1971 PGA Tour


The 1971 PGA Tour season was from January 7 to December 12. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, six, and there were 10 first-time winners. Trevino won two majors, the U.S. Open and British Open, in a span of three weeks. In between, he also won the Canadian Open to become the first to win all three in the same season. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1971 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament, usually a Sunday. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
The PGA Championship was played in February, rather than August, in order to avoid the intense heat and humidity of Florida in the summer.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScoreWinner's
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Jan 10Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Bob Lunn 274 22,000
Jan 17Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Tom Shaw 278 27,000
Jan 24Phoenix OpenArizona Miller Barber 261 25,000
Jan 31Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia George Archer 272 30,000
Feb 7Hawaiian OpenHawaii Tom Shaw 273 40,000
Feb 14Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Arnold Palmer 342 28,000
Feb 22Tucson Open InvitationalArizona J. C. Snead 273 22,000
Feb 28PGA ChampionshipFlorida Jack Nicklaus 281 40,000
Mar 7Doral-Eastern Open InvitationalFlorida J. C. Snead 275 30,000
Mar 14Florida Citrus InvitationalFlorida Arnold Palmer 270 30,000
Mar 21Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Gary Player 281 25,000
Mar 28National Airlines Open InvitationalFlorida Gary Player 274 40,000
Apr 4Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Bud Allin 275 38,000
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia Charles Coody 279 25,000
Apr 11Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Roy Pace 270 7,000Satellite event
Apr 18Monsanto OpenFlorida Gene Littler 276 30,000
Apr 25Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Jack Nicklaus 279 33,000
Apr 25Tallahassee Open InvitationalFlorida Lee Trevino 273 12,000Alternate event
May 2Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Frank Beard 276 25,000
May 9Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Jack Nicklaus 274 25,000
May 16Houston Champions InternationalTexas Hubert Green 280 25,000
May 23Colonial National InvitationTexas Gene Littler 283 25,000
May 30Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Lee Trevino 268 35,000
Jun 6Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Gardner Dickinson 275 25,000
Jun 13Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Tom Weiskopf 277 30,000
Jun 21U.S. OpenPennsylvania Lee Trevino 280 30,000
Jun 27Cleveland OpenOhio Bobby Mitchell 262 30,000
Jul 4Canadian OpenCanada Lee Trevino 275 30,000
Jul 10British OpenEngland Lee Trevino 278 13,200
Jul 11Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Dave Eichelberger 270 25,000
Jul 18Western OpenIllinois Bruce Crampton 279 30,000
Jul 25Westchester ClassicNew York Arnold Palmer 270 50,000
Aug 2National Team ChampionshipPennsylvania Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer 		257 20,000
each
Aug 8American Golf ClassicOhio Jerry Heard 275 30,000
Aug 15Massachusetts ClassicMassachusetts Dave Stockton 275 33,000
Aug 22IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Tom Weiskopf 274 30,000
Aug 29Liggett & Myers Open Match Play ChampionshipNorth Carolina DeWitt Weaver 71 to 7735,000
Sep 6Greater Hartford Open InvitationalConnecticut George Archer 268 22,000
Sep 12Southern OpenGeorgia Johnny Miller 267 20,000
Sep 26Robinson Open Golf ClassicIllinois Labron Harris, Jr. 274 20,000
Oct 24Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper 269 30,000
Oct 31Sahara InvitationalNevada Lee Trevino 280 27,000
Nov 28Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Hale Irwin 279 22,000
Dec 6Walt Disney World Open InvitationalFlorida Jack Nicklaus 273 30,000
Dec 12Bahamas National OpenBahamas Bob Goalby 275 26,000

Awards

Dave Hill antitrust lawsuit

At the Colonial National Invitation, Dave Hill shot rounds of 77-85 to miss the cut. On his last hole, Hill threw a ball out of a sand trap. Hill was disqualified but it was for his signing a scorecard with an incorrect score on it. When Hill went to play in his next tournament, the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, Hill was told he was being fined $500 for conduct unbecoming a professional golfer. Hill was required to pay the fine before teeing it up in the tournament. He did so but less than a week later, Hill filed a one-million dollar antitrust suit against the PGA Tour. In response, the tour put Hill on probation for one year. Hill then increased the amount of damages he was seeking to three-million dollars. The litigation was resolved out of court in less than a year and Hill was taken off probation.