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.

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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Charles Coody 66 −6T2 Raymond Floyd 69 −3 Hale Irwin Don January Bob Lunn Bob Murphy T7 Dale Douglass 70 −2 Jack Nicklaus T9 Art Wall Jr. 71 −1 Tom Weiskopf Bert Yancey Source:

Second round Friday, April 9, 1971 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Don January 69-69=138 −6 T2 Charles Coody 66-73=139 −5 Bob Murphy 69-70=139 4 Tom Weiskopf 71-69=140 −4T5 Dale Douglass 70-71=141 −3 Hale Irwin 69-72=141 Gene Littler 72-69=141 Jack Nicklaus 70-71=141T9 Bruce Devlin 72-70=142 −2 Bobby Mitchell 72-70=142 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 10, 1971 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Charles Coody 66-73-70=209 −7 Jack Nicklaus 70-71-68=2093 Don January 69-69-73=211 −5 T4 Hale Irwin 69-72-71=212 −4 Tom Weiskopf 71-69-72=2126 Johnny Miller 72-73-68=213 −3 T7 Bruce Devlin 72-70-72=214 −2 Gene Littler 72-69-73=214 Dave Stockton 72-73-69=214T10 Bob Murphy 69-70-76=215 −1 Gary Player 72-72-71=215 Ken Still 72-71-72=215 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 11, 1971

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Charles Coody 66-73-70-70=279 −9 25,000T2 Johnny Miller 72-73-68-68=281 −7 17,500 Jack Nicklaus (c) 70-71-68-72=281T4 Don January 69-69-73-72=283 −5 9,050 Gene Littler 72-69-73-69=283T6 Gary Player (c) 72-72-71-69=284 −4 5,600 Ken Still 72-71-72-69=284 Tom Weiskopf 71-69-72-72=284T9 Frank Beard 74-73-69-70=286 −2 3,767 Roberto De Vicenzo 76-69-72-69=286 Dave Stockton 72-73-69-72=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)12 Bert Greene 73-73-71-70=287 −1 3,300T13 Billy Casper (c) 72-73-71-72=288 E 3,000 Bruce Devlin 72-70-72-74=288 Raymond Floyd 69-75-73-71=288 Hale Irwin 69-72-71-76=288 Bob Murphy 69-70-76-73=288T18 Bruce Crampton 73-72-74-70=289 +1 2,650 Arnold Palmer (c) 73-72-71-73=289T20 Dave Eichelberger 76-71-70-73=290 +2 2,450 Orville Moody 79-69-70-72=290T22 Tommy Aaron 76-72-74-69=291 +3 2,250 Bobby Mitchell 72-70-74-75=291T24 Al Geiberger 73-75-72-72=292 +4 2,100 Dick Lotz 77-72-73-70=292 Steve Melnyk (a) 73-70-75-74=292 0T27 Dale Douglass 70-71-76-76=293 +5 1,750 Dave Hill 74-73-70-76=293 Art Wall Jr. (c) 71-76-72-74=293T30 Larry Hinson 75-71-76-72=294 +6 1,750 Hsieh Yung-yo 75-69-77-73=294 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 73-75-71-75=294 Larry Ziegler 73-70-77-74=29434 Bob Lunn 69-76-81-69=295 +7 1,67535 George Archer (c) 73-74-78-71=296 +8 1,675T36 Bob Goalby (c) 76-73-74-74=297 +9 1,675 David Graham 75-72-77-73=297 Tony Jacklin 73-76-76-72=297 John Schlee 76-74-73-74=297 Tom Shaw 77-70-74-76=29741 Harold Henning 72-75-77-74=298 +10 1,600T42 Tom Kite (a) 76-74-70-80=300 +12 0 John Lister 78-72-75-75=300 1,600 Allen Miller (a) 76-73-81-70=300 045 Gibby Gilbert 72-76-75-79=302 +14 1,600T46 Doug Ford (c) 75-75-77-76=303 +15 1,600 Howie Johnson 73-74-82-74=30348 Jerry Heard 76-74-75-79=304 +16 1,600CUT Jim Gabrielsen (a) 76-75=151 +7 Vinny Giles (a) 74-77=151 Lou Graham 78-73=151 Takaaki Kono 77-74=151 Peter Oosterhuis 72-79=151 Lanny Wadkins (a) 73-78=151 Miller Barber 75-77=152 +8 Deane Beman 75-77=152 Homero Blancas 77-75=152 Julius Boros 80-72=152 Charles Coe (a) 74-78=152 Bert Yancey 71-81=152 Sam Snead (c) 76-77=153 +9 Gay Brewer (c) 79-75=154 +10 Dan Sikes 72-82=154 Richard Spears (a) 75-79=154 Sukree Onsham 77-78=155 +11 William C. Campbell (a) 78-79=157 +13 Jim Simons (a) 83-74=157 Bob Charles 77-81=158 +14 Gary Cowan (a) 83-75=158 Tommy Horton 82-76=158 Terry Wilcox 78-80=158 Joel Goldstrand 82-77=159 +15 Ralph Guldahl (c) 79-84=163 +19 Gene Sarazen (c) 83-80=163WD Cary Middlecoff (c) 75 +3 Herman Keiser (c) 81 +9 Claude Harmon (c)

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Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 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

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