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Sports headlines for Sunday April 26, 1981:

• Watson's Birdie Binge Nets New Orleans Title
• Rookie Shepherd Wins Virginia 500

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Final results of the 1981 USF&G New Orleans Open

Tournament held at Lakewood Country Club (New Orleans, LA) from April 23, 1981 to April 26, 1981     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Tom Watson	69	69	64	68	-18	270	$63,000
2	Bruce Fleisher	71	67	68	66	-16	272	$37,800
3	Gil Morgan	68	66	68	71	-15	273	$23,800
4	Barry Jaeckel	69	67	70	69	-13	275	$16,800
5	Lon Hinkle	68	70	72	66	-12	276	$12,294
5	Ron Streck	69	68	70	69	-12	276	$12,294
5	Fred Couples	71	66	69	70	-12	276	$12,294
5	Jay Haas	70	66	69	71	-12	276	$12,294
9	Rod Curl	70	67	69	71	-11	277	$9,800
9	David Edwards	71	65	69	72	-11	277	$9,800
11	Jim Barber	70	68	72	68	-10	278	$6,950
11	Frank Conner	70	71	69	68	-10	278	$6,950
11	Mike McCullough	73	66	70	69	-10	278	$6,950
11	Lou Graham	68	71	69	70	-10	278	$6,950
11	Jim Dent	70	70	68	70	-10	278	$6,950
11	Mike Reid	70	66	71	71	-10	278	$6,950
11	Bob Shearer	71	70	65	72	-10	278	$6,950
18	Larry Ziegler	70	71	69	69	-9	279	$4,564
18	Lanny Wadkins	69	71	69	70	-9	279	$4,564
18	J.C. Snead	68	68	73	70	-9	279	$4,564
18	Jim Simons	71	68	68	72	-9	279	$4,564
18	Keith Fergus	69	67	70	73	-9	279	$4,564
23	Jerry McGee	73	69	69	69	-8	280	$2,950
23	Jerry Heard	70	72	67	71	-8	280	$2,950
23	Brad Bryant	70	70	69	71	-8	280	$2,950
23	Wayne Levi	73	63	71	73	-8	280	$2,950
23	Greg Powers	69	68	70	73	-8	280	$2,950
23	Mike Donald	68	70	67	75	-8	280	$2,950
23	Mark O'Meara	67	71	67	75	-8	280	$2,950
30	Bunky Henry	71	69	72	69	-7	281	$2,223
30	Bruce Lietzke	68	73	69	71	-7	281	$2,223
30	Bobby Clampett	70	69	70	72	-7	281	$2,223
30	Peter Oosterhuis	72	67	68	74	-7	281	$2,223
34	Nick Faldo	71	70	73	68	-6	282	$1,768
34	Chi Chi Rodriguez	72	70	70	70	-6	282	$1,768
34	Lonnie Nielsen	70	72	68	72	-6	282	$1,768
34	Don Pooley	69	71	70	72	-6	282	$1,768
34	Dave Eichelberger	68	67	73	74	-6	282	$1,768
34	Roger Calvin	69	70	68	75	-6	282	$1,768
40	Andy Bean	69	71	73	70	-5	283	$1,295
40	Tom Jenkins	71	71	70	71	-5	283	$1,295
40	Pat Lindsey	67	70	75	71	-5	283	$1,295
40	Bob Eastwood	72	67	73	71	-5	283	$1,295
40	Charles Coody	70	71	69	73	-5	283	$1,295
40	Dave Barr	72	70	68	73	-5	283	$1,295
40	Scott Hoch	68	68	73	74	-5	283	$1,295
47	Charlie Gibson	68	73	72	71	-4	284	$925
47	Bruce Douglass	70	71	72	71	-4	284	$925
47	D.A. Weibring	71	69	73	71	-4	284	$925
47	Hubert Green	70	67	72	75	-4	284	$925
47	Fuzzy Zoeller	68	68	72	76	-4	284	$925
47	Tommy Moore	71	71	72	70	-4	284	$0
53	Gary Hardin	73	69	73	70	-3	285	$816
53	Beau Baugh	72	70	72	71	-3	285	$816
53	Victor Regalado	72	70	71	72	-3	285	$816
53	Jim Booros	71	71	69	74	-3	285	$816
53	Stanton Altgelt	69	71	71	74	-3	285	$816
58	George Cascino	70	70	76	70	-2	286	$784
58	Tim Graham	69	69	77	71	-2	286	$784
58	Dana Quigley	72	70	72	72	-2	286	$784
61	George Cadle	71	70	72	74	-1	287	$763
61	Gary Hallberg	72	70	71	74	-1	287	$763
61	Dewitt Weaver	66	71	72	78	-1	287	$763
64	David Lundstrom	69	72	75	72	Even	288	$732
64	Allen Miller	70	71	73	74	Even	288	$732
64	Tim Simpson	74	67	72	75	Even	288	$732
64	Kermit Zarley	71	70	71	76	Even	288	$732
64	Gary McCord	74	67	70	77	Even	288	$732
64	Skip Dunaway	64	74	69	81	Even	288	$732
70	Tom Jones	70	71	74	74	+1	289	$704
70	Pete Brown	71	70	71	77	+1	289	$704
72	R.W. Eaks	72	70	79	73	+6	294	$693

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Ben Crenshaw	71	72	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Bobby Cole	68	75	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Bobby Wadkins	68	75	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Ed Sneed	73	70	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Forrest Fezler	73	70	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Gary Koch	71	72	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Gibby Gilbert	72	71	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Howard Twitty	73	70	0	0	-1	143	$0
	John Mahaffey	73	70	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Lindy Miller	76	67	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Mark Lye	71	72	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Mike Smith	71	72	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Scott Watkins	72	71	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Terry Mauney	71	72	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Tim Norris	72	71	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Tom Purtzer	69	74	0	0	-1	143	$0
	Bud Allin	70	74	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Ed Fiori	68	76	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Grier Jones	73	71	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Jack Renner	72	72	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Jeff Mitchell	74	70	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Jimmy Powell	71	73	0	0	Even	144	$0
	John McGough	73	71	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Lee Elder	72	72	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Mark Hayes	75	69	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Rod Nuckolls	73	71	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Roger Maltbie	69	75	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Tom Storey	71	73	0	0	Even	144	$0
	Alan Pate	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bill Loeffler	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bobby Pancratz	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Butch Baird	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Calvin Peete	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Clint Doyle	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Doug Tewell	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Ed Dougherty	74	71	0	0	+1	145	$0
	George Burns	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Jim Colbert	71	74	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Mike Peck	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Perry Arthur	72	73	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Vance Heafner	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Wally Armstrong	73	72	0	0	+1	145	$0
	Bobby Nichols	72	74	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Buddy Gardner	74	72	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Dave Hill	72	74	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Michael Brannan	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Mike Holland	73	73	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Russ Cochran	72	74	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Tommy Valentine	75	71	0	0	+2	146	$0
	Ben Duncan	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jaime Gonzalez	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Mark Rohde	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Morris Hatalsky	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Steve Melnyk	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Danny Edwards	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	David Thore	74	74	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Ed Selser	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Craig Stadler	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Dan Pohl	76	73	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Sammy Rachels	71	78	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Bob Murphy	78	72	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike Gove	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Sale Omohundro	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Darrell Kestner	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Thomas Gray	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	John Mazza	72	80	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Mike Klein	73	81	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Mike Preston	81	73	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Jack Slocum	76	79	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Gary Trivisonno	76	80	0	0	+12	156	$0
WD	Leonard Thompson	74	0	0	0	+2	74	$0
WD	Barney Thompson	77	0	0	0	+5	77	$0
WD	Joe Inman	70	72	0	0	-2	142	$0

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