Sports headlines for Friday March 17, 1978:
- NFL Will Study Instant Replay In 7 Exhibitions
- Heavily-Guarded U.S. Takes 2-0 Davis Cup Lead
Scores through round 2 of the 1978 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament held at Sawgrass Country Club (Ponta Vedra Beach, FL) from March 16, 1978 to March 19, 1978 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Trevino | 75 | 78 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 2 | George Burns | 79 | 75 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Dave Eichelberger | 78 | 76 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Dwight Nevil | 78 | 76 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Ray Floyd | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Sammy Rachels | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Steve Taylor | 76 | 78 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Tom Watson | 76 | 78 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Mike Hill | 76 | 78 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 2 | Rik Massengale | 73 | 81 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Bill Calfee | 79 | 76 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Terry Diehl | 78 | 77 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Billy Casper | 77 | 78 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Bruce Lietzke | 77 | 78 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Joe Porter | 76 | 79 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Ed Sneed | 76 | 79 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Jack Renner | 75 | 80 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Tom Purtzer | 75 | 80 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Jeff Mitchell | 74 | 81 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Dan Sikes | 74 | 81 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 11 | Jim Dent | 74 | 81 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Curtis Strange | 83 | 73 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Don Iverson | 81 | 75 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Dave Stockton | 79 | 77 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Doug Tewell | 79 | 77 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Grier Jones | 79 | 77 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Bobby Walzel | 78 | 78 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Butch Baird | 78 | 78 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Wally Armstrong | 77 | 79 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Bob Payne | 75 | 81 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 22 | Orville Moody | 74 | 82 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Eddie Pearce | 80 | 77 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Stan Lee | 80 | 77 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Roger Maltbie | 79 | 78 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Mark Lye | 78 | 79 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Gary Koch | 77 | 80 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Barry Jaeckel | 76 | 81 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Bruce Devlin | 76 | 81 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Steve Veriato | 75 | 82 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Don Pooley | 74 | 83 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Bob Smith | 74 | 83 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 42 | Tom Storey | 79 | 79 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 42 | Larry Ziegler | 79 | 79 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 42 | Bobby Nichols | 77 | 81 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 42 | Barney Thompson | 76 | 82 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 46 | Tommy Aaron | 83 | 76 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 46 | George Knudson | 80 | 79 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 46 | Johnny Miller | 77 | 82 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 46 | Bob Gilder | 74 | 85 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Antonio Cerda | 82 | 78 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Frank Beard | 80 | 80 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Ken Still | 80 | 80 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Bob Murphy | 78 | 82 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 77 | 83 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Dale Hayes | 77 | 83 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 50 | Randy Erskine | 75 | 85 | +16 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 57 | Lanny Wadkins | 79 | 82 | +17 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 58 | Calvin Peete | 81 | 81 | +18 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 58 | Bob Wynn | 76 | 86 | +18 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 60 | Tim Simpson | 81 | 82 | +19 | 163 | $0 | ||
| 60 | Ed Dougherty | 78 | 85 | +19 | 163 | $0 | ||
| 62 | Craig Stadler | 79 | 85 | +20 | 164 | $0 | ||
| 63 | Bill Mallon | 84 | 85 | +25 | 169 | $0 | ||
| 64 | George Cadle | 81 | 89 | +26 | 170 | $0 | ||
| 65 | Mike McCullough | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $5,460 | ||
| 66 | Jerry Heard | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $5,460 | ||
| 67 | Hubert Green | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $7,500 | ||
| 68 | Bob Shearer | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $2,893 | ||
| 69 | Jack Nicklaus | 70 | 71 | -3 | 141 | $60,000 | ||
| 70 | Bob Zender | 75 | 73 | +4 | 148 | $1,792 | ||
| 71 | Bobby Wadkins | 70 | 79 | +5 | 149 | $5,460 | ||
| 71 | Graham Marsh | 73 | 76 | +5 | 149 | $2,893 | ||
| 73 | Kermit Zarley | 75 | 77 | +8 | 152 | $1,792 | ||
| 74 | Lou Graham | 71 | 70 | -3 | 141 | $34,200 | ||
| 75 | Andy North | 74 | 71 | +1 | 145 | $11,700 | ||
| 76 | Lon Hinkle | 75 | 72 | +3 | 147 | $21,300 | ||
| 77 | Jim Colbert | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $8,850 | ||
| 78 | Charles Coody | 73 | 76 | +5 | 149 | $975 | ||
| 79 | Morris Hatalsky | 74 | 79 | +9 | 153 | $1,083 | ||
| 79 | Tom Weiskopf | 73 | 80 | +9 | 153 | $860 | ||
| 81 | Larry Nelson | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $11,700 | ||
| 82 | John Mahaffey | 72 | 72 | Even | 144 | $5,460 | ||
| 83 | Peter Oosterhuis | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $7,500 | ||
| 84 | Phil Hancock | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $4,200 | ||
| 85 | Danny Edwards | 75 | 73 | +4 | 148 | $2,893 | ||
| 86 | Frank Conner | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $1,083 | ||
| 87 | John Schlee | 77 | 73 | +6 | 150 | $2,893 | ||
| 87 | Hale Irwin | 75 | 75 | +6 | 150 | $1,083 | ||
| 89 | Lee Elder | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $4,200 | ||
| 89 | Bill Kratzert | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $1,083 | ||
| 91 | Jerry Pate | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $4,200 | ||
| 91 | Jerry McGee | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $770 | ||
| 93 | Mike Reid | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $860 | ||
| 94 | John Schroeder | 70 | 75 | +1 | 145 | $11,700 | ||
| 95 | Florentino Molina | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $5,460 | ||
| 95 | Mac McLendon | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $2,893 | ||
| 97 | Victor Regalado | 70 | 79 | +5 | 149 | $7,500 | ||
| 98 | Gil Morgan | 73 | 77 | +6 | 150 | $2,893 | ||
| 99 | Andy Bean | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $1,792 | ||
| 100 | Miller Barber | 78 | 74 | +8 | 152 | $975 | ||
| 100 | Jay Haas | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $860 | ||
| 100 | Arnold Palmer | 74 | 78 | +8 | 152 | $750 | ||
| 103 | Ben Crenshaw | 70 | 71 | -3 | 141 | $11,700 | ||
| 104 | Sam Adams | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $1,290 | ||
| 105 | Gary Player | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $1,792 | ||
| 106 | Mark Hayes | 73 | 77 | +6 | 150 | $1,792 | ||
| 107 | Fred Marti | 72 | 79 | +7 | 151 | $1,290 | ||
| 108 | Art Wall | 73 | 79 | +8 | 152 | $810 | ||
| 108 | Gary McCord | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $770 | ||
| 110 | Ron Streck | 75 | 78 | +9 | 153 | $860 | ||
| 111 | David Graham | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $2,893 | ||
| 112 | Rod Funseth | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $2,310 | ||
| 113 | Mark Pfeil | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $945 | ||
| 114 | Lyn Lott | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $1,792 | ||
| 114 | Tom Kite | 74 | 77 | +7 | 151 | $1,792 | ||
| 116 | Mike Morley | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $945 | ||
| 117 | Joe Inman | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $1,792 | ||
| 118 | Gibby Gilbert | 70 | 77 | +3 | 147 | $1,792 | ||
| 118 | Don January | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $975 | ||
| 118 | Allen Miller | 74 | 73 | +3 | 147 | $810 | ||
| 118 | Gary Groh | 70 | 77 | +3 | 147 | $770 | ||
| 122 | Bill Rogers | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $910 | ||
| 123 | Leonard Thompson | 74 | 76 | +6 | 150 | $1,290 | ||
| 124 | Steve Melnyk | 76 | 75 | +7 | 151 | $860 | ||
| 125 | Jim Simons | 73 | 80 | +9 | 153 | $910 | ||
| 126 | Peter Jacobsen | 74 | 76 | +6 | 150 | $910 | ||
| 126 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 73 | 77 | +6 | 150 | $830 | ||
| 128 | Rex Caldwell | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $770 | ||
| 128 | Bobby Cole | 72 | 79 | +7 | 151 | $975 | ||
| 130 | John Lister | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $750 | ||
| 131 | Don Bies | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $770 | ||
| 131 | Howard Twitty | 78 | 75 | +9 | 153 | $750 | ||
| 133 | Artie McNickle | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $910 | ||
| 134 | Keith Fergus | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $1,792 | ||
| 134 | Alan Tapie | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $1,792 | ||
| 136 | Wayne Levi | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $810 | ||
| 137 | Bob Eastwood | 79 | 72 | +7 | 151 | $910 | ||
| 137 | J.C. Snead | 74 | 77 | +7 | 151 | $750 | ||
| 137 | Forrest Fezler | 76 | 75 | +7 | 151 | $750 | ||
| 140 | Rod Curl | 75 | 78 | +9 | 153 | $750 | ||
| 141 | Tom Shaw | 76 | 75 | +7 | 151 | $750 | ||
| 141 | Homero Blancas | 74 | 77 | +7 | 151 | $750 |


