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Sports headlines for Sunday May 13, 1979:

• Walton Becomes A 'Million Dollar Bill' For The Clippers
• U.S. Beaten By Italy As Ashe, Dibbs Lose
• Watson Sand Shots Get Playoff Win

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Final results of the 1979 Byron Nelson Golf Classic

Tournament held at Preston Trail Golf Club (Dallas, TX) from May 10, 1979 to May 13, 1979     (Par 70)

Tom Watson 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	Lanny Wadkins	67	67	78	72	+4	284	$3,636
2	Larry Nelson	65	68	74	69	-4	276	$20,400
3	George Burns	66	68	76	71	+1	281	$6,900
4	Jay Haas	72	69	71	70	+2	282	$5,250
5	Rod Curl	70	69	73	72	+4	284	$3,636
6	Bill Calfee	73	69	73	72	+7	287	$1,410
7	Jerry Pate	69	70	67	72	-2	278	$14,400
8	Calvin Peete	68	70	73	68	-1	279	$10,538
9	Alan Tapie	71	70	71	70	+2	282	$5,250
9	Ed Sneed	70	70	71	71	+2	282	$5,250
11	Hubert Green	71	70	75	69	+5	285	$2,321
11	Ray Floyd	72	70	71	72	+5	285	$2,321
13	Ron Mobley	72	70	74	72	+8	288	$1,170
14	Eddie Pearce	74	70	74	72	+10	290	$768
15	Tom Purtzer	75	70	76	73	+14	294	$648
16	Bob Shearer	73	70	78	75	+16	296	$630
17	Morris Hatalsky	67	71	72	69	-1	279	$10,538
18	Johnny Miller	70	71	72	71	+4	284	$3,636
18	Scott Simpson	70	71	72	71	+4	284	$3,636
20	Homero Blancas	70	71	73	71	+5	285	$2,321
20	Bruce Devlin	66	71	72	76	+5	285	$2,321
22	John Mahaffey	69	71	77	69	+6	286	$1,698
23	Don January	71	71	75	70	+7	287	$1,410
23	Gibby Gilbert	72	71	72	72	+7	287	$1,410
25	Rocky Thompson	72	71	73	76	+12	292	$681
26	Tom Watson	64	72	69	70	-5	275	$54,000
27	Jerry McGee	71	72	69	67	-1	279	$10,538
28	Gene Littler	69	72	71	68	Even	280	$8,400
29	Gary Koch	70	72	70	69	+1	281	$6,900
30	Lee Trevino	70	72	69	71	+2	282	$5,250
31	Charles Coody	72	72	69	72	+5	285	$2,321
32	Bob Mann	69	72	73	72	+6	286	$1,698
33	Jim Simons	71	72	73	72	+8	288	$1,170
34	Lindy Miller	73	72	71	73	+9	289	$903
34	Arnold Palmer	68	72	76	73	+9	289	$903
34	Ken Still	71	72	72	74	+9	289	$903
37	Mark Lye	73	72	76	70	+11	291	$716
37	Joe Hager	71	72	75	73	+11	291	$716
39	Buddy Gardner	73	72	71	77	+13	293	$663
40	Jerry Heard	72	72	77	77	+18	298	$618
41	Bill Rogers	68	73	68	66	-5	275	$32,400
42	Michael Brannan	69	73	69	68	-1	279	$10,538
43	Brad Bryant	67	73	73	67	Even	280	$8,400
44	Grier Jones	70	73	73	68	+4	284	$3,636
45	Barry Jaeckel	70	73	70	72	+5	285	$2,321
46	Mike Reid	70	73	70	73	+6	286	$1,698
47	Dave Stockton	71	73	69	75	+8	288	$1,170
48	Tommy Thomas	72	73	72	74	+11	291	$716
49	Bruce Fleisher	71	73	75	73	+12	292	$681
49	Forrest Fezler	70	73	73	76	+12	292	$681
51	Stanton Altgelt	70	73	77	73	+13	293	$663
52	John Adams	72	73	78	71	+14	294	$648
53	Bobby Cole	72	73	79	71	+15	295	$636
54	Jim Thorpe	72	73	76	76	+17	297	$624
55	Larry Ziegler	69	74	69	69	+1	281	$6,900
56	Tom Kite	71	74	74	66	+5	285	$2,321
57	Greg Powers	70	74	72	70	+6	286	$1,698
58	Ben Crenshaw	71	74	71	72	+8	288	$1,170
58	Phil Hancock	71	74	71	72	+8	288	$1,170
60	Jim Dent	70	74	76	70	+10	290	$768
61	Bob Sander	71	74	81	76	+22	302	$612
62	Mark Hayes	69	75	70	71	+5	285	$2,321
63	Doug Tewell	70	75	71	70	+6	286	$1,698
64	Wally Armstrong	70	75	73	73	+11	291	$716
65	Ron Streck	68	75	72	77	+12	292	$681
66	Curtis Strange	68	76	70	69	+3	283	$4,500
67	Mac McLendon	68	77	77	72	+14	294	$648
68	Bob Gilder	67	78	74	70	+9	289	$903

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Bud Allin	71	75	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Carlton White	76	70	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Ed Sabo	70	76	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Jack Renner	73	73	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Jim Knoll	71	75	0	0	+6	146	$0
	John Lister	75	71	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Miller Barber	74	72	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Orville Moody	72	74	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Tom Storey	73	73	0	0	+6	146	$0
	Wayne Levi	76	70	0	0	+6	146	$0
	David Edwards	70	77	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Don Bies	75	72	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Keith Fergus	70	77	0	0	+7	147	$0
	Bill Sander	74	74	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Dave Barr	71	77	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Dick Mast	74	74	0	0	+8	148	$0
	George Johnson	75	73	0	0	+8	148	$0
	John Schroeder	74	74	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Lon Hinkle	68	80	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Rik Massengale	76	72	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Tom Jenkins	75	73	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Tom Shaw	73	75	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Tommy Aaron	72	76	0	0	+8	148	$0
	Al Geiberger	75	74	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Andy Bean	74	75	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Bill Murchison	70	79	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	74	75	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Cesar Sanudo	71	78	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Craig Stadler	72	77	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Dan Pohl	71	78	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Ed Byman	70	79	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Elroy Marti	73	76	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Florentino Molina	77	72	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Howard Twitty	69	80	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Jim White	74	75	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Joe Inman	74	75	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Kermit Zarley	74	75	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Mike Sullivan	74	75	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Rives McBee	75	74	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Sam Trahan	72	77	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Bob Impaglia	75	75	0	0	+10	150	$0
	D.A. Weibring	75	75	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Lonnie Nielsen	75	75	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Mark Pfeil	74	76	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Marty Fleckman	75	75	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Ron Terry	79	71	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Wren Lum	75	75	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Bobby Heins	73	78	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Ed Dougherty	71	80	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Wally Kuchar	73	78	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Alan Pate	71	81	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Pat McGowan	76	76	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Woody Blackburn	75	77	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Bob Betley	80	73	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Clayton Cole	77	76	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Jim Chancey	74	79	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Parker Moore	72	81	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Dwight Nevil	75	79	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Gary McCord	79	75	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Jack Fleck	77	77	0	0	+14	154	$0
	Steve Veriato	72	82	0	0	+14	154	$0
	David Graham	72	83	0	0	+15	155	$0
WD	Joe Porter	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Bobby Wadkins	70	0	0	0	Even	70	$0
WD	Bob Smith	71	0	0	0	+1	71	$0
WD	Dave Eichelberger	72	0	0	0	+2	72	$0
WD	Mark McCumber	72	0	0	0	+2	72	$0
WD	Jack Ewing	74	0	0	0	+4	74	$0
WD	Randy Erskine	74	0	0	0	+4	74	$0
WD	Tom Weiskopf	74	0	0	0	+4	74	$0
WD	Sammy Rachels	75	0	0	0	+5	75	$0
WD	Pete Brown	76	0	0	0	+6	76	$0
WD	Steve Melnyk	76	0	0	0	+6	76	$0
WD	Terry Diehl	78	0	0	0	+8	78	$0
WD	Greg Pitzer	81	0	0	0	+11	81	$0
WD	Larry Webb	81	0	0	0	+11	81	$0
WD	Bill Kratzert	72	73	0	0	+5	145	$0

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