Sports headlines for Friday June 15, 1979:
- Hinkle Thwarts Tree; Watson Misses Cut
- Yankees Trade Johnson To Cleveland For Pitcher
- Tarkanian's Agent Missing After Talks With Lakers
Scores through round 2 of the 1979 U.S. Open
Tournament held at Inverness Club (Toledo, OH) from June 14, 1979 to June 17, 1979 (Par 71)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Nelson | 71 | 68 | -3 | 139 | $13,733 | ||
| 1 | Tom Purtzer | 70 | 69 | -3 | 139 | $9,000 | ||
| 3 | Hale Irwin | 74 | 68 | Even | 142 | $50,000 | ||
| 4 | Bill Rogers | 71 | 72 | +1 | 143 | $13,733 | ||
| 5 | Jerry Pate | 71 | 74 | +3 | 145 | $22,250 | ||
| 5 | Tom Weiskopf | 71 | 74 | +3 | 145 | $13,733 | ||
| 5 | Ed Sneed | 72 | 73 | +3 | 145 | $4,340 | ||
| 5 | Lou Graham | 70 | 75 | +3 | 145 | $2,000 | ||
| 5 | Dave Stockton | 75 | 70 | +3 | 145 | $1,560 | ||
| 5 | Jim Colbert | 71 | 74 | +3 | 145 | $1,430 | ||
| 11 | Gary Player | 73 | 73 | +4 | 146 | $22,250 | ||
| 11 | David Graham | 73 | 73 | +4 | 146 | $10,000 | ||
| 11 | Ben Crenshaw | 75 | 71 | +4 | 146 | $4,340 | ||
| 11 | Lee Elder | 74 | 72 | +4 | 146 | $4,340 | ||
| 11 | Bobby Walzel | 74 | 72 | +4 | 146 | $2,410 | ||
| 11 | Andy Bean | 70 | 76 | +4 | 146 | $2,000 | ||
| 17 | Keith Fergus | 70 | 77 | +5 | 147 | $7,500 | ||
| 17 | Calvin Peete | 72 | 75 | +5 | 147 | $4,340 | ||
| 17 | Bob Gilder | 77 | 70 | +5 | 147 | $2,833 | ||
| 17 | Lanny Wadkins | 73 | 74 | +5 | 147 | $2,410 | ||
| 17 | George Burns | 74 | 73 | +5 | 147 | $1,313 | ||
| 17 | Rod Funseth | 73 | 74 | +5 | 147 | $1,313 | ||
| 17 | Lon Hinkle | 70 | 77 | +5 | 147 | $1,265 | ||
| 24 | Graham Marsh | 77 | 71 | +6 | 148 | $2,833 | ||
| 24 | Jim Simons | 74 | 74 | +6 | 148 | $2,833 | ||
| 24 | Al Geiberger | 74 | 74 | +6 | 148 | $2,410 | ||
| 24 | Bob Smith | 77 | 71 | +6 | 148 | $2,000 | ||
| 24 | Lynn Janson | 77 | 71 | +6 | 148 | $1,725 | ||
| 24 | Dale Douglass | 72 | 76 | +6 | 148 | $1,725 | ||
| 24 | John Gentile | 73 | 75 | +6 | 148 | $1,220 | ||
| 31 | Mike Reid | 74 | 75 | +7 | 149 | $2,000 | ||
| 31 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 73 | 76 | +7 | 149 | $1,725 | ||
| 31 | Larry Ziegler | 77 | 72 | +7 | 149 | $1,430 | ||
| 31 | Dana Quigley | 71 | 78 | +7 | 149 | $1,430 | ||
| 31 | Joe Inman | 72 | 77 | +7 | 149 | $1,265 | ||
| 31 | Arnold Palmer | 76 | 73 | +7 | 149 | $1,235 | ||
| 31 | Tony Peterson | 74 | 75 | +7 | 149 | $1,200 | ||
| 38 | Lee Trevino | 77 | 73 | +8 | 150 | $2,410 | ||
| 38 | D.A. Weibring | 74 | 76 | +8 | 150 | $2,410 | ||
| 38 | Wayne Levi | 77 | 73 | +8 | 150 | $2,000 | ||
| 38 | Bill Kratzert | 77 | 73 | +8 | 150 | $1,560 | ||
| 38 | John Mahaffey | 77 | 73 | +8 | 150 | $1,560 | ||
| 38 | Isao Aoki | 73 | 77 | +8 | 150 | $1,560 | ||
| 38 | Forrest Fezler | 73 | 77 | +8 | 150 | $1,360 | ||
| 38 | Greg Norman | 76 | 74 | +8 | 150 | $1,313 | ||
| 38 | Eddie Pearce | 75 | 75 | +8 | 150 | $1,265 | ||
| 38 | David Edwards | 74 | 76 | +8 | 150 | $1,265 | ||
| 38 | Eric Batten | 74 | 76 | +8 | 150 | $1,235 | ||
| 38 | Fred Couples | 76 | 74 | +8 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 38 | Joey Rassett | 75 | 75 | +8 | 150 | $0 | ||
| 51 | Jack Nicklaus | 74 | 77 | +9 | 151 | $7,500 | ||
| 51 | Andy North | 77 | 74 | +9 | 151 | $4,340 | ||
| 51 | Hubert Green | 74 | 77 | +9 | 151 | $2,200 | ||
| 51 | Bobby Nichols | 76 | 75 | +9 | 151 | $2,000 | ||
| 51 | Bob Murphy | 72 | 79 | +9 | 151 | $2,000 | ||
| 51 | Howard Twitty | 73 | 78 | +9 | 151 | $1,725 | ||
| 51 | Jim Dent | 75 | 76 | +9 | 151 | $1,560 | ||
| 51 | Jack Renner | 76 | 75 | +9 | 151 | $1,430 | ||
| 51 | Jim Nelford | 75 | 76 | +9 | 151 | $1,430 | ||
| 51 | Bruce Lietzke | 74 | 77 | +9 | 151 | $1,430 | ||
| 51 | Frank Conner | 73 | 78 | +9 | 151 | $1,313 | ||
| 51 | Mac McLendon | 77 | 74 | +9 | 151 | $1,210 | ||
| 51 | John Cook | 71 | 80 | +9 | 151 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Steve Melnyk | 79 | 73 | +10 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Lindy Miller | 79 | 73 | +10 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Scott Steger | 77 | 75 | +10 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Ray Floyd | 76 | 76 | +10 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Tom Watson | 75 | 77 | +10 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Miller Barber | 74 | 78 | +10 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Johnny Miller | 74 | 78 | +10 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 64 | Mark Pfeil | 73 | 79 | +10 | 152 | $0 | ||
| 72 | Ted Goin | 80 | 73 | +11 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 72 | Bill Britton | 80 | 73 | +11 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 72 | Gene Littler | 79 | 74 | +11 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 72 | Larry Gilbert | 77 | 76 | +11 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 72 | Wally Armstrong | 76 | 77 | +11 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 72 | Dennis Sullivan | 74 | 79 | +11 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 72 | Bobby Clampett | 74 | 79 | +11 | 153 | $0 | ||
| 79 | Leonard Thompson | 78 | 76 | +12 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 79 | Alan Tapie | 78 | 76 | +12 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 79 | Rik Massengale | 77 | 77 | +12 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 79 | John Fought | 77 | 77 | +12 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 79 | J.C. Snead | 76 | 78 | +12 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 79 | Tom Kite | 75 | 79 | +12 | 154 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Bill Pelham | 80 | 75 | +13 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Gil Morgan | 78 | 77 | +13 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 85 | David Ogrin | 77 | 78 | +13 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Jim Masserio | 77 | 78 | +13 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 77 | 78 | +13 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 85 | Dick Horgan | 75 | 80 | +13 | 155 | $0 | ||
| 91 | Vance Heafner | 77 | 79 | +14 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 91 | Charlie Gibson | 77 | 79 | +14 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 91 | Jerry Heard | 75 | 81 | +14 | 156 | $0 | ||
| 94 | Craig Stadler | 78 | 79 | +15 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 94 | Mike Slipko | 78 | 79 | +15 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 94 | Austin Straub | 77 | 80 | +15 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 94 | Bob Shearer | 77 | 80 | +15 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 94 | Don Padgett | 75 | 82 | +15 | 157 | $0 | ||
| 99 | Steve Spray | 85 | 73 | +16 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 99 | John McGough | 81 | 77 | +16 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 99 | Tommy Valentine | 80 | 78 | +16 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 99 | Mark Hayes | 80 | 78 | +16 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 99 | Doug Brown | 78 | 80 | +16 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 99 | Steve Veriato | 77 | 81 | +16 | 158 | $0 | ||
| 105 | Larry Griffin | 80 | 79 | +17 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 105 | Tim Simpson | 79 | 80 | +17 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 105 | Kip Byrne | 77 | 82 | +17 | 159 | $0 | ||
| 108 | Don Iverson | 80 | 80 | +18 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 108 | Seve Ballesteros | 79 | 81 | +18 | 160 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Mike McCullough | 82 | 79 | +19 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Bob Byman | 80 | 81 | +19 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Ron Streck | 80 | 81 | +19 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Sale Omohundro | 79 | 82 | +19 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 110 | Tom Sieckmann | 79 | 82 | +19 | 161 | $0 | ||
| 115 | Dennis Coscina | 82 | 80 | +20 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 115 | John Schroeder | 80 | 82 | +20 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 115 | Joe Kunes | 78 | 84 | +20 | 162 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Tom Inskeep | 86 | 77 | +21 | 163 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Bill Loeffler | 84 | 79 | +21 | 163 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Hsu Sheng San | 79 | 84 | +21 | 163 | $0 | ||
| 118 | Larry Rentz | 76 | 87 | +21 | 163 | $0 | ||
| 122 | Brad Sherfy | 84 | 80 | +22 | 164 | $0 | ||
| 122 | Lennie Clements | 84 | 80 | +22 | 164 | $0 | ||
| 124 | Dave Eichelberger | 84 | 81 | +23 | 165 | $0 | ||
| 124 | Steve Groves | 84 | 81 | +23 | 165 | $0 | ||
| 124 | Mick Soli | 83 | 82 | +23 | 165 | $0 | ||
| 124 | Darrell Kestner | 82 | 83 | +23 | 165 | $0 | ||
| 128 | Skip Dunaway | 84 | 83 | +25 | 167 | $0 | ||
| 128 | David Glenz | 83 | 84 | +25 | 167 | $0 | ||
| 130 | Stan Thirsk | 86 | 82 | +26 | 168 | $0 |


