1971 Masters 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]

1971 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 8–11, 1971
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field	77 players, 48 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Winner's share	$25,000
Champion
Charles Coody
279 (−9)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

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] rebounded from his bogey at 14 with two consecutive birdies and parred the final two holes while Miller, 23, bogeyed two of the last three holes. It was a bit of redemption for Coody, who bogeyed the final three holes in 1969 to finish two strokes back.[1] It was Coody's third and final win on the 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] and 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] came up short on the back nine on Sunday, as he shot 37 for an even-par 72.[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.

• Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and Henry Picard did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Orville Moody (8)

• Lee Trevino (9,11) did not play.

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.

Nationalities in the field

North America (63)	South America (1)	Europe (3)	Oceania (5)	Asia (3)	Africa (2)
Canada (1)	Argentina (1)	England (3)	Australia (3)	Japan (1)	South Africa (2)
United States (62)			New Zealand (2)	Thailand (1)
				Taiwan (1)

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966	70	71	68	72	281	−7	T2
Gary Player	South Africa	1961	72	72	71	69	284	−4	T6
Billy Casper	United States	1970	72	73	71	72	288	E	T13
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	73	72	71	73	289	+1	T18
Art Wall Jr.	United States	1959	71	76	72	74	293	+5	T27
George Archer	United States	1969	73	74	78	71	296	+8	35
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	76	73	74	74	297	+9	T36
Doug Ford	United States	1957	75	75	77	76	303	+15	T46

Source[1]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	76	77	153	+9
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	79	75	154	+10
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	79	84	163	+19
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	83	80	163	+19
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	75		WD
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	81		WD
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	WD

Source[5][6][9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Charles Coody	United States	66	−6
T2	Raymond Floyd	United States	69	−3
	Hale Irwin	United States
	Don January	United States
	Bob Lunn	United States
	Bob Murphy	United States
T7	Dale Douglass	United States	70	−2
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
T9	Art Wall Jr.	United States	71	−1
	Tom Weiskopf	United States
	Bert Yancey	United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Don January	United States	69-69=138	−6
T2	Charles Coody	United States	66-73=139	−5
	Bob Murphy	United States	69-70=139
4	Tom Weiskopf	United States	71-69=140	−4
T5	Dale Douglass	United States	70-71=141	−3
	Hale Irwin	United States	69-72=141
	Gene Littler	United States	72-69=141
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-71=141
T9	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-70=142	−2
	Bobby Mitchell	United States	72-70=142

Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Charles Coody	United States	66-73-70=209	−7
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-71-68=209
3	Don January	United States	69-69-73=211	−5
T4	Hale Irwin	United States	69-72-71=212	−4
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	71-69-72=212
6	Johnny Miller	United States	72-73-68=213	−3
T7	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-70-72=214	−2
	Gene Littler	United States	72-69-73=214
	Dave Stockton	United States	72-73-69=214
T10	Bob Murphy	United States	69-70-76=215	−1
	Gary Player	South Africa	72-72-71=215
	Ken Still	United States	72-71-72=215

Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Charles Coody	United States	66-73-70-70=279	−9	25,000
T2	Johnny Miller	United States	72-73-68-68=281	−7	17,500
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-71-68-72=281
T4	Don January	United States	69-69-73-72=283	−5	9,050
	Gene Littler	United States	72-69-73-69=283
T6	Gary Player	South Africa	72-72-71-69=284	−4	5,600
	Ken Still	United States	72-71-72-69=284
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	71-69-72-72=284
T9	Frank Beard	United States	74-73-69-70=286	−2	3,767
	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	76-69-72-69=286
	Dave Stockton	United States	72-73-69-72=286

Source:[1]

Scorecard

Final round

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
Coody	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9
Miller	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7
Nicklaus	−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

1. Mizell, Hubert (April 12, 1971). "Coody atones for earlier 'choke'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.
2. Jenkins, Dan (April 19, 1971). "There went the Slam". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
3. "Nicklaus, Coody tied for lead in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1971. p. 1C.
4. "Coody wins to make amends". Milwaukee Journal. April 12, 1971. p. 11-part 2.
5. "Charles Coody far ahead as Masters star struggle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1971. p. 19.
6. "Veteran January catches Coody; takes Masters tournament lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 10, 1971. p. 11.
7. "Lan Wadkins Links Champ". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 6, 1970. p. 8.
8. ""Consolation" is birth in Masters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 5, 1981. p. 12.
9. "1971 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
10. "Charles Coody fires 66, takes three-stroke lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 9, 1971. p. 2B.
11. "January claims lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 10, 1971. p. 1B.
12. "Masters pairings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1971. p. 8C.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1971 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1971 Masters leaderboard and scorecards