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Sports headlines for Sunday April 22, 1979:

• Six-Stroke Victory Is Just Another First For Watson
• U.S. Gains First World Hockey Win
• Rodriguez Wins First Tourney In Six Years

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Final results of the 1979 Tallahassee Open

Tournament held at Killearn Country Club (Tallahassee, FL) from April 19, 1979 to April 22, 1979     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Chi Chi Rodriguez	66	69	67	67	-19	269	$18,000
2	Lindy Miller	65	72	67	68	-16	272	$10,000
3	Bobby Wadkins	68	69	65	72	-14	274	$6,800
4	Rex Caldwell	69	67	68	71	-13	275	$4,950
5	Billy Casper	68	71	70	67	-12	276	$3,660
5	Bob Eastwood	68	69	70	69	-12	276	$3,660
5	Gary Koch	68	68	71	69	-12	276	$3,660
5	Bobby Walzel	70	68	68	70	-12	276	$3,660
5	Bob Mann	64	71	70	71	-12	276	$3,660
10	Bob Smith	71	70	68	68	-11	277	$2,600
10	Jim Thorpe	68	69	69	71	-11	277	$2,600
10	Wayne Levi	67	69	68	73	-11	277	$2,600
13	John Lister	69	67	73	69	-10	278	$1,925
13	Bill Rogers	71	69	67	71	-10	278	$1,925
13	Tim Simpson	67	68	72	71	-10	278	$1,925
13	Allen Miller	70	69	67	72	-10	278	$1,925
17	Barney Thompson	74	67	72	66	-9	279	$1,550
17	Jim Chancey	70	69	70	70	-9	279	$1,550
19	Buddy Gardner	73	68	72	67	-8	280	$1,210
19	Don Iverson	69	71	71	69	-8	280	$1,210
19	Mark Lye	68	72	71	69	-8	280	$1,210
19	Doug Tewell	69	69	72	70	-8	280	$1,210
19	Bob Murphy	67	71	70	72	-8	280	$1,210
24	Frank Beard	71	70	69	71	-7	281	$950
24	Jay Haas	69	69	70	73	-7	281	$950
24	Carlton White	71	69	67	74	-7	281	$950
27	Dana Quigley	69	72	71	70	-6	282	$817
27	Tom Shaw	70	70	71	71	-6	282	$817
27	Randy Erskine	69	72	69	72	-6	282	$817
30	Tony Hollifield	71	68	72	72	-5	283	$705
30	Michael Brannan	69	67	74	73	-5	283	$705
30	David Graham	70	71	68	74	-5	283	$705
30	Larry Webb	68	69	70	76	-5	283	$705
34	Ed Sneed	68	72	74	70	-4	284	$603
34	Dave Eichelberger	68	71	73	72	-4	284	$603
34	Ed Dougherty	71	67	72	74	-4	284	$603
37	Bob Charles	68	73	69	75	-3	285	$560
38	Curtis Strange	70	69	74	73	-2	286	$530
38	Jim Knoll	67	70	75	74	-2	286	$530
40	Ron Mobley	70	70	73	74	-1	287	$490
40	Forrest Fezler	70	70	72	75	-1	287	$490
40	Jerry McGee	69	70	71	77	-1	287	$490
43	Gary Wintz	70	71	73	74	Even	288	$455
43	Joe Porter	68	73	72	75	Even	288	$455
43	Lonnie Nielsen	71	70	72	75	Even	288	$455
43	Bill Murchison	70	71	71	76	Even	288	$455
47	Bob Lunn	68	70	80	71	+1	289	$415
47	Larry Degenhart	71	69	75	74	+1	289	$415
47	John Fought	72	69	74	74	+1	289	$415
47	Tom Chain	70	70	73	76	+1	289	$415
51	Scott Simpson	70	71	74	75	+2	290	$390
52	Ed Sabo	70	70	69	82	+3	291	$380
53	Greg Pitzer	71	70	76	75	+4	292	$365
53	Tommy Valentine	71	69	76	76	+4	292	$365

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Artie McNickle	69	73	0	0	-2	142	$0
	David Edwards	70	72	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Dick Mast	70	72	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Eddie Pearce	72	70	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Marty Fleckman	70	72	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Mike Morley	70	72	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Roger Calvin	72	70	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Ron Terry	71	71	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Steve Melnyk	73	69	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Terry Diehl	70	72	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Tom Purtzer	74	68	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Tom Storey	68	74	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Tommy McGinnis	71	71	0	0	-2	142	$0
	Bill Calfee	70	73	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Brad Bryant	73	70	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Chip Beck	68	75	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Dean Refram	71	72	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Fred Marti	70	73	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Jack Ferenz	70	73	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Larry Ziegler	71	72	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Lee Mikles	72	71	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Mark Mike	76	67	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Tommy Thomas	70	73	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Bill Robinson	72	72	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Dan Pohl	74	70	0	0	Even	144	$0
	David Lundstrom	70	74	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Dennis Sullivan	71	73	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Ed Fiori	70	74	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Jack Ewing	73	71	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Jim White	73	71	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Joe Kunes	70	74	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Rik Massengale	75	69	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Antonio Cerda	68	77	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bill Majure	75	70	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bill Sander	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bob Post	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bobby Cole	75	70	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bobby Stroble	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Calvin Peete	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Dan Halldorson	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Jack Spradlin	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Leonard Thompson	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Mike McCullough	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Pete Brown	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Peter Chapin	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Peter Jacobsen	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Rocky Thompson	70	75	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Steve Veriato	75	70	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Wally Kuchar	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Wren Lum	70	75	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bob Wynn	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	70	76	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Denny Hepler	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Don Shirey	76	70	0	0	+2	146	$0
	George Cadle	75	71	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Jeff Hewes	75	71	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Jim Dent	71	75	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Morris Hatalsky	72	74	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Alan Pate	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bobby Baker	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bobby Heins	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Butch Baird	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Doug Campbell	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Dwight Nevil	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Florentino Molina	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Frank Conner	69	78	0	0	+3	147	$0
	George Johnson	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Homero Blancas	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Robert Donald	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Sammy Rachels	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Woody Blackburn	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Ben Duncan	72	76	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bob Zender	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bobby Nichols	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bruce Fleisher	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Elroy Marti	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jack Sommers	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jim Ahern	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bob Duval	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dale Douglass	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dave Hill	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Ed Byman	77	72	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Guy Cullins	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Laurie Hammer	77	72	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Doug Ford	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	John Adams	79	71	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike Bodney	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike Sullivan	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Roger Kennedy	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Sam Trahan	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Jim Duval	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Kip Byrne	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Stanton Altgelt	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Mike Reasor	77	75	0	0	+8	152	$0
	James Mason	75	86	0	0	+17	161	$0
WD	Greg Powers	75	0	0	0	+3	75	$0

Final results of the 1979 MONY Tournament of Champions

Tournament held at La Costa Country Club (Carlsbad, CA) from April 19, 1979 to April 22, 1979     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Tom Watson	69	66	70	70	-13	275	$54,000
2	Jerry Pate	72	71	65	73	-7	281	$29,500
2	Bruce Lietzke	72	66	70	73	-7	281	$29,500
4	Gary Player	71	69	74	68	-6	282	$18,000
5	Lee Trevino	72	68	72	72	-4	284	$15,000
5	Larry Nelson	74	69	69	72	-4	284	$15,000
7	Tom Kite	76	69	68	72	-3	285	$12,000
8	Ben Crenshaw	75	71	75	67	Even	288	$10,625
8	Lee Elder	72	73	68	75	Even	288	$10,625
10	Andy Bean	75	72	71	73	+3	291	$8,750
10	Lon Hinkle	75	70	73	73	+3	291	$8,750
10	Hubert Green	73	71	73	74	+3	291	$8,750
13	Lanny Wadkins	79	70	73	71	+5	293	$7,250
13	Jim Simons	73	72	75	73	+5	293	$7,250
15	Jack Nicklaus	72	72	77	73	+6	294	$6,250
15	Ray Floyd	71	74	75	74	+6	294	$6,250
17	Gil Morgan	71	72	76	78	+9	297	$5,600
18	Ron Streck	70	78	75	75	+10	298	$5,150
18	Andy North	75	76	71	76	+10	298	$5,150
20	Bob Byman	80	71	75	73	+11	299	$4,500
20	Fuzzy Zoeller	77	72	74	76	+11	299	$4,500
20	Mac McLendon	73	76	74	76	+11	299	$4,500
20	Victor Regalado	71	76	75	77	+11	299	$4,500
24	Rod Funseth	77	74	73	76	+12	300	$4,000
25	Jack Newton	72	78	78	73	+13	301	$3,800
26	Barry Jaeckel	78	73	78	74	+15	303	$3,700
27	Mark McCumber	78	78	75	78	+21	309	$3,600
28	Jerry Heard	79	76	83	75	+25	313	$3,500

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings

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