	71	78	70	73	+4	292	$1,064
35	Keith Fergus	72	71	76	73	+4	292	$1,064
35	Ed Sabo	73	75	71	73	+4	292	$1,064
35	Antonio Cerda	72	72	75	73	+4	292	$1,064
35	Tim Simpson	74	71	71	76	+4	292	$1,064
42	Stan Lee	72	75	74	72	+5	293	$764
42	Bob Murphy	73	76	72	72	+5	293	$764
42	Howard Twitty	77	68	75	73	+5	293	$764
42	Mark Lye	73	72	74	74	+5	293	$764
42	Dana Quigley	73	76	69	75	+5	293	$764
42	Mike McCullough	73	74	71	75	+5	293	$764
48	Peter Jacobsen	74	73	76	71	+6	294	$543
48	Steve Benson	71	76	74	73	+6	294	$543
48	Homero Blancas	72	71	78	73	+6	294	$543
48	Lonnie Nielsen	70	72	79	73	+6	294	$543
48	Bobby Wadkins	71	74	75	74	+6	294	$543
48	Rod Curl	69	76	73	76	+6	294	$543
48	Forrest Fezler	72	68	78	76	+6	294	$543
48	Morris Hatalsky	74	73	71	76	+6	294	$543
48	Charles Coody	72	70	73	79	+6	294	$543
57	Frank Conner	74	75	71	75	+7	295	$480
57	Lee Mikles	74	73	71	77	+7	295	$480
59	Kermit Zarley	74	73	78	71	+8	296	$435
59	Victor Regalado	74	73	77	72	+8	296	$435
59	Jeff Hawkes	72	75	76	73	+8	296	$435
59	Gary Groh	72	74	74	76	+8	296	$435
59	Jim Simons	71	72	75	78	+8	296	$435
64	Ed Byman	71	78	77	71	+9	297	$390
64	Mason Rudolph	73	72	78	74	+9	297	$390
64	Bob Zender	74	75	74	74	+9	297	$390
67	Gary McCord	76	73	76	73	+10	298	$360
67	Frank Beard	71	78	76	73	+10	298	$360
67	Tony Wallin	76	70	75	77	+10	298	$360
70	Barney Thompson	73	74	77	75	+11	299	$113
70	Danny Edwards	76	71	73	79	+11	299	$113
70	Jack Newton	73	74	72	80	+11	299	$113
73	Billy Casper	79	70	75	76	+12	300	$0
74	Brad Bryant	72	77	75	77	+13	301	$0
75	Bruce Robertson	77	72	78	75	+14	302	$0
75	Lyn Lott	73	76	77	76	+14	302	$0
75	Miller Barber	73	76	75	78	+14	302	$0
78	Don Iverson	73	76	74	80	+15	303	$0
79	Rick Beck	75	73	78	84	+22	310	$0

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Al Geiberger	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Bob Smith	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Brady Miller	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Carlton White	74	76	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Curtis Strange	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Don Pooley	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Gary Ostrega	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Gil Morgan	74	76	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Greg Powers	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Jim King	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	John Adams	70	80	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Tom Weiskopf	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Tommy Valentine	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Bill Kratzert	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Bobby Stroble	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Ed Dougherty	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Gay Brewer	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Gibby Gilbert	73	78	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Greg Pitzer	78	73	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Jerry Pate	73	78	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Jim Jamieson	70	81	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Peter Oosterhuis	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Andy North	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bob Dickson	71	81	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Jim Colbert	78	74	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Mark Pfeil	80	72	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Steve Melnyk	79	73	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bob Lunn	80	73	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Bruce Lietzke	81	72	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Buddy Gardner	75	78	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Parker Moore	75	78	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Sam Adams	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Skeeter Heath	79	74	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Babe Hiskey	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Dave Shipley	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	John Lister	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Peter Chapin	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Bunky Henry	76	79	0	0	+11	155	$0
	George Archer	76	79	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Wally Kuchar	76	79	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Bob Shaw	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Steve Veriato	77	79	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Gary Jacobsen	71	86	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Mike Ford	77	80	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Don Baker	77	81	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Jay Haas	75	83	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Mike Shea	76	82	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Vicente Fernandez	78	80	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Kip Byrne	81	78	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Mike Reasor	82	77	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Mike Sullivan	79	80	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Rik Massengale	84	75	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Bill Ogden	79	81	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Bob Mann	77	83	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Bill Ventresca	80	82	0	0	+18	162	$0
	Mitch Adcock	83	83	0	0	+22	166	$0
WD	Richie Karl	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Jerry Heard	75	0	0	0	+3	75	$0
WD	Jim Knoll	76	0	0	0	+4	76	$0
WD	Calvin Peete	77	0	0	0	+5	77	$0
WD	Jack Fleck	79	0	0	0	+7	79	$0
WD	David Eger	80	0	0	0	+8	80	$0
WD	Jack Spradlin	81	0	0	0	+9	81	$0
WD	Rocky Thompson	81	0	0	0	+9	81	$0
WD	Gary Hallberg	83	0	0	0	+11	83	$0
WD	Bill Pelham	78	71	76	0	+9	225	$0

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