Sports headlines for Thursday December 9, 1971:
- Finley Denies Teams Moving
Scores through round 1 of the 1971 Bahamas National Open
Tournament held at Lucayan Country Club (Freeport, Bahamas) from December 9, 1971 to December 12, 1971 (Par 71)
| Rank | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | To Par | Total | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grier Jones | 65 | -6 | 65 | $4,420 | |||
| 2 | George Archer | 66 | -5 | 66 | $14,800 | |||
| 2 | J.C. Snead | 66 | -5 | 66 | $2,296 | |||
| 4 | Bert Yancey | 67 | -4 | 67 | $7,680 | |||
| 4 | Julius Boros | 67 | -4 | 67 | $4,420 | |||
| 6 | George Johnson | 68 | -3 | 68 | $3,120 | |||
| 6 | Harry Toscano | 68 | -3 | 68 | $1,222 | |||
| 6 | Curtis Sifford | 68 | -3 | 68 | $619 | |||
| 6 | Bruce Fleisher | 68 | -3 | 68 | $0 | |||
| 10 | Bob Goalby | 69 | -2 | 69 | $26,000 | |||
| 10 | Herb Hooper | 69 | -2 | 69 | $2,296 | |||
| 10 | Joe Porter | 69 | -2 | 69 | $1,222 | |||
| 10 | Ron Cerrudo | 69 | -2 | 69 | $904 | |||
| 10 | Jim Wiechers | 69 | -2 | 69 | $904 | |||
| 10 | Bob Dickson | 69 | -2 | 69 | $741 | |||
| 10 | Larry Hinson | 69 | -2 | 69 | $741 | |||
| 10 | Bob Payne | 69 | -2 | 69 | $741 | |||
| 10 | Rod Funseth | 69 | -2 | 69 | $619 | |||
| 10 | Randy Wolff | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 10 | Chris Blocker | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 10 | Bruce Devlin | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 22 | Tommy Aaron | 70 | -1 | 70 | $7,680 | |||
| 22 | Ralph Johnston | 70 | -1 | 70 | $5,330 | |||
| 22 | Art Wall | 70 | -1 | 70 | $2,296 | |||
| 22 | Bob Murphy | 70 | -1 | 70 | $2,296 | |||
| 22 | Lanny Wadkins | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,755 | |||
| 22 | Bunky Henry | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,222 | |||
| 22 | Gardner Dickinson | 70 | -1 | 70 | $741 | |||
| 22 | Mike Reasor | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 22 | Dave Marr | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 22 | Mike Spang | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 22 | Bob Stone | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 22 | Roy Pace | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 22 | Jim Grant | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Jerry Heard | 71 | Even | 71 | $3,670 | |||
| 35 | Don Bies | 71 | Even | 71 | $2,296 | |||
| 35 | Mac McLendon | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,755 | |||
| 35 | Leonard Thompson | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,222 | |||
| 35 | Gibby Gilbert | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,222 | |||
| 35 | Ted Hayes | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,222 | |||
| 35 | Jerry Abbott | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,222 | |||
| 35 | Mike Higgins | 71 | Even | 71 | $904 | |||
| 35 | Chuck Courtney | 71 | Even | 71 | $741 | |||
| 35 | John Schlee | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Jack Connelly | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Forrest Fezler | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Doug Olson | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Gary Groh | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Bob Lunn | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Charles Sifford | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Ross Randall | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Jim Jamieson | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Larry Mowry | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Larry Wood | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Jim Ferriell | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 35 | Gordon Jones | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Bill Collins | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Ben Kern | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | John Mahaffey | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Ken Ellsworth | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Jim Colbert | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Paul Barkhouse | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | John Kennedy | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Greg Powers | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Dwight Nevil | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Bob Smith | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Sam Adams | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 57 | Jim Hardy | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Bobby Mitchell | 73 | +2 | 73 | $3,670 | |||
| 69 | Tom Shaw | 73 | +2 | 73 | $3,120 | |||
| 69 | Deane Beman | 73 | +2 | 73 | $904 | |||
| 69 | Bob Barbarossa | 73 | +2 | 73 | $741 | |||
| 69 | Bob Wynn | 73 | +2 | 73 | $619 | |||
| 69 | Peter Townsend | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Bob Rosburg | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Howard Buchanan | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Bert Greene | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Don Iverson | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Steve Spray | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Ken Still | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | R.H. Sikes | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | John Garner | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | John Gentile | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Harry Bannerman | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Peter Butler | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 69 | Kermit Zarley | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Richard Crawford | 74 | +3 | 74 | $2,296 | |||
| 88 | George Knudson | 74 | +3 | 74 | $1,222 | |||
| 88 | Larry Ziegler | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Allen Miller | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Byron Comstock | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Billy Maxwell | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Dave Marad | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | David Graham | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Tom Sanderson | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Chuck Thorpe | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Rick Rhoads | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Les Peterson | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Robert Clark | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Steve Eichstaedt | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Hugh Royer | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Butch Baird | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Ed Sneed | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Rolf Deming | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Babe Hiskey | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Jim Jewell | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 108 | Paul Bondeson | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 108 | Doug Sanders | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 108 | Jim Marshall | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 108 | Dick Lotz | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 108 | Steve Reid | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 108 | Sam Harvey | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 114 | Bobby Greenwood | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 114 | George Hixon | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 114 | Gay Brewer | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 114 | Howie Johnson | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 118 | Bob Menne | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 118 | David Glenz | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 118 | Ronnie Reif | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 118 | Marion Heck | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 118 | Tom Watson | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Bob Stanton | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Billy Ziobro | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Hubert Green | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Gary Bowerman | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Ras Allen | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 128 | David Lee | 79 | +8 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 129 | Antonio Cerda | 80 | +9 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 129 | Bill Brask | 80 | +9 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Bill Johnston | 81 | +10 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Jack Lewis | 81 | +10 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Dennis Rouse | 81 | +10 | 81 | $0 |


