Danny Edwards Ray Floyd Don / Gil Morgan / Tom Valentine Andy North Jim / Mark Hayes / Jim Thorpe Craig Stadler Tom / Graham Marsh Cesar Sanudo Mike / Brad Bryant / Forrest Fezler Jerry McGee Scott / Gary Koch / Craig Stadler Tom Weiskopf Bob / Andy Bean / Jim Colbert Frank Conner / John McCarthy / Roger Maltbie Ben Crenshaw Larry / Tom Storey Joe Hager Dave / Bill Rogers Wayne Levi John / Don Schwab / Eddie Pearce / Bobby Nichols Frank Beard Dow / Mac McLendon / Ray Floyd Don Bies Hubert Green Terry / Ben Crenshaw Larry Nelson Allen / Frank Conner Johnny Miller Steve Melnyk Vic / Bob Michael / Bobby Wadkins / Curtis Strange / Tom Culligan / Bob Blomberg / Mike McCullough / John Bridges / Lee Elder / Bill Celli / Jim Nelford / Lee Trevino / Bill Bunting / Larry Nelson Allen Miller / Jerry McGee Scott Simpson Jim / Vic Regalado Pat McGowan Danny / Bobby Nichols / Colbert Frank Conner Johnny / Lou Graham Bruce Fleisher George Burns Lanny / Vance Heafner Mike Morley Tom / Scott Simpson Jim Colbert Frank / Hubert Green Terry Diehl Jack / George Burns Lanny Wadkins Graham / Lon Hinkle / Barry Jaeckel Roger Maltbie Ben / Brooks Barwick / Vance Heafner / Don Massengale Bill Rogers Wayne / Jay Haas / George Knudson Lou Graham Bruce / Graham Marsh / Steve Melnyk / Peter Jacobsen Barry Jaeckel Roger / Frank Beard Dow Finsterwald Marty / Dave Eichelberger Don Pooley John / Marty Fleckman Mac McLendon Peter / John Schroeder / Mike Morley Tom Valentine Andy / Mike Mccullough Ed Sneed Forrest / Leonard Thompson / Tom Storey / Bob Gilder / Mark Pfeil / /
1979 FEBRUARY 1-4 Sporting a five-stroke lead going into the final round, Lon Hinkle ballooned to a 77 and finished in a three-way tie with Andy Bean and Mark Hayes. Hinkle hung on to win by making a 12-foot birdie putt