# 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.
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, 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. It was Coody's third and final win on the PGA Tour.
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 and 1955 champion Cary Middlecoff during the second.
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 came up short on the back nine on Sunday, as he shot 37 for an even-par 72.

## 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.

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

Orville Moody (8)
* Lee Trevino (9,11) did not play.

### 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. 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

### 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.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, April 8, 1971
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Charles Coody | 66 | −6 |
| T2 | Raymond Floyd | 69 | −3 |
| T2 | Hale Irwin | 69 | −3 |
| T2 | Don January | 69 | −3 |
| T2 | Bob Lunn | 69 | −3 |
| T2 | Bob Murphy | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | Dale Douglass | 70 | −2 |
| T7 | Jack Nicklaus | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Art Wall Jr. | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Tom Weiskopf | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Bert Yancey | 71 | −1 |
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### Second round

Friday, April 9, 1971
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Don January | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| T2 | Charles Coody | 66-73=139 | −5 |
| T2 | Bob Murphy | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| 4 | Tom Weiskopf | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| T5 | Dale Douglass | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T5 | Hale Irwin | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T5 | Gene Littler | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| T5 | Jack Nicklaus | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T9 | Bruce Devlin | 72-70=142 | −2 |
| T9 | Bobby Mitchell | 72-70=142 | −2 |
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### Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1971
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Charles Coody | 66-73-70=209 | −7 |
| T1 | Jack Nicklaus | 70-71-68=209 | −7 |
| 3 | Don January | 69-69-73=211 | −5 |
| T4 | Hale Irwin | 69-72-71=212 | −4 |
| T4 | Tom Weiskopf | 71-69-72=212 | −4 |
| 6 | Johnny Miller | 72-73-68=213 | −3 |
| T7 | Bruce Devlin | 72-70-72=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Gene Littler | 72-69-73=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Dave Stockton | 72-73-69=214 | −2 |
| T10 | Bob Murphy | 69-70-76=215 | −1 |
| T10 | Gary Player | 72-72-71=215 | −1 |
| T10 | Ken Still | 72-71-72=215 | −1 |
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### Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1971

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Charles Coody | 66-73-70-70=279 | −9 | 25,000 |
| T2 | Johnny Miller | 72-73-68-68=281 | −7 | 17,500 |
| T2 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 70-71-68-72=281 | −7 | 17,500 |
| T4 | Don January | 69-69-73-72=283 | −5 | 9,050 |
| T4 | Gene Littler | 72-69-73-69=283 | −5 | 9,050 |
| T6 | Gary Player (c) | 72-72-71-69=284 | −4 | 5,600 |
| T6 | Ken Still | 72-71-72-69=284 | −4 | 5,600 |
| T6 | Tom Weiskopf | 71-69-72-72=284 | −4 | 5,600 |
| T9 | Frank Beard | 74-73-69-70=286 | −2 | 3,767 |
| T9 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 76-69-72-69=286 | −2 | 3,767 |
| T9 | Dave Stockton | 72-73-69-72=286 | −2 | 3,767 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 12 | Bert Greene | 73-73-71-70=287 | −1 | 3,300 |
| T13 | Billy Casper (c) | 72-73-71-72=288 | E | 3,000 |
| T13 | Bruce Devlin | 72-70-72-74=288 | E | 3,000 |
| T13 | Raymond Floyd | 69-75-73-71=288 | E | 3,000 |
| T13 | Hale Irwin | 69-72-71-76=288 | E | 3,000 |
| T13 | Bob Murphy | 69-70-76-73=288 | E | 3,000 |
| T18 | Bruce Crampton | 73-72-74-70=289 | +1 | 2,650 |
| T18 | Arnold Palmer (c) | 73-72-71-73=289 | +1 | 2,650 |
| T20 | Dave Eichelberger | 76-71-70-73=290 | +2 | 2,450 |
| T20 | Orville Moody | 79-69-70-72=290 | +2 | 2,450 |
| T22 | Tommy Aaron | 76-72-74-69=291 | +3 | 2,250 |
| T22 | Bobby Mitchell | 72-70-74-75=291 | +3 | 2,250 |
| T24 | Al Geiberger | 73-75-72-72=292 | +4 | 2,100 |
| T24 | Dick Lotz | 77-72-73-70=292 | +4 | 2,100 |
| T24 | Steve Melnyk (a) | 73-70-75-74=292 | +4 | 0 |
| T27 | Dale Douglass | 70-71-76-76=293 | +5 | 1,750 |
| T27 | Dave Hill | 74-73-70-76=293 | +5 | 1,750 |
| T27 | Art Wall Jr. (c) | 71-76-72-74=293 | +5 | 1,750 |
| T30 | Larry Hinson | 75-71-76-72=294 | +6 | 1,750 |
| T30 | Hsieh Yung-yo | 75-69-77-73=294 | +6 | 1,750 |
| T30 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 73-75-71-75=294 | +6 | 1,750 |
| T30 | Larry Ziegler | 73-70-77-74=294 | +6 | 1,750 |
| 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 |
| T36 | David Graham | 75-72-77-73=297 | +9 | 1,675 |
| T36 | Tony Jacklin | 73-76-76-72=297 | +9 | 1,675 |
| T36 | John Schlee | 76-74-73-74=297 | +9 | 1,675 |
| T36 | Tom Shaw | 77-70-74-76=297 | +9 | 1,675 |
| 41 | Harold Henning | 72-75-77-74=298 | +10 | 1,600 |
| T42 | Tom Kite (a) | 76-74-70-80=300 | +12 | 0 |
| T42 | John Lister | 78-72-75-75=300 | +12 | 1,600 |
| T42 | Allen Miller (a) | 76-73-81-70=300 | +12 | 0 |
| 45 | Gibby Gilbert | 72-76-75-79=302 | +14 | 1,600 |
| T46 | Doug Ford (c) | 75-75-77-76=303 | +15 | 1,600 |
| T46 | Howie Johnson | 73-74-82-74=303 | +15 | 1,600 |
| 48 | Jerry Heard | 76-74-75-79=304 | +16 | 1,600 |
| CUT | Jim Gabrielsen (a) | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Vinny Giles (a) | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Lou Graham | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Takaaki Kono | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Peter Oosterhuis | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins (a) | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Miller Barber | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Deane Beman | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Homero Blancas | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Julius Boros | 80-72=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Charles Coe (a) | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Bert Yancey | 71-81=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Sam Snead (c) | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Gay Brewer (c) | 79-75=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Dan Sikes | 72-82=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Richard Spears (a) | 75-79=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Sukree Onsham | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | William C. Campbell (a) | 78-79=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Jim Simons (a) | 83-74=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Bob Charles | 77-81=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Gary Cowan (a) | 83-75=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Tommy Horton | 82-76=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Terry Wilcox | 78-80=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Joel Goldstrand | 82-77=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Ralph Guldahl (c) | 79-84=163 | +19 | |
| CUT | Gene Sarazen (c) | 83-80=163 | +19 | |
| WD | Cary Middlecoff (c) | 75 | +3 | |
| WD | Herman Keiser (c) | 81 | +9 | |
| WD | Claude Harmon (c) | | | |
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#### 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 |
| 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