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Sports headlines for Sunday August 6, 1978:

• Mahaffey Captures PGA In 3-Man Playoff

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Final results of the 1978 PGA Championship

Tournament held at Oakmont Country Club (Oakmont, PA) from August 3, 1978 to August 6, 1978     (Par 71)

John Mahaffey defeated Jerry Pate and Tom Watson on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Tom Watson	67	69	67	73	-8	276	$25,000
2	Dave Stockton	68	75	74	72	+5	289	$3,100
3	Lee Trevino	69	73	70	72	Even	284	$8,000
4	Ben Crenshaw	69	71	75	73	+4	288	$3,767
5	Johnny Miller	69	72	72	79	+8	292	$1,350
6	Dave Hill	69	76	75	74	+10	294	$513
7	Craig Stadler	70	74	67	71	-2	282	$10,000
8	Bill Kratzert	70	77	73	67	+3	287	$4,813
9	Grier Jones	70	73	71	74	+4	288	$3,767
9	Phil Hancock	70	73	70	75	+4	288	$3,767
11	Mike Sullivan	70	75	73	73	+7	291	$1,750
11	Lanny Wadkins	70	73	72	76	+7	291	$1,750
13	Mike Morley	70	73	73	77	+9	293	$813
13	Rod Funseth	70	73	72	78	+9	293	$813
15	Wally Armstrong	71	73	75	70	+5	289	$3,100
16	Hubert Green	71	71	74	74	+6	290	$2,350
17	Keith Fergus	71	74	72	75	+8	292	$1,350
18	Lee Elder	71	76	73	73	+9	293	$813
19	Bob Murphy	71	75	71	78	+11	295	$500
20	Jerry Pate	72	70	66	68	-8	276	$25,000
21	Graham Marsh	72	74	68	70	Even	284	$8,000
21	Andy Bean	72	72	70	70	Even	284	$8,000
23	Joe Inman	72	68	69	77	+2	286	$6,000
24	Leonard Thompson	72	76	74	71	+9	293	$813
24	Bill Rogers	72	74	73	74	+9	293	$813
26	Tom Purtzer	72	70	78	75	+11	295	$500
27	Curtis Strange	72	74	71	79	+12	296	$500
28	Tom Weiskopf	73	67	69	71	-4	280	$14,500
29	Hale Irwin	73	71	73	70	+3	287	$4,813
30	Don January	73	72	75	69	+5	289	$3,100
31	Bob Shearer	73	73	71	73	+6	290	$2,350
31	Peter Oosterhuis	73	72	72	73	+6	290	$2,350
31	Bob Zender	73	69	74	74	+6	290	$2,350
34	Jack Newton	73	71	71	79	+10	294	$513
35	Jay Haas	73	71	77	75	+12	296	$500
36	Lon Hinkle	73	73	74	79	+15	299	$500
37	Bob Gilder	74	71	70	74	+5	289	$3,100
38	George Cadle	74	74	74	68	+6	290	$2,350
39	Jim Dent	74	74	70	73	+7	291	$1,750
40	Danny Edwards	74	73	70	75	+8	292	$1,350
41	Dave Eichelberger	74	73	74	72	+9	293	$813
42	Tommy Aycock	74	72	75	73	+10	294	$513
43	Bobby Wadkins	74	74	71	76	+11	295	$500
44	Laurie Hammer	74	72	77	77	+16	300	$500
44	Gary Koch	74	72	77	77	+16	300	$500
46	Jim Colbert	74	74	73	80	+17	301	$500
47	John Mahaffey	75	67	68	66	-8	276	$50,000
48	Fuzzy Zoeller	75	69	73	68	+1	285	$6,500
49	Bobby Nichols	75	67	73	74	+5	289	$3,100
49	Kermit Zarley	75	71	67	76	+5	289	$3,100
51	Greg Powers	75	70	75	70	+6	290	$2,350
52	Dewitt Weaver	75	69	72	77	+9	293	$813
53	Bobby Cole	75	73	73	74	+11	295	$500
54	Bruce Lietzke	75	72	73	78	+14	298	$500
55	Howard Twitty	75	72	77	76	+16	300	$500
56	Gil Morgan	76	71	66	67	-4	280	$14,500
57	Larry Nelson	76	71	70	70	+3	287	$4,813
57	John Schroeder	76	69	70	72	+3	287	$4,813
59	Rod Curl	76	71	73	70	+6	290	$2,350
59	Gary Player	76	72	71	71	+6	290	$2,350
61	Victor Regalado	76	71	70	74	+7	291	$1,750
62	Andy North	76	71	73	73	+9	293	$813
63	Ray Floyd	76	72	73	73	+10	294	$513
64	Mike McCullough	76	71	75	74	+12	296	$500
65	George Archer	76	67	77	77	+13	297	$500
66	Ed Sneed	76	72	73	79	+16	300	$500
66	Jerry Heard	76	71	72	81	+16	300	$500
68	Bill Hall	76	72	77	78	+19	303	$500
69	Morris Hatalsky	77	71	69	75	+8	292	$1,350
70	George Burns	79	68	70	72	+5	289	$3,100

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Bob Galloway	71	78	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Don Pooley	74	75	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Doug Ford	74	75	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Gene Littler	76	73	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Jim Simons	76	73	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Julius Boros	78	71	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Mark Hayes	76	73	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Pat McGowan	74	75	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Tom Kite	74	75	0	0	+7	149	$0
	Allen Miller	75	75	0	0	+8	150	$0
	Howell Fraser	78	72	0	0	+8	150	$0
	Larry Rinker	75	75	0	0	+8	150	$0
	Mike Hill	78	72	0	0	+8	150	$0
	Al Geiberger	76	75	0	0	+9	151	$0
	Barry Jaeckel	76	75	0	0	+9	151	$0
	David Eger	77	74	0	0	+9	151	$0
	David Graham	74	77	0	0	+9	151	$0
	Dow Finsterwald	77	74	0	0	+9	151	$0
	Jack Renner	77	74	0	0	+9	151	$0
	Jimmy Picard	76	75	0	0	+9	151	$0
	John Lister	73	78	0	0	+9	151	$0
	Lou Graham	80	71	0	0	+9	151	$0
	Arnold Palmer	78	74	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Bob Duden	74	78	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Bryan Abbott	75	77	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Buddy Whitten	76	76	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Charles Coody	76	76	0	0	+10	152	$0
	George Bellino	76	76	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Gibby Gilbert	75	77	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Paul Barkhouse	77	75	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Steve Melnyk	73	79	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Steve Spray	73	79	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Alan Tapie	77	76	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Art Proctor	77	76	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Billy Casper	79	74	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Bob Payne	79	74	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Bruce Summerhays	74	79	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Gene Borek	79	74	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Jack Nicklaus	79	74	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Rives McBee	76	77	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Bob Brue	82	73	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Dave Barber	80	75	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Doug Dalziel	82	73	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Gene Torres	77	78	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Geoff Hensley	76	79	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Rik Massengale	81	74	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Dave Marad	75	81	0	0	+14	156	$0
	Forrest Fezler	77	79	0	0	+14	156	$0
	Jim Ahern	80	76	0	0	+14	156	$0
	Jeff Mitchell	82	75	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Jerry Breaux	79	78	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Joe Jimenez	78	79	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Rick Acton	78	79	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Jim O'Hern	76	82	0	0	+16	158	$0
	Denny Lyons	76	83	0	0	+17	159	$0
	Bob Boldt	77	83	0	0	+18	160	$0
	Dick Smith	82	79	0	0	+19	161	$0
	Steve Benson	81	81	0	0	+20	162	$0
	Jim King	81	82	0	0	+21	163	$0
	Stan Thirsk	81	82	0	0	+21	163	$0
	Babe Lichardus	83	81	0	0	+22	164	$0
	Bob Leaver	85	79	0	0	+22	164	$0

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