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1971 Masters Tournament

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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1971 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1971 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 8–11, 1971
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field77 players, 48 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Winner's share$25,000
Champion
United States Charles Coody
279 (−9)
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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] 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

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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

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First round

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Thursday, April 8, 1971

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

Source:[10]

Second round

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Friday, April 9, 1971

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

Source:[11]

Third round

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Saturday, April 10, 1971

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

Source:[12]

Final round

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Sunday, April 11, 1971

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Charles Coody 66-73-70-70=279 −9 25,000
T2 United States Johnny Miller 72-73-68-68=281 −7 17,500
United States Jack Nicklaus (c) 70-71-68-72=281
T4 United States Don January 69-69-73-72=283 −5 9,050
United States Gene Littler 72-69-73-69=283
T6 South Africa Gary Player (c) 72-72-71-69=284 −4 5,600
United States Ken Still 72-71-72-69=284
United States Tom Weiskopf 71-69-72-72=284
T9 United States Frank Beard 74-73-69-70=286 −2 3,767
Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo 76-69-72-69=286
United States Dave Stockton 72-73-69-72=286

Sources:[13][14]

Scorecard

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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
United States Coody −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9
United States Miller −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7
United States 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

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  1. ^ a b c Mizell, Hubert (April 12, 1971). "Coody atones for earlier 'choke'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.
  2. ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (April 19, 1971). "There went the Slam". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b "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.
  13. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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