FedEx St. Jude Classic 1979 — leaderboard and results
1979-06-27 to 1979-07-01 · Colonial CC (South) · Purse $300,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gil Morgan | -10 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 66 | |
| 2 | Larry Nelson | -10 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 65 | |
| 3 | Tom Kite | -8 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 70 | |
| T4 | Bruce Lietzke | -6 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 66 | |
| T4 | Graham Marsh | -6 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 70 | |
| T4 | J.C. Snead | -6 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 67 | |
| T4 | Mark Hayes | -6 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 67 | |
| T8 | Andy Bean | -5 | 71 | 74 | 68 | 70 | |
| T8 | Bob Byman | -5 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 68 | |
| T8 | Cesar Sanudo | -5 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 72 | |
| T8 | Peter Jacobsen | -5 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 72 | |
| T8 | Tom Purtzer | -5 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 67 | |
| T13 | Gary Player | -4 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 70 | |
| T13 | Rod Curl | -4 | 70 | 75 | 67 | 72 | |
| T13 | Wally Armstrong | -4 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 73 | |
| T16 | Brad Bryant | -3 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 76 | |
| T16 | George Burns | -3 | 73 | 69 | 76 | 67 | |
| T16 | Gibby Gilbert | -3 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 71 | |
| T16 | Jim Simons | -3 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 74 | |
| T16 | Morris Hatalsky | -3 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 68 | |
| T16 | Stan Lee | -3 | 75 | 70 | 72 | 68 | |
| T22 | Gary Koch | -2 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 71 | |
| T22 | George Johnson | -2 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 72 | |
| T22 | Jack Newton | -2 | 70 | 68 | 76 | 72 | |
| T22 | Larry Ziegler | -2 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 74 | |
| T22 | Rex Caldwell | -2 | 75 | 69 | 73 | 69 | |
| T27 | Hale Irwin | -1 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 69 | |
| T27 | Jack Renner | -1 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 73 | |
| T29 | Billy Kratzert | E | 70 | 73 | 72 | 73 | |
| T29 | Bruce Devlin | E | 71 | 75 | 72 | 70 | |
| T29 | Don Pooley | E | 72 | 75 | 69 | 72 | |
| T29 | Frank Conner | E | 73 | 72 | 73 | 70 | |
| T29 | Ron Streck | E | 70 | 74 | 75 | 69 | |
| T29 | Scott Simpson | E | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | |
| T35 | D.A. Weibring | +1 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 70 | |
| T35 | Jeff Mitchell | +1 | 76 | 71 | 70 | 72 | |
| T35 | John Schroeder | +1 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 72 | |
| T35 | Mike Schroder | +1 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 73 | |
| T35 | Orville Moody | +1 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 70 | |
| T35 | Parker Moore | +1 | 71 | 76 | 69 | 73 | |
| T41 | Barry Jaeckel | +2 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 72 | |
| T41 | Bob Mann | +2 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 71 | |
| T41 | Bobby Wadkins | +2 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 74 | |
| T41 | Dave Hill | +2 | 77 | 67 | 71 | 75 | |
| T41 | Dave Stockton | +2 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 70 | |
| T41 | David Edwards | +2 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 66 | |
| T41 | Ed Fiori | +2 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 74 | |
| T41 | Harlan Fly | +2 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 74 | |
| T41 | Tom McGinnis | +2 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 69 | |
| T50 | Mark McCumber | +3 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 75 | |
| T50 | Miller Barber | +3 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 71 | |
| T50 | Peter Oosterhuis | +3 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 76 | |
| T53 | Dave Eichelberger | +4 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 68 | |
| T53 | Frank Beard | +4 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 75 | |
| T53 | Jim White | +4 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 73 | |
| T53 | John Mahaffey | +4 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| T53 | Pat McGowan | +4 | 67 | 76 | 75 | 74 | |
| T53 | Victor Regalado | +4 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 77 | |
| T59 | Calvin Peete | +5 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 75 | |
| T59 | Jerry Pate | +5 | 72 | 69 | 78 | 74 | |
| T59 | Sammy Rachels | +5 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 73 | |
| T62 | Al Geiberger | +6 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 75 | |
| T62 | Alan Tapie | +6 | 76 | 71 | 73 | 74 | |
| T62 | Bob Shearer | +6 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 76 | |
| T62 | Carlton White | +6 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 74 | |
| T62 | Mike McCullough | +6 | 69 | 78 | 73 | 74 | |
| T67 | Jack Sommers | +7 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 77 | |
| T67 | Terry Diehl | +7 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 74 | |
| T69 | Butch Baird | +8 | 70 | 77 | 74 | 75 | |
| T69 | Pat Lindsey | +8 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 73 | |
| T69 | Steven Veriato | +8 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 74 | |
| T69 | Tom Jenkins | +8 | 68 | 76 | 74 | 78 | |
| 73 | Tim Simpson | +9 | 73 | 70 | 79 | 75 | |
| T74 | David Eger | +10 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 76 | |
| T74 | Kermit Zarley | +10 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | |
| T76 | Dana Quigley | +11 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 77 | |
| T76 | Mark Lye | +11 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 78 | |
| 78 | Allen Miller | +12 | 70 | 77 | 75 | 78 | |
| 79 | Jerry McGee | +14 | 73 | 74 | 78 | 77 | |
| CUT | Babe Hiskey | +12 | 75 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Barney Thompson | +4 | 76 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Beau Baugh | +13 | 76 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Bert Weaver | +10 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bob Eastwood | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Bob Lunn | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Bob Murphy | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Bob Wolcott | +14 | 84 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Bob Zender | +7 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Baker | +9 | 74 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Heins | +11 | 76 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Mitchell | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Nichols | +14 | 80 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Buddy Gardner | +9 | 77 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Charles Coody | +5 | 72 | 77 | |||
| DNQ | Chip Beck | — | |||||
| CUT | Curtis Strange | +7 | 74 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Dale Douglass | +6 | 76 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Dave Barr | +4 | 77 | 71 | |||
| CUT | David Jimenez | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Dennis Sullivan | +5 | 79 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Dick Mast | +4 | 72 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Don January | +7 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Don Shirey Jr | +7 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Ed Byman | +9 | 77 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Ed Sabo | +4 | 70 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Eddie Pearce | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Forrest Fezler | +4 | 70 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Gene Dixon | +15 | 81 | 78 | |||
| CUT | George Cadle | +4 | 72 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Greg Powers | +6 | 76 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Guy Cullins | +18 | 82 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Howard Twitty | +5 | 75 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Hunt Gilliand | +11 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Jack Fleck | +12 | 79 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Jack Spradlin | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Jay Haas | +8 | 72 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Jim Chancey | +8 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Jim Dent | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Jim Nelford | +4 | 73 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Jim Paschal | +7 | 72 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Joe Inman | +8 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | John Fought | +6 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | John Lister | +13 | 80 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Lee Carter | +6 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Lee Trevino | +5 | 72 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Lonnie Nielsen | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Lou Graham | +8 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Mac McLendon | +7 | 74 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Mark Mike | +15 | 81 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Mark Pfeil | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mason Rudolph | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Michael Brannan | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Mike Colandro | +4 | 75 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Mike Hill | +4 | 72 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Mike Reasor | +11 | 74 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Mike Sullivan | +11 | 76 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Richard Eller | +11 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Rik Massengale | +6 | 72 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Robert Donald | +13 | 81 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Roger Calvin | +6 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Roger Maltbie | +10 | 73 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Ron Terry | +10 | 78 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Sam Trahan | +4 | 77 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Scott Bess | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Scott Steger | +8 | 75 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Skip Dunaway | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Terry Mauney | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Tom Chain | +5 | 72 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Tom Shaw | +7 | 76 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Tom Storey | +5 | 72 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Tommy Valentine | +5 | 77 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Tony Hollifield | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Wayne Player | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| DNQ | Woody Blackburn | — |
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