BMW Championship 1979 — leaderboard and results
1979-07-04 to 1979-07-08 · Butler National GC · Purse $300,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Nelson | -2 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 76 | |
| 2 | Ben Crenshaw | -2 | 75 | 69 | 71 | 71 | |
| T3 | Bruce Devlin | -1 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 71 | |
| T3 | Dan Pohl | -1 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 73 | |
| 5 | Bruce Lietzke | E | 73 | 73 | 73 | 69 | |
| T6 | Jim Simons | +1 | 69 | 76 | 72 | 72 | |
| T6 | John Schroeder | +1 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 67 | |
| T6 | Mark Hayes | +1 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 71 | |
| T6 | Tom Watson | +1 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 78 | |
| T10 | Bobby Wadkins | +2 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 73 | |
| T10 | Calvin Peete | +2 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 71 | |
| T10 | Graham Marsh | +2 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 69 | |
| T13 | Gibby Gilbert | +3 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 69 | |
| T13 | Howard Twitty | +3 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 71 | |
| T13 | Jim Colbert | +3 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 73 | |
| T13 | John Fought | +3 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 74 | |
| T17 | Curtis Strange | +4 | 78 | 71 | 75 | 68 | |
| T17 | Tim Simpson | +4 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 70 | |
| T17 | Tom Jenkins | +4 | 72 | 70 | 76 | 74 | |
| T20 | Andy North | +5 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 72 | |
| T20 | Ed Sneed | +5 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 71 | |
| T22 | Barney Thompson | +6 | 74 | 76 | 70 | 74 | |
| T22 | George Burns | +6 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 72 | |
| T22 | Mike Sullivan | +6 | 73 | 76 | 73 | 72 | |
| T22 | Peter Oosterhuis | +6 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 70 | |
| T22 | Tom Weiskopf | +6 | 71 | 78 | 73 | 72 | |
| T27 | David Graham | +7 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 71 | |
| T27 | Eddie Pearce | +7 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 74 | |
| T27 | Gary McCord | +7 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 77 | |
| T30 | Andy Bean | +8 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 76 | |
| T30 | Bill Rogers | +8 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 75 | |
| T30 | Bobby Clampett | +8 | 69 | 72 | 78 | 77 | |
| T30 | Craig Stadler | +8 | 79 | 72 | 72 | 73 | |
| T30 | Dale Douglass | +8 | 70 | 75 | 81 | 70 | |
| T30 | Ed Byman | +8 | 72 | 79 | 72 | 73 | |
| T30 | Mark Lye | +8 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 73 | |
| T37 | Bob Murphy | +9 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 78 | |
| T37 | Chip Beck | +9 | 79 | 72 | 72 | 74 | |
| T37 | Kermit Zarley | +9 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 76 | |
| T37 | Mark Pfeil | +9 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 75 | |
| T37 | Mick Soli | +9 | 73 | 69 | 75 | 80 | |
| T37 | Peter Jacobsen | +9 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 73 | |
| T37 | Ron Terry | +9 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 73 | |
| T37 | Tom Kite | +9 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 73 | |
| T45 | Jay Haas | +10 | 78 | 72 | 72 | 76 | |
| T45 | Larry Ziegler | +10 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 74 | |
| T45 | Victor Regalado | +10 | 76 | 72 | 76 | 74 | |
| T48 | Alan Tapie | +11 | 79 | 71 | 75 | 74 | |
| T48 | Allen Miller | +11 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 76 | |
| T48 | Mike Nicolette | +11 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 75 | |
| T48 | Ron Streck | +11 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 73 | |
| T48 | Wally Armstrong | +11 | 77 | 73 | 77 | 72 | |
| T53 | Al Geiberger | +12 | 78 | 73 | 79 | 70 | |
| T53 | Bobby Cole | +12 | 77 | 74 | 72 | 77 | |
| T53 | Cesar Sanudo | +12 | 75 | 76 | 71 | 78 | |
| T53 | Dennis Sullivan | +12 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 75 | |
| T53 | Frank Conner | +12 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 75 | |
| T53 | Mike McCullough | +12 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 77 | |
| T53 | Wayne Levi | +12 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 72 | |
| T60 | Billy Kratzert | +13 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 74 | |
| T60 | Charles Coody | +13 | 79 | 72 | 77 | 73 | |
| T60 | Guy Cullins | +13 | 74 | 71 | 81 | 75 | |
| T60 | J.C. Snead | +13 | 77 | 73 | 75 | 76 | |
| T60 | Jim Nelford | +13 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 81 | |
| T60 | Randy Erskine | +13 | 74 | 74 | 79 | 74 | |
| T60 | Terry Diehl | +13 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 76 | |
| T67 | Ed Dougherty | +14 | 73 | 70 | 80 | 79 | |
| T67 | John Lister | +14 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 78 | |
| T67 | Pat McGowan | +14 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 79 | |
| T67 | Rex Caldwell | +14 | 80 | 71 | 76 | 75 | |
| T67 | Rik Massengale | +14 | 73 | 74 | 80 | 75 | |
| T67 | Scott Bess | +14 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 76 | |
| 73 | Brad Bryant | +15 | 74 | 74 | 80 | 75 | |
| T74 | Bob Ackerman | +16 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 77 | |
| T74 | Joe Inman | +16 | 77 | 74 | 75 | 78 | |
| T74 | Raymond Floyd | +16 | 79 | 70 | 80 | 75 | |
| T74 | Scott Simpson | +16 | 77 | 74 | 77 | 76 | |
| T78 | Jim Vanlossow | +17 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 82 | |
| T78 | Ken Still | +17 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 79 | |
| T80 | David Edwards | +18 | 75 | 72 | 83 | 76 | |
| T80 | Jim Thorpe | +18 | 77 | 73 | 78 | 78 | |
| T80 | Michael Brannan | +18 | 78 | 73 | 76 | 79 | |
| 83 | Billy Casper | +19 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 79 | |
| T84 | Jim Jamieson | +21 | 76 | 73 | 81 | 79 | |
| T84 | Lou Graham | +21 | 79 | 71 | 80 | 79 | |
| CUT | Antonio Cerda | +12 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Barry Fleming | +15 | 81 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Barry Jaeckel | +8 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Beau Baugh | +16 | 78 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Bill Calfee | +13 | 75 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Bill Sander | +14 | 78 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Bob Augustine | +12 | 85 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Bob Byman | +11 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Bob Mann | +11 | 74 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Bob Post | +20 | 81 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Bob Shearer | +17 | 78 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Bob Zender | +11 | 80 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Mitchell | +13 | 77 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Bobby Walzel | +10 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Buddy Gardner | +12 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Butch Baird | +10 | 77 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Carlton White | +12 | 79 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Chris Clark | +9 | 77 | 76 | |||
| CUT | D.A. Weibring | +17 | 83 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Dana Quigley | +18 | 84 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Dave Barr | +10 | 81 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger | +9 | 77 | 76 | |||
| CUT | David Canipe | +8 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | David Eger | +12 | 80 | 76 | |||
| CUT | David Lundstrom | +9 | 75 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Dean Lind | +12 | 77 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Dick Hart | +18 | 80 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Dick Mast | +21 | 84 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Don January | +8 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Don Pooley | +8 | 76 | 76 | |||
| WD | Ed Fiori | +10 | 82 | ||||
| CUT | Frank Beard | +13 | 80 | 77 | |||
| CUT | George Johnson | +8 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Gil Morgan | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Greg Powers | +15 | 83 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Jack Newton | +9 | 80 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Jack Sommers | +15 | 81 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Jeff Mitchell | +16 | 82 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Jerry McGee | +8 | 71 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Jim Chancey | +15 | 74 | 85 | |||
| DQ | Jim Dent | — | |||||
| CUT | Jim White | +16 | 78 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Joe Kunes | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Joe Porter | +15 | 86 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Kevin Klier | +29 | 86 | 87 | |||
| WD | Leonard Thompson | — | |||||
| CUT | Lindy Miller | +13 | 84 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Lonnie Nielsen | +10 | 74 | 80 | |||
| WD | Mac McLendon | — | |||||
| CUT | Mark McCumber | +8 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Marty Fleckman | +17 | 78 | 83 | |||
| CUT | Mike Reasor | +13 | 77 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Mike Schroder | +12 | 78 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Miller Barber | +8 | 79 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Morris Hatalsky | +8 | 78 | 74 | |||
| DQ | Orville Moody | — | |||||
| CUT | Parker Moore | +10 | 81 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Pat Lindsey | +21 | 83 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Phil Aldridge | +13 | 76 | 81 | |||
| CUT | Rocky Thompson | +10 | 74 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Rod Curl | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Roger Calvin | +8 | 76 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Sammy Rachels | +11 | 78 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Skip Dunaway | +11 | 76 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Steve Benson | +19 | 81 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Steven Veriato | +17 | 79 | 82 | |||
| CUT | Tom McGinnis | +11 | 76 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Tommy Aaron | +8 | 77 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Tommy Thomas | +16 | 77 | 83 | |||
| WD | Tony Hollifield | — |
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