The American Express 1979 — leaderboard and results
1979-01-10 to 1979-01-14 · Purse $275,500
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Mahaffey | -17 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 71 | |
| 2 | Lee Trevino | -16 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 70 | |
| 3 | Mark Hayes | -15 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 69 | |
| 4 | Grier Jones | -14 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 69 | |
| T5 | Keith Fergus | -12 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 75 | |
| T5 | Lanny Wadkins | -12 | 71 | 66 | 74 | 69 | |
| T7 | Alan Tapie | -11 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 68 | |
| T7 | Bobby Wadkins | -11 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 71 | |
| T7 | Leonard Thompson | -11 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 75 | |
| T7 | Tom Purtzer | -11 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 74 | |
| T11 | Jack Nicklaus | -10 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 72 | |
| T11 | Jerry Pate | -10 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 69 | |
| T11 | Lon Hinkle | -10 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 69 | |
| T14 | Andy Bean | -9 | 72 | 68 | 74 | 68 | |
| T14 | Butch Baird | -9 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 67 | |
| T14 | Don Bies | -9 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 72 | |
| T14 | Mark McCumber | -9 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 70 | |
| T14 | Orville Moody | -9 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 73 | |
| T19 | Jim Colbert | -8 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 69 | |
| T19 | Kermit Zarley | -8 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 73 | |
| T19 | Wally Armstrong | -8 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 68 | |
| T19 | Wayne Levi | -8 | 74 | 68 | 69 | 71 | |
| T23 | Dave Hill | -7 | 71 | 76 | 67 | 70 | |
| T23 | J.C. Snead | -7 | 68 | 69 | 74 | 75 | |
| T23 | Joe Inman | -7 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 69 | |
| T26 | Ben Crenshaw | -6 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 71 | |
| T26 | Charles Coody | -6 | 65 | 73 | 73 | 69 | |
| T26 | Curtis Strange | -6 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 71 | |
| T26 | D.A. Weibring | -6 | 74 | 71 | 68 | 72 | |
| T26 | Gene Littler | -6 | 72 | 74 | 69 | 68 | |
| T26 | Mike Hill | -6 | 73 | 68 | 76 | 69 | |
| T26 | Raymond Floyd | -6 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 70 | |
| T26 | Rex Caldwell | -6 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 64 | |
| T26 | Tom Kite | -6 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 73 | |
| T35 | Andy North | -5 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 73 | |
| T35 | Ed Sneed | -5 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 71 | |
| T35 | Gay Brewer | -5 | 72 | 74 | 68 | 72 | |
| T35 | Mike McCullough | -5 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 72 | |
| T39 | Art Wall | -4 | 67 | 67 | 73 | 75 | |
| T39 | Bill Rogers | -4 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 72 | |
| T39 | Larry Nelson | -4 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 73 | |
| T42 | Bob Murphy | -2 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 75 | |
| T42 | Bob Zender | -2 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 71 | |
| T42 | Bobby Nichols | -2 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 73 | |
| T42 | Dave Eichelberger | -2 | 73 | 68 | 73 | 76 | |
| T42 | Jay Haas | -2 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 72 | |
| T42 | Mike Morley | -2 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 69 | |
| T48 | Bruce Lietzke | -1 | 74 | 69 | 75 | 71 | |
| T48 | Gil Morgan | -1 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 72 | |
| T48 | Mike Reid | -1 | 77 | 70 | 72 | 70 | |
| T48 | Rod Curl | -1 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | |
| T48 | Tim Simpson | -1 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 69 | |
| T53 | Randy Erskine | E | 68 | 74 | 73 | 72 | |
| T53 | Rik Massengale | E | 70 | 72 | 72 | 75 | |
| T55 | Billy Casper | +1 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 74 | |
| T55 | George Burns | +1 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 75 | |
| T55 | Johnny Miller | +1 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 72 | |
| T55 | Peter Jacobsen | +1 | 73 | 69 | 76 | 73 | |
| T55 | Vic Martin | +1 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 69 | |
| T60 | Howard Twitty | +2 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 73 | |
| T60 | Jerry McGee | +2 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 70 | |
| T60 | Mike Sullivan | +2 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 71 | |
| T63 | Doug Sanders | +3 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 71 | |
| T63 | Forrest Fezler | +3 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 73 | |
| T63 | Lou Graham | +3 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | |
| T63 | Ron Streck | +3 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 71 | |
| T67 | Brad Bryant | +4 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 71 | |
| T67 | Jim Dent | +4 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 69 | |
| T67 | Rod Funseth | +4 | 68 | 77 | 72 | 73 | |
| T70 | Bob Lunn | +5 | 75 | 68 | 72 | 72 | |
| T70 | Cesar Sanudo | +5 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 74 | |
| T70 | Dave Barber | +5 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 71 | |
| CUT | Al Geiberger | +6 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 77 | |
| CUT | Allen Miller | +9 | 72 | 74 | 79 | 72 | |
| CUT | Arnold Palmer | +6 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 71 | |
| CUT | Barry Jaeckel | +5 | 70 | 77 | 73 | 73 | |
| CUT | Bill Calfee | +8 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 79 | |
| CUT | Bill Ogden | +6 | 72 | 77 | 71 | 74 | |
| CUT | Bob Gilder | +5 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 74 | |
| CUT | Bob Mann | +15 | 76 | 72 | 80 | 75 | |
| CUT | Bob Rosburg | +12 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 78 | |
| CUT | Charlie Gibson | +4 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 72 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler | +9 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 76 | |
| CUT | Dan Pohl | +9 | 70 | 76 | 79 | 72 | |
| CUT | Danny Edwards | +6 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 71 | |
| CUT | Dave Marr | +7 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 74 | |
| CUT | Dave Stockton | +4 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 70 | |
| CUT | Don Baker | +9 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 76 | |
| CUT | Don Pooley | +11 | 70 | 77 | 71 | 81 | |
| CUT | Doug Tewell | +17 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 79 | |
| CUT | Ed Byman | +7 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 73 | |
| CUT | Eddie Pearce | +10 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 72 | |
| CUT | Gary McCord | +4 | 79 | 75 | 70 | 68 | |
| CUT | George Cadle | +5 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 75 | |
| CUT | George Knudson | +7 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 76 | |
| CUT | Hubert Green | +11 | 73 | 72 | 79 | 75 | |
| CUT | Jack Burke Jr | +25 | 85 | 75 | 75 | 78 | |
| CUT | Jack Fleck | +4 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 76 | |
| CUT | Jack Renner | +5 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 70 | |
| CUT | James Ferriell | +25 | 80 | 76 | 80 | 77 | |
| CUT | Jerry Barber | +10 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 75 | |
| CUT | Jerry Heard | +4 | 74 | 76 | 72 | 70 | |
| CUT | Jim Chancey | +13 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 81 | |
| CUT | Jim Simons | +15 | 75 | 81 | 71 | 76 | |
| CUT | Jim White | +16 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 70 | |
| CUT | Joe Hager | +11 | 74 | 72 | 78 | 75 | |
| CUT | John Mahoney | +15 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 76 | |
| CUT | Kip Byrne | +7 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 70 | |
| CUT | Larry Benson | +31 | 79 | 83 | 79 | 78 | |
| DQ | Lee Elder | -4 | 70 | 72 | 70 | ||
| CUT | Lonnie Nielsen | +5 | 74 | 67 | 75 | 77 | |
| CUT | Lyn Lott | +5 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 76 | |
| CUT | Mac McLendon | +7 | 72 | 79 | 71 | 73 | |
| CUT | Mike Ford | +28 | 77 | 76 | 84 | 79 | |
| CUT | Mike Reasor | +44 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 81 | |
| CUT | Miller Barber | +7 | 77 | 74 | 72 | 72 | |
| CUT | Paul Runyan | +24 | 77 | 76 | 83 | 76 | |
| CUT | Peter Oosterhuis | +8 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 76 | |
| CUT | Rafe Botts | +11 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 75 | |
| CUT | Ronny Mobley | +5 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 73 | |
| CUT | Steven Veriato | +10 | 75 | 70 | 76 | 77 | |
| CUT | Terry Wilcox | +5 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 72 | |
| CUT | Tom Nieporte | +23 | 76 | 75 | 81 | 79 | |
| CUT | Tom Shaw | +6 | 71 | 78 | 73 | 72 | |
| CUT | Tommy Aaron | +8 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 77 | |
| CUT | Victor Regalado | +11 | 75 | 70 | 76 | 78 | |
| CUT | Woody Blackburn | +24 | 77 | 82 | 82 | 71 | |
| CUT | Wren Lum | +10 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 77 |
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