Sports headlines for Friday May 8, 1981:
- Fernando Tosses Fifth Shutout In Seven Starts
- Golf Fan Killed By Falling Tree Limb At Nelson Tournament
Scores through round 2 of the 1981 Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Tournament held at Preston Trail Golf Club (Dallas, TX) from May 7, 1981 to May 10, 1981 (Par 70)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Watson | 66 | 70 | -4 | 136 | $32,400 | ||
| 2 | Tim Norris | 66 | 73 | -1 | 139 | $3,495 | ||
| 3 | Ray Floyd | 68 | 69 | -3 | 137 | $10,050 | ||
| 4 | Mark McCumber | 68 | 72 | Even | 140 | $2,558 | ||
| 5 | Bruce Lietzke | 68 | 74 | +2 | 142 | $54,000 | ||
| 5 | Beau Baugh | 68 | 74 | +2 | 142 | $1,830 | ||
| 7 | Lennie Clements | 68 | 77 | +5 | 145 | $1,830 | ||
| 8 | Bud Allin | 69 | 69 | -2 | 138 | $1,260 | ||
| 9 | Tom Jenkins | 69 | 71 | Even | 140 | $6,360 | ||
| 10 | Bobby Clampett | 69 | 73 | +2 | 142 | $17,400 | ||
| 11 | Curtis Strange | 69 | 74 | +3 | 143 | $10,050 | ||
| 11 | Dan Pohl | 69 | 74 | +3 | 143 | $4,650 | ||
| 11 | Mike Sullivan | 69 | 74 | +3 | 143 | $1,830 | ||
| 11 | Forrest Fezler | 69 | 74 | +3 | 143 | $1,260 | ||
| 11 | Calvin Peete | 69 | 74 | +3 | 143 | $639 | ||
| 11 | Pat McGowan | 69 | 74 | +3 | 143 | $594 | ||
| 17 | Larry Nelson | 69 | 77 | +6 | 146 | $6,360 | ||
| 17 | Buddy Gardner | 69 | 77 | +6 | 146 | $681 | ||
| 19 | Jim Simons | 69 | 78 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 20 | Cesar Sanudo | 70 | 70 | Even | 140 | $10,050 | ||
| 21 | Rives McBee | 70 | 72 | +2 | 142 | $1,830 | ||
| 22 | Gene Littler | 70 | 73 | +3 | 143 | $2,558 | ||
| 22 | Dave Eichelberger | 70 | 73 | +3 | 143 | $761 | ||
| 24 | Bobby Pancratz | 70 | 75 | +5 | 145 | $654 | ||
| 24 | Skip Dunaway | 70 | 75 | +5 | 145 | $594 | ||
| 26 | Fred Couples | 70 | 76 | +6 | 146 | $8,400 | ||
| 26 | Bill Rogers | 70 | 76 | +6 | 146 | $990 | ||
| 28 | Jack Newton | 70 | 77 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 29 | Dave Barr | 70 | 81 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 29 | Bob Shearer | 70 | 81 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 31 | Gary Koch | 71 | 69 | Even | 140 | $681 | ||
| 32 | Mike McCullough | 71 | 70 | +1 | 141 | $594 | ||
| 33 | Lon Hinkle | 71 | 71 | +2 | 142 | $6,360 | ||
| 33 | Lee Trevino | 71 | 71 | +2 | 142 | $4,650 | ||
| 35 | Joe Inman | 71 | 72 | +3 | 143 | $6,360 | ||
| 35 | Artie McNickle | 71 | 72 | +3 | 143 | $639 | ||
| 37 | Wally Armstrong | 71 | 73 | +4 | 144 | $1,830 | ||
| 38 | Jack Ferenz | 71 | 75 | +6 | 146 | $761 | ||
| 38 | Dan Halldorson | 71 | 75 | +6 | 146 | $666 | ||
| 40 | Scott Watkins | 71 | 76 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Bill Murchison | 71 | 76 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Richie Adham | 71 | 76 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Tom Shaw | 71 | 76 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 44 | Tom Jones | 71 | 77 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 45 | Mark Pfeil | 71 | 80 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 46 | Tom Purtzer | 72 | 68 | Even | 140 | $17,400 | ||
| 46 | Jerry Pate | 72 | 68 | Even | 140 | $4,650 | ||
| 46 | Tim Simpson | 72 | 68 | Even | 140 | $761 | ||
| 49 | Frank Conner | 72 | 69 | +1 | 141 | $2,558 | ||
| 50 | Brad Bryant | 72 | 70 | +2 | 142 | $4,650 | ||
| 51 | Bruce Devlin | 72 | 71 | +3 | 143 | $8,400 | ||
| 52 | Terry Mauney | 72 | 73 | +5 | 145 | $761 | ||
| 52 | Thomas Gray | 72 | 73 | +5 | 145 | $576 | ||
| 54 | Tom Weiskopf | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $1,830 | ||
| 54 | Scott Simpson | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $1,830 | ||
| 54 | Ron Streck | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $1,260 | ||
| 54 | Ed Sneed | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $761 | ||
| 54 | Mike Holland | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $594 | ||
| 59 | Don January | 72 | 75 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 59 | David Graham | 72 | 75 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 59 | Lonnie Nielsen | 72 | 75 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 59 | George Burns | 72 | 75 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 63 | D.A. Weibring | 72 | 76 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 63 | Greg Powers | 72 | 76 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 65 | Keith Fergus | 72 | 77 | +9 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Lanny Wadkins | 72 | 80 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Loren Roberts | 72 | 80 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 66 | Al Geiberger | 72 | 80 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 69 | Mark Hayes | 73 | 69 | +2 | 142 | $3,495 | ||
| 69 | Bob Gilder | 73 | 69 | +2 | 142 | $3,495 | ||
| 71 | Gibby Gilbert | 73 | 71 | +4 | 144 | $2,558 | ||
| 72 | Peter Oosterhuis | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $3,495 | ||
| 72 | Allan Strange | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $1,830 | ||
| 72 | Mike Morley | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $1,260 | ||
| 72 | Bill Britton | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $1,260 | ||
| 72 | Ted Goin | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $654 | ||
| 72 | Rod Curl | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $621 | ||
| 72 | Bob Byman | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $594 | ||
| 79 | Rex Caldwell | 73 | 73 | +6 | 146 | $990 | ||
| 79 | Michael Brannan | 73 | 73 | +6 | 146 | $621 | ||
| 81 | David Edwards | 73 | 74 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 81 | Dale Douglass | 73 | 74 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 83 | Kermit Zarley | 73 | 75 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 83 | Bobby Cole | 73 | 75 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 83 | George Cadle | 73 | 75 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 83 | Allen Miller | 73 | 75 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 83 | Jerry Heard | 73 | 75 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 88 | Terry Diehl | 73 | 76 | +9 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 89 | George Archer | 73 | 77 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 90 | Jim Barber | 73 | 78 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 90 | Larry Ziegler | 73 | 78 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 90 | Doug Johnson | 73 | 78 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 93 | Dwight Nevil | 73 | 81 | +14 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 94 | Steve Melnyk | 74 | 69 | +3 | 143 | $1,260 | ||
| 94 | Pat Lindsey | 74 | 69 | +3 | 143 | $990 | ||
| 96 | Charles Coody | 74 | 71 | +5 | 145 | $761 | ||
| 97 | Vance Heafner | 74 | 72 | +6 | 146 | $621 | ||
| 98 | Mark Lye | 74 | 73 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 99 | Mike Smith | 74 | 74 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 99 | Chip Beck | 74 | 74 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 99 | Charlie Gibson | 74 | 74 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 102 | Tommy Valentine | 74 | 75 | +9 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 103 | Dave Stockton | 74 | 76 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 103 | Bill Calfee | 74 | 76 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 105 | Dana Quigley | 74 | 77 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 106 | Keith Lyford | 74 | 80 | +14 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 107 | Ben Crenshaw | 75 | 68 | +3 | 143 | $12,000 | ||
| 108 | Craig Stadler | 75 | 69 | +4 | 144 | $761 | ||
| 109 | Bobby Wadkins | 75 | 70 | +5 | 145 | $761 | ||
| 109 | Rod Nuckolls | 75 | 70 | +5 | 145 | $681 | ||
| 109 | Orville Moody | 75 | 70 | +5 | 145 | $654 | ||
| 112 | Jay Haas | 75 | 71 | +6 | 146 | $1,830 | ||
| 112 | Morris Hatalsky | 75 | 71 | +6 | 146 | $1,830 | ||
| 114 | Barry Harwell | 75 | 72 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 114 | Lee Elder | 75 | 72 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 116 | Pete Brown | 75 | 75 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 117 | John Adams | 75 | 76 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 117 | Curtis Sifford | 75 | 76 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 119 | Ed Dougherty | 75 | 77 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 119 | Bobby Nichols | 75 | 77 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 121 | Bobby Walzel | 75 | 79 | +14 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 122 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 76 | 67 | +3 | 143 | $6,360 | ||
| 123 | John Schroeder | 76 | 68 | +4 | 144 | $681 | ||
| 124 | Gary Hallberg | 76 | 69 | +5 | 145 | $621 | ||
| 125 | Mike Nicolette | 76 | 71 | +7 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 126 | David Thore | 76 | 72 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 127 | Jim Booros | 76 | 73 | +9 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Gary Wintz | 76 | 74 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Victor Regalado | 76 | 74 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Mike Peck | 76 | 74 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 131 | Leonard Thompson | 76 | 77 | +13 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 132 | Don Levin | 76 | 80 | +16 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 133 | Jim Dent | 77 | 71 | +8 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 134 | Butch Baird | 77 | 73 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 135 | Craig Metz | 77 | 75 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 136 | Jim Chancey | 77 | 76 | +13 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 137 | Woody Blackburn | 78 | 79 | +17 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 138 | David Eger | 79 | 73 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 139 | R.H. Sikes | 80 | 76 | +16 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 140 | Scott Stegner | 80 | 78 | +18 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 141 | Miller Barber | 81 | 72 | +13 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 142 | Joe Hager | 81 | 75 | +16 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 143 | John Traub | 85 | 80 | +25 | 165 | $0 |


