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1971 PGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1971 PGA Championship
dates	February 25–28, 1971
location	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
course	PGA National Golf Club,
(now BallenIsles
Country Club, East Course)
org	PGA of America
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7096 yd
field	144 players, 81 after cut
cut	149 (+5)
purse	$202,440
winners_share	$40,000
champion	USA Jack Nicklaus
score	281 (−7)
previous	[1970](1970-pga-championship)
next	[1972](1972-pga-championship)

(now BallenIsles Country Club, East Course) |USA |USA Florida The 1971 PGA Championship was the 53rd PGA Championship, played February 25–28 at the original PGA National Golf Club, presently known as BallenIsles Country Club (East Course) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Jack Nicklaus won the second of his five PGA Championships, two strokes ahead of Billy Casper, the reigning Masters champion. Nicklaus led wire-to-wire, and held a four-stroke lead over Gary Player after 54 holes, with Casper seven shots back. The two were pre-tournament favorites, along with Arnold Palmer, who shot an opening round 75 and finished at 289 (+1), eight strokes back.

Nicklaus became the first in history to complete the modern career Grand Slam for a second time; two victories in each of the four major championships. He completed his third career grand slam at the 1978 Open Championship.

The championship was played in February rather than August, due to anticipated oppressive summer weather in Florida. The rescheduling changed the PGA Championship from the fourth and final major of the calendar year to the first in 1971, and the 1970 and 1971 editions were consecutive majors. It returned to August in 1972 at Oakland Hills in Michigan.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, February 25, 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	69	−3
T2	NZL Bob Charles	70	−2
USA Bob Goalby
USA Bobby Mitchell
T5	USA Bradley Anderson	71	−1
USA Deane Beman
USA Julius Boros
USA Billy Casper
AUS Bruce Devlin
USA Larry Hinson
USA Johnny Miller
ZAF Gary Player
USA Sam Snead
USA Lee Trevino
USA Bert Yancey

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Second round

Friday, February 26, 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	69-69=138	−6
2	USA Miller Barber	72-68=140	−4
3	USA Gibby Gilbert	74-67=141	−3
T4	USA Gene Borek	72-70=142	−2
AUS Bruce Devlin	71-71=142
USA Lionel Hebert	72-70=142
USA Bob Lunn	72-70=142
USA Bob Murphy	74-68=142
USA Tom Weiskopf	72-70=142
USA Larry Ziegler	74-68=142

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Third round

Saturday, February 27, 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	69-69-70=208	−8
2	ZAF Gary Player	71-73-68=212	−4
3	USA Gibby Gilbert	74-67-72=213	−3
T4	USA Miller Barber	72-68-75=215	−1
USA Tommy Bolt	72-74-69=215
USA Gene Borek	72-70-73=215
USA Billy Casper	71-73-71=215
NZL Bob Charles	70-75-70=215
USA Bob Lunn	72-70-73=215
USA Bert Yancey	71-74-70=215

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, February 28, 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	69-69-70-73=281	−7	40,000
2	USA Billy Casper	71-73-71-68=283	−5	22,800
3	USA Tommy Bolt	72-74-69-69=284	−4	14,200
T4	USA Miller Barber	72-68-75-70=285	−3	8,800
ZAF Gary Player	71-73-68-73=285
T6	USA Gibby Gilbert	74-67-72-73=286	−2	6,500
USA Dave Hill	74-71-71-70=286
USA Jim Jamieson	72-72-72-70=286
T9	USA Jerry Heard	73-71-72-71=287	−1	4,800
USA Bob Lunn	72-70-73-72=287
USA Fred Marti	72-71-74-70=287
USA Bob Rosburg	74-72-70-71=287

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References

"Golf". BallenIsles Country Club.
"Tournament Info for: 1971 PGA Championship". [[PGA of America]].
"Club history". BallenIsles Country Club.
(February 26, 1971). "Jack Nicklaus takes lead in PGA golf tournament". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(February 27, 1971). "Nicklaus takes 2-stroke lead in PGA". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(February 28, 1971). "Nicklaus runs four birds to increase his PGA lead". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(February 25, 1971). "Palmer, Nicklaus PGA co-favorites". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
Loomis, Tom. (March 1, 1971). "Jack the giant killer - 2nd PGA falls to Nicklaus". Toledo Blade.
Jenkins, Dan. (March 8, 1971). "Dominance of the Smiling Bear".
(February 27, 1971). "Sports scoreboard: Golf". Eugene Register-Guard.
"1971 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com.

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