Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 1979 — leaderboard and results
1979-03-07 to 1979-03-11 · Inverrary G&CC (East) · Purse $300,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Nelson | -14 | 67 | 69 | 67 | 71 | |
| 2 | Grier Jones | -11 | 71 | 67 | 69 | 70 | |
| 3 | Hale Irwin | -8 | 73 | 62 | 72 | 73 | |
| T4 | Lee Elder | -7 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 70 | |
| T4 | Tommy Aaron | -7 | 66 | 69 | 74 | 72 | |
| 6 | Raymond Floyd | -6 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 74 | |
| 7 | Andy North | -5 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 72 | |
| T8 | Bob Gilder | -4 | 76 | 69 | 68 | 71 | |
| T8 | Charles Coody | -4 | 68 | 69 | 74 | 73 | |
| T8 | Pat McGowan | -4 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 71 | |
| T11 | Ben Crenshaw | -3 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 72 | |
| T11 | Howard Twitty | -3 | 75 | 70 | 67 | 73 | |
| T11 | Jim King | -3 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 72 | |
| T11 | Kermit Zarley | -3 | 75 | 71 | 70 | 69 | |
| T11 | Lou Graham | -3 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 72 | |
| T11 | Mike McCullough | -3 | 70 | 74 | 67 | 74 | |
| T11 | Rod Curl | -3 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 74 | |
| T11 | Wayne Levi | -3 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 74 | |
| T19 | Bill Rogers | -2 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 74 | |
| T19 | Frank Conner | -2 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 71 | |
| T19 | J.C. Snead | -2 | 72 | 74 | 68 | 72 | |
| T19 | Wally Armstrong | -2 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 71 | |
| T23 | Curtis Strange | -1 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 76 | |
| T23 | DeWitt Weaver | -1 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 76 | |
| T23 | Don January | -1 | 70 | 75 | 67 | 75 | |
| T23 | Mark Lye | -1 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 75 | |
| T23 | Mike Hill | -1 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 73 | |
| T28 | D.A. Weibring | E | 73 | 71 | 72 | 72 | |
| T28 | Gary McCord | E | 71 | 72 | 70 | 75 | |
| T28 | Jim Simons | E | 69 | 74 | 71 | 74 | |
| T28 | Keith Fergus | E | 72 | 73 | 73 | 70 | |
| T28 | Mark Hayes | E | 69 | 72 | 75 | 72 | |
| T28 | Mark James | E | 68 | 71 | 70 | 79 | |
| T28 | Sam Snead | E | 74 | 71 | 70 | 73 | |
| T28 | Scott Simpson | E | 72 | 72 | 68 | 76 | |
| T36 | Bruce Lietzke | +1 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 76 | |
| T36 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | +1 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 75 | |
| T36 | David Graham | +1 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 72 | |
| T36 | Joe Kunes | +1 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 73 | |
| T36 | Lindy Miller | +1 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 70 | |
| T36 | Orville Moody | +1 | 71 | 75 | 70 | 73 | |
| T36 | Peter Oosterhuis | +1 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 75 | |
| T43 | Bob Byman | +2 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 77 | |
| T43 | Bob Smith | +2 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 73 | |
| T43 | George Burns | +2 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 72 | |
| T43 | Joe Hager | +2 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 75 | |
| T43 | Julius Boros | +2 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 74 | |
| T43 | Larry Ziegler | +2 | 75 | 69 | 71 | 75 | |
| T43 | Marty Fleckman | +2 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 74 | |
| T50 | Bob Murphy | +3 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 77 | |
| T50 | Bobby Wadkins | +3 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 75 | |
| T50 | Jim Dent | +3 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 76 | |
| T50 | Miller Barber | +3 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 76 | |
| T54 | Billy Kratzert | +4 | 72 | 70 | 74 | 76 | |
| T54 | Brad Bryant | +4 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 77 | |
| T54 | Dennis Sullivan | +4 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 77 | |
| T54 | Doug Tewell | +4 | 71 | 74 | 68 | 79 | |
| T54 | Fuzzy Zoeller | +4 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 79 | |
| T54 | Gibby Gilbert | +4 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 75 | |
| T54 | Gil Morgan | +4 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 71 | |
| T54 | Michael Brannan | +4 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 79 | |
| T62 | Bruce Devlin | +5 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 75 | |
| T62 | Ed Sneed | +5 | 77 | 69 | 69 | 78 | |
| T62 | Phillip Hancock | +5 | 75 | 68 | 75 | 75 | |
| T62 | Randy Erskine | +5 | 72 | 67 | 75 | 79 | |
| T66 | Dana Quigley | +6 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 77 | |
| T66 | Ed Fiori | +6 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 79 | |
| T66 | Howard Clark | +6 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 74 | |
| T66 | Jack Nicklaus | +6 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 75 | |
| 70 | Ken Still | +9 | 70 | 71 | 81 | 75 | |
| 71 | Calvin Peete | +11 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 79 | |
| T72 | Jeff Mitchell | +12 | 75 | 70 | 77 | 78 | |
| T72 | Larry Webb | +12 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 80 | |
| 74 | Greg Powers | +14 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 81 | |
| DNQ | Al Besselink | — | |||||
| CUT | Alan Tapie | +9 | 82 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Andy Bean | +4 | 78 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Artie McNickle | +14 | 78 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Bill Garrett | +12 | 75 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Bill Murchison | +8 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bill Sander | +13 | 79 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bob Duval | +12 | 80 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Bob Mann | +8 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Nichols | +3 | 72 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Brian Barnes | +8 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Buddy Gardner | +7 | 77 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Butch Baird | +6 | 78 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Carlton White | +12 | 79 | 77 | |||
| DNQ | Chip Beck | — | |||||
| CUT | Dan Pohl | +3 | 74 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Dan Sikes | +3 | 75 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Darrell Welker | +7 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Dave Barr | +3 | 71 | 76 | |||
| CUT | David Edwards | +3 | 71 | 76 | |||
| CUT | David Lundstrom | +15 | 80 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Dean Refram | +11 | 75 | 80 | |||
| DNQ | Don Pooley | — | |||||
| WD | Doug Ford | +11 | 83 | ||||
| CUT | Ed Furgol | +17 | 76 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Ed Sabo | +10 | 73 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Forrest Fezler | +3 | 72 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Frank Beard | +4 | 78 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Gardner Dickinson | +3 | 77 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Gene Littler | +11 | 79 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Jeff Hewes | +10 | 80 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Jerry Heard | +4 | 75 | 73 | |||
| WD | Jerry Pate | +9 | 81 | ||||
| CUT | Jim Ahern | +8 | 72 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Jim Chancey | +3 | 74 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Jim Colbert | +6 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Jim Knoll | +14 | 79 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Jim Nelford | +6 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Joe Benevento | +11 | 80 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Joe Porter | +7 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | John Adams | +10 | 82 | 72 | |||
| CUT | John Fought | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | John Schroeder | +3 | 77 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Ken Brown | +4 | 76 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Kip Byrne | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Larry Hinson | +7 | 77 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Lee Trevino | +3 | 73 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Leonard Thompson | +7 | 74 | 77 | |||
| WD | Lon Hinkle | +6 | 78 | ||||
| CUT | Mark McCumber | +4 | 71 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Mark Mike | +3 | 70 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Mark Pfeil | +5 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mike White | +6 | 72 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Mike Zack | +4 | 75 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Richard Bassett | +10 | 75 | 79 | |||
| WD | Richard Killian | +11 | 83 | ||||
| WD | Rik Massengale | +10 | 82 | ||||
| CUT | Robert Donald | +16 | 83 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Roger Kennedy | +16 | 83 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Roger Maltbie | +3 | 72 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Ron Streck | +11 | 83 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Sammy Rachels | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Stanton Altgelt | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Tim Simpson | +12 | 79 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Tom Murphy | +25 | 87 | 82 | |||
| WD | Tom Purtzer | -1 | 69 | 74 | 72 | ||
| CUT | Tom Storey | +5 | 77 | 72 | |||
| WD | Tom Weiskopf | +11 | 83 | ||||
| CUT | Tony Kaloustian | +10 | 74 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Wes Smith | +14 | 84 | 74 |
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