From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1979 PGA Tour
1979 PGA Tour
The 1979 PGA Tour season was played from January 11
to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money
events. Tom Watson won the most tournaments, five,
and there were 11 first-time winners. The tournament
results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events
for the 1979 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tour-
nament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners’
names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to
bold.
and including that event. Majors are shown in bold
Awards
External links
• PGA Tour official site
• 1979 season coverage at golfstats.com
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Date Tournament Location Winner Score 1st Prize
( $)
Jan 14 Bob Hope Desert Classic California John Mahaffey (4) 343 50,000
(-17)
Jan 22 Phoenix Open Arizona Ben Crenshaw (6) 199 33,750
(-14)
Jan 28 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational California Fuzzy Zoeller (1) 282 (-6) 45,000
Feb 4 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Lon Hinkle (2) 284 (-4) 54,000
Feb 11 Hawaiian Open Hawaii Hubert Green (15) 267 54,000
(-21)
Feb 18 Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open Arizona Bruce Lietzke (4) 265 45,000
(-15)
Feb 25 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open California Lanny Wadkins (6) 276 (-8) 45,000
Mar 4 Bay Hill Citrus Classic Florida Bob Byman (1) 278 (-6) 45,000
Mar Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic Florida Larry Nelson (1) 274 54,000
11 (-14)
Mar Doral-Eastern Open Florida Mark McCumber (1) 279 (-9) 45,000
18
Mar Tournament Players Championship Florida Lanny Wadkins (7) 283 (-5) 72,000
25
Apr 1 Sea Pines Heritage Classic South Caroli- Tom Watson (14) 270 54,000
na (-14)
Apr 8 Greater Greensboro Open North Caroli- Raymond Floyd (11) 282 (-6) 45,000
na
Apr 15 Masters Georgia Fuzzy Zoeller (2) 280 (-8) 50,000
Apr 22 Tallahassee Open Florida Chi Chi Rodriguez 269 18,000
(8) (-19)
Apr 22 MONY Tournament of Champions California Tom Watson (15) 275 54,000
(-13)
Apr 29 First NBC New Orleans Open Louisiana Hubert Green (16) 273 45,000
(-15)
May 6 Houston Open Texas Wayne Levi (2) 268 54,000
(-16)
May Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas Tom Watson (16) 275 (-5) 54,000
13
May Colonial National Invitation Texas Al Geiberger (11) 274 (-6) 54,000
20
May Memorial Tournament Ohio Tom Watson (17) 285 (-3) 54,000
27
Jun 3 Kemper Open North Caroli- Jerry McGee (3) 272 63,000
na (-16)
Jun 10 Atlanta Classic Georgia Andy Bean (5) 265 54,000
(-23)
Jun 17 U.S. Open Ohio Hale Irwin (11) 284 (E) 50,000
Jun 24 Canadian Open Canada Lee Trevino (24) 281 (-3) 63,000
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Jul 1 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic Tennessee Gil Morgan (4) 278 54,000
(-10)
Jul 8 Western Open Illinois Larry Nelson (2) 286 (-2) 54,000
Jul 15 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Calvin Peete (1) 269 36,000
(-19)
Jul 21 British Open England Seve Ballesteros (2) 283 (-1) 31,500
Jul 22 Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open Illinois D. A. Weibring (1) 266 36,000
(-14)
Jul 29 IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic Pennsylvania Lou Graham (4) 273 45,000
(-11)
Aug 5 PGA Championship Michigan David Graham (4) 272 (-8) 60,000
Aug Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open Connecticut Jerry McGee (4) 267 54,000
12 (-17)
Aug Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic New York Jack Renner (1) 277 (-7) 72,000
19
Aug Colgate Hall of Fame Classic North Caroli- Tom Watson (18) 272 45,000
26 na (-12)
Sep 2 B.C. Open New York Howard Twitty (1) 270 49,500
(-14)
Sep 9 American Optical Classic Massachusetts Lou Graham (5) 275 (-9) 45,000
Sep 16 Buick-Goodwrench Open Michigan John Fought (1) 280 (-8) 27,000
Sep 23 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic California John Fought (2) 277 54,000
(-11)
Sep 30 World Series of Golf Ohio Lon Hinkle (3) 272 (-8) 100,000
Oct 7 San Antonio Texas Open Texas Lou Graham (6) 268 45,000
(-12)
Oct 14 Southern Open Georgia Ed Fiori (1) 274 (-6) 36,000
Oct 21 Pensacola Open Florida Curtis Strange (1) 271 36,000
(-17)
Oct 28 Walt Disney World National Team Champion- Florida George Burns (1) 255 22,500
ship Ben Crenshaw (7) (-33) (each)
Award Winner Country
Money winner Tom Watson United States
PGA Player of the Year Tom Watson United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy) Tom Watson United States
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