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Sports headlines for Sunday June 17, 1979:

• Irwin Staggers Down The Stretch In Open But It's Hale The Champ
• Martin To Rejoin Yanks Today
• Ali Denies Resigning His Title

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Final results 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	Hale Irwin	74	68	67	75	Even	284	$50,000
2	Tom Weiskopf	71	74	67	76	+4	288	$13,733
3	Andy North	77	74	68	74	+9	293	$4,340
4	Jerry Pate	71	74	69	72	+2	286	$22,250
5	Lee Elder	74	72	69	78	+9	293	$4,340
6	Bob Gilder	77	70	69	78	+10	294	$2,833
7	Al Geiberger	74	74	69	78	+11	295	$2,410
8	Bob Murphy	72	79	69	77	+13	297	$2,000
8	Bob Smith	77	71	69	80	+13	297	$2,000
10	David Graham	73	73	70	73	+5	289	$10,000
11	Calvin Peete	72	75	71	75	+9	293	$4,340
12	D.A. Weibring	74	76	71	74	+11	295	$2,410
12	Lanny Wadkins	73	74	71	77	+11	295	$2,410
12	Bobby Walzel	74	72	71	78	+11	295	$2,410
15	Bobby Nichols	76	75	71	75	+13	297	$2,000
15	Andy Bean	70	76	71	80	+13	297	$2,000
17	Howard Twitty	73	78	71	76	+14	298	$1,725
17	Chi Chi Rodriguez	73	76	71	78	+14	298	$1,725
19	Gary Player	73	73	72	68	+2	286	$22,250
20	Jack Nicklaus	74	77	72	68	+7	291	$7,500
20	Keith Fergus	70	77	72	72	+7	291	$7,500
22	Ben Crenshaw	75	71	72	75	+9	293	$4,340
23	Graham Marsh	77	71	72	74	+10	294	$2,833
24	Bill Rogers	71	72	73	72	+4	288	$13,733
25	Lee Trevino	77	73	73	72	+11	295	$2,410
26	Hubert Green	74	77	73	72	+12	296	$2,200
27	Bill Kratzert	77	73	73	76	+15	299	$1,560
28	Jim Nelford	75	76	73	76	+16	300	$1,430
28	Bruce Lietzke	74	77	73	76	+16	300	$1,430
30	Forrest Fezler	73	77	73	78	+17	301	$1,360
31	Frank Conner	73	78	73	78	+18	302	$1,313
32	Mike Reid	74	75	74	74	+13	297	$2,000
33	John Mahaffey	77	73	74	75	+15	299	$1,560
34	Dana Quigley	71	78	74	77	+16	300	$1,430
35	Greg Norman	76	74	74	78	+18	302	$1,313
35	Rod Funseth	73	74	74	81	+18	302	$1,313
37	Tom Purtzer	70	69	75	76	+6	290	$9,000
38	Ed Sneed	72	73	75	73	+9	293	$4,340
39	Wayne Levi	77	73	75	72	+13	297	$2,000
40	Jim Dent	75	76	75	73	+15	299	$1,560
41	Jack Renner	76	75	75	74	+16	300	$1,430
42	Joe Inman	72	77	75	80	+20	304	$1,265
43	Arnold Palmer	76	73	75	81	+21	305	$1,235
44	Larry Nelson	71	68	76	73	+4	288	$13,733
45	Dale Douglass	72	76	76	74	+14	298	$1,725
46	Isao Aoki	73	77	76	73	+15	299	$1,560
47	Eddie Pearce	75	75	76	78	+20	304	$1,265
47	Lon Hinkle	70	77	76	81	+20	304	$1,265
49	Lou Graham	70	75	77	75	+13	297	$2,000
50	Lynn Janson	77	71	77	73	+14	298	$1,725
51	John Cook	71	80	77	76	+20	304	$0
51	Joey Rassett	75	75	77	77	+20	304	$0
53	Eric Batten	74	76	77	78	+21	305	$1,235
54	John Gentile	73	75	77	81	+22	306	$1,220
55	Jim Simons	74	74	78	68	+10	294	$2,833
56	Dave Stockton	75	70	78	76	+15	299	$1,560
57	Larry Ziegler	77	72	78	73	+16	300	$1,430
57	Jim Colbert	71	74	78	77	+16	300	$1,430
59	George Burns	74	73	78	77	+18	302	$1,313
59	Fred Couples	76	74	80	72	+18	302	$0
61	Mac McLendon	77	74	80	78	+25	309	$1,210
62	David Edwards	74	76	84	70	+20	304	$1,265
63	Tony Peterson	74	75	84	79	+28	312	$1,200

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Johnny Miller	74	78	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Lindy Miller	79	73	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Mark Pfeil	73	79	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Miller Barber	74	78	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Ray Floyd	76	76	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Scott Steger	77	75	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Steve Melnyk	79	73	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Tom Watson	75	77	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Bill Britton	80	73	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Bobby Clampett	74	79	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Dennis Sullivan	74	79	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Gene Littler	79	74	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Larry Gilbert	77	76	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Ted Goin	80	73	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Wally Armstrong	76	77	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Alan Tapie	78	76	0	0	+12	154	$0
	J.C. Snead	76	78	0	0	+12	154	$0
	John Fought	77	77	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Leonard Thompson	78	76	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Rik Massengale	77	77	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Tom Kite	75	79	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Bill Pelham	80	75	0	0	+13	155	$0
	David Ogrin	77	78	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Dick Horgan	75	80	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Fuzzy Zoeller	77	78	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Gil Morgan	78	77	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Jim Masserio	77	78	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Charlie Gibson	77	79	0	0	+14	156	$0
	Jerry Heard	75	81	0	0	+14	156	$0
	Vance Heafner	77	79	0	0	+14	156	$0
	Austin Straub	77	80	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Bob Shearer	77	80	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Craig Stadler	78	79	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Don Padgett	75	82	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Mike Slipko	78	79	0	0	+15	157	$0
	Doug Brown	78	80	0	0	+16	158	$0
	John McGough	81	77	0	0	+16	158	$0
	Mark Hayes	80	78	0	0	+16	158	$0
	Steve Spray	85	73	0	0	+16	158	$0
	Steve Veriato	77	81	0	0	+16	158	$0
	Tommy Valentine	80	78	0	0	+16	158	$0
	Kip Byrne	77	82	0	0	+17	159	$0
	Larry Griffin	80	79	0	0	+17	159	$0
	Tim Simpson	79	80	0	0	+17	159	$0
	Don Iverson	80	80	0	0	+18	160	$0
	Seve Ballesteros	79	81	0	0	+18	160	$0
	Bob Byman	80	81	0	0	+19	161	$0
	Mike McCullough	82	79	0	0	+19	161	$0
	Ron Streck	80	81	0	0	+19	161	$0
	Sale Omohundro	79	82	0	0	+19	161	$0
	Tom Sieckmann	79	82	0	0	+19	161	$0
	Dennis Coscina	82	80	0	0	+20	162	$0
	Joe Kunes	78	84	0	0	+20	162	$0
	John Schroeder	80	82	0	0	+20	162	$0
	Bill Loeffler	84	79	0	0	+21	163	$0
	Hsu Sheng San	79	84	0	0	+21	163	$0
	Larry Rentz	76	87	0	0	+21	163	$0
	Tom Inskeep	86	77	0	0	+21	163	$0
	Brad Sherfy	84	80	0	0	+22	164	$0
	Lennie Clements	84	80	0	0	+22	164	$0
	Darrell Kestner	82	83	0	0	+23	165	$0
	Dave Eichelberger	84	81	0	0	+23	165	$0
	Mick Soli	83	82	0	0	+23	165	$0
	Steve Groves	84	81	0	0	+23	165	$0
	David Glenz	83	84	0	0	+25	167	$0
	Skip Dunaway	84	83	0	0	+25	167	$0
	Stan Thirsk	86	82	0	0	+26	168	$0
WD	Buddy Gardner	82	0	0	0	+11	82	$600
WD	Hugh Baiocchi	87	0	0	0	+16	87	$600

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