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Sports headlines for Sunday March 11, 1979:

• Trouble-Free Richmond Victory For Yarborough
• DePaul's Starting Five Goes The Distance In 89-78 Win
• After 6 Tour Years, Larry Nelson Wins
• Toronto Wins 5th In A Row After Rehiring Coach
• Johncock Carts Off Top Prize In The Phoenix 150

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Final results of the 1979 Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic

Tournament held at Inverrary Golf & Country Club (Lauderhill, FL) from March 8, 1979 to March 11, 1979     (Par 72)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Larry Nelson	67	69	67	71	-14	274	$54,000
2	Ray Floyd	69	72	67	74	-6	282	$10,800
3	Pat McGowan	72	74	67	71	-4	284	$8,700
4	Howard Twitty	75	70	67	73	-3	285	$5,775
4	Mike McCullough	70	74	67	74	-3	285	$5,775
6	Don January	70	75	67	75	-1	287	$2,670
7	Lee Elder	72	71	68	70	-7	281	$13,200
8	Bob Gilder	76	69	68	71	-4	284	$8,700
9	Jim King	72	73	68	72	-3	285	$5,775
10	J.C. Snead	72	74	68	72	-2	286	$3,765
11	Scott Simpson	72	72	68	76	Even	288	$1,911
12	Bob Byman	72	73	68	77	+2	290	$936
13	Doug Tewell	71	74	68	79	+4	292	$675
13	Fuzzy Zoeller	73	72	68	79	+4	292	$675
15	Grier Jones	71	67	69	70	-11	277	$32,400
16	Ben Crenshaw	72	72	69	72	-3	285	$5,775
16	Rod Curl	71	71	69	74	-3	285	$5,775
18	Mark Lye	72	71	69	75	-1	287	$2,670
18	Dewitt Weaver	71	71	69	76	-1	287	$2,670
20	Ed Sneed	77	69	69	78	+5	293	$639
21	Kermit Zarley	75	71	70	69	-3	285	$5,775
22	Frank Conner	72	73	70	71	-2	286	$3,765
23	Sam Snead	74	71	70	73	Even	288	$1,911
23	Gary McCord	71	72	70	75	Even	288	$1,911
23	Mark James	68	71	70	79	Even	288	$1,911
26	Orville Moody	71	75	70	73	+1	289	$1,352
26	Bruce Lietzke	72	71	70	76	+1	289	$1,352
28	Dennis Sullivan	74	71	70	77	+4	292	$675
29	Ed Fiori	73	72	70	79	+6	294	$615
30	Andy North	69	71	71	72	-5	283	$10,050
31	Lou Graham	72	70	71	72	-3	285	$5,775
32	Mike Hill	71	72	71	73	-1	287	$2,670
32	Curtis Strange	71	69	71	76	-1	287	$2,670
34	Jim Simons	69	74	71	74	Even	288	$1,911
35	Peter Oosterhuis	70	73	71	75	+1	289	$1,352
36	Julius Boros	73	72	71	74	+2	290	$936
36	Larry Ziegler	75	69	71	75	+2	290	$936
38	Dana Quigley	71	75	71	77	+6	294	$615
39	Hale Irwin	73	62	72	73	-8	280	$20,400
40	Wayne Levi	66	73	72	74	-3	285	$5,775
41	Wally Armstrong	73	70	72	71	-2	286	$3,765
42	D.A. Weibring	73	71	72	72	Even	288	$1,911
43	Chi Chi Rodriguez	71	71	72	75	+1	289	$1,352
44	George Burns	76	70	72	72	+2	290	$936
44	Joe Hager	73	70	72	75	+2	290	$936
46	Bobby Wadkins	72	72	72	75	+3	291	$731
46	Miller Barber	71	72	72	76	+3	291	$731
48	Brad Bryant	73	70	72	77	+4	292	$675
48	Michael Brannan	70	71	72	79	+4	292	$675
50	Bill Rogers	72	67	73	74	-2	286	$3,765
51	Keith Fergus	72	73	73	70	Even	288	$1,911
52	David Graham	70	74	73	72	+1	289	$1,352
52	Joe Kunes	72	71	73	73	+1	289	$1,352
54	Bob Smith	73	71	73	73	+2	290	$936
55	Jim Dent	71	71	73	76	+3	291	$731
55	Bob Murphy	71	70	73	77	+3	291	$731
57	Gibby Gilbert	71	73	73	75	+4	292	$675
58	Jack Nicklaus	74	72	73	75	+6	294	$615
59	Tommy Aaron	66	69	74	72	-7	281	$13,200
60	Charles Coody	68	69	74	73	-4	284	$8,700
61	Bill Kratzert	72	70	74	76	+4	292	$675
62	Calvin Peete	74	72	74	79	+11	299	$594
63	Larry Webb	71	75	74	80	+12	300	$585
64	Mark Hayes	69	72	75	72	Even	288	$1,911
65	Marty Fleckman	70	71	75	74	+2	290	$936
66	Gil Morgan	71	75	75	71	+4	292	$675
67	Phil Hancock	75	68	75	75	+5	293	$639
67	Randy Erskine	72	67	75	79	+5	293	$639
69	Howard Clark	73	72	75	74	+6	294	$615
70	Greg Powers	74	72	75	81	+14	302	$576
71	Bruce Devlin	68	74	76	75	+5	293	$639
72	Lindy Miller	70	72	77	70	+1	289	$1,352
73	Jeff Mitchell	75	70	77	78	+12	300	$585
74	Ken Still	70	71	81	75	+9	297	$600

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Bobby Nichols	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Dan Pohl	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Dan Sikes	75	72	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Dave Barr	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	David Edwards	71	76	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Forrest Fezler	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Gardner Dickinson	77	70	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Jim Chancey	74	73	0	0	+3	147	$0
	John Schroeder	77	70	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Lee Trevino	73	74	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Roger Maltbie	72	75	0	0	+3	147	$0
	Andy Bean	78	70	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Frank Beard	78	70	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Jerry Heard	75	73	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Ken Brown	76	72	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Mark McCumber	71	77	0	0	+4	148	$0
	Mark Pfeil	75	74	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Sammy Rachels	74	75	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Tom Storey	77	72	0	0	+5	149	$0
	Butch Baird	78	72	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Jim Colbert	74	76	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Jim Nelford	74	76	0	0	+6	150	$0
	John Fought	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Kip Byrne	75	75	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Mike White	72	78	0	0	+6	150	$0
	Buddy Gardner	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Darrell Welker	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Dick Mast	76	75	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Joe Porter	75	76	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Larry Hinson	77	74	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Leonard Thompson	74	77	0	0	+7	151	$0
	Bill Murchison	75	77	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bob Mann	76	76	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Brian Barnes	74	78	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Bruce Fleisher	75	77	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Jim Ahern	72	80	0	0	+8	152	$0
	Alan Tapie	82	71	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Stanton Altgelt	76	77	0	0	+9	153	$0
	Ed Sabo	73	81	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Jeff Hewes	80	74	0	0	+10	154	$0
	John Adams	82	72	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Rich Bassett	75	79	0	0	+10	154	$0
	Dean Refram	75	80	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Gene Littler	79	76	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Joe Benevento	80	75	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Ron Streck	83	72	0	0	+11	155	$0
	Bill Garrett	75	81	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Bob Duval	80	76	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Carlton White	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Mark Mike	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Tim Simpson	79	77	0	0	+12	156	$0
	Bill Sander	79	78	0	0	+13	157	$0
	Artie McNickle	78	80	0	0	+14	158	$0
	Jim Knoll	79	79	0	0	+14	158	$0
	David Lundstrom	80	79	0	0	+15	159	$0
	Robert Donald	83	77	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Roger Kennedy	83	77	0	0	+16	160	$0
	Ed Furgol	76	85	0	0	+17	161	$0
	Tommy McGinnis	87	82	0	0	+25	169	$0
WD	Tom Weiskopf	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Lon Hinkle	78	0	0	0	+6	78	$0
WD	Jerry Pate	81	0	0	0	+9	81	$0
WD	Rik Massengale	82	0	0	0	+10	82	$0
WD	Doug Ford	83	0	0	0	+11	83	$0
WD	Tom Purtzer	69	74	72	0	-1	215	$0

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