Sports headlines for Friday March 23, 1979:
- Holmes Retains Title, Surprising Nobody
- Shavers Finishes Norton In 1:58 Of First Round
Scores through round 2 of the 1979 Tournament Players Championship
Tournament held at Sawgrass Country Club (Ponta Vedra Beach, FL) from March 22, 1979 to March 25, 1979 (Par 72)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kermit Zarley | 66 | 79 | +1 | 145 | $892 | ||
| 2 | Lanny Wadkins | 67 | 68 | -9 | 135 | $72,000 | ||
| 3 | Jack Nicklaus | 67 | 73 | -4 | 140 | $2,310 | ||
| 4 | Andy North | 67 | 74 | -3 | 141 | $4,035 | ||
| 5 | Jim Nelford | 68 | 76 | Even | 144 | $1,848 | ||
| 6 | Gil Morgan | 68 | 77 | +1 | 145 | $8,800 | ||
| 6 | Ron Streck | 68 | 77 | +1 | 145 | $1,248 | ||
| 8 | Don January | 68 | 79 | +3 | 147 | $904 | ||
| 9 | Bill Kratzert | 69 | 70 | -5 | 139 | $14,600 | ||
| 9 | Dan Halldorson | 69 | 70 | -5 | 139 | $804 | ||
| 11 | Ed Fiori | 69 | 71 | -4 | 140 | $6,600 | ||
| 12 | Wayne Levi | 69 | 72 | -3 | 141 | $14,600 | ||
| 12 | Dave Stockton | 69 | 72 | -3 | 141 | $1,848 | ||
| 14 | Phil Hancock | 69 | 73 | -2 | 142 | $19,200 | ||
| 14 | Jerry Pate | 69 | 73 | -2 | 142 | $4,035 | ||
| 14 | Tim Simpson | 69 | 73 | -2 | 142 | $4,035 | ||
| 17 | Jack Newton | 69 | 74 | -1 | 143 | $10,800 | ||
| 18 | Lindy Miller | 69 | 76 | +1 | 145 | $2,720 | ||
| 19 | Danny Edwards | 69 | 79 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 20 | Brad Bryant | 69 | 81 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 21 | Lee Trevino | 70 | 69 | -5 | 139 | $14,600 | ||
| 22 | Mark McCumber | 70 | 70 | -4 | 140 | $1,848 | ||
| 23 | Tom Watson | 70 | 72 | -2 | 142 | $43,200 | ||
| 23 | Gary Koch | 70 | 72 | -2 | 142 | $4,035 | ||
| 25 | Victor Regalado | 70 | 74 | Even | 144 | $6,600 | ||
| 25 | Bob Byman | 70 | 74 | Even | 144 | $1,848 | ||
| 27 | Miller Barber | 70 | 75 | +1 | 145 | $1,248 | ||
| 28 | Rex Caldwell | 70 | 76 | +2 | 146 | $4,035 | ||
| 28 | Lee Elder | 70 | 76 | +2 | 146 | $1,248 | ||
| 28 | Lou Graham | 70 | 76 | +2 | 146 | $1,248 | ||
| 31 | Don Bies | 70 | 78 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 32 | Greg Powers | 70 | 80 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 33 | Ray Floyd | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $6,600 | ||
| 33 | Alan Tapie | 71 | 72 | -1 | 143 | $2,720 | ||
| 35 | Mike McCullough | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $8,800 | ||
| 35 | Mike Reid | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $1,848 | ||
| 35 | Morris Hatalsky | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $951 | ||
| 35 | Jim Simons | 71 | 73 | Even | 144 | $951 | ||
| 39 | Jay Haas | 71 | 74 | +1 | 145 | $10,800 | ||
| 40 | Gibby Gilbert | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $2,310 | ||
| 40 | Bobby Cole | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $1,248 | ||
| 40 | Buddy Gardner | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $836 | ||
| 40 | Al Geiberger | 71 | 75 | +2 | 146 | $820 | ||
| 44 | John Schroeder | 71 | 76 | +3 | 147 | $2,720 | ||
| 44 | Charles Coody | 71 | 76 | +3 | 147 | $1,848 | ||
| 44 | Mark Lye | 71 | 76 | +3 | 147 | $951 | ||
| 44 | Rik Massengale | 71 | 76 | +3 | 147 | $804 | ||
| 48 | Florentino Molina | 71 | 77 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 71 | 77 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Hale Irwin | 71 | 77 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 48 | Dave Eichelberger | 71 | 77 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 52 | J.C. Snead | 71 | 78 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 53 | Fred Marti | 71 | 79 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 54 | George Burns | 72 | 66 | -6 | 138 | $6,600 | ||
| 55 | Andy Bean | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $12,400 | ||
| 55 | Tom Kite | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $10,800 | ||
| 55 | Jim Thorpe | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $2,720 | ||
| 55 | Craig Stadler | 72 | 73 | +1 | 145 | $820 | ||
| 59 | Marty Fleckman | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $1,848 | ||
| 59 | Bob Gilder | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $1,248 | ||
| 59 | Bob Eastwood | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $864 | ||
| 59 | Gary McCord | 72 | 74 | +2 | 146 | $864 | ||
| 63 | Graham Marsh | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $6,600 | ||
| 63 | Larry Nelson | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $4,035 | ||
| 63 | Arnold Palmer | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $951 | ||
| 63 | Cesar Sanudo | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $951 | ||
| 63 | Allen Miller | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $892 | ||
| 63 | Mark Hayes | 72 | 75 | +3 | 147 | $864 | ||
| 69 | Leonard Thompson | 72 | 76 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 69 | Larry Ziegler | 72 | 76 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 71 | Wally Armstrong | 72 | 77 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 71 | Don Iverson | 72 | 77 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 73 | Carlton White | 72 | 78 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 74 | Bobby Walzel | 72 | 81 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 75 | Jack Renner | 73 | 70 | -1 | 143 | $27,200 | ||
| 75 | David Graham | 73 | 70 | -1 | 143 | $951 | ||
| 77 | Hubert Green | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $4,035 | ||
| 77 | Jim Colbert | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $2,720 | ||
| 77 | Bruce Fleisher | 73 | 72 | +1 | 145 | $1,848 | ||
| 80 | Orville Moody | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $1,248 | ||
| 80 | Artie McNickle | 73 | 73 | +2 | 146 | $864 | ||
| 82 | Pat McGowan | 73 | 74 | +3 | 147 | $864 | ||
| 83 | Jeff Mitchell | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 83 | Curtis Strange | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 83 | Bruce Lietzke | 73 | 75 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Dave Barr | 73 | 76 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Keith Fergus | 73 | 76 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Eddie Pearce | 73 | 76 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 86 | Bob Lunn | 73 | 76 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 90 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 73 | 77 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 91 | Bill Calfee | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 91 | John Lister | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 91 | Bill Rogers | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 91 | Joe Inman | 73 | 78 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 95 | Gary Player | 73 | 79 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 95 | D.A. Weibring | 73 | 79 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 97 | Tom Weiskopf | 73 | 82 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 98 | Peter Jacobsen | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $6,600 | ||
| 98 | Barney Thompson | 74 | 72 | +2 | 146 | $836 | ||
| 100 | Peter Oosterhuis | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 100 | Bobby Wadkins | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 100 | David Edwards | 74 | 74 | +4 | 148 | $0 | ||
| 103 | Ben Crenshaw | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 103 | Scott Simpson | 74 | 75 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 105 | Johnny Miller | 74 | 76 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 106 | Calvin Peete | 74 | 78 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 107 | Frank Conner | 74 | 79 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 108 | Howard Twitty | 75 | 67 | -2 | 142 | $4,035 | ||
| 109 | Bob Murphy | 75 | 71 | +2 | 146 | $792 | ||
| 110 | Rod Curl | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Jim Dent | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Mike Hill | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Mike Morley | 75 | 74 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 114 | Mark Pfeil | 75 | 75 | +6 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 115 | Tom Storey | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 115 | Tom Purtzer | 75 | 76 | +7 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 117 | Mac McLendon | 75 | 77 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Homero Blancas | 75 | 79 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Barry Jaeckel | 75 | 79 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 120 | Lon Hinkle | 75 | 80 | +11 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 121 | Joe Hager | 75 | 81 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 121 | Ed Sabo | 75 | 81 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 123 | Bob Shearer | 75 | 82 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 124 | Randy Erskine | 76 | 68 | Even | 144 | $951 | ||
| 125 | Ed Sneed | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 125 | Terry Diehl | 76 | 76 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 127 | Bob Mann | 76 | 77 | +9 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Mike Sullivan | 76 | 78 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Tommy Aaron | 76 | 78 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 130 | Seve Ballesteros | 76 | 81 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 131 | Rod Funseth | 77 | 72 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 132 | Don Pooley | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 132 | Steve Melnyk | 77 | 75 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 134 | George Cadle | 77 | 77 | +10 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 135 | Billy Casper | 78 | 71 | +5 | 149 | $0 | ||
| 136 | Lee Mikles | 78 | 74 | +8 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 137 | Bob Zender | 78 | 80 | +14 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 138 | Jeff Hewes | 78 | 81 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 139 | Jerry Heard | 79 | 77 | +12 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 140 | Dale Douglass | 79 | 78 | +13 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 141 | Dave Hill | 79 | 80 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 141 | Frank Beard | 82 | 77 | +15 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 143 | Alan Pate | 84 | 80 | +20 | 164 | $0 | ||
| 143 | Bob Wynn | 84 | 80 | +20 | 164 | $0 |


