PGA Championship 1979 — leaderboard and results
1979-08-01 to 1979-08-05 · Oakland Hills CC · Major championship · Purse $350,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Graham | -8 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 65 | |
| 2 | Ben Crenshaw | -8 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 67 | |
| 3 | Rex Caldwell | -6 | 67 | 70 | 66 | 71 | |
| 4 | Ron Streck | -4 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 68 | |
| T5 | Gibby Gilbert | -2 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 69 | |
| T5 | Jerry Pate | -2 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 71 | |
| T7 | Don January | -1 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 69 | |
| T7 | Howard Twitty | -1 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 67 | |
| T7 | Jay Haas | -1 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 69 | |
| T10 | Gary Koch | E | 71 | 71 | 71 | 67 | |
| T10 | Lou Graham | E | 69 | 74 | 68 | 69 | |
| T12 | Andy Bean | +1 | 76 | 69 | 68 | 68 | |
| T12 | Jack Renner | +1 | 71 | 74 | 66 | 70 | |
| T12 | Jerry McGee | +1 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 68 | |
| T12 | Tom Watson | +1 | 66 | 72 | 69 | 74 | |
| T16 | Bob Gilder | +2 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 70 | |
| T16 | Bruce Lietzke | +2 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 73 | |
| T16 | Gene Littler | +2 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 73 | |
| T16 | Graham Marsh | +2 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | |
| T16 | Hubert Green | +2 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 71 | |
| T21 | Bob Byman | +3 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 69 | |
| T21 | John Schroeder | +3 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 69 | |
| T23 | Alan Tapie | +4 | 73 | 65 | 76 | 70 | |
| T23 | Frank Conner | +4 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 72 | |
| T23 | Gary Player | +4 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 71 | |
| T23 | Peter Jacobsen | +4 | 70 | 74 | 67 | 73 | |
| T23 | Rod Funseth | +4 | 70 | 69 | 76 | 69 | |
| T28 | Artie McNickle | +5 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 74 | |
| T28 | Ed Sneed | +5 | 77 | 67 | 70 | 71 | |
| T28 | George Burns | +5 | 71 | 74 | 67 | 73 | |
| T28 | Gil Morgan | +5 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 70 | |
| T28 | Larry Nelson | +5 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 70 | |
| T28 | Mark McCumber | +5 | 75 | 68 | 70 | 72 | |
| T28 | Miller Barber | +5 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 71 | |
| T35 | Bill Rogers | +7 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 72 | |
| T35 | Dave Stockton | +7 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 70 | |
| T35 | Jim Masserio | +7 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 74 | |
| T35 | Lee Elder | +7 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 73 | |
| T35 | Lee Trevino | +7 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 72 | |
| T35 | Lynn Janson | +7 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 71 | |
| T35 | Tom Kite | +7 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 74 | |
| T42 | Calvin Peete | +8 | 75 | 71 | 70 | 72 | |
| T42 | Jim Wright | +8 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 75 | |
| T42 | Kermit Zarley | +8 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 75 | |
| T42 | Sam Snead | +8 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 73 | |
| T46 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | +9 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 74 | |
| T46 | Don Padgett | +9 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 70 | |
| T46 | Jim Colbert | +9 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 71 | |
| T46 | Jim Simons | +9 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 72 | |
| T46 | Tommy Aaron | +9 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 74 | |
| T51 | Bob Mann | +10 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 75 | |
| T51 | John Mahaffey | +10 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 73 | |
| T51 | Rod Curl | +10 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | |
| T54 | Dave Barber | +11 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 77 | |
| T54 | DeWitt Weaver | +11 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 74 | |
| T54 | Fuzzy Zoeller | +11 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 71 | |
| T54 | Jim Dent | +11 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 73 | |
| T54 | Leonard Thompson | +11 | 72 | 67 | 78 | 74 | |
| T54 | Wally Armstrong | +11 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 73 | |
| T60 | Barry Jaeckel | +12 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 73 | |
| T60 | Keith Fergus | +12 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 76 | |
| T62 | Mark Hayes | +13 | 71 | 73 | 77 | 72 | |
| T62 | Raymond Floyd | +13 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 72 | |
| T62 | Rocky Thompson | +13 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 76 | |
| T65 | Al Geiberger | +14 | 76 | 70 | 73 | 75 | |
| T65 | Austin Straub | +14 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 79 | |
| T65 | Jack Nicklaus | +14 | 73 | 72 | 78 | 71 | |
| T65 | Lon Hinkle | +14 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 78 | |
| T65 | Scott Bess | +14 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 74 | |
| 70 | Lanny Wadkins | +15 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 76 | |
| 71 | Bobby Wadkins | +16 | 77 | 68 | 75 | 76 | |
| 72 | Dean Refram | +18 | 75 | 69 | 79 | 75 | |
| T73 | Dennis Coscina | +23 | 76 | 70 | 74 | 83 | |
| T73 | Ronnie Smoak | +23 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 79 | |
| CUT | Arnold Palmer | +15 | 81 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Craig Stadler | +8 | 73 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Curtis Strange | +10 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Doug Tewell | +8 | 75 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Hale Irwin | +8 | 73 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | +8 | 73 | 75 |
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