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Sports headlines for Sunday September 16, 1979:

• Linhart Blows Three FGs, Gets Raise
• Fought, A Rookie, Scores First PGA Win In Playoff
• Nelson Beats Ballesteros, Leads U.S. To 17-11 Ryder Cup Victory
• Petty Holds Off Donnie Allison To Win
• U.S. Finished It, 4-1

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Final results of the 1979 Buick-Goodwrench Open

Tournament held at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club (Grand Blanc, MI) from September 13, 1979 to September 16, 1979     (Par 72)

John Fought defeated Jim Simons on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	John Fought	71	72	68	69	-8	280	$27,000
1	Jim Simons	72	71	70	67	-8	280	$16,200
3	Dave Eichelberger	68	70	72	71	-7	281	$10,200
4	Jim Colbert	69	72	72	69	-6	282	$7,425
5	Bob Eastwood	68	75	74	66	-5	283	$6,000
5	Lon Hinkle	73	69	73	68	-5	283	$6,000
5	Bill Kratzert	71	72	70	70	-5	283	$6,000
8	Lindy Miller	71	71	75	67	-4	284	$4,075
8	Tom Weiskopf	69	74	70	71	-4	284	$4,075
8	David Edwards	72	70	71	71	-4	284	$4,075
8	David Graham	68	74	70	72	-4	284	$4,075
8	George Burns	68	72	72	72	-4	284	$4,075
8	Dana Quigley	70	71	70	73	-4	284	$4,075
14	Tommy Valentine	73	72	72	68	-3	285	$2,421
14	Steve Melnyk	70	73	74	68	-3	285	$2,421
14	Bob Zender	70	71	74	70	-3	285	$2,421
14	Terry Diehl	69	72	74	70	-3	285	$2,421
14	Bob Smith	73	68	72	72	-3	285	$2,421
14	George Archer	68	72	71	74	-3	285	$2,421
14	Jeff Mitchell	70	73	68	74	-3	285	$2,421
21	Dan Halldorson	71	70	71	74	-2	286	$1,725
21	Mike Hill	69	73	69	75	-2	286	$1,725
23	Dan Pohl	70	73	73	71	-1	287	$1,500
23	Eddie Pearce	71	72	72	72	-1	287	$1,500
23	Cesar Sanudo	67	73	74	73	-1	287	$1,500
26	Morris Hatalsky	69	72	75	72	Even	288	$1,350
27	Brad Bryant	73	72	75	69	+1	289	$1,106
27	Jack Newton	73	71	75	70	+1	289	$1,106
27	Beau Baugh	72	73	73	71	+1	289	$1,106
27	Marty Fleckman	73	69	75	72	+1	289	$1,106
27	Danny Edwards	71	72	73	73	+1	289	$1,106
27	Rodney Morrow	71	72	73	73	+1	289	$1,106
27	Buddy Gardner	72	70	73	74	+1	289	$1,106
27	Scott Steger	69	72	71	77	+1	289	$1,106
35	Tom Chain	72	73	73	72	+2	290	$840
35	Mike Reid	71	74	73	72	+2	290	$840
35	Mark Lye	70	74	73	73	+2	290	$840
35	Gary McCord	73	70	73	74	+2	290	$840
35	Jim Masserio	72	72	72	74	+2	290	$840
40	Lynn Janson	73	72	73	74	+4	292	$735
40	David Lundstrom	76	69	73	74	+4	292	$735
40	Ed Dougherty	67	75	74	76	+4	292	$735
43	D.A. Weibring	71	74	75	73	+5	293	$675
43	Greg Powers	72	73	75	73	+5	293	$675
43	Bill Sander	74	71	74	74	+5	293	$675
43	John Traub	73	71	75	74	+5	293	$675
43	Tommy Aaron	73	72	71	77	+5	293	$675
48	Peter Jacobsen	72	73	78	71	+6	294	$623
48	Tim Simpson	72	73	73	76	+6	294	$623
50	Mark McCumber	71	72	80	73	+8	296	$600

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Barney Thompson	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Bobby Heins	70	76	0	0	+2	146	$0
	David Thore	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Ed Fiori	71	75	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Gary Koch	72	74	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Jack Spradlin	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Joe Kunes	71	75	0	0	+2	146	$0
	John Lister	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Lee Carter	72	74	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Ron Terry	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Terry Mauney	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Allen Miller	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bob Mann	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Bobby Baker	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Carlton White	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Chris Clark	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	David Eger	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Doug Campbell	76	71	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Gary Groh	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Randy Erskine	70	77	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Tom Shaw	70	77	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Tommy Thomas	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Waddy Stokes	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Babe Hiskey	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bill Calfee	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Bobby Cole	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jack Ferenz	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Lonnie Nielsen	73	75	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Mike Nicolette	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Mike Sullivan	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Phil Rodgers	78	70	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Ray Arinno	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Robert Donald	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Barry Fleming	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Calvin Peete	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dave Barr	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dave Hill	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Don Pooley	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Fred Marti	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	George Johnson	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Jim Chancey	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Mick Soli	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Skip Dunaway	81	68	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Steve Veriato	73	76	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Alan Pate	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Alan Tapie	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Antonio Cerda	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Doug Tewell	74	76	0	0	+6	150	$0
	George Bayer	78	72	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Jeff Hewes	76	74	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Bud Allin	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Dale Douglass	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Bill Galloway	77	75	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bob Betley	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bruce Fleisher	74	78	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Jimmy Picard	74	78	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Roger Calvin	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Jack Sommers	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Larry Mancour	79	74	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Parker Moore	78	75	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Pat Lindsey	75	78	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Rik Massengale	74	79	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Dennis Sullivan	76	78	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Jeff Thomsen	74	80	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Mike Reasor	80	74	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Tom Storey	74	80	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Tony Hollifield	77	77	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Lyn Lott	77	78	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Chip Beck	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	David Canipe	73	83	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Jim Von Lossow	75	81	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Joe Hager	78	79	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Don Bies	79	79	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Bob Proben	82	77	0	0	+15	159	$0
WD	Bobby Walzel	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Mark Mike	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Jim Thorpe	74	0	0	0	+2	74	$0
WD	Larry Ziegler	74	0	0	0	+2	74	$0
WD	Artie McNickle	76	0	0	0	+4	76	$0
WD	George Cadle	77	0	0	0	+5	77	$0
WD	Rod Curl	77	0	0	0	+5	77	$0
WD	Frank Conner	78	0	0	0	+6	78	$0
WD	Larry Webb	78	0	0	0	+6	78	$0
WD	Rocky Thompson	78	0	0	0	+6	78	$0
WD	Sam Snead	79	0	0	0	+7	79	$0
WD	Sam Trahan	80	0	0	0	+8	80	$0
WD	Mike Colandro	82	0	0	0	+10	82	$0
WD	Richie Karl	83	0	0	0	+11	83	$0

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