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