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