Sunday May 6, 1979
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Final results of the 1979 Houston Open


Tournament held at Woodlands Country Club (The Woodlands, TX) from May 3, 1979 to May 6, 1979     (Par 71)

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
1Wayne Levi69656371-16268$54,000
2Michael Brannan68666670-14270$32,400
3Bob Gilder70647068-12272$14,400
3Hale Irwin69647168-12272$14,400
3Orville Moody72646769-12272$14,400
3Sammy Rachels68656871-12272$14,400
7Calvin Peete70706865-11273$9,675
7Bill Rogers67696968-11273$9,675
9Dave Stockton72666769-10274$8,400
9John Schroeder68667070-10274$8,400
11David Edwards68706869-9275$6,360
11Rod Curl69706670-9275$6,360
11Jim Colbert66706970-9275$6,360
11Buddy Gardner69676970-9275$6,360
11Leonard Thompson66687071-9275$6,360
16Barney Thompson67707366-8276$4,500
16Mike Reid70706967-8276$4,500
16Grier Jones71676870-8276$4,500
16Scott Simpson69677070-8276$4,500
16J.C. Snead70666971-8276$4,500
21Lon Hinkle70706869-7277$2,816
21Tom Purtzer70667269-7277$2,816
21Mike Morley70687069-7277$2,816
21Jerry McGee70677169-7277$2,816
21Tom Kite72676870-7277$2,816
21Mike Sullivan70696870-7277$2,816
21Doug Tewell68687071-7277$2,816
21Lee Trevino69666973-7277$2,816
29Curtis Strange69687368-6278$1,950
29Mark Lye72696869-6278$1,950
29Lou Graham71706770-6278$1,950
29Jim Dent66717071-6278$1,950
29Bobby Walzel72666773-6278$1,950
34George Burns73677267-5279$1,483
34Bob Murphy68737167-5279$1,483
34Bob Shearer68717268-5279$1,483
34Dave Eichelberger68717268-5279$1,483
34Bob Mann69677370-5279$1,483
34Joe Inman68687073-5279$1,483
34Gary McCord67716774-5279$1,483
41Charles Coody69717268-4280$1,110
41Al Geiberger67707370-4280$1,110
41Andy North69726970-4280$1,110
41Keith Fergus71687170-4280$1,110
41Alan Tapie67727071-4280$1,110
46Jack Renner74677367-3281$832
46Phil Hancock72697169-3281$832
46Bruce Lietzke66727469-3281$832
46Cesar Sanudo71677370-3281$832
46Gary Player71687171-3281$832
51Tommy Aaron71707368-2282$716
51Jack Ferenz72687171-2282$716
51Howard Twitty70716873-2282$716
51Tom Storey69697074-2282$716
55John Adams69697768-1283$669
55Greg Powers70717270-1283$669
55Butch Baird66747370-1283$669
55Don January74677171-1283$669
55Kermit Zarley74677072-1283$669
55Bill Kratzert71707072-1283$669
55Craig Stadler70687273-1283$669
55Miller Barber68727073-1283$669
63Wren Lum70717469Even284$633
63Bill Garrett72677570Even284$633
63Florentino Molina71707271Even284$633
63Steve Veriato70717172Even284$633
67Dan Pohl69707670+1285$612
67Ed Sabo68717472+1285$612
67Gary Koch73677075+1285$612
70Arnold Palmer73677373+2286$600
71Frank Conner74667671+3287$588
71Wally Kuchar72697373+3287$588
71Bob Smith70707275+3287$588
74Jim Thorpe72697176+4288$576
75Ron Terry72697575+7291$567
75Dick Harmon70717278+7291$567
77Larry Webb72697676+9293$558
78Chi Chi Rodriguez72697876+11295$552


Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
Ed Fiori727000Even142$0
Jay Haas717100Even142$0
Julius Boros736900Even142$0
Rex Caldwell736900Even142$0
Tommy Thomas727000Even142$0
Tommy Valentine677500Even142$0
Wally Armstrong717100Even142$0
Bruce Devlin707300+1143$0
D.A. Weibring746900+1143$0
Dan Halldorson746900+1143$0
Ed Byman727100+1143$0
Jack Spradlin727100+1143$0
Jeff Mitchell687500+1143$0
John Mahaffey727100+1143$0
Mark Hayes717200+1143$0
Mark McCumber707300+1143$0
Mike Hill707300+1143$0
Morris Hatalsky727100+1143$0
Roberto De Vicenzo776600+1143$0
Ron Streck737000+1143$0
Steve Melnyk717200+1143$0
Allen Miller756900+2144$0
Babe Hiskey727200+2144$0
Billy Casper737100+2144$0
Bobby Heins717300+2144$0
Bobby Mitchell727200+2144$0
Dave Barr747000+2144$0
David Graham756900+2144$0
David Lundstrom727200+2144$0
Ed Dougherty766800+2144$0
Eddie Pearce727200+2144$0
Gene Littler747000+2144$0
John Lister707400+2144$0
Lonnie Nielsen737100+2144$0
Mike Zack727200+2144$0
Pat McGowan756900+2144$0
Randy Erskine737100+2144$0
Tim Simpson747000+2144$0
Tom Jenkins717300+2144$0
Woody Blackburn766800+2144$0
Bobby Wadkins727300+3145$0
Carlton White727300+3145$0
Dennis Sullivan747100+3145$0
Don Bies757000+3145$0
Guy Cullins717400+3145$0
Homero Blancas747100+3145$0
Jeff Hewes747100+3145$0
Jim Chancey737200+3145$0
Jon Cutshall727300+3145$0
Lindy Miller747100+3145$0
Antonio Cerda747200+4146$0
Bob Charles767000+4146$0
Jack Fleck747200+4146$0
Tom Chain747200+4146$0
Alan Pate747300+5147$0
Barry Jaeckel767100+5147$0
Bob Post717600+5147$0
Mark Pfeil757200+5147$0
Mike Reasor786900+5147$0
Terry Diehl767100+5147$0
Rocky Thompson767200+6148$0
Frank Beard757400+7149$0
Jim Knoll737600+7149$0
Charlie Epps757500+8150$0
Don Iverson777300+8150$0
Doug Sanders777300+8150$0
Vern Novak787300+9151$0
Bobby Baker787500+11153$0
Roger Calvin767800+12154$0
Tom Shaw797500+12154$0
Perry Arthur777800+13155$0
Tony Hollifield787800+14156$0
Mike Baker818200+21163$0
Ron Weber848100+23165$0
WDJoe Porter77000+677$0

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