2001 Open Championship

2001 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 19–22 July 2001
Location Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s) Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 71[1]
Length 6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field 156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut 144 (+2)[1]
Prize fund £3,300,000
€5,300,860
$4,720,650
Winner's share £600,000
€984,756
$858,300
Champion
United States David Duval
274 (−10)
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

The 2001 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 130th Open Championship, held from 19–22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. David Duval won his only major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Niclas Fasth.[2][3]

Course layout

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club[4]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards2064384583922124945574191643,3403355421983424454653594674123,5656,905
Par344435543354534444443671

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

  • 1996: 6,892 yards (6,302 m)
  • 1988: 6,857 yards (6,270 m)
  • 1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
  • 1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
  • 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m)
  • 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m)
  • 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m)
  • 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Nick Price Zimbabwe199473676873281−3T21
Tiger Woods United States200071687371283−1T25
Paul Lawrie Scotland199972706976287+3T42
Mark O'Meara United States199870697276287+3T42
Mark Calcavecchia United States198972707275289+5T54
Sandy Lyle Scotland198572717781301+17T69

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Justin Leonard United States19977471145+3
Nick Faldo England1987, 1990, 19927571146+4
Tom Lehman United States19967572147+5
John Daly United States19957276148+6
Seve Ballesteros Spain1979, 1984, 19887871149+7
Bob Charles New Zealand19637574149+7
Tony Jacklin England19697574149+7
Tom Watson United States1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983		7478152+10
Gary Player South Africa1959, 1968, 19747782159+17

Source:[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[6]
1Colin Montgomerie Scotland65−6
T2Chris DiMarco United States68−3
Brad Faxon United States
Mikko Ilonen Finland
T5Billy Andrade United States69−2
Stuart Appleby Australia
Alexandre Balicki France
Alex Čejka Germany
David Duval United States
Niclas Fasth Sweden
Pierre Fulke Sweden
J. P. Hayes United States
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain
Billy Mayfair United States
Paul McGinley Ireland
Joe Ogilvie United States
José María Olazábal Spain
Greg Owen England
Jesper Parnevik Sweden
Justin Rose England

Second round

Friday, 20 July 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[7]
1Colin Montgomerie Scotland65-70=135−7
2Pierre Fulke Sweden69-67=136−6
T3Joe Ogilvie United States69-68=137−5
Greg Owen England69-68=137
Jesper Parnevik Sweden69-68=137
T6Alex Čejka Germany69-69=138−4
Niclas Fasth Sweden69-69=138
Eduardo Romero Argentina70-68=138
T9Billy Andrade United States69-70=139−3
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland70-69=139
Brad Faxon United States68-71=139
Raphaël Jacquelin France71-68=139
Mark O'Meara United States70-69=139
Rory Sabbatini South Africa70-69=139
Des Smyth Ireland74-65=139
Tiger Woods United States71-68=139

Amateurs: Dixon (−1), Wilson (+5), Hoey (+7), Quinney (+7), Griffiths (+8), Kemp (+12).

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[8]
T1Alex Čejka Germany69-69-69=207−6
David Duval United States69-73-65=207
Bernhard Langer Germany71-69-67=207
Ian Woosnam Wales72-68-67=207
T5Darren Clarke Northern Ireland70-69-69=208−5
Pierre Fulke Sweden69-67-72=208
Raphaël Jacquelin France71-68-69=208
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain69-72-67=208
Billy Mayfair United States69-72-67=208
Colin Montgomerie Scotland65-70-73=208
Joe Ogilvie United States69-68-71=208
Jesper Parnevik Sweden69-68-71=208
Nick Price Zimbabwe73-67-68=208

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1David Duval United States69-73-65-67=274−10600,000
2Niclas Fasth Sweden69-69-72-67=277−7360,000
T3Darren Clarke Northern Ireland70-69-69-70=278−6141,667
Ernie Els South Africa71-71-67-69=278
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain69-72-67-70=278
Bernhard Langer Germany71-69-67-71=278
Billy Mayfair United States69-72-67-70=278
Ian Woosnam Wales72-68-67-71=278
T9Sergio García Spain70-72-67-70=279−563,750
Mikko Ilonen Finland68-75-70-66=279
Jesper Parnevik Sweden69-68-71-71=279
Kevin Sutherland United States75-69-68-67=279

Amateurs: Dixon (+1)
Source:[5]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par344435543453444444
United States Duval−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−10−9−10−10−10−10−10−10
Sweden Fasth−4−4−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7
Northern Ireland Clarke−5−5−4−4−4−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8−6−6
South Africa Els−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6
Spain Jiménez−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−7−6−6−6−6
Germany Langer−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−5−6−6−6
United States Mayfair−5−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
Wales Woosnam−5−5−4−3−3−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−7−6−6
Germany Čejka−6−6−5−4−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−2−2−3−4−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 29, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Humphries, Tom (30 July 2001). "Gorse management". Sports Illustrated.
  3. ↑ "Finally and decisively". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 23 July 2001. p. C1.
  4. ↑ Platts, Mitchell (11 July 2011). "Focus on the 130th Open Championship". European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 "2001 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "130th Open Golf Championship – Official Scores and Prize Money – Round 1". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "130th Open Golf Championship – Official Scores and Prize Money – Round 2". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "130th Open Golf Championship – Official Scores and Prize Money – Round 3". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  9. ↑ "British Open Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
Preceded by
2001 U.S. Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2001 PGA Championship

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