Golf tournament
The 1971 Masters Tournament was the 35th Masters Tournament , held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia . Charles Coody won his only major championship , two strokes ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus .[ 1] [ 2]
Miller was six-under for the Sunday round and, playing two groups ahead of the final two-some, his birdie on 14 would open up a two-shot lead when Coody subsequently bogeyed the hole, but could not hold on to win. Coody, co-leader with Nicklaus entering the round,[ 3] 1969 to finish two strokes back.[ 1] PGA Tour .[ 4]
Future 3-time U.S. Open champion Hale Irwin made his Masters debut in 1971 and tied for 13th place. It was the final Masters for two champions: 1948 winner Claude Harmon , withdrew during the first round[ 5] 1955 champion Cary Middlecoff during the second.[ 6]
Dave Stockton won the twelfth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23.
For the first time in its history, the Masters was not the first major championship of the year. The 1971 PGA Championship was played in Florida in February, and was won by Nicklaus. The co-leader entering Sunday, his attempt to secure the second leg of the grand slam [ 3] [ 2]
Field
1. Masters champions George Archer , Gay Brewer (9), Billy Casper (2,8,9,11), Doug Ford , Bob Goalby , Ralph Guldahl , Claude Harmon , Herman Keiser , Cary Middlecoff , Jack Nicklaus (2,3,8,10,11), Arnold Palmer (10), Gary Player (3,8), Gene Sarazen , Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr.
The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Orville Moody (8)
3. The Open champions (last five years) 4. PGA champions (last five years) Julius Boros (8,9), Raymond Floyd (10,11), Al Geiberger , Don January (8), Dave Stockton (8,10)
5. The first eight finishers in the 1970 U.S. Amateur William C. Campbell (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Vinny Giles (7,a), Tom Kite (7,a), Steve Melnyk (6,a), Jim Simons (a), Richard Spears (a), Lanny Wadkins (6,7,a)[ 7]
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions 7. Members of the 1970 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team Allen Miller (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1970 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron (11), Miller Barber (9,11), Frank Beard (11), Deane Beman , Charles Coe (a), Charles Coody , Bert Greene , Dave Hill (9,11), Howie Johnson (9), Gene Littler (9,10,11), Dick Lotz (10), Bob Lunn (9), Bob Murphy (10), Chi-Chi Rodríguez , Tom Weiskopf , Terry Wilcox , Bert Yancey
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1970 U.S. Open Joel Goldstrand , Bobby Mitchell , Ken Still (11), Larry Ziegler
10. Top eight players and ties from 1970 PGA Championship Larry Hinson
11. Members of the U.S. 1969 Ryder Cup team Dale Douglass , Dan Sikes
12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions. Homero Blancas
13. Leading eight players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Dave Eichelberger , Gibby Gilbert , Lou Graham , Jerry Heard , Hale Irwin , Johnny Miller , John Schlee , Tom Shaw [ 8]
14. Foreign invitations Bob Charles (8,9), Gary Cowan (5,a), Bruce Crampton (10), Roberto De Vicenzo (3), Bruce Devlin (9), David Graham , Harold Henning , Tommy Horton , Hsieh Yung-yo , Tony Jacklin (2,3,8,9), Takaaki Kono (8), John Lister , Sukree Onsham , Peter Oosterhuis
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. [ 9]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 8, 1971
Source: [ 10]
Second round
Friday, April 9, 1971
Source: [ 11]
Third round
Saturday, April 10, 1971
Source: [ 12]
Final round
Sunday, April 11, 1971
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
12
Bert Greene 73-73-71-70=287
−1
3,300
T13
Billy Casper (c)72-73-71-72=288
E
3,000
Bruce Devlin 72-70-72-74=288
Raymond Floyd 69-75-73-71=288
Hale Irwin 69-72-71-76=288
Bob Murphy 69-70-76-73=288
T18
Bruce Crampton 73-72-74-70=289
+1
2,650
Arnold Palmer (c)73-72-71-73=289
T20
Dave Eichelberger 76-71-70-73=290
+2
2,450
Orville Moody 79-69-70-72=290
T22
Tommy Aaron 76-72-74-69=291
+3
2,250
Bobby Mitchell 72-70-74-75=291
T24
Al Geiberger 73-75-72-72=292
+4
2,100
Dick Lotz 77-72-73-70=292
Steve Melnyk (a)73-70-75-74=292
0
T27
Dale Douglass 70-71-76-76=293
+5
1,750
Dave Hill 74-73-70-76=293
Art Wall Jr. (c)71-76-72-74=293
T30
Larry Hinson 75-71-76-72=294
+6
1,750
Hsieh Yung-yo 75-69-77-73=294
Chi-Chi Rodríguez 73-75-71-75=294
Larry Ziegler 73-70-77-74=294
34
Bob Lunn 69-76-81-69=295
+7
1,675
35
George Archer (c)73-74-78-71=296
+8
1,675
T36
Bob Goalby (c)76-73-74-74=297
+9
1,675
David Graham 75-72-77-73=297
Tony Jacklin 73-76-76-72=297
John Schlee 76-74-73-74=297
Tom Shaw 77-70-74-76=297
41
Harold Henning 72-75-77-74=298
+10
1,600
T42
Tom Kite (a)76-74-70-80=300
+12
0
John Lister 78-72-75-75=300
1,600
Allen Miller (a)76-73-81-70=300
0
45
Gibby Gilbert 72-76-75-79=302
+14
1,600
T46
Doug Ford (c)75-75-77-76=303
+15
1,600
Howie Johnson 73-74-82-74=303
48
Jerry Heard 76-74-75-79=304
+16
1,600
CUT
Jim Gabrielsen (a)76-75=151
+7
Vinny Giles (a)74-77=151
Lou Graham 78-73=151
Takaaki Kono 77-74=151
Peter Oosterhuis 72-79=151
Lanny Wadkins (a)73-78=151
Miller Barber 75-77=152
+8
Deane Beman 75-77=152
Homero Blancas 77-75=152
Julius Boros 80-72=152
Charles Coe (a)74-78=152
Bert Yancey 71-81=152
Sam Snead (c)76-77=153
+9
Gay Brewer (c)79-75=154
+10
Dan Sikes 72-82=154
Richard Spears (a)75-79=154
Sukree Onsham 77-78=155
+11
William C. Campbell (a)78-79=157
+13
Jim Simons (a)83-74=157
Bob Charles 77-81=158
+14
Gary Cowan (a)83-75=158
Tommy Horton 82-76=158
Terry Wilcox 78-80=158
Joel Goldstrand 82-77=159
+15
Ralph Guldahl (c)79-84=163
+19
Gene Sarazen (c)83-80=163
WD
Cary Middlecoff (c)75
+3
Herman Keiser (c)81
+9
Claude Harmon (c)
Sources:[ 13] [ 14]
Scorecard
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Par
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
4
−7
−8
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−7
−8
−9
−9
−9
−3
−3
−4
−5
−5
−5
−5
−6
−6
−6
−7
−8
−8
−9
−9
−8
−8
−7
−8
−8
−8
−7
−6
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
References
^ a b c Mizell, Hubert (April 12, 1971). "Coody atones for earlier 'choke' . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B. ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (April 19, 1971). "There went the Slam" . Sports Illustrated . p. 16.^ a b "Nicklaus, Coody tied for lead in Masters" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1971. p. 1C.^ "Coody wins to make amends" . Milwaukee Journal . April 12, 1971. p. 11-part 2.^ "Charles Coody far ahead as Masters star struggle" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1971. p. 19.^ "Veteran January catches Coody; takes Masters tournament lead" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 10, 1971. p. 11.^ "Lan Wadkins Links Champ" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 6, 1970. p. 8.^ " . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 5, 1981. p. 12.^ "1971 Masters" . databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014 .^ "Charles Coody fires 66, takes three-stroke lead" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 9, 1971. p. 2B.^ "January claims lead" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 10, 1971. p. 1B.^ "Masters pairings" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1971. p. 8C.^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results" . Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "Past results – Masters tournament" . PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
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