2001 PGA Championship

2001 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates August 16–19, 2001
Location Johns Creek, Georgia
Course(s) Atlanta Athletic Club,
Highlands Course
Organized by PGA of America
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,213 yards (6,596 m)
Field 149 players, 76 after cut
Cut 141 (+1)[1]
Prize fund $5,200,000
€5,822,194
Winner's share $936,000
€1,046,978
Champion
United States David Toms
265 (−15)
Atlanta 
Location in the United States
Atlanta AC
Location in Georgia

The 2001 PGA Championship was the 83rd PGA Championship, held August 16–19 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. David Toms won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.

Toms led after 54 holes on the Highlands Course, two strokes ahead of Mickelson. Paired together in the final group, they battled for the lead back-and-forth throughout the day, both in pursuit of their first major. Toms led by one stroke on the 72nd tee, but put his tee shot in the rough. Faced with a long second shot over water, he decided to lay up on the 490-yard (448 m) par-4 and rely on his short game. Toms' third shot stopped 12 feet (3.7 m) left of the pin, and he sank the putt to save par for the win. His 265 total set the record for the lowest score at a major championship.[2][3][4]

Two-time defending champion Tiger Woods finished 14 strokes back at 279 (−1), tied for 29th place. No former champions finished in the top twenty.

It was the third major at the Highlands Course, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1981 and the U.S. Open in 1976. All three victors were from the Deep South of the United States. The PGA Championship returned to the course in 2011.

Course layout

Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4304714692045414251834634163,6024394545473644422274412074903,6117,213
Par444354344354454434343570

Source:[5]

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Paul Azinger United States199368676974278−2T22
Nick Price Zimbabwe1992, 199471677170279−1T29
Tiger Woods United States1999, 200073676970279−1T29
Bob Tway United States198669697170279−1T29
Davis Love III United States199771676577280ET37
Hal Sutton United States198367717370281+1T44
Vijay Singh Fiji199873687071282+2T51

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Mark Brooks United States19967171142+2
Larry Nelson United States1981, 19876874142+2
Jeff Sluman United States19887276148+8
John Daly United States19917277149+9
Lanny Wadkins United States19778685171+31
Steve Elkington Australia199577WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 16, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Grant Waite New Zealand64−6
T2Stuart Appleby Australia66−4
K. J. Choi South Korea
David Duval United States
Niclas Fasth Sweden
Brad Faxon United States
Fred Funk United States
Dudley Hart United States
Phil Mickelson United States
David Toms United States

Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, August 17, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Shingo Katayama Japan67-64=131−9
David Toms United States66-65=131
T3Bob Estes United States67-65=132−8
Phil Mickelson United States66-66=132
T5K. J. Choi South Korea66-68=134−6
David Duval United States66-68=134
Ernie Els South Africa67-67=134
Jim Furyk United States70-64=134
Dudley Hart United States66-68=134
Steve Lowery United States67-67=134

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, August 18, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1David Toms United States66-65-65=196−14
2Phil Mickelson United States66-66-66=198−12
T3Shingo Katayama Japan67-64-69=200−10
Steve Lowery United States67-67-66=200
5David Duval United States66-68-67=201−9
6Davis Love III United States71-67-65=203−7
T7Stuart Appleby Australia66-70-68=204−6
Paul Azinger United States68-67-69=204
Ernie Els South Africa67-67-70=204
T10Mark Calcavecchia United States71-68-66=205−5
Jim Furyk United States70-64-71=205
Retief Goosen South Africa69-70-66=205
Mark O'Meara United States72-63-70=205

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, August 19, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (S)
1David Toms United States66-65-65-69=265−15936,000
2Phil Mickelson United States66-66-66-68=266−14562,000
3Steve Lowery United States67-67-66-68=268−12354,000
T4Mark Calcavecchia United States71-68-66-65=270−10222,500
Shingo Katayama Japan67-64-69-70=270
6Billy Andrade United States68-70-68-66=272−8175,000
T7Jim Furyk United States70-64-71-69=274−6152,333
Scott Hoch United States68-70-69-67=274
Scott Verplank United States69-68-70-67=274
T10David Duval United States66-68-67-74=275−5122,000
Justin Leonard United States70-69-67-69=275
Kirk Triplett United States68-70-71-66=275

Source:[9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par444354344445443434
United States Toms−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14−15−16−15−15−15−15
United States Mickelson−12−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−14−14−14−15−14−14−14
United States Lowery−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12
Japan Katayama−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−12−11−11−11−11−10
United States Duval−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−6−6−6−6−5−5−5
United States Love−7−7−7−6−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−2−2−1E−1−1E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament Info for: 2001 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ Dulac, Gerry (August 20, 2001). "Major Toms". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. p. C1.
  3. ↑ D'Amato, Gary (August 20, 2001). "Wimp? No, just champ". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
  4. ↑ Bamberger, Michael (August 27, 2001). "The tortoise wins again". Sports Illustrated. p. 40.
  5. ↑ "PGA Championship: course description". USA Today. August 13, 2001. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (August 17, 2001). "New Zealander tops PGA with Woods nine shots back". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
  7. ↑ "PGA Championship: second round scores". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 18, 2001. p. C6.
  8. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (August 19, 2001). "Toms uses ace for two-shot lead entering final day". Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau). Associated Press. p. 3B.
  9. ↑ "2001 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  10. ↑ "2001 PGA Championship leaderboard". ESPN. August 19, 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
Preceded by
2001 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2002 Masters

Coordinates: 34°00′14″N 84°11′35″W / 34.004°N 84.193°W / 34.004; -84.193

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