1971 PGA Championship

1971 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	February 25–28, 1971
Location	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Course(s)	PGA National Golf Club, (now BallenIsles Country Club, East Course)^[1]
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,096 yards (6,489 m)
Field	144 players, 69 after cut^[2]
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$202,440^[2]
Winner's share	$40,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
281 (−7)
«1970 1972»

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)^[2]^[3] 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,^[4]^[5] and held a four-stroke lead over Gary Player after 54 holes, with Casper seven shots back.^[6] The two were pre-tournament favorites, along with Arnold Palmer,^[7] who shot an opening round 75 and finished at 289 (+1), eight strokes back.^[8]

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.^[8] He completed his third career grand slam at the 1978 British Open.

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.^[9]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PGA National

Location in United States

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963	69	69	70	73	281	−7	1
Gary Player	South Africa	1962	71	73	68	73	281	−3	T4
Bob Rosburg	United States	1959	74	72	70	71	287	−1	T9
Al Geiberger	United States	1966	74	69	77	72	292	+4	T30
Julius Boros	United States	1968	71	74	72	76	293	+5	T34
Sam Snead	United States	1942, 1949, 1951	71	74	74	74	293	+5	T34
Dave Stockton	United States	1970	73	73	75	73	294	+6	T40
Bobby Nichols	United States	1964	74	72	74	75	295	+7	T46
Chandler Harper	United States	1950	73	76	80	WD
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	72	70	WD

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Don January	United States	1967	76	74	150	+6
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	75	75	150	+6
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969	77	74	151	+7
Jay Hebert	United States	1960	74	79	153	+9
Dow Finsterwald	United States	1958	79	74	153	+9
Doug Ford	United States	1955	77	80	154	+14
Jerry Barber	United States	1961	78	80	158	+14
Gene Sarazen	United States	1922, 1923, 1933	81	79	160	+16
Walter Burkemo	United States	1953	83	79	162	+18
Denny Shute	United States	1936, 1937	81	87	168	+24

Source:^[2]^[10]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, February 28, 1971

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

Source:^[8]^[10]

References

↑ "Golf". BallenIsles Country Club. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Tournament Info for: 1971 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
↑ "Club history". BallenIsles Country Club. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
↑ "Jack Nicklaus takes lead in PGA golf tournament". Lewiston Morning Tribune (Idaho). Associated Press. February 26, 1971. p. 19.
↑ "Nicklaus takes 2-stroke lead in PGA". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. February 27, 1971. p. 12.
↑ "Nicklaus runs four birds to increase his PGA lead". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. February 28, 1971. p. 15.
↑ "Palmer, Nicklaus PGA co-favorites". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. February 25, 1971. p. 17.
1 2 3 Loomis, Tom (March 1, 1971). "Jack the giant killer - 2nd PGA falls to Nicklaus". Toledo Blade. p. 15.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (March 8, 1971). "Dominance of the Smiling Bear". Sports Illustrated. p. 22. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
1 2 "1971 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

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