Sports headlines for Friday March 23, 1973:
- Tarkanian Gets Offer He Can't Refuse
- Elder Shoots 74, Holds On To Tie In Masters Bid
Scores through round 2 of the 1973 Greater New Orleans Open
Tournament held at Lakewood Country Club (New Orleans, LA) from March 22, 1973 to March 25, 1973 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Elder | 65 | 74 | -5 | 139 | $4,062 | ||
| 2 | Tom Watson | 67 | 74 | -3 | 141 | $5,500 | ||
| 3 | Bert Yancey | 67 | 76 | -1 | 143 | $476 | ||
| 4 | Jack Nicklaus | 68 | 72 | -4 | 140 | $25,000 | ||
| 5 | Babe Hiskey | 68 | 73 | -3 | 141 | $1,813 | ||
| 6 | Lou Graham | 69 | 71 | -4 | 140 | $8,875 | ||
| 7 | Larry Wood | 69 | 73 | -2 | 142 | $312 | ||
| 8 | Jim Ahern | 69 | 75 | Even | 144 | $729 | ||
| 8 | Tommy Aaron | 69 | 75 | Even | 144 | $0 | ||
| 10 | Miller Barber | 70 | 69 | -5 | 139 | $14,250 | ||
| 11 | Martin Bohen | 70 | 72 | -2 | 142 | $1,813 | ||
| 11 | Rod Funseth | 70 | 72 | -2 | 142 | $1,103 | ||
| 13 | Billy Casper | 70 | 73 | -1 | 143 | $5,500 | ||
| 14 | Bob Charles | 70 | 74 | Even | 144 | $1,103 | ||
| 14 | Dan Sikes | 70 | 74 | Even | 144 | $476 | ||
| 14 | Bobby Phillips | 70 | 74 | Even | 144 | $97 | ||
| 17 | Bob Payne | 70 | 75 | +1 | 145 | $1,813 | ||
| 18 | Dave Hill | 71 | 70 | -3 | 141 | $1,103 | ||
| 19 | Gene Littler | 71 | 71 | -2 | 142 | $2,650 | ||
| 19 | Rod Curl | 71 | 71 | -2 | 142 | $729 | ||
| 19 | Greg Edwards | 71 | 71 | -2 | 142 | $729 | ||
| 22 | Fred Marti | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $729 | ||
| 22 | Don Massengale | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $729 | ||
| 22 | Billy Ziobro | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $729 | ||
| 22 | Vern Novak | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $97 | ||
| 26 | Lanny Wadkins | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $3,375 | ||
| 26 | John Mahaffey | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $2,650 | ||
| 26 | Steve Melnyk | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $312 | ||
| 29 | David Graham | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $729 | ||
| 29 | Gibby Gilbert | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $476 | ||
| 29 | John Lister | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $476 | ||
| 29 | Bob Murphy | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $476 | ||
| 29 | Chuck Courtney | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $312 | ||
| 29 | Mike Reasor | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $256 | ||
| 35 | Ralph Johnston | 71 | 76 | +3 | 147 | $1,103 | ||
| 35 | David Glenz | 71 | 76 | +3 | 147 | $312 | ||
| 37 | Terry Wilcox | 71 | 80 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 38 | Larry Hinson | 72 | 70 | -2 | 142 | $4,062 | ||
| 38 | Ben Kern | 72 | 70 | -2 | 142 | $1,813 | ||
| 38 | Mike Kallam | 72 | 70 | -2 | 142 | $219 | ||
| 41 | Bob Smith | 72 | 71 | -1 | 143 | $97 | ||
| 42 | Ed Sneed | 72 | 72 | Even | 144 | $2,650 | ||
| 42 | Jim Dent | 72 | 72 | Even | 144 | $312 | ||
| 42 | Jerry McGee | 72 | 72 | Even | 144 | $256 | ||
| 45 | Ron Cerrudo | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $1,103 | ||
| 45 | Mac McLendon | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $729 | ||
| 47 | Mike Hill | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $476 | ||
| 47 | George Knudson | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $97 | ||
| 47 | Dave Barber | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $0 | ||
| 47 | Jim Ferriell | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $0 | ||
| 51 | Harry Toscano | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $256 | ||
| 51 | Arnold Palmer | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $256 | ||
| 51 | Bob Eastwood | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 51 | Byron Comstock | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 55 | Vaughn Moise | 72 | 81 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 56 | Tim Collins | 73 | 68 | -3 | 141 | $476 | ||
| 57 | Deane Beman | 73 | 69 | -2 | 142 | $2,650 | ||
| 57 | Dave Marr | 73 | 69 | -2 | 142 | $312 | ||
| 57 | Charles Owens | 73 | 69 | -2 | 142 | $219 | ||
| 60 | Frank Beard | 73 | 71 | Even | 144 | $729 | ||
| 60 | Bobby Cole | 73 | 71 | Even | 144 | $476 | ||
| 60 | Charles Coody | 73 | 71 | Even | 144 | $312 | ||
| 63 | Larry Ziegler | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $256 | ||
| 63 | Dick Lotz | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $0 | ||
| 65 | Dewitt Weaver | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $1,813 | ||
| 66 | Andy North | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $312 | ||
| 66 | Butch Baird | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $219 | ||
| 66 | Bunky Henry | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 69 | Jim Simons | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 70 | Jerry Abbott | 73 | 76 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 70 | Gary Sanders | 73 | 76 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 72 | Bill Collins | 73 | 77 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 73 | Chuck Thorpe | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 74 | Jeff Hewes | 73 | 79 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Bob Barbarossa | 74 | 68 | -2 | 142 | $729 | ||
| 76 | Labron Harris | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $2,650 | ||
| 76 | Tom Kite | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $1,103 | ||
| 76 | Larry Stubblefield | 74 | 70 | Even | 144 | $219 | ||
| 79 | Leonard Thompson | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $4,062 | ||
| 79 | Peter Oosterhuis | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $1,103 | ||
| 81 | Mike Wynn | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $312 | ||
| 81 | John Jacobs | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $97 | ||
| 81 | Victor Regalado | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $97 | ||
| 81 | Allen Miller | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Johnny Pott | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Ronnie Reif | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 85 | John Toepel | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 85 | George Boutell | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Don Bies | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 90 | Jim Wiechers | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 90 | Elwin Fanning | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 92 | Hale Irwin | 74 | 76 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 92 | Bobby Mitchell | 74 | 76 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 94 | David Jimenez | 74 | 77 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 95 | Tom Jenkins | 75 | 71 | +2 | 146 | $256 | ||
| 96 | Randy Wolff | 75 | 73 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 97 | Kermit Zarley | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 97 | Tom Shaw | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 97 | Bobby Greenwood | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 100 | Doug Olson | 75 | 75 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 100 | Bob Dickson | 75 | 75 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 100 | Ras Allen | 75 | 75 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 103 | Jim Colbert | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 103 | Tommy McGinnis | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 103 | Rik Massengale | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 106 | Mike McCullough | 75 | 78 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 107 | Luca Barbato | 76 | 68 | Even | 144 | $0 | ||
| 108 | George Archer | 76 | 69 | +1 | 145 | $1,103 | ||
| 109 | Richard Crawford | 76 | 71 | +3 | 147 | $1,813 | ||
| 109 | Howie Johnson | 76 | 71 | +3 | 147 | $256 | ||
| 109 | Dave Eichelberger | 76 | 71 | +3 | 147 | $219 | ||
| 109 | Phil Rodgers | 76 | 71 | +3 | 147 | $0 | ||
| 113 | Dave Marad | 76 | 72 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 114 | Lee Wykle | 76 | 73 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 115 | Bruce Fleisher | 76 | 74 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 116 | Mason Rudolph | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 116 | Orville Moody | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Bill Johnston | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Jim Jewell | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 120 | Bobby Afton | 76 | 78 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 121 | Gardner Dickinson | 77 | 72 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 122 | Sam Adams | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 123 | Ross Randall | 77 | 78 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 124 | Bob Lewis | 77 | 81 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 125 | Steve Cain | 77 | 83 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 126 | Dale Douglass | 78 | 74 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 127 | Tom Ulozas | 78 | 75 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Lon Hinkle | 78 | 76 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Lionel Hebert | 78 | 76 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Freddie Haas | 78 | 76 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 131 | Steve Reid | 78 | 78 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 132 | Ralph Schlicht | 79 | 82 | +17 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 133 | Randy Morris | 80 | 78 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 133 | Alvin Odom | 82 | 76 | +14 | 158 | $0 |


