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 | Mike Reasor | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 2 | John Schlee | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 2 | Jack Connelly | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 2 | Forrest Fezler | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 2 | Doug Olson | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 2 | Gary Groh | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 7 | Bill Collins | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 7 | Ben Kern | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 7 | John Mahaffey | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 7 | Ken Ellsworth | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 7 | Jim Colbert | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 7 | Paul Barkhouse | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 7 | John Kennedy | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 7 | Greg Powers | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 7 | Dwight Nevil | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 16 | Peter Townsend | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 16 | Bob Rosburg | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 16 | Howard Buchanan | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Larry Ziegler | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Allen Miller | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Byron Comstock | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Billy Maxwell | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Dave Marad | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | David Graham | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Tom Sanderson | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Chuck Thorpe | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Rick Rhoads | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Les Peterson | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Robert Clark | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Steve Eichstaedt | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 19 | Hugh Royer | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 32 | Paul Bondeson | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 32 | Doug Sanders | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 32 | Jim Marshall | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 32 | Dick Lotz | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 32 | Steve Reid | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 32 | Sam Harvey | 75 | +4 | 75 | $0 | |||
| 38 | Bobby Greenwood | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 38 | George Hixon | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 38 | Gay Brewer | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 38 | Howie Johnson | 76 | +5 | 76 | $0 | |||
| 42 | Bob Menne | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 42 | David Glenz | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 42 | Ronnie Reif | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 42 | Marion Heck | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 42 | Tom Watson | 77 | +6 | 77 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Bob Stanton | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Billy Ziobro | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Hubert Green | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Gary Bowerman | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 47 | Ras Allen | 78 | +7 | 78 | $0 | |||
| 52 | David Lee | 79 | +8 | 79 | $0 | |||
| 53 | Antonio Cerda | 80 | +9 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 53 | Bill Brask | 80 | +9 | 80 | $0 | |||
| 55 | Bill Johnston | 81 | +10 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 55 | Jack Lewis | 81 | +10 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 55 | Dennis Rouse | 81 | +10 | 81 | $0 | |||
| 58 | Bob Goalby | 69 | -2 | 69 | $26,000 | |||
| 59 | Julius Boros | 67 | -4 | 67 | $4,420 | |||
| 60 | Harry Toscano | 68 | -3 | 68 | $1,222 | |||
| 61 | Mike Higgins | 71 | Even | 71 | $904 | |||
| 62 | Deane Beman | 73 | +2 | 73 | $904 | |||
| 63 | Grier Jones | 65 | -6 | 65 | $4,420 | |||
| 64 | Bert Yancey | 67 | -4 | 67 | $7,680 | |||
| 65 | Ralph Johnston | 70 | -1 | 70 | $5,330 | |||
| 65 | Bob Murphy | 70 | -1 | 70 | $2,296 | |||
| 65 | Gardner Dickinson | 70 | -1 | 70 | $741 | |||
| 68 | Jerry Heard | 71 | Even | 71 | $3,670 | |||
| 68 | Gibby Gilbert | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,222 | |||
| 68 | Jerry Abbott | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,222 | |||
| 68 | Chuck Courtney | 71 | Even | 71 | $741 | |||
| 72 | Bobby Mitchell | 73 | +2 | 73 | $3,670 | |||
| 72 | Bob Wynn | 73 | +2 | 73 | $619 | |||
| 72 | John Gentile | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 75 | George Archer | 66 | -5 | 66 | $14,800 | |||
| 76 | Curtis Sifford | 68 | -3 | 68 | $619 | |||
| 77 | Herb Hooper | 69 | -2 | 69 | $2,296 | |||
| 78 | Charles Sifford | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 79 | Steve Spray | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 80 | Jim Jewell | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 81 | George Johnson | 68 | -3 | 68 | $3,120 | |||
| 82 | Ron Cerrudo | 69 | -2 | 69 | $904 | |||
| 83 | Art Wall | 70 | -1 | 70 | $2,296 | |||
| 83 | Lanny Wadkins | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,755 | |||
| 85 | Mac McLendon | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,755 | |||
| 85 | Ted Hayes | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,222 | |||
| 87 | Don Iverson | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 88 | Richard Crawford | 74 | +3 | 74 | $2,296 | |||
| 88 | George Knudson | 74 | +3 | 74 | $1,222 | |||
| 90 | Joe Porter | 69 | -2 | 69 | $1,222 | |||
| 90 | Bob Dickson | 69 | -2 | 69 | $741 | |||
| 90 | Chris Blocker | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 93 | Tommy Aaron | 70 | -1 | 70 | $7,680 | |||
| 93 | Bunky Henry | 70 | -1 | 70 | $1,222 | |||
| 93 | Mike Spang | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 93 | Jim Grant | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 97 | Don Bies | 71 | Even | 71 | $2,296 | |||
| 97 | Leonard Thompson | 71 | Even | 71 | $1,222 | |||
| 99 | Bob Smith | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 100 | Tom Shaw | 73 | +2 | 73 | $3,120 | |||
| 101 | J.C. Snead | 66 | -5 | 66 | $2,296 | |||
| 102 | Jim Wiechers | 69 | -2 | 69 | $904 | |||
| 102 | Larry Hinson | 69 | -2 | 69 | $741 | |||
| 102 | Bruce Devlin | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 105 | Roy Pace | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Bob Lunn | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Jim Jamieson | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Larry Mowry | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 106 | Jim Ferriell | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 110 | Bert Greene | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 110 | Ken Still | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 112 | Butch Baird | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 112 | Rolf Deming | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 114 | Dave Marr | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 114 | Bob Stone | 70 | -1 | 70 | $0 | |||
| 116 | Ross Randall | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 117 | Bob Barbarossa | 73 | +2 | 73 | $741 | |||
| 117 | Kermit Zarley | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 119 | Bruce Fleisher | 68 | -3 | 68 | $0 | |||
| 120 | Bob Payne | 69 | -2 | 69 | $741 | |||
| 120 | Rod Funseth | 69 | -2 | 69 | $619 | |||
| 120 | Randy Wolff | 69 | -2 | 69 | $0 | |||
| 123 | Larry Wood | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 124 | Harry Bannerman | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 126 | Ed Sneed | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 127 | Gordon Jones | 71 | Even | 71 | $0 | |||
| 128 | John Garner | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 129 | Babe Hiskey | 74 | +3 | 74 | $0 | |||
| 130 | Sam Adams | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 | |||
| 131 | Peter Butler | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 131 | R.H. Sikes | 73 | +2 | 73 | $0 | |||
| 133 | Jim Hardy | 72 | +1 | 72 | $0 |


