THE PLAYERS Championship 1979 — leaderboard and results
1979-03-21 to 1979-03-25 · Sawgrass CC · Purse $437,292
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanny Wadkins | +3 | 67 | 68 | 76 | 72 | |
| 2 | Tom Watson | +8 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 71 | |
| 3 | Jack Renner | +9 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 75 | |
| 4 | Phillip Hancock | +11 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | |
| T5 | Billy Kratzert | +13 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 79 | |
| T5 | Lee Trevino | +13 | 70 | 69 | 75 | 79 | |
| T5 | Wayne Levi | +13 | 69 | 72 | 77 | 75 | |
| 8 | Andy Bean | +14 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| T9 | Jack Newton | +15 | 69 | 74 | 77 | 75 | |
| T9 | Jay Haas | +15 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 76 | |
| T9 | Tom Kite | +15 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 75 | |
| T12 | Gil Morgan | +16 | 68 | 77 | 76 | 75 | |
| T12 | Mike McCullough | +16 | 71 | 73 | 79 | 73 | |
| T14 | Ed Fiori | +17 | 69 | 71 | 79 | 78 | |
| T14 | George Burns | +17 | 72 | 66 | 76 | 83 | |
| T14 | Graham Marsh | +17 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 75 | |
| T14 | Peter Jacobsen | +17 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 75 | |
| T14 | Raymond Floyd | +17 | 71 | 72 | 80 | 74 | |
| T14 | Victor Regalado | +17 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 80 | |
| T20 | Andy North | +18 | 67 | 74 | 76 | 81 | |
| T20 | Gary Koch | +18 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 82 | |
| T20 | Howard Twitty | +18 | 75 | 67 | 76 | 80 | |
| T20 | Hubert Green | +18 | 73 | 72 | 78 | 75 | |
| T20 | Jerry Pate | +18 | 69 | 73 | 77 | 79 | |
| T20 | Larry Nelson | +18 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 77 | |
| T20 | Rex Caldwell | +18 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 74 | |
| T20 | Tim Simpson | +18 | 69 | 73 | 80 | 76 | |
| T28 | Alan Tapie | +19 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 81 | |
| T28 | Jim Colbert | +19 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 78 | |
| T28 | Jim Thorpe | +19 | 72 | 73 | 77 | 77 | |
| T28 | John Schroeder | +19 | 71 | 76 | 76 | 76 | |
| T28 | Lindy Miller | +19 | 69 | 76 | 77 | 77 | |
| T33 | Gibby Gilbert | +20 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 76 | |
| T33 | Jack Nicklaus | +20 | 67 | 73 | 82 | 78 | |
| T35 | Bob Byman | +21 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 82 | |
| T35 | Bruce Fleisher | +21 | 73 | 72 | 78 | 78 | |
| T35 | Charles Coody | +21 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 77 | |
| T35 | Dave Stockton | +21 | 69 | 72 | 79 | 81 | |
| T35 | Jim Nelford | +21 | 68 | 76 | 78 | 79 | |
| T35 | Mark McCumber | +21 | 70 | 70 | 80 | 81 | |
| T35 | Marty Fleckman | +21 | 72 | 74 | 79 | 76 | |
| T35 | Mike Reid | +21 | 71 | 73 | 78 | 79 | |
| T43 | Bob Gilder | +22 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 75 | |
| T43 | Bobby Cole | +22 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 79 | |
| T43 | Lee Elder | +22 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 78 | |
| T43 | Lou Graham | +22 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 80 | |
| T43 | Miller Barber | +22 | 70 | 75 | 77 | 80 | |
| T43 | Orville Moody | +22 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 79 | |
| T43 | Ron Streck | +22 | 68 | 77 | 78 | 79 | |
| T50 | Arnold Palmer | +23 | 72 | 75 | 79 | 77 | |
| T50 | Cesar Sanudo | +23 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 78 | |
| T50 | David Graham | +23 | 73 | 70 | 80 | 80 | |
| T50 | Jim Simons | +23 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 83 | |
| T50 | Mark Lye | +23 | 71 | 76 | 79 | 77 | |
| T50 | Morris Hatalsky | +23 | 71 | 73 | 78 | 81 | |
| T50 | Randy Erskine | +23 | 76 | 68 | 82 | 77 | |
| 57 | Don January | +24 | 68 | 79 | 79 | 78 | |
| T58 | Allen Miller | +25 | 72 | 75 | 80 | 78 | |
| T58 | Kermit Zarley | +25 | 66 | 79 | 78 | 82 | |
| T60 | Artie McNickle | +26 | 73 | 73 | 85 | 75 | |
| T60 | Bob Eastwood | +26 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 84 | |
| T60 | Gary McCord | +26 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 79 | |
| T60 | Mark Hayes | +26 | 72 | 75 | 79 | 80 | |
| T60 | Pat McGowan | +26 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 80 | |
| T65 | Barney Thompson | +27 | 74 | 72 | 80 | 81 | |
| T65 | Buddy Gardner | +27 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 83 | |
| T67 | Al Geiberger | +28 | 71 | 75 | 80 | 82 | |
| T67 | Craig Stadler | +28 | 72 | 73 | 81 | 82 | |
| T69 | Dan Halldorson | +29 | 69 | 70 | 81 | 89 | |
| T69 | Rik Massengale | +29 | 71 | 76 | 78 | 84 | |
| 71 | Bob Murphy | +32 | 75 | 71 | 74 | 92 | |
| CUT | Alan Pate | +24 | 84 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Barry Jaeckel | +14 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw | +9 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Bill Calfee | +11 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bill Rogers | +11 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Billy Casper | +9 | 78 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Bob Lunn | +9 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Bob Mann | +13 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bob Shearer | +17 | 75 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Bob Wynn | +24 | 84 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Bob Zender | +18 | 78 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Wadkins | +8 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Walzel | +13 | 72 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Brad Bryant | +10 | 69 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Bruce Lietzke | +8 | 73 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Calvin Peete | +12 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Carlton White | +10 | 72 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Chi Chi Rodriguez | +8 | 71 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Curtis Strange | +8 | 73 | 75 | |||
| CUT | D.A. Weibring | +12 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Dale Douglass | +17 | 79 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Danny Edwards | +8 | 69 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Dave Barr | +9 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger | +8 | 71 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Dave Hill | +19 | 79 | 80 | |||
| CUT | David Edwards | +8 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Don Bies | +8 | 70 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Don Iverson | +9 | 72 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Don Pooley | +12 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Ed Sabo | +16 | 75 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Ed Sneed | +12 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Eddie Pearce | +9 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Florentino Molina | +8 | 71 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Frank Beard | +19 | 82 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Frank Conner | +11 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Fred Marti | +10 | 71 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Fuzzy Zoeller | +10 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Gary Player | +12 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CUT | George Cadle | +14 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Greg Powers | +10 | 70 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Hale Irwin | +8 | 71 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Homero Blancas | +14 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | J.C. Snead | +9 | 71 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Jeff Hewes | +19 | 78 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Jeff Mitchell | +8 | 73 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Jerry Heard | +16 | 79 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Jim Dent | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Joe Hager | +16 | 75 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Joe Inman | +11 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | John Lister | +11 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Johnny Miller | +10 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Keith Fergus | +9 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Larry Ziegler | +8 | 72 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Lee Mikles | +12 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Leonard Thompson | +8 | 72 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Lon Hinkle | +15 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Mac McLendon | +12 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Mark Pfeil | +10 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Mike Hill | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mike Morley | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mike Sullivan | +14 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Peter Oosterhuis | +8 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Rod Curl | +9 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Rod Funseth | +9 | 77 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Scott Simpson | +9 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Seve Ballesteros | +17 | 76 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Steve Melnyk | +12 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Terry Diehl | +12 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | +11 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Tom Weiskopf | +15 | 73 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Tommy Aaron | +14 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Wally Armstrong | +9 | 72 | 77 |
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