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1971 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1971 Masters Tournament
image	1971_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1971 Masters Guide
dates	April 8–11, 1971
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	77 players, 48 after cut
cut	150 (+6)
purse
winners_share	$25,000
champion	USA Charles Coody
score	279 (−9)
previous	[1970](1970-masters-tournament)
next	[1972](1972-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

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.

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.

;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)

;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

;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	USA Charles Coody	66	−6
T2	USA Raymond Floyd	69	−3
USA Hale Irwin
USA Don January
USA Bob Lunn
USA Bob Murphy
T7	USA Dale Douglass	70	−2
USA Jack Nicklaus
T9	USA Art Wall Jr.	71	−1
USA Tom Weiskopf
USA Bert Yancey

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1971

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

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1971

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

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1971

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

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

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
12	USA Bert Greene	73-73-71-70=287	−1	3,300
T13	USA Billy Casper (c)	72-73-71-72=288	E	3,000
AUS Bruce Devlin	72-70-72-74=288
USA Raymond Floyd	69-75-73-71=288
USA Hale Irwin	69-72-71-76=288
USA Bob Murphy	69-70-76-73=288
T18	AUS Bruce Crampton	73-72-74-70=289	+1	2,650
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	73-72-71-73=289
T20	USA Dave Eichelberger	76-71-70-73=290	+2	2,450
USA Orville Moody	79-69-70-72=290
T22	USA Tommy Aaron	76-72-74-69=291	+3	2,250
USA Bobby Mitchell	72-70-74-75=291
T24	USA Al Geiberger	73-75-72-72=292	+4	2,100
USA Dick Lotz	77-72-73-70=292
USA Steve Melnyk (a)	73-70-75-74=292	0
T27	USA Dale Douglass	70-71-76-76=293	+5	1,750
USA Dave Hill	74-73-70-76=293
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	71-76-72-74=293
T30	USA Larry Hinson	75-71-76-72=294	+6	1,750
TPE Hsieh Yung-yo	75-69-77-73=294
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	73-75-71-75=294
USA Larry Ziegler	73-70-77-74=294
34	USA Bob Lunn	69-76-81-69=295	+7	1,675
35	USA George Archer (c)	73-74-78-71=296	+8	1,675
T36	USA Bob Goalby (c)	76-73-74-74=297	+9	1,675
AUS David Graham	75-72-77-73=297
ENG Tony Jacklin	73-76-76-72=297
USA John Schlee	76-74-73-74=297
USA Tom Shaw	77-70-74-76=297
41	ZAF Harold Henning	72-75-77-74=298	+10	1,600
T42	USA Tom Kite (a)	76-74-70-80=300	+12	0
NZL John Lister	78-72-75-75=300	1,600
USA Allen Miller (a)	76-73-81-70=300	0
45	USA Gibby Gilbert	72-76-75-79=302	+14	1,600
T46	USA Doug Ford (c)	75-75-77-76=303	+15	1,600
USA Howie Johnson	73-74-82-74=303
48	USA Jerry Heard	76-74-75-79=304	+16	1,600
CUT	USA Jim Gabrielsen (a)	76-75=151	+7
USA Vinny Giles (a)	74-77=151
USA Lou Graham	78-73=151
JPN Takaaki Kono	77-74=151
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	72-79=151
USA Lanny Wadkins (a)	73-78=151
USA Miller Barber	75-77=152	+8
USA Deane Beman	75-77=152
USA Homero Blancas	77-75=152
USA Julius Boros	80-72=152
USA Charles Coe (a)	74-78=152
USA Bert Yancey	71-81=152
USA Sam Snead (c)	76-77=153	+9
USA Gay Brewer (c)	79-75=154	+10
USA Dan Sikes	72-82=154
USA Richard Spears (a)	75-79=154
THA Sukree Onsham	77-78=155	+11
USA William C. Campbell (a)	78-79=157	+13
USA Jim Simons (a)	83-74=157
NZL Bob Charles	77-81=158	+14
CAN Gary Cowan (a)	83-75=158
ENG Tommy Horton	82-76=158
USA Terry Wilcox	78-80=158
USA Joel Goldstrand	82-77=159	+15
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	79-84=163	+19
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	83-80=163
WD	USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	75	+3
USA Herman Keiser (c)	81	+9
USA 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
USA Coody	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9
USA Miller	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7
USA 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

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References

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