Charles Coody won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus.

[1][2] 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.

It was a bit of redemption for Coody, who bogeyed the final three holes in 1969 to finish two strokes back.

[4] Future 3-time U.S. Open champion Hale Irwin made his Masters debut in 1971 and tied for 13th place.

[2] 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. Orville Moody (8) Julius Boros (8,9), Raymond Floyd (10,11), Al Geiberger, Don January (8), Dave Stockton (8,10) 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)[7] Allen Miller (a) 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 Joel Goldstrand, Bobby Mitchell, Ken Still (11), Larry Ziegler Larry Hinson Dale Douglass, Dan Sikes Homero Blancas Dave Eichelberger, Gibby Gilbert, Lou Graham, Jerry Heard, Hale Irwin, Johnny Miller, John Schlee, Tom Shaw[8] 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 Thursday, April 8, 1971 Source:[10] Friday, April 9, 1971 Source:[11] Saturday, April 10, 1971 Source:[12] Sunday, April 11, 1971 Sources:[13][14] Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par