Southern Open Annual Results 1977

1976 U.S. Open champion Jerry Pate left the competition far behind, winning by 7 shots - still the largest margin
of victory in Southern Open history. 1971 Southern champion Johnny Miller was among four players tied for 2nd.

Lee Trevino garnered much attention when his Wednesday pro-am team won with a whopping score of 21-under-49 !!

Player Finish Score (par-70) Money(US-$$) ------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Pate WINNER 64, 67, 69, 66 = 266 25,000.00 Mac McLendon 2 69, 66, 70, 68 = 273 8,531.25 Johnny Miller 2 67, 68, 68, 70 = 273 8,531.25 Phil Hancock 2 69, 69, 68, 67 = 273 8,531.25 Steve Taylor 2 73, 68, 63, 67 = 273 8,531.25 Wally Armstrong 6 68, 68, 69, 69 = 274 4,250.00 Miller Barber 6 70, 68, 68, 68 = 274 4,250.00 Bill Kratzert 8 72, 71, 65, 67 = 275 3,687.00 Forrest Fezler 9 71, 69, 69, 67 = 276 3,375.00 Andy Bean 10 72, 69, 64, 72 = 277 3,000.00 Larry Ziegler 10 69, 71, 66, 71 = 277 3,000.00 Dale Douglass 12 71, 68, 68, 71 = 278 2,500.00 Gibby Gilbert 12 67, 69, 71, 71 = 278 2,500.00 Bruce Fleisher 14 68, 69, 72, 70 = 279 2,062.50 Grier Jones 14 69, 70, 70, 70 = 279 2,062.50 George Archer 14 66, 71, 68, 74 = 279 2,062.50 Curtis Strange 14 70, 70, 69, 70 = 279 2,062.50 John Mahaffey 18 70, 69, 70, 71 = 280 1,562.50 Charles Coody 18 69, 72, 70, 69 = 280 1,562.50 Hubert Green 18 70, 70, 71, 69 = 280 1,562.50 Bill Rogers 18 70, 70, 70, 70 = 280 1,562.50 Mike McCullough 22 71, 68, 71, 71 = 281 1,175.00 Jerry McGee 22 72, 70, 70, 69 = 281 1,175.00 Craig Stadler 22 70, 69, 73, 69 = 281 1,175.00 Wayne Levi 25 71, 72, 69, 70 = 282 924.72 Joe Porter 25 70, 69, 72, 71 = 282 924.72 Barry Jaeckel 25 72, 70, 70, 70 = 282 924.72 Bill Calfee 25 70, 70, 70, 72 = 282 924.71 Bobby Mitchell 25 69, 68, 72, 73 = 282 924.71 Gary McCord 25 69, 69, 71, 73 = 282 924.71 Frank Conner 25 70, 72, 71, 69 = 282 924.71 Sammy Rachels 32 68, 74, 71, 70 = 283 691.67 Jack Renner 32 71, 71, 69, 72 = 283 691.67 Jim Dent 32 70, 72, 71, 70 = 283 691.67 Bob Smith 32 71, 71, 71, 70 = 283 691.67 Artie McNickle 32 73, 70, 70, 70 = 283 691.66 Nate Starks 32 72, 71, 68, 72 = 283 691.66 Don Bies 38 67, 69, 72, 76 = 284 513.00 Don Baker 38 73, 69, 71, 71 = 284 513.00 Sam Adams 38 76, 67, 73, 68 = 284 513.00 Bob Murphy 38 73, 68, 71, 72 = 284 513.00 Eddie Pearce 38 72, 72, 69, 71 = 284 513.00 Mason Rudolph 38 68, 69, 70, 77 = 284 513.00 Bob Gilder 38 72, 71, 70, 71 = 284 513.00 Don Iverson 45 71, 72, 68, 74 = 285 388.00 Terry Diehl 45 67, 73, 70, 75 = 285 388.00 Dewitt Weaver 45 74, 70, 68, 73 = 285 388.00 Bud Allin 48 72, 70, 72, 72 = 286 331.50 Keith Fergus 48 69, 71, 71, 75 = 286 331.50 Jay Haas 50 71, 68, 72, 76 = 287 284.20 Tom Kite 50 72, 71, 72, 72 = 287 284.20 Hugh Royer 50 72, 72, 71, 72 = 287 284.20 Dave Newquist 50 73, 71, 70, 73 = 287 284.20 Phil Rodgers 50 75, 68, 75, 69 = 287 284.20 Bob Payne 50 70, 71, 71, 75 = 287 284.20 Rex Caldwell 50 69, 73, 72, 73 = 287 284.20 Dave Eichelberger 50 65, 75, 71, 76 = 287 284.20 Kermit Zarley 50 70, 74, 73, 70 = 287 284.20 Lee Trevino 50 68, 74, 74, 71 = 287 284.20 Fuzzy Zoeller 60 72, 71, 70, 75 = 288 234.34 Dick Mast 60 71, 71, 74, 72 = 288 234.34 Bob Wynn 60 67, 69, 81, 71 = 288 234.33 Mark Pfeil 60 73, 71, 77, 67 = 288 234.33 Wayne Peddy 60 75, 68, 73, 72 = 288 234.33 Jerry Heard 60 68, 74, 79, 67 = 288 234.33 Dwight Nevil 66 70, 73, 71, 75 = 289 209.00 Ken Still 66 69, 73, 73, 74 = 289 209.00 Gay Brewer 68 72, 72, 74, 72 = 290 197.00 Tommy Aaron 68 74, 70, 75, 71 = 290 197.00 Jimmy Wittenberg 70 72, 70, 74, 75 = 291 187.00 Lon Hinkle 71 75, 68, 77, 72 = 292 *** Barney Thompson 72 69, 75, 73, 76 = 293 *** Tim Simpson 73 71, 73, 74, 76 = 294 *** Woody Blackburn 73 70, 73, 75, 76 = 294 *** Pete Brown 73 69, 75, 74, 76 = 294 *** Perry Leslie 73 71, 71, 75, 77 = 294 *** Frank Beard 73 75, 66, 74, 79 = 294 *** Jeff Mitchell 78 72, 72, 72, 80 = 296 *** *** = Officially finished 72 holes but received no money, as there was then (1973 to 1978) no provision to compensate finishers outside of the Low 70 and ties. Missed Cut / Disqualified / Withdrew --------------------------------------------- Chi Chi Rodriguez WD 73, 00, 00, 00 = 73 Leonard Thompson WD 74, 00, 00, 00 = 74 Dan Sikes WD 78, 00, 00, 00 = 78 John Schroeder CUT 74, 71, 0, 0 = 145 Vince Bizik CUT 72, 73, 0, 0 = 145 Lyn Lott CUT 72, 73, 0, 0 = 145 D. Weibring CUT 72, 73, 0, 0 = 145 Tony Wallin CUT 75, 70, 0, 0 = 145 Mike Reid CUT 72, 73, 0, 0 = 145 Calvin Peete CUT 71, 74, 0, 0 = 145 Bill Pelham CUT 71, 74, 0, 0 = 145 Larry Nelson CUT 70, 75, 0, 0 = 145 John Jackson CUT 70, 75, 0, 0 = 145 Peter Jacobsen CUT 71, 74, 0, 0 = 145 Randy Erskine CUT 69, 76, 0, 0 = 145 Gary Koch CUT 71, 74, 0, 0 = 145 Don Pooley CUT 72, 74, 0, 0 = 146 Rod Funseth CUT 74, 72, 0, 0 = 146 Sandy Galbraith CUT 75, 71, 0, 0 = 146 Jim Masserio CUT 72, 74, 0, 0 = 146 Brady Miller CUT 76, 70, 0, 0 = 146 Tom Storey CUT 72, 74, 0, 0 = 146 Terry Catlett CUT 74, 72, 0, 0 = 146 Skip Dunaway CUT 71, 75, 0, 0 = 146 Richard Crawford CUT 73, 74, 0, 0 = 147 Stanton Altgelt CUT 73, 74, 0, 0 = 147 J.C. Snead CUT 74, 73, 0, 0 = 147 David Thore CUT 75, 72, 0, 0 = 147 Mike Sullivan CUT 72, 75, 0, 0 = 147 Carlton White CUT 72, 75, 0, 0 = 147 Alan Pate CUT 74, 73, 0, 0 = 147 Doug Ford CUT 72, 75, 0, 0 = 147 Marty Fleckman CUT 71, 76, 0, 0 = 147 George Knudson CUT 74, 73, 0, 0 = 147 Babe Hiskey CUT 74, 73, 0, 0 = 147 Mark Hayes CUT 74, 74, 0, 0 = 148 Bob Zender CUT 74, 74, 0, 0 = 148 Jack Spradlin CUT 76, 72, 0, 0 = 148 Antonio Cerda CUT 73, 75, 0, 0 = 148 Jim Simons CUT 73, 76, 0, 0 = 149 Kim Young CUT 75, 74, 0, 0 = 149 Ed Sabo CUT 75, 74, 0, 0 = 149 Paul Moran CUT 78, 71, 0, 0 = 149 Morris Hatalsky CUT 75, 75, 0, 0 = 150 George Johnson CUT 72, 78, 0, 0 = 150 Bobby Wadkins CUT 72, 78, 0, 0 = 150 Bob Mann CUT 76, 74, 0, 0 = 150 Bob Eastwood CUT 70, 80, 0, 0 = 150 Warren Chancellor CUT 75, 75, 0, 0 = 150 George Cadle CUT 75, 76, 0, 0 = 151 Ron Cerrudo CUT 77, 74, 0, 0 = 151 Ralph Johnston CUT 76, 75, 0, 0 = 151 Joe Kunes CUT 74, 77, 0, 0 = 151 Rusty Guernsey CUT 78, 73, 0, 0 = 151 Terry Mauney CUT 75, 77, 0, 0 = 152 Wren Lum CUT 78, 74, 0, 0 = 152 Mike Wynn CUT 79, 73, 0, 0 = 152 Bert Seagraves CUT 74, 79, 0, 0 = 153 Steve Melnyk CUT 76, 77, 0, 0 = 153 Bob Menne CUT 76, 77, 0, 0 = 153 Bill Garrett CUT 75, 78, 0, 0 = 153 Chris Pigott CUT 78, 76, 0, 0 = 154 Doug Tewell CUT 72, 82, 0, 0 = 154 Tommy Valentine CUT 74, 80, 0, 0 = 154 Rick Acton CUT 77, 79, 0, 0 = 156 Bob Erickson CUT 79, 80, 0, 0 = 159 Emory Lee CUT 77, 82, 0, 0 = 159 Dave Haberle CUT 82, 77, 0, 0 = 159