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61st PGA Championship

Oakland Hills Country Club

Bloomfield Township, Michigan • United States

Aug 02 - 05, 1979

Purse

$350,600

Winner Share

$60,000

POS
Player
Total
R1
R2
R3
R4
To Par
Full Leaderboard
WON
David Graham Australia
272
69
68
70
65
-8
2
Ben Crenshaw United States
272
69
67
69
67
-8
3
Rex Caldwell United States
274
67
70
66
71
-6
4
Ron Streck United States
276
68
71
69
68
-4
T5
Gibby Gilbert United States
278
69
72
68
69
-2
T5
Jerry Pate United States
278
69
69
69
71
-2
T7
Jay Haas United States
279
68
69
73
69
-1
T7
Don January United States
279
69
70
71
69
-1
T7
Howard Twitty United States
279
70
73
69
67
-1
T10
Lou Graham United States
280
69
74
68
69
E
T10
Gary Koch United States
280
71
71
71
67
E
T12
Andy Bean United States
281
76
69
68
68
1
T12
Jerry McGee United States
281
73
69
71
68
1
T12
Jack Renner United States
281
71
74
66
70
1
T12
Tom Watson United States
281
66
72
69
74
1
T16
Bob Gilder United States
282
73
71
68
70
2
T16
Hubert Green United States
282
69
70
72
71
2
T16
Bruce Lietzke United States
282
69
69
71
73
2
T16
Gene Littler United States
282
71
71
67
73
2
T16
Graham Marsh Australia
282
69
70
71
72
2
T21
Bob Byman United States
283
73
72
69
69
3
T21
John Schroeder United States
283
72
72
70
69
3
T23
Frank Conner United States
284
70
73
69
72
4
T23
Rod Funseth United States
284
70
69
76
69
4
T23
Peter Jacobsen United States
284
70
74
67
73
4
T23
Gary Player South Africa
284
73
70
70
71
4
T23
Alan Tapie United States
284
73
65
76
70
4
T28
Miller Barber United States
285
73
72
69
71
5
T28
George Burns United States
285
71
74
67
73
5
T28
Mark McCumber United States
285
75
68
70
72
5
T28
Artie McNickle United States
285
69
70
72
74
5
T28
Gil Morgan United States
285
72
73
70
70
5
T28
Larry Nelson United States
285
70
75
70
70
5
T28
Ed Sneed United States
285
77
67
70
71
5
T35
Lee Elder United States
287
70
71
73
73
7
T35
Lynn Janson United States
287
73
71
72
71
7
T35
Tom Kite United States
287
72
72
69
74
7
T35
James Masserio
287
69
73
71
74
7
T35
Bill Rogers United States
287
70
72
73
72
7
T35
Dave Stockton United States
287
70
75
72
70
7
T35
Lee Trevino United States
287
70
73
72
72
7
T42
Calvin Peete United States
288
75
71
70
72
8
T42
Sam Snead United States
288
73
71
71
73
8
T42
Jimmy Wright
288
72
69
72
75
8
T42
Kermit Zarley United States
288
73
69
71
75
8
T46
Tommy Aaron United States
289
73
73
69
74
9
T46
Jim Colbert United States
289
73
73
72
71
9
T46
Don Padgett
289
71
75
73
70
9
T46
Chi Chi Rodriguez Puerto Rico
289
71
72
72
74
9
T46
Jim Simons United States
289
76
68
73
72
9
T51
Rod Curl United States
290
72
72
73
73
10
T51
John Mahaffey United States
290
72
74
71
73
10
T51
Bob Mann United States
290
71
73
71
75
10
T54
Wally Armstrong United States
291
74
71
73
73
11
T54
Dave Barber
291
74
69
71
77
11
T54
Jim Dent United States
291
70
72
76
73
11
T54
Leonard Thompson United States
291
72
67
78
74
11
T54
DeWitt Weaver
291
73
73
71
74
11
T54
Fuzzy Zoeller United States
291
70
75
75
71
11
T60
Keith Fergus United States
292
73
70
73
76
12
T60
Barry Jaeckel United States
292
71
73
75
73
12
T62
Raymond Floyd United States
293
74
70
77
72
13
T62
Mark Hayes United States
293
71
73
77
72
13
T62
Rocky Thompson
293
72
72
73
76
13
T65
Scott Bess
294
73
72
75
74
14
T65
Al Geiberger United States
294
76
70
73
75
14
T65
Lon Hinkle United States
294
73
72
71
78
14
T65
Jack Nicklaus United States
294
73
72
78
71
14
T65
Austin Straub
294
73
70
72
79
14
70
Lanny Wadkins United States
295
71
75
73
76
15
71
Bobby Wadkins United States
296
77
68
75
76
16
72
Dean Refram United States
298
75
69
79
75
18
T73
Dennis Coscina
303
76
70
74
83
23
T73
Ronald Smoak
303
72
74
78
79
23
MC-1
Tommy Aycock
147
75
72
-
-
7
MC-1
Mike Brannan
147
73
74
-
-
7
MC-1
Billy Casper United States
147
75
72
-
-
7
MC-1
Randy Erskine
147
72
75
-
-
7
MC-1
Al Mengert United States
147
76
71
-
-
7
MC-1
Lindy Miller
147
76
71
-
-
7
MC-1
Orville Moody United States
147
72
75
-
-
7
MC-1
Jim Nelford
147
74
73
-
-
7
MC-1
Jim Thorpe United States
147
71
76
-
-
7
MC-2
Tim Collins
148
74
74
-
-
8
MC-2
Woody Dame
148
75
73
-
-
8
MC-2
Buddy Gardner United States
148
76
72
-
-
8
MC-2
Hale Irwin United States
148
73
75
-
-
8
MC-2
Grier Jones United States
148
73
75
-
-
8
MC-2
Tom Purtzer United States
148
73
75
-
-
8
MC-2
Victor Regalado Mexico
148
72
76
-
-
8
MC-2
J.C. Snead United States
148
72
76
-
-
8
MC-2
Craig Stadler United States
148
73
75
-
-
8
MC-2
Ron Terry
148
74
74
-
-
8
MC-2
Doug Tewell United States
148
75
73
-
-
8
MC-2
Bobby Walzel United States
148
75
73
-
-
8
MC-2
Jim White
148
78
70
-
-
8
MC-3
John Gentile
149
75
74
-
-
9
MC-3
Michael Nilon
149
75
74
-
-
9
MC-3
Bob Murphy United States
149
71
78
-
-
9
MC-3
Andy North United States
149
76
73
-
-
9
MC-3
Paul Purtzer
149
76
73
-
-
9
MC-3
Mike Reid United States
149
75
74
-
-
9
MC-3
Waddy Stokes
149
78
71
-
-
9
MC-3
D.A. Weibring United States
149
76
73
-
-
9
MC-4
Isao Aoki Japan
150
78
72
-
-
10
MC-4
Julius Boros United States
150
77
73
-
-
10
MC-4
Jim Ferree United States
150
75
75
-
-
10
MC-4
Howell Fraser
150
73
77
-
-
10
MC-4
Phil Hancock United States
150
79
71
-
-
10
MC-4
Billy Kratzert United States
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-4
Lloyd Monroe
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-4
Ralph Montoya
150
76
74
-
-
10
MC-4
Jay Overton
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-4
George Shortridge
150
76
74
-
-
10
MC-4
Curtis Strange United States
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-4
Tom Weiskopf United States
150
79
71
-
-
10
MC-5
Charles Coody United States
151
79
72
-
-
11
MC-5
Dow Finsterwald United States
151
77
74
-
-
11
MC-5
Jimmy Paschal
151
76
75
-
-
11
MC-6
David Jimenez
152
77
75
-
-
12
MC-6
Mac McLendon
152
78
74
-
-
12
MC-6
Larry Ringer United States
152
78
74
-
-
12
MC-6
Larry Startzel
152
77
75
-
-
12
MC-6
Bruce Summerhays
152
78
74
-
-
12
MC-7
Guy Cullins
153
74
79
-
-
13
MC-7
Tom Joyce
153
74
79
-
-
13
MC-7
Tony Kaloustian
153
74
79
-
-
13
MC-7
Mike McCullough United States
153
82
71
-
-
13
MC-7
Bobby Phillips
153
78
75
-
-
13
MC-7
Jack Sommers
153
74
79
-
-
13
MC-8
Mark Alwin
154
77
77
-
-
14
MC-8
Roger Ginsberg
154
76
78
-
-
14
MC-8
Joe Inman United States
154
80
74
-
-
14
MC-8
Babe Lichardus
154
78
76
-
-
14
MC-8
Jim Logue
154
78
76
-
-
14
MC-8
Steve Spray United States
154
77
77
-
-
14
MC-9
Arnold Palmer United States
155
81
74
-
-
15
MC-10
Roy Abrameit United States
156
80
76
-
-
16
MC-10
Gary Clark
156
78
78
-
-
16
MC-10
Mike Davis
156
81
75
-
-
16
MC-10
Bobby Nichols United States
156
74
82
-
-
16
MC-11
Mike Felker
157
77
80
-
-
17
MC-11
Bob Galloway
157
82
75
-
-
17
MC-12
Jerry Barber United States
158
83
75
-
-
18
MC-13
Craig Bunker
159
79
80
-
-
19
MC-13
Alan White
159
80
79
-
-
19
MC-14
Emil Esposito
160
81
79
-
-
20
MC-16
Rob Bragg
162
81
81
-
-
22
MC-17
Doug Ford United States
163
81
82
-
-
23
WD
Richard Martinez
81
81
-
-
-
11