1971 Masters Tournament

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)
«1970 1972»

Augusta

Location in the United States

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 bogied 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 only 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]

Past champions in the field

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]^[7]

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
T7	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70	−2
T9	Art Wall Jr.	United States	71	−1
	Tom Weiskopf	United States
	Bert Yancey	United States

Source:^[8]

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
T2	Bob Murphy	United States	69-70=139	−5
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
T9	Bobby Mitchell	United States	72-70=142	−2

Source:^[9]

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1971

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Charles Coody	United States	66-73-70=209	−7
T1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-71-68=209	−7
3	Don January	United States	69-69-73=211	−5
T4	Hale Irwin	United States	69-72-71=212	−4
T4	Tom Weiskopf	United States	71-69-72=212	−4
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:^[10]

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
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-71-68-72=281	−7	17,500
T4	Don January	United States	69-69-73-72=283	−5	9,050
T4	Gene Littler	United States	72-69-73-69=283	−5	9,050
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 DeVicenzo	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 2 3 4 5 Mizell, Hubert (April 12, 1971). "Coody atones for earlier 'choke'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.
1 2 Jenkins, Dan (April 19, 1971). "There went the Slam". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
1 2 "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.
1 2 "Charles Coody far ahead as Masters star struggle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1971. p. 19.
1 2 "Veteran January catches Coody; takes Masters tournament lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 10, 1971. p. 11.
↑ "1971 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
↑ "Charles Coody fires 66, takes three-stoke 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.

External links

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

1971 Men's Major Golf Championships

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Key figures

Frank Chirkinian

Music composers	Earl Klugh ("Take It From The Top") Dave Loggins ("Augusta") David Barrett ("The Gift") E.S. Posthumus ("Burlingame", "Thrill of Victory") Lalo Schifrin ("St. Ives Theme") Yanni ("Fanfare")

Television contract history
Golf on USA Network (early round Masters coverage)

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020

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