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==Tournament results==
==Tournament results==
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1978 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. [[Men's major golf championships|Majors]] are shown in '''bold'''.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1978 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. [[Men's major golf championships|Majors]] are shown in '''bold'''.
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Revision as of 12:16, 13 November 2018
The 1978 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to November 5. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Tom Watson won the most tournaments, five, and there were seven 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 1978 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
1st prize ($ )
Jan 8
Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open Arizona Tom Watson (9)274 (−14)
40,000
Jan 15
Phoenix Open Arizona Miller Barber (11)272 (−12)
40,000
Jan 23
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Tom Watson (10)280 (−8)
45,000
Jan 29
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational California Jay Haas (1)278 (−10)
40,000
Feb 5
Hawaiian Open Hawaii Hubert Green (13)274 (−14)
50,000
Feb 13
Bob Hope Desert Classic California Bill Rogers (1)339 (−21)
45,000
Feb 19
Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open California Gil Morgan (2)278 (−6)
40,000
Feb 26
Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic Florida Jack Nicklaus (65)276 (−12)
50,000
Mar 6
Florida Citrus Open Florida Mac McLendon (3)271 (−17)
40,000
Mar 12
Doral-Eastern Open Florida Tom Weiskopf (14)272 (−16)
40,000
Mar 19
Tournament Players Championship Florida Jack Nicklaus (66)289 (+1)
60,000
Mar 26
Heritage Classic South Carolina Hubert Green (14)277 (−7)
45,000
Apr 2
Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Seve Ballesteros (1)282 (−6)
48,000
Apr 9
Masters Tournament Georgia Gary Player 277 (−11)
45,000
Apr 16
Tallahassee Open Florida Barry Jaeckel (1)273 (−15)
16,000
Apr 16
MONY Tournament of Champions California Gary Player (23)281 (−7)
45,000
Apr 23
Houston Open Texas Gary Player (24)270 (−18)
40,000
Apr 30
First NBC New Orleans Open Louisiana Lon Hinkle (1)271 (−17)
40,000
May 7
Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas Tom Watson (11)272 (−8)
40,000
May 14
Colonial National Invitation Texas Lee Trevino (23)268 (−12)
40,000
May 21
Memorial Tournament Ohio Jim Simons (2)284 (−4)
50,000
May 28
Atlanta Classic Georgia Jerry Heard (5)269 (−19)
40,000
Jun 4
Kemper Open North Carolina Andy Bean (2)273 (−15)
60,000
Jun 11
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic Tennessee Andy Bean (3)277 (−11)
50,000
Jun 18
U.S. Open Colorado Andy North 285 (+1)
45,000
Jun 18
Buick-Goodwrench Open Michigan Jack Newton (1)280 (−8)
20,000
Jun 25
Canadian Open Canada Bruce Lietzke (3)283 (−1)
50,000
Jul 2
Western Open Illinois Andy Bean (4)282 (−6)
45,000
Jul 9
Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Lee Elder (3)275 (−13)
30,000
Jul 15
British Open Scotland Jack Nicklaus 281 (−7)
23,750
Jul 16
Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open Illinois Victor Regalado (2)269 (−15)
30,000
Jul 23
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic Pennsylvania Jack Nicklaus (68)270 (−14)
50,000
Jul 30
Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open Connecticut Rod Funseth (3)264 (−20)
42,000
Aug 6
PGA Championship Pennsylvania John Mahaffey 276 (−8)
50,000
Aug 13
American Optical Classic Massachusetts John Mahaffey (3)270 (−14)
45,000
Aug 20
American Express Westchester Classic New York Lee Elder (4)274 (−10)
60,000
Aug 27
Colgate Hall of Fame Classic North Carolina Tom Watson (12)277 (−7)
50,000
Sep 4
B.C. Open New York Tom Kite (2)267 (−17)
45,000
Sep 10
Southern Open Georgia Jerry Pate (5)269 (−11)
35,000
Sep 17
San Antonio Texas Open Texas Ron Streck (1)265 (−15)
40,000
Sep 24
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic California Tom Watson (13)270 (−18)
40,000
Oct 1
World Series of Golf Ohio Gil Morgan (3)278 (−2)
100,000
Oct 29
Pensacola Open Florida Mac McLendon (4)272 (−16)
25,000
Nov 5
Walt Disney World National Team Championship Florida Wayne Levi (1)Bob Mann (1)254 (−34)
40,000
Awards
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