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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 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 14
Bob Hope Desert Classic California John Mahaffey (4)343 (−17)
50,000
Jan 22
Phoenix Open Arizona Ben Crenshaw (6)199 (−14)
33,750
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 (−21)
54,000
Feb 18
Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open Arizona Bruce Lietzke (4)265 (−15)
45,000
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 11
Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic Florida Larry Nelson (1)274 (−14)
54,000
Mar 18
Doral-Eastern Open Florida Mark McCumber (1)279 (−9)
45,000
Mar 25
Tournament Players Championship Florida Lanny Wadkins (7)283 (−5)
72,000
Apr 1
Sea Pines Heritage Classic South Carolina Tom Watson (14)270 (−14)
54,000
Apr 8
Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Raymond Floyd (11)282 (−6)
45,000
Apr 15
Masters Tournament Georgia Fuzzy Zoeller 280 (−8)
50,000
Apr 22
Tallahassee Open Florida Chi Chi Rodriguez (8)269 (−19)
18,000
Apr 22
MONY Tournament of Champions California Tom Watson (15)275 (−13)
54,000
Apr 29
First NBC New Orleans Open Louisiana Hubert Green (16)273 (−15)
45,000
May 6
Houston Open Texas Wayne Levi (2)268 (−16)
54,000
May 13
Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas Tom Watson (16)275 (−5)
54,000
May 20
Colonial National Invitation Texas Al Geiberger (11)274 (−6)
54,000
May 27
Memorial Tournament Ohio Tom Watson (17)285 (−3)
54,000
Jun 3
Kemper Open North Carolina Jerry McGee (3)272 (−16)
63,000
Jun 10
Atlanta Classic Georgia Andy Bean (5)265 (−23)
54,000
Jun 17
U.S. Open Ohio Hale Irwin 284 (E)
50,000
Jun 24
Canadian Open Canada Lee Trevino (24)281 (−3)
63,000
Jul 1
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic Tennessee Gil Morgan (4)278 (−10)
54,000
Jul 8
Western Open Illinois Larry Nelson (2)286 (−2)
54,000
Jul 15
Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Calvin Peete (1)269 (−19)
36,000
Jul 21
British Open England Seve Ballesteros 283 (−1)
31,500
Jul 22
Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open Illinois D. A. Weibring (1)266 (−14)
36,000
Jul 29
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic Pennsylvania Lou Graham (4)273 (−11)
45,000
Aug 5
PGA Championship Michigan David Graham 272 (−8)
60,000
Aug 12
Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open Connecticut Jerry McGee (4)267 (−17)
54,000
Aug 19
Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic New York Jack Renner (1)277 (−7)
72,000
Aug 26
Colgate Hall of Fame Classic North Carolina Tom Watson (18)272 (−12)
45,000
Sep 2
B.C. Open New York Howard Twitty (1)270 (−14)
49,500
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 (−11)
54,000
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 (−12)
45,000
Oct 14
Southern Open Georgia Ed Fiori (1)274 (−6)
36,000
Oct 21
Pensacola Open Florida Curtis Strange (1)271 (−17)
36,000
Oct 28
Walt Disney World National Team Championship Florida George Burns (1)Ben Crenshaw (7)255 (−33)
22,500
Awards
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