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Sports headlines for Sunday April 15, 1979:

• Zoeller Sneaks Up On Sneed And Steals The Masters
• U.S. Hockey Team Rallies To Tie Finland In World Meet
• Working Umpire To Rejoin Strikers

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Final results of the 1979 The Masters

Tournament held at Augusta National Golf Club (Augusta, GA) from April 12, 1979 to April 15, 1979     (Par 72)

Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Ed Sneed and Tom Watson on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Miller Barber	75	64	72	76	-1	287	$3,740
2	Craig Stadler	69	66	74	76	-3	285	$9,000
3	Ed Sneed	68	67	69	76	-8	280	$30,000
4	Lindy Miller	73	67	75	86	+13	301	$1,750
5	Seve Ballesteros	72	68	73	74	-1	287	$3,740
6	Bill Kratzert	73	68	71	76	Even	288	$2,700
6	Ray Floyd	70	68	73	77	Even	288	$2,700
8	Lanny Wadkins	73	69	70	73	-3	285	$9,000
9	Hubert Green	74	69	72	71	-2	286	$6,500
10	Gil Morgan	72	69	71	80	+4	292	$1,975
11	Leonard Thompson	68	70	73	74	-3	285	$9,000
12	Lee Elder	73	70	74	71	Even	288	$2,700
13	Jim Simons	72	70	75	73	+2	290	$2,225
13	Hale Irwin	72	70	74	74	+2	290	$2,225
15	Jerry Pate	72	70	75	80	+9	297	$1,850
16	Fuzzy Zoeller	70	71	69	70	-8	280	$50,000
16	Tom Watson	68	71	70	71	-8	280	$30,000
18	Jack Nicklaus	69	71	72	69	-7	281	$15,000
19	Gene Littler	74	71	69	72	-2	286	$6,500
20	Lee Trevino	73	71	70	73	-1	287	$3,740
21	J.C. Snead	73	71	72	73	+1	289	$2,400
22	Lou Graham	69	71	76	74	+2	290	$2,225
22	Joe Inman	68	71	76	75	+2	290	$2,225
22	Bobby Clampett	73	71	73	73	+2	290	$0
25	Bob Byman	71	71	75	76	+5	293	$1,950
26	Nick Faldo	73	71	79	73	+8	296	$1,875
27	Tom Kite	71	72	68	72	-5	283	$13,000
28	Andy North	72	72	74	69	-1	287	$3,740
28	Jack Newton	70	72	69	76	-1	287	$3,740
30	Gary Player	71	72	74	71	Even	288	$2,700
30	Artie McNickle	71	72	74	71	Even	288	$2,700
32	Graham Marsh	71	72	73	75	+3	291	$2,000
33	Peter Oosterhuis	73	72	73	75	+5	293	$1,950
33	Charles Coody	71	72	74	76	+5	293	$1,950
33	Isao Aoki	71	72	72	78	+5	293	$1,950
36	John Cook	72	72	75	76	+7	295	$0
37	Tom Weiskopf	73	72	71	81	+9	297	$1,850
38	Tommy Aaron	72	73	76	70	+3	291	$2,000
39	Scott Hoch	72	73	74	74	+5	293	$0
40	Rod Funseth	70	73	78	79	+12	300	$1,775
41	Andy Bean	69	74	74	74	+3	291	$2,000
42	Victor Regalado	71	74	75	72	+4	292	$1,975
43	Bruce Lietzke	67	75	68	74	-4	284	$11,500
44	Larry Nelson	70	75	70	77	+4	292	$1,975
45	Billy Casper	69	75	80	75	+11	299	$1,800

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Arnold Palmer	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Barry Jaeckel	75	71	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Don January	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Jerry McGee	77	69	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Jay Sigel	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Wally Armstrong	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jerry Heard	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Johnny Miller	77	71	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Sam Snead	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Art Wall	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dave Hill	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dave Stockton	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Lon Hinkle	77	72	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Simon Owen	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Gay Brewer	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike McCullough	73	77	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Jumbo Ozaki	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Mac McLendon	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Ben Crenshaw	73	80	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Mark McCumber	75	78	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Mike Peck	78	75	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Ron Streck	78	76	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Peter McEvoy	79	79	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Bob Goalby	79	81	0	0	+16	160	$0
WD	Bob Shearer	73	0	0	0	+1	73	$1,500
WD	Doug Ford	77	0	0	0	+5	77	$1,500
WD	David Graham	79	0	0	0	+7	79	$1,500

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