Sports headlines for Friday May 1, 1970:
- Joe Louis To Have Psychiatric Exam
Scores through round 2 of the 1970 Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Tournament held at Preston Trail Golf Club (Dallas, TX) from April 30, 1970 to May 3, 1970 (Par 70)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Peterson | 79 | 71 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Phil Gibbs | 78 | 72 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | J.C. Snead | 77 | 73 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Dick Carmody | 77 | 73 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Doug Ford | 77 | 73 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Joe Porter | 76 | 74 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Rives McBee | 75 | 75 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Jerry Barrier | 75 | 75 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Ben Kern | 75 | 75 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Rick Rhoads | 75 | 75 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Ross Collins | 74 | 76 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Butch Baird | 74 | 76 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Richard Crawford | 74 | 76 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Chuck Courtney | 73 | 77 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Bobby Mitchell | 73 | 77 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | Brian Barnes | 72 | 78 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 1 | John Baldwin | 71 | 79 | +10 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Roy Pace | 78 | 73 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Ted Hayes | 78 | 73 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Dave Marr | 77 | 74 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Gary Groh | 76 | 75 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Rafe Botts | 76 | 75 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | John Levinson | 76 | 75 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Jack Lewis | 76 | 75 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Rich Bassett | 74 | 77 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Wayne Vollmer | 74 | 77 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 18 | Bob Dickson | 72 | 79 | +11 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 28 | Bob Erickson | 80 | 72 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 28 | Phil Rodgers | 79 | 73 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 28 | Rod Curl | 77 | 75 | +12 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 31 | Ron Acree | 80 | 73 | +13 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 31 | Miller Barber | 78 | 75 | +13 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 31 | John Wells | 77 | 76 | +13 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 31 | Charles Coody | 75 | 78 | +13 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 35 | Dave Gumlia | 79 | 75 | +14 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 35 | George Boutell | 78 | 76 | +14 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 35 | Jerry Heard | 78 | 76 | +14 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 35 | Bunky Henry | 78 | 76 | +14 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 35 | Fred Marti | 77 | 77 | +14 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Dewitt Weaver | 77 | 78 | +15 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Alvin Odom | 76 | 79 | +15 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Mac McLendon | 76 | 79 | +15 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Jack Ewing | 74 | 81 | +15 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 40 | Terry Dill | 74 | 81 | +15 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 45 | Dean Refram | 74 | 82 | +16 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 46 | Pete Kuklinski | 80 | 77 | +17 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 46 | Bill Farkas | 78 | 79 | +17 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Chuck Montalbano | 78 | 82 | +20 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 49 | Lee Trevino | 74 | 68 | +2 | 142 | $5,900 | ||
| 50 | John Schroeder | 73 | 66 | -1 | 139 | $5,900 | ||
| 51 | Jerry Abbott | 69 | 71 | Even | 140 | $2,950 | ||
| 52 | Harold Henning | 70 | 73 | +3 | 143 | $2,600 | ||
| 53 | Dave Stockton | 73 | 71 | +4 | 144 | $2,600 | ||
| 53 | Bob Menne | 74 | 70 | +4 | 144 | $1,900 | ||
| 55 | Joel Goldstrand | 75 | 70 | +5 | 145 | $337 | ||
| 56 | Randy Wolff | 71 | 71 | +2 | 142 | $4,100 | ||
| 57 | Gay Brewer | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $913 | ||
| 57 | Cesar Sanudo | 72 | 73 | +5 | 145 | $652 | ||
| 57 | Gibby Gilbert | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $530 | ||
| 57 | George Johnson | 72 | 73 | +5 | 145 | $337 | ||
| 61 | Bert Greene | 74 | 74 | +8 | 148 | $770 | ||
| 62 | Johnny Miller | 75 | 74 | +9 | 149 | $770 | ||
| 63 | Arnold Palmer | 66 | 71 | -3 | 137 | $11,400 | ||
| 64 | Hale Irwin | 74 | 71 | +5 | 145 | $913 | ||
| 64 | Gary Player | 70 | 75 | +5 | 145 | $770 | ||
| 66 | R.H. Sikes | 74 | 72 | +6 | 146 | $1,300 | ||
| 66 | Rolf Deming | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $530 | ||
| 66 | Don Massengale | 76 | 70 | +6 | 146 | $143 | ||
| 66 | Earl Stewart | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $143 | ||
| 70 | Johnny Pott | 72 | 75 | +7 | 147 | $913 | ||
| 70 | Labron Harris | 71 | 76 | +7 | 147 | $530 | ||
| 70 | Lionel Hebert | 74 | 73 | +7 | 147 | $165 | ||
| 73 | John Lively | 74 | 75 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 74 | Dan Sikes | 70 | 67 | -3 | 137 | $3,400 | ||
| 75 | Pete Brown | 69 | 70 | -1 | 139 | $3,400 | ||
| 76 | Don January | 73 | 67 | Even | 140 | $1,900 | ||
| 77 | Larry Wood | 72 | 70 | +2 | 142 | $1,900 | ||
| 77 | Dale Douglass | 72 | 70 | +2 | 142 | $1,900 | ||
| 77 | Steve Melnyk | 68 | 74 | +2 | 142 | $0 | ||
| 80 | Howie Johnson | 72 | 73 | +5 | 145 | $1,300 | ||
| 81 | Jim Jamieson | 76 | 71 | +7 | 147 | $337 | ||
| 82 | Charles Sifford | 74 | 74 | +8 | 148 | $337 | ||
| 82 | Jerry Edwards | 73 | 75 | +8 | 148 | $143 | ||
| 84 | Jack Nicklaus | 67 | 68 | -5 | 135 | $20,000 | ||
| 85 | Bobby Greenwood | 72 | 69 | +1 | 141 | $1,900 | ||
| 86 | Chris Blocker | 71 | 71 | +2 | 142 | $1,300 | ||
| 87 | Jim Ferriell | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $530 | ||
| 88 | Dudley Wysong | 75 | 71 | +6 | 146 | $652 | ||
| 89 | Jerry McGee | 73 | 74 | +7 | 147 | $337 | ||
| 90 | Bruce Crampton | 76 | 73 | +9 | 149 | $337 | ||
| 90 | Kermit Zarley | 76 | 73 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 90 | Dick Rhyan | 77 | 72 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 93 | Bruce Devlin | 72 | 66 | -2 | 138 | $1,300 | ||
| 94 | Ross Randall | 73 | 71 | +4 | 144 | $530 | ||
| 94 | Joe Carr | 68 | 76 | +4 | 144 | $165 | ||
| 94 | Hugh Royer | 71 | 73 | +4 | 144 | $143 | ||
| 97 | Bob Charles | 71 | 74 | +5 | 145 | $165 | ||
| 97 | Steve Reid | 71 | 74 | +5 | 145 | $165 | ||
| 97 | Freddie Haas | 72 | 73 | +5 | 145 | $143 | ||
| 100 | Jacky Cupit | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $143 | ||
| 101 | Don Bies | 73 | 75 | +8 | 148 | $652 | ||
| 101 | Sam Carmichael | 72 | 76 | +8 | 148 | $143 | ||
| 103 | Bob Payne | 75 | 74 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 104 | Billy Maxwell | 71 | 70 | +1 | 141 | $1,900 | ||
| 105 | John Schlee | 74 | 69 | +3 | 143 | $913 | ||
| 106 | Jack Fleck | 73 | 71 | +4 | 144 | $652 | ||
| 107 | Bill Brask | 68 | 77 | +5 | 145 | $337 | ||
| 107 | Homero Blancas | 76 | 69 | +5 | 145 | $165 | ||
| 109 | Orville Moody | 78 | 68 | +6 | 146 | $530 | ||
| 109 | Bill Garrett | 72 | 74 | +6 | 146 | $165 | ||
| 111 | Rocky Thompson | 76 | 73 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 111 | Claude Harmon | 75 | 74 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 113 | Peter Townsend | 68 | 73 | +1 | 141 | $1,300 | ||
| 114 | Richard Martinez | 73 | 71 | +4 | 144 | $143 | ||
| 115 | Harry Toscano | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $337 | ||
| 115 | Ken Ellsworth | 73 | 72 | +5 | 145 | $143 | ||
| 117 | Mike Hill | 77 | 72 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 117 | Jim Colbert | 76 | 73 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 119 | Herb Hooper | 75 | 66 | +1 | 141 | $652 | ||
| 120 | John Jacobs | 69 | 75 | +4 | 144 | $337 | ||
| 121 | Mahlon Moe | 76 | 70 | +6 | 146 | $143 | ||
| 122 | Bert Yancey | 74 | 73 | +7 | 147 | $143 | ||
| 122 | Bob Stone | 75 | 72 | +7 | 147 | $143 | ||
| 124 | Eldridge Miles | 70 | 73 | +3 | 143 | $143 | ||
| 125 | John Lotz | 72 | 76 | +8 | 148 | $143 | ||
| 126 | Gary Bowerman | 79 | 70 | +9 | 149 | $143 | ||
| 127 | Allan Henning | 73 | 73 | +6 | 146 | $143 |


