1978 PLAYERS champion

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May. 5, 2008

TOURNAMENT RECAP: The winning score for the second year in succession was 289, as Jack Nicklaus became the first and only player to score a hat-trick of PLAYERS titles. In a wind- and rain-affected event of record-high scores, Mike McCullough's 69 in the third round was the only sub- 70 score during the entire tournament. It was the first time Nicklaus had won a tournament without making a final round birdie. Nicklaus won with a final-round 75. "I didn't win this tournament -- I was just the only one to survive," he said.

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1978 PLAYERS leaderboard

Pos	Player	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Total	Earnings
1	Jack Nicklaus	70	71	73	75	289/1	$60,000
2	Lou Graham	71	70	74	75	290/2	$34,200
3	Lon Hinkle	75	72	74	70	291/3	$21,300
T4	Ben Crenshaw	70	71	77	74	292/4	$11,700
T4	Larry Nelson	71	72	75	74	292/4	$11,700
T4	Andy North	74	71	74	73	292/4	$11,700
T4	John Schroeder	70	75	76	71	292/4	$11,700
8	Jim Colbert	74	74	74	72	294/6	$8,850
T9	Hubert Green	76	77	71	71	295/7	$7,500
T9	Peter Oosterhuis	73	73	75	74	295/7	$7,500
T9	Victor Regalado	70	79	76	70	295/7	$7,500