Southern Open Annual Results 1978

Defending champion Jerry Pate won by one stroke over Phil Hancock, becoming the only player ever to win
back-to-back Southern Open titles.

Pate's 1977 Southern win had come after that year's World Series of Golf. A change in the scheduling for 1978
placed the World Series -AFTER- the Southern. At that particular time, one of the qualifications for the World
Series of Golf was two regular tour event wins between the Series of the previous year and current year. Thanks
to the scheduling changes, Pate won the same event twice (the Southern in 1977 and 1978) and thereby got his
invitation to the 1978 edition of the World Series of Golf !!

Player Finish Score (par-70) Money(US-$$) ------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Pate WINNER 67, 67, 66, 69 = 269 35,000.00 Phil Hancock 2 66, 72, 68, 64 = 270 19,950.00 Jim Nelford 3 68, 66, 75, 64 = 273 10,325.00 Don January 3 69, 66, 70, 68 = 273 10,325.00 Chi Chi Rodriguez 5 68, 68, 71, 67 = 274 6,358.34 George Cadle 5 68, 70, 67, 69 = 274 6,358.33 Bobby Wadkins 5 68, 66, 69, 71 = 274 6,358.33 Tim Simpson 8 74, 67, 66, 68 = 275 4,392.60 Rex Caldwell 8 66, 67, 72, 70 = 275 4,392.60 Keith Fergus 8 70, 66, 70, 69 = 275 4,392.60 Mark Hayes 8 72, 66, 70, 67 = 275 4,392.60 Greg Powers 8 68, 65, 70, 72 = 275 4,392.60 Gary Koch 13 71, 65, 69, 71 = 276 3,062.50 Jim Simons 13 71, 67, 68, 70 = 276 3,062.50 Jim Dent 13 69, 67, 71, 69 = 276 3,062.50 Rocky Thompson 13 66, 65, 76, 69 = 276 3,062.50 Barney Thompson 17 66, 71, 71, 69 = 277 1,973.67 George Burns 17 68, 67, 72, 70 = 277 1,973.67 Frank Conner 17 69, 66, 74, 68 = 277 1,973.67 Wayne Levi 17 69, 67, 69, 72 = 277 1,973.67 Lee Mikles 17 70, 72, 70, 65 = 277 1,973.67 Allen Miller 17 68, 68, 73, 68 = 277 1,973.67 Bob Wynn 17 68, 67, 69, 73 = 277 1,973.66 Miller Barber 17 67, 68, 69, 73 = 277 1,973.66 Bill Kratzert 17 71, 69, 66, 71 = 277 1,973.66 Hubert Green 26 68, 70, 72, 68 = 278 1,321.50 Mike Reid 26 71, 64, 72, 71 = 278 1,321.50 Ben Crenshaw 26 69, 72, 69, 68 = 278 1,321.50 Carlton White 26 69, 68, 69, 72 = 278 1,321.50 Doug Tewell 30 67, 71, 68, 73 = 279 1,087.00 Danny Edwards 30 74, 66, 68, 71 = 279 1,087.00 Tommy Aaron 30 71, 69, 68, 71 = 279 1,087.00 Lyn Lott 30 72, 69, 69, 69 = 279 1,087.00 Larry Nelson 30 71, 69, 71, 68 = 279 1,087.00 Bob Zender 35 71, 70, 69, 70 = 280 923.00 George Johnson 35 67, 69, 73, 71 = 280 923.00 Grier Jones 37 65, 70, 73, 73 = 281 787.00 Kermit Zarley 37 72, 69, 71, 69 = 281 787.00 Bob Mann 37 70, 71, 71, 69 = 281 787.00 Artie McNickle 37 71, 70, 68, 72 = 281 787.00 Andy Bean 37 70, 65, 71, 75 = 281 787.00 Charles Coody 42 68, 73, 68, 73 = 282 594.50 Bob Byman 42 70, 71, 72, 69 = 282 594.50 Lanny Wadkins 42 66, 71, 73, 72 = 282 594.50 Calvin Peete 42 71, 69, 73, 69 = 282 594.50 D. Weibring 42 70, 71, 72, 69 = 282 594.50 Bruce Fleisher 42 74, 67, 71, 70 = 282 594.50 Don Pooley 48 68, 72, 73, 71 = 284 448.50 Bob Murphy 48 71, 68, 73, 72 = 284 448.50 Dan Sikes 48 74, 68, 67, 75 = 284 448.50 Chris Clark 48 70, 71, 72, 71 = 284 448.50 Bruce Devlin 52 70, 68, 76, 71 = 285 385.12 Frank Beard 52 68, 73, 73, 71 = 285 385.11 George Archer 52 72, 67, 74, 72 = 285 385.11 Bobby Walzel 52 69, 70, 71, 75 = 285 385.11 Victor Regalado 52 71, 70, 70, 74 = 285 385.11 Mark McCumber 52 70, 72, 69, 74 = 285 385.11 John Lister 52 74, 65, 70, 76 = 285 385.11 Buddy Gardner 52 70, 72, 73, 70 = 285 385.11 Travis Hudson 52 69, 73, 73, 70 = 285 385.11 J.C. Snead 61 72, 70, 72, 72 = 286 332.67 Bill Calfee 61 71, 68, 76, 71 = 286 332.67 Stan Lee 61 68, 70, 71, 77 = 286 332.66 Ron Streck 64 66, 75, 73, 73 = 287 297.60 Perry Leslie 64 67, 74, 72, 74 = 287 297.60 Tom Purtzer 64 72, 70, 74, 71 = 287 297.60 Gary Ostrega 64 66, 74, 75, 72 = 287 297.60 Mike Ford 64 69, 73, 70, 75 = 287 297.60 Forrest Fezler 69 70, 68, 74, 76 = 288 106.80 **1 Larry Ziegler 69 71, 70, 72, 75 = 288 106.80 **1 David Eger 69 69, 73, 71, 75 = 288 106.80 **1 Dave Barr 69 74, 67, 69, 78 = 288 106.80 **1 Bob Ashby 69 73, 69, 71, 75 = 288 106.80 **1 Charlie Gibson 74 72, 68, 76, 77 = 293 **2 Babe Hiskey 75 74, 67, 78, 79 = 298 **2 **1 = Combined Prize Money for 69th and 70th place - $ 534.00 - was split between the five players tied for 69th. See next note. **2 = 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 ---------------------------------------------- Fred Marti WD 67, 74, 77, 00 = 218 Lou Graham WD 74, 00, 00, 00 = 74 John Mahaffey WD 75, 00, 00, 00 = 75 Don Baker WD 77, 00, 00, 00 = 77 Peter Chapin WD 79, 00, 00, 00 = 79 Bobby Cole CUT 71, 72, 0, 0 = 143 Mitch Adcock CUT 70, 73, 0, 0 = 143 John Schroeder CUT 71, 72, 0, 0 = 143 Jack Spradlin CUT 74, 69, 0, 0 = 143 Ken Still CUT 72, 71, 0, 0 = 143 Bob Smith CUT 68, 75, 0, 0 = 143 Mike Reasor CUT 71, 72, 0, 0 = 143 Bunky Henry CUT 73, 70, 0, 0 = 143 Wally Kuchar CUT 70, 73, 0, 0 = 143 Bill Galloway CUT 72, 71, 0, 0 = 143 Ray Floyd CUT 72, 71, 0, 0 = 143 Mason Rudolph CUT 68, 75, 0, 0 = 143 Gibby Gilbert CUT 71, 73, 0, 0 = 144 Bill Garrett CUT 74, 70, 0, 0 = 144 Hugh Royer CUT 70, 74, 0, 0 = 144 Cesar Sanudo CUT 69, 75, 0, 0 = 144 Rick Beck CUT 73, 71, 0, 0 = 144 Kip Byrne CUT 71, 73, 0, 0 = 144 Jim Colbert CUT 73, 71, 0, 0 = 144 Antonio Cerda CUT 72, 73, 0, 0 = 145 Pete Brown CUT 72, 73, 0, 0 = 145 Dave Shipley CUT 74, 71, 0, 0 = 145 Dale Douglass CUT 72, 73, 0, 0 = 145 Mike Sullivan CUT 74, 71, 0, 0 = 145 Jack Renner CUT 72, 73, 0, 0 = 145 Larry Hinson CUT 72, 74, 0, 0 = 146 Joe Porter CUT 72, 74, 0, 0 = 146 Dan Pohl CUT 75, 71, 0, 0 = 146 Bobby Mitchell CUT 73, 73, 0, 0 = 146 Ron Mobley CUT 73, 73, 0, 0 = 146 Gary McCord CUT 74, 72, 0, 0 = 146 Bob Lunn CUT 73, 73, 0, 0 = 146 Curtis Strange CUT 74, 72, 0, 0 = 146 Gary Vanier CUT 72, 74, 0, 0 = 146 Dewitt Weaver CUT 70, 76, 0, 0 = 146 Woody Blackburn CUT 75, 71, 0, 0 = 146 Homero Blancas CUT 72, 74, 0, 0 = 146 Bobby Afton CUT 71, 75, 0, 0 = 146 Perry Arthur CUT 71, 75, 0, 0 = 146 Jim Chancey CUT 71, 76, 0, 0 = 147 Jim White CUT 72, 75, 0, 0 = 147 Tom Storey CUT 75, 72, 0, 0 = 147 Mac McLendon CUT 78, 69, 0, 0 = 147 Orville Moody CUT 72, 75, 0, 0 = 147 Jeff Hewes CUT 75, 72, 0, 0 = 147 Randy Erskine CUT 71, 76, 0, 0 = 147 Bill Rogers CUT 75, 73, 0, 0 = 148 David Graham CUT 74, 74, 0, 0 = 148 Joe Kunes CUT 74, 74, 0, 0 = 148 Bill Sander CUT 72, 76, 0, 0 = 148 Dave Eichelberger CUT 79, 70, 0, 0 = 149 Tommy Valentine CUT 74, 75, 0, 0 = 149 Parker Moore CUT 70, 79, 0, 0 = 149 Peter Jacobsen CUT 75, 74, 0, 0 = 149 Don Iverson CUT 75, 75, 0, 0 = 150 Emory Lee CUT 75, 77, 0, 0 = 152 Wren Lum CUT 73, 79, 0, 0 = 152 Fred Voelkel CUT 74, 78, 0, 0 = 152 Ed Byman CUT 77, 75, 0, 0 = 152 Adam Adams CUT 74, 79, 0, 0 = 153 John Adams CUT 77, 76, 0, 0 = 153 Sam Adams CUT 77, 77, 0, 0 = 154 Mike Watney CUT 75, 79, 0, 0 = 154 Gary Jacobsen CUT 76, 78, 0, 0 = 154 John Godwin CUT 76, 79, 0, 0 = 155 Brent Buckman CUT 77, 79, 0, 0 = 156