1971 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
Journeyman Texan Charles Coody was the surprise winner at the 1971 Masters, the 35th edition of the tournament. He did it by holding off Johnny Miller and outplaying his third-round co-leader, Jack Nicklaus.
Winner: Charles Coody, 279
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 8-11, 1971
Leader after first round: Charles Coody, 66
Leader after second round: Don January, 138
Leader after third round: Jack Nicklaus and Charles Coody, 209
What Happaned at the 1971 Masters
Charles Coody won only three times in his PGA Tour career, but he made one of those victories The Masters. Coody shared the third-round lead with Jack Nicklaus, but by the 14th hole trailed Johnny Miller by two strokes. But Coody was the one who made it happen down the stretch, birdying the 15th and 16th holes of the final round.Miller bogeyed two of the final three holes, while Nicklaus just couldn't make anything happen late, finishing with six successive pars. Miller and Nicklaus finished tied for second, two strokes back of Coody.
For Coody, it was a great turnaround from what happened in the 1969 Masters: That year he was the late leader but made bogeys on the final three holes. This was Coody's third and final win on the PGA Tour.
Hale Irwin, who went on to win three U.S. Open titles, played in The Masters for the first time here, finishing tied for 13th. Tom Kite (tied 42nd), another future U.S. Open champ, also played The Masters for the first time. Past champions Cary Middlecoff (1955) and Claude Harmon (1948) each played in the tournament for the last time, Harmon withdrawing during the first round and Middlecoff during the second.
1971 Masters Final Scores
| Charles Coody | 66-73-70-70—279 |
| Johnny Miller | 72-73-68-68—281 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 70-71-68-72—281 |
| Don January | 69-69-73-72—283 |
| Gene Littler | 72-69-73-69—283 |
| Gary Player | 72-72-71-69—284 |
| Ken Still | 72-71-72-69—284 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 71-69-72-72—284 |
| Frank Beard | 74-73-69-70—286 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 76-69-72-69—286 |
| Dave Stockton | 72-73-69-72—286 |
| Bert Greene | 73-73-71-70—287 |
| Billy Casper | 72-73-71-72—288 |
| 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—288 |
| Bruce Crampton | 73-72-74-70—289 |
| Arnold Palmer | 73-72-71-73—289 |
| Dave Eichelberger | 76-71-70-73—290 |
| Orville Moody | 79-69-70-72—290 |
| Tommy Aaron | 76-72-74-69—291 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 72-70-74-75—291 |
| Al Geiberger | 73-75-72-72—292 |
| Dick Lotz | 77-72-73-70—292 |
| a-Steve Melnyk | 73-70-75-74—292 |
| Dale Douglass | 70-71-76-76—293 |
| Dave Hill | 74-73-70-76—293 |
| Art Wall Jr. | 71-76-72-74—293 |
| Larry Hinson | 75-71-76-72—294 |
| Yung Yo Hsieh | 75-69-77-73—294 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez | 73-75-71-75—294 |
| Larry Ziegler | 73-70-77-74—294 |
| Bob Lunn | 69-76-81-69—295 |
| George Archer | 73-74-78-71—296 |
| Bob Goalby | 76-73-74-74—297 |
| 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—297 |
| Harold Henning | 72-75-77-74—298 |
| a-Tom Kite | 76-74-70-80—300 |
| John Lister | 78-72-75-75—300 |
| a-Allen Miller | 76-73-81-70—300 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 72-76-75-79—302 |
| Doug Ford | 75-75-77-76—303 |
| Howie Johnson | 73-74-82-74—303 |
| Jerry Heard | 76-74-75-79—304 |
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