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Sports headlines for Sunday May 16, 1971:

• Phillips Benches Johnson For Defiant Attitude
• Green Wins Playoff For Houston Title
• Donnie Allison Wins Wild Talladega Race

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Final results of the 1971 Houston Champions International

Tournament held at Champions Golf Club (Houston, TX) from May 13, 1971 to May 16, 1971     (Par 71)

Hubert Green defeated Don January on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Dan Sikes	70	75	71	66	-2	282	$4,812
2	Lee Trevino	76	72	66	67	-3	281	$7,350
3	Don January	71	73	68	68	-4	280	$14,300
4	Jerry McGee	74	74	70	68	+2	286	$1,937
5	John Schlee	73	69	74	69	+1	285	$2,531
6	Cesar Sanudo	77	71	72	69	+5	289	$906
7	Roy Pace	76	72	73	69	+6	290	$712
8	Bob Rosburg	72	79	64	70	+1	285	$2,531
9	Frank Beard	75	70	73	70	+4	288	$1,225
9	Bob Smith	73	70	75	70	+4	288	$1,225
11	Dick Lotz	75	71	73	70	+5	289	$906
12	Gardner Dickinson	76	73	71	70	+6	290	$712
13	Hal Underwood	74	75	73	70	+8	292	$217
14	Hubert Green	68	69	72	71	-4	280	$25,000
15	Bob Murphy	69	73	68	71	-3	281	$7,350
16	Ben Crenshaw	70	69	73	71	-1	283	$0
17	Bert Greene	73	73	72	71	+5	289	$906
17	Bob Goalby	70	77	71	71	+5	289	$906
19	Miller Barber	73	77	71	71	+8	292	$506
19	George Boutell	74	70	77	71	+8	292	$506
21	Lionel Hebert	78	73	71	71	+9	293	$350
22	Orville Moody	76	73	74	71	+10	294	$260
22	Al Geiberger	76	74	73	71	+10	294	$260
24	Labron Harris	76	71	77	71	+11	295	$217
25	Lou Graham	72	69	69	72	-2	282	$4,812
26	Homero Blancas	70	68	73	72	-1	283	$3,842
27	Johnny Miller	73	67	72	72	Even	284	$3,250
28	Dale Douglass	72	71	70	72	+1	285	$2,531
29	Bob Stone	78	66	71	72	+3	287	$1,562
30	Dave Hill	69	70	77	72	+4	288	$1,225
31	Dave Eichelberger	74	71	73	72	+6	290	$712
32	Howie Johnson	77	72	71	72	+8	292	$506
33	Jack Burke	75	75	73	72	+11	295	$217
34	George Archer	71	69	72	73	+1	285	$2,531
35	Tommy Aaron	71	73	69	73	+2	286	$1,937
36	Bert Yancey	71	73	70	73	+3	287	$1,562
37	Bud Allin	73	69	73	73	+4	288	$1,225
38	Fred Marti	72	69	75	73	+5	289	$906
39	Larry Wood	75	74	74	73	+12	296	$217
39	J.C. Snead	72	75	76	73	+12	296	$217
39	Bruce Devlin	75	73	75	73	+12	296	$217
42	George Knudson	73	76	75	73	+13	297	$217
43	Pete Brown	74	75	76	73	+14	298	$217
44	Jerry Heard	77	72	77	73	+15	299	$217
45	Kermit Zarley	67	75	70	74	+2	286	$1,937
45	Gibby Gilbert	70	71	71	74	+2	286	$1,937
47	John Schroeder	73	72	70	74	+5	289	$906
48	Ted Hayes	73	73	73	74	+9	293	$350
48	Bill Garrett	78	69	72	74	+9	293	$350
50	Doug Sanders	78	73	70	74	+11	295	$217
50	Bruce Crampton	76	71	74	74	+11	295	$217
52	Bob Lunn	74	77	72	74	+13	297	$217
53	Gay Brewer	73	77	74	74	+14	298	$217
53	Hugh Royer	74	71	79	74	+14	298	$217
55	Dewitt Weaver	70	69	69	75	-1	283	$3,842
56	Charles Coody	72	70	67	75	Even	284	$3,250
57	Chi Chi Rodriguez	70	70	74	75	+5	289	$906
58	Larry Ziegler	72	73	71	75	+7	291	$637
59	R.H. Sikes	77	70	70	75	+8	292	$506
60	Mike Hill	74	75	70	75	+10	294	$260
60	Arnold Palmer	71	75	73	75	+10	294	$260
62	Phil Rodgers	74	73	75	75	+13	297	$217
63	Dave Stockton	74	74	75	75	+14	298	$217
64	Terry Dill	72	68	73	76	+5	289	$906
65	Larry Hinson	67	75	73	76	+7	291	$637
66	Julius Boros	71	75	70	76	+8	292	$506
67	Jose Gonzales	74	76	81	76	+23	307	$217
68	Richard Crawford	72	72	71	77	+8	292	$506
69	Ron Weber	75	75	75	77	+18	302	$217
70	Dean Overtruf	75	81	70	77	+19	303	$0
71	Tom Weiskopf	72	71	74	78	+11	295	$217
72	John Mills	73	77	72	78	+16	300	$0
73	Jim Dent	77	74	75	78	+20	304	$217
74	Corker Deloach	77	76	77	79	+25	309	$0
75	Bobby Mitchell	74	73	69	80	+12	296	$217
76	Tom Shaw	82	69	73	80	+20	304	$217

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Billy Maxwell	78	74	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Dow Finsterwald	76	76	0	0	+10	152	$0
	Hale Irwin	79	74	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Jim Ferriell	75	78	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Steve Spray	77	76	0	0	+11	153	$0
	Don Bies	73	81	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Jack Montgomery	74	80	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Ken Still	76	78	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Ray Floyd	78	76	0	0	+12	154	$0
	Babe Hiskey	76	79	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Chuck Courtney	78	77	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Deane Beman	79	76	0	0	+13	155	$0
	Ed Furgol	81	74	0	0	+13	155	$0
WD	Ben Hogan	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Grier Jones	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Ken Venturi	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Herb Hooper	77	0	0	0	+6	77	$0
WD	Jim Colbert	77	0	0	0	+6	77	$0

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