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Sports headlines for Sunday May 27, 1979:

• The Unsers Win Indy 450 But Mears Wins The 500
• Watson Sails To Win By 3 In Rain-Soaked Memorial
• Waltrip Is Winner Of World 600; Petty Runnerup

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Final results of the 1979 Memorial Tournament

Tournament held at Muirfield Village Golf Club (Dublin, OH) from May 24, 1979 to May 27, 1979     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Tom Watson	73	69	72	71	-3	285	$54,000
2	Miller Barber	74	73	71	70	Even	288	$32,400
3	Bob Gilder	74	80	68	69	+3	291	$20,400
4	Lanny Wadkins	69	79	73	71	+4	292	$13,200
4	Tom Kite	74	72	74	72	+4	292	$13,200
6	Ed Sneed	71	78	75	69	+5	293	$10,800
7	Howard Twitty	75	76	74	69	+6	294	$9,350
7	Jim Colbert	73	78	73	70	+6	294	$9,350
7	Bill Rogers	77	75	71	71	+6	294	$9,350
10	George Burns	76	78	73	68	+7	295	$7,800
10	Jay Haas	73	78	73	71	+7	295	$7,800
12	Hale Irwin	73	80	76	67	+8	296	$6,075
12	Hubert Green	75	77	72	72	+8	296	$6,075
12	Fuzzy Zoeller	79	74	71	72	+8	296	$6,075
12	Bruce Lietzke	75	74	72	75	+8	296	$6,075
16	Barry Jaeckel	76	77	76	68	+9	297	$4,350
16	Lee Elder	75	76	77	69	+9	297	$4,350
16	Terry Diehl	79	71	74	73	+9	297	$4,350
16	Alan Tapie	75	76	73	73	+9	297	$4,350
16	Tom Weiskopf	76	73	74	74	+9	297	$4,350
16	Lon Hinkle	75	73	72	77	+9	297	$4,350
22	John Mahaffey	78	78	72	70	+10	298	$2,880
22	Jim Nelford	73	78	75	72	+10	298	$2,880
22	Bobby Walzel	73	78	75	72	+10	298	$2,880
22	J.C. Snead	76	73	77	72	+10	298	$2,880
22	Leonard Thompson	78	75	72	73	+10	298	$2,880
27	Craig Stadler	76	80	67	76	+11	299	$2,220
27	Wally Armstrong	76	75	71	77	+11	299	$2,220
27	Jack Nicklaus	73	73	74	79	+11	299	$2,220
30	Bob Mann	76	76	78	70	+12	300	$1,823
30	Mike McCullough	70	82	76	72	+12	300	$1,823
30	Chi Chi Rodriguez	75	81	71	73	+12	300	$1,823
30	Keith Fergus	76	79	71	74	+12	300	$1,823
30	David Graham	73	76	76	75	+12	300	$1,823
30	Peter Oosterhuis	73	76	74	77	+12	300	$1,823
36	Ron Streck	74	78	77	72	+13	301	$1,492
36	Peter Jacobsen	72	74	78	77	+13	301	$1,492
36	Don Bies	72	76	76	77	+13	301	$1,492
39	Orville Moody	75	79	76	72	+14	302	$1,390
39	Art Wall	74	81	73	74	+14	302	$1,390
39	Victor Regalado	75	79	73	75	+14	302	$1,390
42	Gil Morgan	80	76	75	72	+15	303	$1,270
42	Gibby Gilbert	82	75	74	72	+15	303	$1,270
42	Gary Koch	78	74	78	73	+15	303	$1,270
42	Arnold Palmer	75	81	74	73	+15	303	$1,270
42	Wayne Levi	72	84	73	74	+15	303	$1,270
47	Ray Floyd	75	80	78	71	+16	304	$1,151
47	Graham Marsh	75	78	80	71	+16	304	$1,151
47	Phil Hancock	78	79	75	72	+16	304	$1,151
47	Larry Nelson	77	79	74	74	+16	304	$1,151
47	John Schroeder	74	81	74	75	+16	304	$1,151
47	Bob Zender	76	79	74	75	+16	304	$1,151
47	Dave Hill	75	76	74	79	+16	304	$1,151
54	Lou Graham	79	76	78	72	+17	305	$1,080
54	Buddy Gardner	76	81	74	74	+17	305	$1,080
54	Jerry McGee	77	78	76	74	+17	305	$1,080
54	Curtis Strange	73	81	76	75	+17	305	$1,080
54	Don January	73	81	75	76	+17	305	$1,080
54	Morris Hatalsky	76	74	78	77	+17	305	$1,080
54	Bob Murphy	76	77	74	78	+17	305	$1,080
61	Rik Massengale	76	75	76	79	+18	306	$1,045
62	Fred Marti	77	80	77	73	+19	307	$1,038
62	Rex Caldwell	75	79	77	76	+19	307	$1,038
64	Mac McLendon	71	81	81	75	+20	308	$1,025
64	Frank Conner	76	79	76	77	+20	308	$1,025
64	Jerry Heard	78	77	75	78	+20	308	$1,025
67	Andy North	79	76	76	78	+21	309	$1,015
68	Mike Hill	75	80	80	75	+22	310	$1,005
68	Tom Purtzer	75	82	78	75	+22	310	$1,005
68	Lindy Miller	75	78	79	78	+22	310	$1,005
71	Pat McGowan	79	77	78	77	+23	311	$1,000
72	Mike Morley	78	79	80	75	+24	312	$1,000
72	Joe Inman	75	81	78	78	+24	312	$1,000
74	Bill Kratzert	81	76	81	81	+31	319	$1,000

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Andy Bean	76	82	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Artie McNickle	76	82	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Ben Crenshaw	76	82	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Billy Casper	82	76	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Calvin Peete	79	79	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Don Pooley	74	84	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Jerry Pate	73	85	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	82	76	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Bob Byman	81	78	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Jim Simons	80	79	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Mark Hayes	76	83	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Mike Sullivan	74	85	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Charles Coody	77	83	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Dave Eichelberger	77	83	0	0	+16	160	$0
	John Fought	80	80	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Michael Brannan	77	83	0	0	+16	160	$0
	D.A. Weibring	79	82	0	0	+17	161	$0
	Kermit Zarley	80	81	0	0	+17	161	$0
	Tim Simpson	79	82	0	0	+17	161	$0
	Bobby Wadkins	77	85	0	0	+18	162	$0
	Jack Newton	77	85	0	0	+18	162	$0
	Mike Reid	79	85	0	0	+20	164	$0
	Marty Fleckman	82	83	0	0	+21	165	$0
	Roger Maltbie	73	92	0	0	+21	165	$0
	Tommy Aaron	84	82	0	0	+22	166	$0
	Mark McCumber	84	83	0	0	+23	167	$0
	Rod Funseth	81	86	0	0	+23	167	$0
WD	Bob Shearer	86	0	0	0	+14	86	$0
WD	Lee Trevino	74	81	0	0	+11	155	$0

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