Sports headlines for Thursday June 21, 1979:
- Holmes Defends His Title In A Rare Off-TV Match
Scores through round 1 of the 1979 Canadian Open
Tournament held at Glen Abbey Golf Club (Oakville, Ontario) from June 21, 1979 to June 24, 1979 (Par 71)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Newton | 64 | -7 | 64 | $6,563 | |||
| 2 | Tom Watson | 66 | -5 | 66 | $23,800 | |||
| 3 | Lee Trevino | 67 | -4 | 67 | $63,000 | |||
| 3 | Johnny Miller | 67 | -4 | 67 | $9,100 | |||
| 3 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 67 | -4 | 67 | $0 | |||
| 6 | D.A. Weibring | 68 | -3 | 68 | $9,100 | |||
| 6 | Bob Lunn | 68 | -3 | 68 | $3,640 | |||
| 6 | Bob Murphy | 68 | -3 | 68 | $3,640 | |||
| 6 | Terry Diehl | 68 | -3 | 68 | $1,085 | |||
| 10 | Howard Twitty | 69 | -2 | 69 | $12,775 | |||
| 10 | Gil Morgan | 69 | -2 | 69 | $6,563 | |||
| 10 | Mike Reid | 69 | -2 | 69 | $5,075 | |||
| 10 | Bill Calfee | 69 | -2 | 69 | $903 | |||
| 14 | Ben Crenshaw | 70 | -1 | 70 | $37,800 | |||
| 14 | Bob Gilder | 70 | -1 | 70 | $16,800 | |||
| 14 | Keith Fergus | 70 | -1 | 70 | $9,100 | |||
| 14 | Barry Jaeckel | 70 | -1 | 70 | $6,563 | |||
| 14 | Jack Nicklaus | 70 | -1 | 70 | $3,640 | |||
| 14 | Rex Caldwell | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,330 | |||
| 14 | Tom Kite | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,330 | |||
| 14 | Calvin Peete | 70 | -1 | 70 | $770 | |||
| 14 | George Johnson | 70 | -1 | 70 | $732 | |||
| 14 | Gary Cowan | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 24 | Bruce Lietzke | 71 | Even | 71 | $12,775 | |||
| 24 | Jim Nelford | 71 | Even | 71 | $10,850 | |||
| 24 | Bobby Wadkins | 71 | Even | 71 | $5,075 | |||
| 24 | Victor Regalado | 71 | Even | 71 | $2,672 | |||
| 24 | Bob Eastwood | 71 | Even | 71 | $2,672 | |||
| 24 | Charles Coody | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,862 | |||
| 24 | John Schroeder | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,862 | |||
| 24 | Leonard Thompson | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,862 | |||
| 24 | Ed Fiori | 71 | Even | 71 | $903 | |||
| 24 | Ed Sneed | 71 | Even | 71 | $770 | |||
| 24 | Bill Kratzert | 71 | Even | 71 | $770 | |||
| 24 | Mark Pfeil | 71 | Even | 71 | $714 | |||
| 24 | Gary Koch | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 37 | David Graham | 72 | +1 | 72 | $12,775 | |||
| 37 | Hale Irwin | 72 | +1 | 72 | $5,075 | |||
| 37 | Curtis Strange | 72 | +1 | 72 | $4,200 | |||
| 37 | Wayne Levi | 72 | +1 | 72 | $2,672 | |||
| 37 | Dave Stockton | 72 | +1 | 72 | $2,672 | |||
| 37 | Bruce Devlin | 72 | +1 | 72 | $2,672 | |||
| 37 | David Edwards | 72 | +1 | 72 | $1,862 | |||
| 37 | Frank Conner | 72 | +1 | 72 | $1,862 | |||
| 37 | Rod Funseth | 72 | +1 | 72 | $1,862 | |||
| 37 | Don Bies | 72 | +1 | 72 | $1,330 | |||
| 37 | Lee Elder | 72 | +1 | 72 | $1,085 | |||
| 37 | Kermit Zarley | 72 | +1 | 72 | $1,085 | |||
| 37 | Jim Chancey | 72 | +1 | 72 | $903 | |||
| 37 | Jim Dent | 72 | +1 | 72 | $903 | |||
| 37 | Gar Hamilton | 72 | +1 | 72 | $816 | |||
| 37 | Pat McGowan | 72 | +1 | 72 | $816 | |||
| 37 | Carlton White | 72 | +1 | 72 | $732 | |||
| 37 | Jerry Pate | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 37 | Andy Bean | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 37 | Dana Quigley | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 37 | Joe Kunes | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 37 | Sam Trahan | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 37 | Ron Terry | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 37 | Artie McNickle | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 37 | Gay Brewer | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Bob Byman | 73 | +2 | 73 | $2,672 | |||
| 62 | Forrest Fezler | 73 | +2 | 73 | $1,862 | |||
| 62 | Ray Floyd | 73 | +2 | 73 | $816 | |||
| 62 | Larry Ziegler | 73 | +2 | 73 | $770 | |||
| 62 | Jim Colbert | 73 | +2 | 73 | $770 | |||
| 62 | Parker Moore | 73 | +2 | 73 | $770 | |||
| 62 | Mike Hill | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Dave Barr | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 62 | George Cadle | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Peter Jacobsen | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Dan Halldorson | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Arnold Palmer | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Mike Sullivan | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 62 | Dick Mast | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Eddie Pearce | 74 | +3 | 74 | $9,100 | |||
| 76 | Michael Brannan | 74 | +3 | 74 | $816 | |||
| 76 | Tom Purtzer | 74 | +3 | 74 | $770 | |||
| 76 | Greg Powers | 74 | +3 | 74 | $732 | |||
| 76 | Scott Bess | 74 | +3 | 74 | $707 | |||
| 76 | Ed Sabo | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Robert Donald | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Jack Ferenz | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Allen Miller | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Mike McCullough | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Jerry McGee | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Bob Shearer | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Dale Douglass | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Rod Curl | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Jim Thorpe | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Rocky Thompson | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Orville Moody | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Bunky Henry | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Steve Melnyk | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Don Iverson | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 76 | Jeff Thomsen | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Tommy Aaron | 75 | +4 | 75 | $6,563 | |||
| 97 | George Burns | 75 | +4 | 75 | $1,862 | |||
| 97 | Tom Weiskopf | 75 | +4 | 75 | $816 | |||
| 97 | Graham Marsh | 75 | +4 | 75 | $732 | |||
| 97 | Peter Oosterhuis | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Lanny Wadkins | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Andy North | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Fred Marti | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Cesar Sanudo | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Lon Hinkle | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Doug Tewell | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Rik Massengale | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Randy Erskine | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Tom Jenkins | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Tom Storey | 76 | +5 | 76 | $1,862 | |||
| 111 | Mark Hayes | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | John Lister | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Pat Lindsey | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Tim Simpson | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Roger Maltbie | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Jim Simons | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Bob Mann | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | George Knudson | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Jeff Hewes | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Tom Chain | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 111 | Jack Spradlin | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Morris Hatalsky | 77 | +6 | 77 | $5,075 | |||
| 123 | Jay Haas | 77 | +6 | 77 | $1,862 | |||
| 123 | Wally Armstrong | 77 | +6 | 77 | $1,330 | |||
| 123 | Bobby Baker | 77 | +6 | 77 | $700 | |||
| 123 | Antonio Cerda | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Jack Renner | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Don Pooley | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Jerry Anderson | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Mark Lye | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 132 | Ed Dougherty | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 132 | Lee Mikles | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 132 | Roger Klatt | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 132 | Mike Colandro | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 132 | Bob Beauchemin | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 137 | Tommy Valentine | 79 | +8 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 137 | Bob Panasiuk | 79 | +8 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 139 | Gary Player | 80 | +9 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 139 | Alan Pate | 80 | +9 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 139 | Bob Post | 80 | +9 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 142 | Don Massengale | 81 | +10 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 143 | Ken Fulton | 83 | +12 | 83 | $0 |


