U.S. Open 1979 — leaderboard and results
1979-06-13 to 1979-06-17 · Inverness Club · Major championship · Purse $315,400
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hale Irwin | E | 74 | 68 | 67 | 75 | |
| 2 | Jerry Pate | +2 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 72 | |
| 3 | Gary Player | +2 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 68 | |
| T4 | Bill Rogers | +4 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 72 | |
| T4 | Larry Nelson | +4 | 71 | 68 | 76 | 73 | |
| T4 | Tom Weiskopf | +4 | 71 | 74 | 67 | 76 | |
| 7 | David Graham | +5 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 73 | |
| 8 | Tom Purtzer | +6 | 70 | 69 | 75 | 76 | |
| T9 | Jack Nicklaus | +7 | 74 | 77 | 72 | 68 | |
| T9 | Keith Fergus | +7 | 70 | 77 | 72 | 72 | |
| T11 | Andy North | +9 | 77 | 74 | 68 | 74 | |
| T11 | Ben Crenshaw | +9 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 75 | |
| T11 | Calvin Peete | +9 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 75 | |
| T11 | Ed Sneed | +9 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 73 | |
| T11 | Lee Elder | +9 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 78 | |
| T16 | Bob Gilder | +10 | 77 | 70 | 69 | 78 | |
| T16 | Graham Marsh | +10 | 77 | 71 | 72 | 74 | |
| T16 | Jim Simons | +10 | 74 | 74 | 78 | 68 | |
| T19 | Al Geiberger | +11 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 78 | |
| T19 | Bobby Walzel | +11 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 78 | |
| T19 | D.A. Weibring | +11 | 74 | 76 | 71 | 74 | |
| T19 | Lanny Wadkins | +11 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 77 | |
| T19 | Lee Trevino | +11 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 72 | |
| 24 | Hubert Green | +12 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 72 | |
| T25 | Andy Bean | +13 | 70 | 76 | 71 | 80 | |
| T25 | Bob Murphy | +13 | 72 | 79 | 69 | 77 | |
| T25 | Bob Smith | +13 | 77 | 71 | 69 | 80 | |
| T25 | Bobby Nichols | +13 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 75 | |
| T25 | Lou Graham | +13 | 70 | 75 | 77 | 75 | |
| T25 | Mike Reid | +13 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | |
| T25 | Wayne Levi | +13 | 77 | 73 | 75 | 72 | |
| T32 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | +14 | 73 | 76 | 71 | 78 | |
| T32 | Dale Douglass | +14 | 72 | 76 | 76 | 74 | |
| T32 | Howard Twitty | +14 | 73 | 78 | 71 | 76 | |
| T32 | Juan Rodriguez | +14 | 73 | 76 | 71 | 78 | |
| T32 | Lynn Janson | +14 | 77 | 71 | 77 | 73 | |
| T36 | Billy Kratzert | +15 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 76 | |
| T36 | Dave Stockton | +15 | 75 | 70 | 78 | 76 | |
| T36 | Isao Aoki | +15 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 73 | |
| T36 | Jim Dent | +15 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 73 | |
| T36 | John Mahaffey | +15 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| T41 | Bruce Lietzke | +16 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 76 | |
| T41 | Dana Quigley | +16 | 71 | 78 | 74 | 77 | |
| T41 | Jack Renner | +16 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 74 | |
| T41 | Jim Colbert | +16 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 77 | |
| T41 | Jim Nelford | +16 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 76 | |
| T41 | Larry Ziegler | +16 | 77 | 72 | 78 | 73 | |
| 47 | Forrest Fezler | +17 | 73 | 77 | 73 | 78 | |
| T48 | Frank Conner | +18 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 78 | |
| T48 | Fred Couples | +18 | 76 | 74 | 80 | 72 | |
| T48 | George Burns | +18 | 74 | 73 | 78 | 77 | |
| T48 | Greg Norman | +18 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 78 | |
| T48 | Rod Funseth | +18 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 81 | |
| T53 | David Edwards | +20 | 74 | 76 | 84 | 70 | |
| T53 | Eddie Pearce | +20 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 78 | |
| T53 | Joe Inman | +20 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 80 | |
| T53 | Joey Rassett | +20 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 77 | |
| T53 | John Cook | +20 | 71 | 80 | 77 | 76 | |
| T53 | Lon Hinkle | +20 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 81 | |
| T59 | Arnold Palmer | +21 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 81 | |
| T59 | Eric Batten | +21 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 78 | |
| 61 | John Gentile | +22 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 81 | |
| 62 | Benson McLendon | +25 | 77 | 74 | 80 | 78 | |
| 62 | Mac McLendon | +25 | 77 | 74 | 80 | 78 | |
| 63 | Tony Peterson | +28 | 74 | 75 | 84 | 79 | |
| CUT | Alan Tapie | +12 | 78 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Austin Straub | +15 | 77 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Bill Britton | +11 | 80 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Bill Loeffler | +21 | 84 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Bill Pelham | +13 | 80 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Bob Byman | +19 | 80 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Bob Shearer | +15 | 77 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Clampett | +11 | 74 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Brad Sherfy | +22 | 84 | 80 | |||
| WD | Buddy Gardner | +11 | 82 | ||||
| CUT | Charlie Gibson | +14 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Chris Nordling | +24 | 80 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Clifford Cook | +23 | 84 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Craig Stadler | +15 | 78 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Darrell Kestner | +23 | 82 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger | +23 | 84 | 81 | |||
| CUT | David Glenz | +25 | 83 | 84 | |||
| CUT | David Ogrin | +13 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | David Zabell | +15 | 83 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Dennis Coscian | +20 | 82 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Dennis Coscina | +20 | 82 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Dennis Sullivan | +11 | 74 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Dick Grout | +18 | 84 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Don Iverson | +18 | 80 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Don Padgett | +15 | 75 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Doug Brown | +16 | 78 | 80 | |||
| WD | Fran Marrello | +14 | 85 | ||||
| CUT | Frank Gusmus | +18 | 80 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Fred Haney | +23 | 79 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Fuzzy Zoeller | +13 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Gene Littler | +11 | 79 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Gil Morgan | +13 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Harcourt Kemp | +21 | 83 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Herb Holzscheiter | +23 | 80 | 85 | |||
| WD | Hugh Baiocchi | +16 | 87 | ||||
| CUT | J.C. Snead | +12 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Jeff Jerrell | +17 | 78 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Jerry Heard | +14 | 75 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Jim Masserio | +13 | 77 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Joe Kunes | +20 | 78 | 84 | |||
| CUT | John Fought | +12 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | John McGough | +16 | 81 | 77 | |||
| CUT | John Schroeder | +20 | 80 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Johnny Miller | +10 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Jon Feinberg | +13 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Kenneth Leber | +16 | 82 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Kip Byrne | +17 | 77 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Larry Gilbert | +11 | 77 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Larry Griffin | +17 | 80 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Larry Rentz | +21 | 76 | 87 | |||
| CUT | Lee Van Dover | +23 | 81 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Lennie Clements | +22 | 84 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Leonard Thompson | +12 | 78 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Lindy Miller | +10 | 79 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Mark Hayes | +16 | 80 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Mark Pfeil | +10 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Mark Taylor | +26 | 82 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Mick Soli | +23 | 83 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Mike Atkins | +24 | 76 | 90 | |||
| CUT | Mike Burke Jr | +19 | 79 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Mike McCullough | +19 | 82 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Mike Slipko | +15 | 78 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Mike Taylor | +26 | 82 | 86 | |||
| CUT | Miller Barber | +10 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Monte Money | +29 | 84 | 87 | |||
| CUT | P.H. Horgan III | +13 | 75 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Randy Olinger | +16 | 81 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Raymond Floyd | +10 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Richard Terrell | +14 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Rick Whitfield | +17 | 79 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Rik Massengale | +12 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Ron Streck | +19 | 80 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Sale Omohundro | +19 | 79 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Scott Stegner | +10 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Seve Ballesteros | +18 | 79 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Sheng-San Hsu | +21 | 79 | 84 | |||
| CUT | Shuford Dunaway | +25 | 84 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Skip Dunaway | +25 | 84 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Stan Thirsk | +26 | 86 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Steve Groves | +23 | 84 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Steve Melnyk | +10 | 79 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Steve Spray | +16 | 85 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Steven Veriato | +16 | 77 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Ted Goin | +11 | 80 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Terry Peddy | +21 | 78 | 85 | |||
| CUT | Tim Simpson | +17 | 79 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Tom Inskeep | +21 | 86 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Tom Kite | +12 | 75 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Tom Sieckmann | +19 | 79 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Tom Watson | +10 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Tommy Valentine | +16 | 80 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Vance Heafner | +14 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Wally Armstrong | +11 | 76 | 77 |
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