Sports headlines for Sunday March 4, 1979:
- For An Encore, Yarborough, Allison Crash
- Ryan vs. Angels: An Impasse
- Byman Wins Playoff For 1st U.S. Victory
- Reinstatement Of Neilson Has Leafs Raking Foes
Final results of the 1979 Bay Hill Citrus Classic
Tournament held at Bay Hill Club (Orlando, FL) from March 1, 1979 to March 4, 1979 (Par 71)
Bob Byman defeated John Schroeder on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
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1 | Bob Byman | 67 | 70 | 70 | 71 | -6 | 278 | $45,000 |
1 | John Schroeder | 68 | 68 | 72 | 70 | -6 | 278 | $27,000 |
3 | Hale Irwin | 69 | 70 | 72 | 68 | -5 | 279 | $13,000 |
3 | Bill Rogers | 67 | 69 | 74 | 69 | -5 | 279 | $13,000 |
3 | Andy Bean | 64 | 69 | 76 | 70 | -5 | 279 | $13,000 |
6 | Jay Haas | 69 | 70 | 74 | 70 | -1 | 283 | $7,563 |
6 | Alan Tapie | 70 | 71 | 72 | 70 | -1 | 283 | $7,563 |
6 | Jerry Pate | 68 | 68 | 77 | 70 | -1 | 283 | $7,563 |
6 | Grier Jones | 69 | 69 | 73 | 72 | -1 | 283 | $7,563 |
6 | Tom Watson | 72 | 68 | 71 | 72 | -1 | 283 | $7,563 |
6 | David Edwards | 68 | 70 | 71 | 74 | -1 | 283 | $7,563 |
12 | Larry Ziegler | 73 | 72 | 70 | 69 | Even | 284 | $5,250 |
12 | Rik Massengale | 71 | 67 | 72 | 74 | Even | 284 | $5,250 |
12 | Rex Caldwell | 70 | 70 | 68 | 76 | Even | 284 | $5,250 |
15 | Joe Hager | 70 | 66 | 81 | 68 | +1 | 285 | $3,750 |
15 | Charles Coody | 71 | 71 | 72 | 71 | +1 | 285 | $3,750 |
15 | Joe Inman | 73 | 67 | 73 | 72 | +1 | 285 | $3,750 |
15 | Andy North | 71 | 70 | 72 | 72 | +1 | 285 | $3,750 |
15 | Jim Colbert | 65 | 73 | 75 | 72 | +1 | 285 | $3,750 |
15 | Tom Purtzer | 73 | 70 | 69 | 73 | +1 | 285 | $3,750 |
15 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 71 | 70 | 69 | 75 | +1 | 285 | $3,750 |
22 | Wally Armstrong | 72 | 71 | 72 | 71 | +2 | 286 | $2,700 |
22 | George Burns | 70 | 73 | 71 | 72 | +2 | 286 | $2,700 |
24 | John Fought | 72 | 67 | 78 | 70 | +3 | 287 | $2,025 |
24 | Craig Stadler | 71 | 71 | 74 | 71 | +3 | 287 | $2,025 |
24 | Larry Nelson | 72 | 66 | 75 | 74 | +3 | 287 | $2,025 |
24 | Don January | 70 | 71 | 72 | 74 | +3 | 287 | $2,025 |
24 | Ben Crenshaw | 74 | 71 | 67 | 75 | +3 | 287 | $2,025 |
24 | Ed Sneed | 66 | 69 | 73 | 79 | +3 | 287 | $2,025 |
30 | Mike Hill | 72 | 71 | 74 | 71 | +4 | 288 | $1,486 |
30 | Bobby Wadkins | 71 | 69 | 76 | 72 | +4 | 288 | $1,486 |
30 | Mark Hayes | 75 | 70 | 71 | 72 | +4 | 288 | $1,486 |
30 | Lanny Wadkins | 71 | 74 | 70 | 73 | +4 | 288 | $1,486 |
30 | David Graham | 71 | 74 | 70 | 73 | +4 | 288 | $1,486 |
30 | Hubert Green | 69 | 70 | 76 | 73 | +4 | 288 | $1,486 |
30 | Jack Nicklaus | 68 | 70 | 72 | 78 | +4 | 288 | $1,486 |
37 | Phil Hancock | 68 | 69 | 80 | 72 | +5 | 289 | $1,125 |
37 | Mike Reid | 71 | 69 | 77 | 72 | +5 | 289 | $1,125 |
37 | Sammy Rachels | 70 | 73 | 73 | 73 | +5 | 289 | $1,125 |
37 | Frank Beard | 69 | 69 | 74 | 77 | +5 | 289 | $1,125 |
37 | J.C. Snead | 69 | 70 | 72 | 78 | +5 | 289 | $1,125 |
42 | Mac McLendon | 68 | 77 | 72 | 73 | +6 | 290 | $900 |
42 | Gary McCord | 68 | 74 | 73 | 75 | +6 | 290 | $900 |
42 | Tommy McGinnis | 69 | 73 | 72 | 76 | +6 | 290 | $900 |
42 | Leonard Thompson | 67 | 71 | 73 | 79 | +6 | 290 | $900 |
46 | Howard Twitty | 72 | 73 | 77 | 69 | +7 | 291 | $709 |
46 | Jim Nelford | 71 | 74 | 74 | 72 | +7 | 291 | $709 |
46 | D.A. Weibring | 68 | 73 | 76 | 74 | +7 | 291 | $709 |
46 | Curtis Strange | 71 | 74 | 70 | 76 | +7 | 291 | $709 |
50 | Miller Barber | 74 | 71 | 76 | 71 | +8 | 292 | $598 |
50 | Tommy Aaron | 69 | 75 | 75 | 73 | +8 | 292 | $598 |
50 | Ed Fiori | 70 | 74 | 75 | 73 | +8 | 292 | $598 |
50 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 70 | 75 | 73 | 74 | +8 | 292 | $598 |
50 | Bruce Fleisher | 72 | 72 | 74 | 74 | +8 | 292 | $598 |
50 | Joe Kunes | 71 | 72 | 73 | 76 | +8 | 292 | $598 |
56 | Jerry Heard | 72 | 71 | 77 | 73 | +9 | 293 | $565 |
56 | Lindy Miller | 72 | 73 | 73 | 75 | +9 | 293 | $565 |
56 | Jim Dent | 73 | 72 | 73 | 75 | +9 | 293 | $565 |
59 | Arnold Palmer | 70 | 74 | 70 | 80 | +10 | 294 | $555 |
60 | Bill Sander | 75 | 66 | 78 | 76 | +11 | 295 | $545 |
60 | Ray Floyd | 66 | 73 | 79 | 77 | +11 | 295 | $545 |
60 | Mark James | 72 | 69 | 77 | 77 | +11 | 295 | $545 |
63 | Dan Sikes | 72 | 72 | 78 | 74 | +12 | 296 | $533 |
63 | Dave Barr | 74 | 69 | 73 | 80 | +12 | 296 | $533 |
65 | Lee Elder | 75 | 68 | 80 | 74 | +13 | 297 | $523 |
65 | Bobby Nichols | 67 | 77 | 78 | 75 | +13 | 297 | $523 |
67 | Tim Simpson | 75 | 69 | 80 | 74 | +14 | 298 | $510 |
67 | Ken Still | 68 | 76 | 79 | 75 | +14 | 298 | $510 |
67 | Marty Fleckman | 72 | 72 | 76 | 78 | +14 | 298 | $510 |
70 | John Cook | 74 | 71 | 82 | 76 | +19 | 303 | $0 |
71 | Jim Knoll | 73 | 72 | 80 | 87 | +28 | 312 | $500 |
Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:
Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Calfee | 72 | 74 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 146 | $0 | |
Bob Mann | 75 | 71 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 146 | $0 | |
Brian Barnes | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 146 | $0 | |
Dewitt Weaver | 79 | 67 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 146 | $0 | |
Mark Lye | 72 | 74 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 146 | $0 | |
Tom Jenkins | 76 | 70 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 146 | $0 | |
Wayne Levi | 77 | 69 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 146 | $0 | |
Bob Murphy | 72 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 147 | $0 | |
Dan Halldorson | 73 | 74 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 147 | $0 | |
Dean Refram | 72 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 147 | $0 | |
George Johnson | 73 | 74 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 147 | $0 | |
Michael Brannan | 69 | 78 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 147 | $0 | |
Roger Calvin | 72 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 147 | $0 | |
Allen Miller | 68 | 80 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Barry Jaeckel | 78 | 70 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Dave Eichelberger | 71 | 77 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Gary Koch | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Gene Littler | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Greg Powers | 73 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
John Lister | 75 | 73 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Julius Boros | 76 | 72 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Randy Erskine | 72 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Tom Storey | 70 | 78 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Tommy Valentine | 73 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 148 | $0 | |
Bill Kratzert | 74 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Charles Sifford | 72 | 77 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Charlie Gibson | 73 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Dale Douglass | 73 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Ed Sabo | 76 | 73 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Eddie Pearce | 76 | 73 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Frank Conner | 74 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Ken Brown | 74 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Mason Rudolph | 72 | 77 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Mike Ford | 73 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Rod Curl | 73 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 149 | $0 | |
Artie McNickle | 73 | 77 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 150 | $0 | |
Calvin Peete | 69 | 81 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 150 | $0 | |
Gibby Gilbert | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 150 | $0 | |
Jeff Hewes | 74 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 150 | $0 | |
Lonnie Nielsen | 77 | 73 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 150 | $0 | |
Bob Duval | 74 | 77 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 151 | $0 | |
Buddy Gardner | 72 | 79 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 151 | $0 | |
Jim White | 75 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 151 | $0 | |
Sam Trahan | 76 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 151 | $0 | |
Bob Lunn | 77 | 75 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 152 | $0 | |
Cesar Sanudo | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 152 | $0 | |
Dow Finsterwald | 73 | 79 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 152 | $0 | |
Ed Dougherty | 73 | 79 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 152 | $0 | |
Lou Graham | 79 | 73 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 152 | $0 | |
Mike Bodney | 74 | 78 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 152 | $0 | |
Steve Melnyk | 73 | 79 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 152 | $0 | |
Tommy Thomas | 78 | 74 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 152 | $0 | |
Gary Wintz | 71 | 82 | 0 | 0 | +11 | 153 | $0 | |
Jim King | 76 | 77 | 0 | 0 | +11 | 153 | $0 | |
Ron Mobley | 74 | 79 | 0 | 0 | +11 | 153 | $0 | |
Bob Impaglia | 77 | 77 | 0 | 0 | +12 | 154 | $0 | |
Lon Hinkle | 71 | 83 | 0 | 0 | +12 | 154 | $0 | |
Rich Bassett | 78 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +12 | 154 | $0 | |
Bob Betley | 79 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +13 | 155 | $0 | |
Ed Byman | 79 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +13 | 155 | $0 | |
Roger Maltbie | 76 | 79 | 0 | 0 | +13 | 155 | $0 | |
Howard Clark | 76 | 80 | 0 | 0 | +14 | 156 | $0 | |
Bill Robinson | 81 | 76 | 0 | 0 | +15 | 157 | $0 | |
Don Iverson | 76 | 81 | 0 | 0 | +15 | 157 | $0 | |
Doug Ford | 78 | 79 | 0 | 0 | +15 | 157 | $0 | |
Gordon Jones | 79 | 79 | 0 | 0 | +16 | 158 | $0 | |
Jack Fleck | 77 | 82 | 0 | 0 | +17 | 159 | $0 | |
Adolph Popp | 83 | 77 | 0 | 0 | +18 | 160 | $0 | |
Mike McCullough | 75 | 85 | 0 | 0 | +18 | 160 | $0 | |
Bill Garrett | 79 | 83 | 0 | 0 | +20 | 162 | $0 | |
WD | Robert Donald | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 78 | $0 |
WD | Pete Brown | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 81 | $0 |
WD | Lee Trevino | 72 | 72 | 78 | 0 | +9 | 222 | $0 |