Monday January 23, 1978
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Sports headlines for Monday January 23, 1978:




Final results of the 1978 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am


Tournament held at Pebble Beach Golf Links (Pebble Beach, CA) from January 20, 1978 to January 23, 1978     (Par 72)

Tom Watson defeated Ben Crenshaw on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
1Tom Watson66747169-8280$45,000
1Ben Crenshaw69717367-8280$25,650
3Hale Irwin69707468-7281$15,975
4Hubert Green69717469-5283$9,300
4Don Bies70707370-5283$9,300
4Mike Morley71736871-5283$9,300
7Andy North74706971-4284$7,200
8Tony Jacklin74707368-3285$6,117
8Don Pooley70707570-3285$6,117
8Tom Weiskopf70717173-3285$6,117
11Marty Fleckman73717270-2286$4,275
11Lon Hinkle69727570-2286$4,275
11Danny Edwards72717271-2286$4,275
11Gibby Gilbert70717273-2286$4,275
11David Graham71726974-2286$4,275
11Ray Floyd70697275-2286$4,275
17Jerry Pate76717268-1287$2,925
17Fuzzy Zoeller69727769-1287$2,925
17Tom Kite72737270-1287$2,925
17Rik Massengale71737271-1287$2,925
17George Burns71717372-1287$2,925
22Stan Lee71727570Even288$2,056
22Curtis Strange71757171Even288$2,056
22Gene Littler73727172Even288$2,056
22Craig Stadler72717273Even288$2,056
26Jerry McGee69737671+1289$1,725
26Mike Reasor71757073+1289$1,725
26John Schroeder71727274+1289$1,725
29Lee Elder73727669+2290$1,465
29Jay Haas72747272+2290$1,465
29Jack Nicklaus77746673+2290$1,465
29Tommy McGinnis69707477+2290$1,465
29Dave Stockton72716978+2290$1,465
34Graham Marsh76747071+3291$1,139
34Leonard Thompson74747073+3291$1,139
34Forrest Fezler75717273+3291$1,139
34Bobby Cole73717374+3291$1,139
34Andy Bean72707376+3291$1,139
34Howard Twitty72707376+3291$1,139
40Jim Colbert74727373+4292$877
40Wally Armstrong74717473+4292$877
40Bruce Devlin76707274+4292$877
40Doug Tewell71727475+4292$877
40Eddie Pearce74707375+4292$877
45Billy Casper71757374+5293$642
45Bill Rogers72776975+5293$642
45Joe Kunes73727375+5293$642
45Ed Sneed72757076+5293$642
45Lyn Lott75717176+5293$642
45Bobby Nichols70737278+5293$642
51Jim Dent73757274+6294$538
51Gil Morgan69717876+6294$538
51Antonio Cerda74687478+6294$538
54Jack Spradlin72737674+7295$510
54Bobby Walzel77687575+7295$510
56Mac McLendon70747775+8296$490
56Gay Brewer76707377+8296$490
58Dick Lotz74767176+9297$468
58Charles Coody76727376+9297$468
60Joe Porter71747678+11299$435
60Jack Renner71727878+11299$435
60Tom Shaw75717479+11299$435
63Kermit Zarley75757179+12300$410
64Frank Beard74757282+15303$400


Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

RankNameRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4To ParTotalWinnings
Bill Garrett7473760+7223$0
Bob Eastwood7075780+7223$0
Carlton White7375750+7223$0
Don Iverson7478710+7223$0
Gary McCord7578700+7223$0
Joe Inman7478710+7223$0
John Mahaffey7475740+7223$0
Lou Graham7175770+7223$0
Manuel Pinero7372780+7223$0
Rod Funseth7972720+7223$0
Sammy Rachels7971730+7223$0
Bruce Robertson7174790+8224$0
Dave Eichelberger7573760+8224$0
Jack Ewing7280720+8224$0
Larry Nelson8172710+8224$0
Orville Moody7371800+8224$0
Arnold Palmer7577730+9225$0
Bob Shearer7774740+9225$0
Bob Zender7379730+9225$0
Bobby Wadkins7280730+9225$0
Ernie George7572780+9225$0
Jerry Heard7574760+9225$0
Lee Mikles7372800+9225$0
Roger Maltbie7674750+9225$0
George Johnson7579720+10226$0
Art Wall7477760+11227$0
Bob Payne7676750+11227$0
Dana Quigley8870690+11227$0
Dow Finsterwald7475780+11227$0
George Cadle7575770+11227$0
George Knudson7574780+11227$0
Mike Shea7276790+11227$0
Rod Curl7575770+11227$0
Steve Melnyk8169770+11227$0
Warren Chancellor7673780+11227$0
Bob Mann7777740+12228$0
Jeff Hewes7873770+12228$0
Ken Towns7676760+12228$0
Rich Friedman7671810+12228$0
Ron Streck7775760+12228$0
Steve Caulkins7382730+12228$0
Tommy Horton7774770+12228$0
Bob Boldt8274730+13229$0
Bob Smith7577770+13229$0
Bruce Fleisher7376800+13229$0
Mike McCullough8071780+13229$0
Mike Sullivan7279780+13229$0
Monty Kaser7880710+13229$0
Valentin Barrios7878730+13229$0
Bruce Lietzke8277710+14230$0
Bruce Summerhays7578770+14230$0
Tony Wallin7775780+14230$0
Allen Miller7976760+15231$0
Dale Hayes7476810+15231$0
Dave Hill7779750+15231$0
Parker Moore7775790+15231$0
Phil Rodgers7777770+15231$0
Tom Purtzer7776780+15231$0
Bill Mallon8074780+16232$0
Mark Hayes7580770+16232$0
Ross Randall7978750+16232$0
Tom Jenkins8273770+16232$0
Tommy Nakajima7876780+16232$0
Victor Regalado7579780+16232$0
Jim Wiechers7979750+17233$0
Lionel Hebert7877780+17233$0
Mike Hill7876790+17233$0
Bob Lunn8073810+18234$0
Gary Koch7680780+18234$0
Jim Langley8078760+18234$0
Jimmy Wittenberg7475850+18234$0
Maurie Ver Brugge7778790+18234$0
Ron Cerrudo7575840+18234$0
Butch Baird8374780+19235$0
John Fought7582780+19235$0
Steve Taylor8373790+19235$0
Ed Dougherty7973840+20236$0
Rick Rhoads8377760+20236$0
Dave Shipley7780800+21237$0
Jim White7981770+21237$0
Mike Souchak8476770+21237$0
Alan Pate7975840+22238$0
Kim Young8077810+22238$0
Don Massengale8476790+23239$0
Jack Burke7883810+26242$0
Eddie Merrins7981830+27243$0
Moon Mullins8284810+31247$0
WDGeorge Archer777100+4148$0

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