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1979 PGA Championship Leaderboard

1979 PGA Championship
Position
Name
To Par
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1 David Graham -8 69 68 70 65 272
2 Ben Crenshaw -8 69 67 69 67 272
3 Rex Caldwell -6 67 70 66 71 274
4 Ron Streck -4 68 71 69 68 276
T5 Gibby Gilbert -2 69 72 68 69 278
T5 Jerry Pate -2 69 69 69 71 278
T7 Don January -1 69 70 71 69 279
T7 Jay Haas -1 68 69 73 69 279
T7 Howard Twitty -1 70 73 69 67 279
T10 Lou Graham E 69 74 68 69 280
T10 Gary Koch E 71 71 71 67 280
T12 Jerry McGee +1 73 69 71 68 281
T12 Andy Bean +1 76 69 68 68 281
T12 Jack Renner +1 71 74 66 70 281
T12 Tom Watson +1 66 72 69 74 281
T16 Hubert Green +2 69 70 72 71 282
T16 Bob Gilder +2 73 71 68 70 282
T16 Bruce Lietzke +2 69 69 71 73 282
T16 Gene Littler +2 71 71 67 73 282
T16 Graham Marsh +2 69 70 71 72 282
T21 Bob Byman +3 73 72 69 69 283
T21 John Schroeder +3 72 72 70 69 283
T23 Gary Player +4 73 70 70 71 284
T23 Peter Jacobsen +4 70 74 67 73 284
T23 Alan Tapie +4 73 65 76 70 284
T23 Frank Conner +4 70 73 69 72 284
T23 Rod Funseth +4 70 69 76 69 284
T28 Miller Barber +5 73 72 69 71 285
T28 George Burns +5 71 74 67 73 285
T28 Gil Morgan +5 72 73 70 70 285
T28 Larry Nelson +5 70 75 70 70 285
T28 Mark McCumber +5 75 68 70 72 285
T28 Ed Sneed +5 77 67 70 71 285
T28 Artie McNickle +5 69 70 72 74 285
T35 Jim Masserio +7 69 73 71 74 287
T35 Bill Rogers +7 70 72 73 72 287
T35 Dave Stockton +7 70 75 72 70 287
T35 Lee Trevino +7 70 73 72 72 287
T35 Tom Kite +7 72 72 69 74 287
T35 Lee Elder +7 70 71 73 73 287
T35 Lynn Janson +7 73 71 72 71 287
T42 Sam Snead +8 73 71 71 73 288
T42 Calvin Peete +8 75 71 70 72 288
T42 Jim Wright +8 72 69 72 75 288
T42 Kermit Zarley +8 73 69 71 75 288
T46 Jim Simons +9 76 68 73 72 289
T46 Chi Chi Rodriguez +9 71 72 72 74 289
T46 Tommy Aaron +9 73 73 69 74 289
T46 Jim Colbert +9 73 73 72 71 289
T46 Don Padgett +9 71 75 73 70 289
T51 John Mahaffey +10 72 74 71 73 290
T51 Rod Curl +10 72 72 73 73 290
T51 Bob Mann +10 71 73 71 75 290
T54 Leonard Thompson +11 72 67 78 74 291
T54 Fuzzy Zoeller +11 70 75 75 71 291
T54 DeWitt Weaver +11 73 73 71 74 291
T54 Jim Dent +11 70 72 76 73 291
T54 Wally Armstrong +11 74 71 73 73 291
T54 Dave Barber +11 74 69 71 77 291
T60 Keith Fergus +12 73 70 73 76 292
T60 Barry Jaeckel +12 71 73 75 73 292
T60 Mark Hayes +13 71 73 77 72 293
T60 Raymond Floyd +13 74 70 77 72 293
T60 Rocky Thompson +13 72 72 73 76 293
T65 Al Geiberger +14 76 70 73 75 294
T65 Scott Bess +14 73 72 75 74 294
T65 Lon Hinkle +14 73 72 71 78 294
T65 Jack Nicklaus +14 73 72 78 71 294
T65 Austin Straub +14 73 70 72 79 294
70 Lanny Wadkins +15 71 75 73 76 295
71 Bobby Wadkins +16 77 68 75 76 296
72 Dean Refram +18 75 69 79 75 298
T73 Ronnie Smoak +23 72 74 78 79 303
T73 Dennis Coscina +23 76 70 74 83 303
CUT Billy Casper +7 75 72 -- -- 147
CUT Tommy Aycock +7 75 72 -- -- 147
CUT Orville Moody +7 72 75 -- -- 147
CUT Jim Nelford +7 74 73 -- -- 147
CUT Al Mengert +7 76 71 -- -- 147
CUT Lindy Miller +7 76 71 -- -- 147
CUT Randy Erskine +7 72 75 -- -- 147
CUT Michael Brannan +7 73 74 -- -- 147
CUT Jim Thorpe +7 71 76 -- -- 147
CUT Ron Terry +8 74 74 -- -- 148
CUT Doug Tewell +8 75 73 -- -- 148
CUT Bobby Walzel +8 75 73 -- -- 148
CUT Woody Dame +8 75 73 -- -- 148
CUT James B. White +8 78 70 -- -- 148
CUT Victor Regalado +8 72 76 -- -- 148
CUT Tom Purtzer +8 73 75 -- -- 148
CUT J.C. Snead +8 72 76 -- -- 148
CUT Buddy Gardner +8 76 72 -- -- 148
CUT Craig Stadler +8 73 75 -- -- 148
CUT Hale Irwin +8 73 75 -- -- 148
CUT Grier Jones +8 73 75 -- -- 148
CUT Tim Collins +8 74 74 -- -- 148
CUT John Gentile +9 75 74 -- -- 149
CUT Bob Murphy +9 71 78 -- -- 149
CUT Andy North +9 76 73 -- -- 149
CUT Waddy Stokes +9 78 71 -- -- 149
CUT Michael Milon +9 75 74 -- -- 149
CUT Paul Purtzer +9 76 73 -- -- 149
CUT Mike Reid +9 75 74 -- -- 149
CUT D.A. Weibring +9 76 73 -- -- 149
CUT Jay Overton +10 74 76 -- -- 150
CUT Isao Aoki +10 78 72 -- -- 150
CUT Tom Weiskopf +10 79 71 -- -- 150
CUT Curtis Strange +10 74 76 -- -- 150
CUT Billy Kratzert +10 74 76 -- -- 150
CUT George Shortridge +10 76 74 -- -- 150
CUT Lloyd Monroe +10 74 76 -- -- 150
CUT Ralph Montoya +10 76 74 -- -- 150
CUT Howell Fraser +10 73 77 -- -- 150
CUT Phillip Hancock +10 79 71 -- -- 150
CUT Jim Ferree +10 75 75 -- -- 150
CUT Julius Boros +10 77 73 -- -- 150
CUT Charles Coody +11 79 72 -- -- 151
CUT Dow Finsterwald +11 77 74 -- -- 151
CUT Jim Paschal +11 76 75 -- -- 151
CUT Larry Ringer +12 78 74 -- -- 152
CUT Larry Startzel +12 77 75 -- -- 152
CUT Bruce Summerhays +12 78 74 -- -- 152
CUT David Jimenez +12 77 75 -- -- 152
CUT Mac McLendon +12 78 74 -- -- 152
CUT Bob Phillips +13 78 75 -- -- 153
CUT Tom Joyce +13 74 79 -- -- 153
CUT Tony Kaloustian +13 74 79 -- -- 153
CUT Mike McCullough +13 82 71 -- -- 153
CUT Jack Sommers +13 74 79 -- -- 153
CUT Guy Cullins +13 74 79 -- -- 153
CUT Mark Alwin +14 77 77 -- -- 154
CUT Steve Spray +14 77 77 -- -- 154
CUT Roger Ginsberg +14 76 78 -- -- 154
CUT Joe Inman +14 80 74 -- -- 154
CUT Babe Lichardus +14 78 76 -- -- 154
CUT Jim Logue +14 78 76 -- -- 154
CUT Arnold Palmer +15 81 74 -- -- 155
CUT Bobby Nichols +16 74 82 -- -- 156
CUT Roy Abrameit +16 80 76 -- -- 156
CUT Mike Davis +16 81 75 -- -- 156
CUT Gary Clark +16 78 78 -- -- 156
CUT Mike Felker +17 77 80 -- -- 157
CUT Bob Galloway +17 82 75 -- -- 157
CUT Jerry Barber +18 83 75 -- -- 158
CUT Alan White +19 80 79 -- -- 159
CUT Craig Bunker +19 79 80 -- -- 159
CUT Emil Esposito +20 81 79 -- -- 160
CUT Robert Elwood Bragg +22 81 81 -- -- 162
CUT Doug Ford +23 81 82 -- -- 163
WD Richard Martinez +11 81 -- -- -- 81