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Sports headlines for Sunday August 8, 1971:

• Jerry Heard Wins American Classic, First Tour Victory

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Final results of the 1971 American Golf Classic

Tournament held at Firestone Country Club (Akron, OH) from August 5, 1971 to August 8, 1971     (Par 70)

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
1	Jerry Heard	67	66	68	74	-5	275	$30,000
2	Dale Douglass	69	68	69	72	-2	278	$17,100
3	Bob Murphy	74	67	71	67	-1	279	$10,650
4	Jack Nicklaus	73	68	69	70	Even	280	$7,050
5	Steve Reid	71	70	69	71	+1	281	$6,150
6	Arnold Palmer	70	73	72	67	+2	282	$4,875
6	Mike Hill	67	71	76	68	+2	282	$4,875
6	Chi Chi Rodriguez	70	71	73	68	+2	282	$4,875
9	Dick Lotz	72	73	70	68	+3	283	$3,325
9	Johnny Pott	70	73	70	70	+3	283	$3,325
9	Johnny Miller	69	72	72	70	+3	283	$3,325
9	Phil Rodgers	72	70	71	70	+3	283	$3,325
9	Bert Greene	70	69	72	72	+3	283	$3,325
9	Gay Brewer	68	71	67	77	+3	283	$3,325
15	Bob Lunn	69	67	75	73	+4	284	$2,550
16	Larry Hinson	74	72	73	67	+6	286	$2,025
16	Mason Rudolph	71	69	76	70	+6	286	$2,025
16	R.H. Sikes	71	76	69	70	+6	286	$2,025
16	Jim Jamieson	71	73	71	71	+6	286	$2,025
16	Tommy Aaron	72	68	75	71	+6	286	$2,025
16	Fred Marti	68	70	72	76	+6	286	$2,025
22	J.C. Snead	73	73	70	71	+7	287	$1,500
23	Miller Barber	73	70	72	73	+8	288	$1,325
23	Al Geiberger	71	70	73	74	+8	288	$1,325
23	Frank Beard	73	69	70	76	+8	288	$1,325
26	Doug Sanders	72	74	77	66	+9	289	$1,177
26	Julius Boros	71	70	76	72	+9	289	$1,177
28	George Knudson	75	73	71	71	+10	290	$1,000
28	Dave Stockton	73	69	77	71	+10	290	$1,000
28	Tom Weiskopf	70	75	72	73	+10	290	$1,000
28	Grier Jones	77	70	70	73	+10	290	$1,000
28	Homero Blancas	71	73	73	73	+10	290	$1,000
28	Art Wall	73	73	71	73	+10	290	$1,000
34	Larry Ziegler	75	71	75	70	+11	291	$825
34	Bruce Crampton	76	68	74	73	+11	291	$825
34	Bob Wynn	74	71	73	73	+11	291	$825
37	Dick Rhyan	75	73	72	72	+12	292	$693
37	Bob Stone	69	78	72	73	+12	292	$693
37	Dick Carmody	72	75	71	74	+12	292	$693
37	Hale Irwin	73	71	70	78	+12	292	$693
41	Paul Harney	76	71	77	69	+13	293	$517
41	David Graham	73	74	73	73	+13	293	$517
41	John Schroeder	71	76	72	74	+13	293	$517
41	Terry Wilcox	69	73	76	75	+13	293	$517
45	Marty Fleckman	74	73	75	72	+14	294	$405
45	Charles Sifford	74	71	76	73	+14	294	$405
47	Bobby Cole	70	74	81	70	+15	295	$318
47	Billy Maxwell	75	70	77	73	+15	295	$318
47	Jack Lewis	76	69	74	76	+15	295	$318
47	Tom Shaw	72	71	73	79	+15	295	$318
51	George Johnson	76	72	75	73	+16	296	$285
51	Labron Harris	72	76	74	74	+16	296	$285
51	Lionel Hebert	73	71	77	75	+16	296	$285
51	Jacky Cupit	73	73	73	77	+16	296	$285
55	Bunky Henry	74	73	81	69	+17	297	$285
55	Rod Funseth	74	74	77	72	+17	297	$285
55	Bob Charles	75	73	73	76	+17	297	$285
55	Bob Payne	74	72	74	77	+17	297	$285
55	Tony Jacklin	71	74	75	77	+17	297	$285
60	Dave Marr	76	71	77	74	+18	298	$285
60	Tom Ulozas	76	72	75	75	+18	298	$285
60	Dewitt Weaver	74	70	77	77	+18	298	$285
60	Don Bies	73	73	75	77	+18	298	$285
60	Larry Wood	73	71	74	80	+18	298	$285
65	Doug Ford	73	75	77	74	+19	299	$285
65	Herb Hooper	73	75	74	77	+19	299	$285
67	Rex Baxter	72	71	82	75	+20	300	$285
68	Curtis Sifford	73	75	77	77	+22	302	$285
68	Hugh Royer	71	76	77	78	+22	302	$285
70	Jim Wiechers	72	76	77	80	+25	305	$285

Missed the cut or withdrew from the tournament:

Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	To Par	Total	Winnings
	Bobby Nichols	75	74	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Frank Wharton	75	74	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Kermit Zarley	78	71	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Orville Moody	71	78	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Roy Pace	76	73	0	0	+9	149	$0
	Bob Goalby	77	73	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Bud Allin	77	73	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Dean Refram	73	77	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Ray Floyd	80	70	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Ron Cerrudo	74	76	0	0	+10	150	$0
	Bobby Mitchell	75	76	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Gardner Dickinson	78	73	0	0	+11	151	$0
	John Schlee	76	75	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Pete Brown	76	75	0	0	+11	151	$0
	Ross Randall	75	77	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Wilf Honenuik	79	73	0	0	+12	152	$0
	Babe Hiskey	77	76	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Dave Eichelberger	81	72	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Lou Graham	76	77	0	0	+13	153	$0
	Charles Owens	80	75	0	0	+15	155	$0
	Hubert Green	77	80	0	0	+17	157	$0
	George Bellino	78	80	0	0	+18	158	$0
	Dow Finsterwald	80	79	0	0	+19	159	$0
WD	Bob Smith	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Gibby Gilbert	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Jim Colbert	0	0	0	0		0	$0
WD	Ken Venturi	75	0	0	0	+5	75	$0
WD	Cesar Sanudo	77	0	0	0	+7	77	$0
WD	Bert Yancey	78	0	0	0	+8	78	$0
WD	Jim Ferriell	78	0	0	0	+8	78	$0
WD	Lee Elder	78	0	0	0	+8	78	$0

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