1979 PGA Tour

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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)Notes
Jan 14Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia John Mahaffey (4)343 (−17)50,000
Jan 22Phoenix OpenArizona Ben Crenshaw (6)199 (−14)33,750
Jan 28Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Fuzzy Zoeller (1)282 (−6)45,000
Feb 4Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Lon Hinkle (2)284 (−4)54,000
Feb 11Hawaiian OpenHawaii Hubert Green (15)267 (−21)54,000
Feb 18Joe Garagiola-Tucson OpenArizona Bruce Lietzke (4)265 (−15)45,000
Feb 25Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Lanny Wadkins (6)276 (−8)45,000
Mar 4Bay Hill Citrus ClassicFlorida Bob Byman (1)278 (−6)45,000
Mar 11Jackie Gleason-Inverrary ClassicFlorida Larry Nelson (1)274 (−14)54,000
Mar 18Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Mark McCumber (1)279 (−9)45,000
Mar 25Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Lanny Wadkins (7)283 (−5)72,000
Apr 1Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Tom Watson (14)270 (−14)54,000
Apr 8Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Raymond Floyd (11)282 (−6)45,000
Apr 15Masters TournamentGeorgia Fuzzy Zoeller (2)280 (−8)50,000
Apr 15Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Bobby Walzel272 (-8)9,000Satellite event
Apr 22MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Tom Watson (15)275 (−13)54,000
Apr 22Tallahassee OpenFlorida Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8)269 (−19)18,000Alternate event
Apr 29First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisiana Hubert Green (16)273 (−15)45,000
May 6Houston OpenTexas Wayne Levi (2)268 (−16)54,000
May 13Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Tom Watson (16)275 (−5)54,000
May 20Colonial National InvitationTexas Al Geiberger (11)274 (−6)54,000
May 27Memorial TournamentOhio Tom Watson (17)285 (−3)54,000
Jun 3Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Jerry McGee (3)272 (−16)63,000
Jun 10Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Andy Bean (5)265 (−23)54,000
Jun 17U.S. OpenOhio Hale Irwin (11)284 (E)50,000
Jun 24Canadian OpenCanada Lee Trevino (24)281 (−3)63,000
Jul 1Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Gil Morgan (4)278 (−10)54,000
Jul 8Western OpenIllinois Larry Nelson (2)286 (−2)54,000
Jul 15Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Calvin Peete (1)269 (−19)36,000
Jul 21British OpenEngland Seve Ballesteros (2)283 (−1)31,500
Jul 22Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinois D. A. Weibring (1)266 (−14)36,000
Jul 29IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Lou Graham (4)273 (−11)45,000
Aug 5PGA ChampionshipMichigan David Graham (4)272 (−8)60,000
Aug 12Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Jerry McGee (4)267 (−17)54,000
Aug 19Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Jack Renner (1)277 (−7)72,000
Aug 26Colgate Hall of Fame ClassicNorth Carolina Tom Watson (18)272 (−12)45,000
Sep 2B.C. OpenNew York Howard Twitty (1)270 (−14)49,500
Sep 9American Optical ClassicMassachusetts Lou Graham (5)275 (−9)45,000
Sep 16Buick-Goodwrench OpenMichigan John Fought (1)280 (−8)27,000
Sep 23Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicCalifornia John Fought (2)277 (−11)54,000
Sep 30World Series of GolfOhio Lon Hinkle (3)272 (−8)100,000
Oct 7San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Lou Graham (6)268 (−12)45,000
Oct 14Southern OpenGeorgia Ed Fiori (1)274 (−6)36,000
Oct 21Pensacola OpenFlorida Curtis Strange (1)271 (−17)36,000
Oct 28Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida George Burns (1)
Ben Crenshaw (7)
255 (−33)22,500
(each)

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerTom Watson United States
PGA Player of the YearTom Watson United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Tom Watson United States
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