Charles Coody

United States · born July 13, 1937, Stamford, Texas, USA

1major championship

Masters1 win
The Open1 top 10
Ryder Cup1 Cup

Summary

First major 1971 The Masters
Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-2-1 · 0.5 points (16.7%)

Wins

1971 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 279 (-9) · by 2 strokes from Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus

Near misses

1971 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T5 · 283 (-9)

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 3 matches: 0 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 0.5 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-1, singles 0-1-0.

1971 Old Warson Country Club USA · USA won 18.5–13.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points

Rivals

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Frank Beard's rivals →

Moments

1971 Masters Charles Coody trailed Johnny Miller late on Sunday, then birdied the 15th and 16th holes to win his only major.
1971 Masters Miller, 23, bogeyed two of the last three holes and tied Jack Nicklaus for second.

Results by championship

Best day

1971 Masters

Augusta National Golf Club · 279 (-9) · by 2 strokes from Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus

Charles Coody trailed Johnny Miller late on Sunday, then birdied the 15th and 16th holes to win his only major.

Miller, 23, bogeyed two of the last three holes and tied Jack Nicklaus for second.

Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1971.

Career line, 1971–1971

Masters

1971 Masters: won

The Open

1971 The Open: finished T5

Ryder Cup

1971 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-2-1

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Major win
Top 10
Ryder Cup, USA

Charles Coody was born on July 13, 1937, in Stamford, Texas, USA. Coody won one major championship: the 1971 Masters. Coody played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1971), winning 0, losing 2 and halving 1 of 3 matches for 0.5 points.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

1971 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 279 (-9) · by 2 strokes from Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus

Near misses

Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

1971 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T5 · 283 (-9)

Ryder Cup

Coody played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 3 matches, 0 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 0.5 points (16.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-1, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).

1971 Old Warson Country Club USA · USA won 18.5–13.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points

Partners, with matches played together: Frank Beard (2).

Masters Champions Dinner

1972, as the 1971 champion

Confidence: Confirmed. Menu status: Partial. Coody says his dinner cost him "about $2,500 or $3,000" and that he was not the one who changed the menu tradition; in his era champions "ordered off the menu" (steak, chicken or fish), so this may be the club's standard menu. The Texas Golf Hall of Fame exhibit has a 2:48 video, "Charles Coody – Masters Dinner Menu" (not transcribed).

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.