2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

The 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 23–26, 2001 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the third WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and the second of three World Golf Championships events held in 2001.

2001 WGC-NEC Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 23–26, 2001
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,139
Field39 players
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000,000
Winner's share$1,000,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
268 (−12), playoff

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to complete a hat-trick of victories at the WGC-NEC Invitational and claim his fourth World Golf Championships title. Woods defeated Jim Furyk on the 7th hole of a sudden-death playoff after both men had tied at 268 (12 under par) at the end of regulation play.

Field
1. 2001 United States Ryder Cup team*

Paul Azinger (3), Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink (3), David Duval (3), Jim Furyk (3), Scott Hoch, Davis Love III (3), Phil Mickelson (3), Hal Sutton (3), David Toms, Scott Verplank, Tiger Woods (3)

2. The leading 12 players from the European Ryder Cup points list after the PGA Championship and North West of Ireland Open

Thomas Bjørn, Darren Clarke, Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke, Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Bernhard Langer, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Ian Poulter, Phillip Price, Lee Westwood

3. 2000 United States and International Presidents Cup teams

*The Ryder Cup scheduled for 2001 would be postponed to 2002 due to the September 11 attacks.

Round summaries

First round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jim Furyk United States65−5
Greg Norman Australia
T3Thomas Bjørn Denmark66−4
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland
Colin Montgomerie Scotland
Tiger Woods United States
T7Paul Azinger United States67−3
Ernie Els South Africa
Phil Mickelson United States
Ian Poulter England

Second round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk United States65-66=131−9
T2Phil Mickelson United States67-66=133−7
Tiger Woods United States66-67=133
T4Stuart Appleby Australia70-64=134−6
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland66-68=134
Pádraig Harrington Ireland68-66=134
7Robert Allenby Australia68-67=135−5
T8Stewart Cink United States69-67=136−4
Bernhard Langer Germany69-67=136
Davis Love III United States68-68=136
Greg Norman Australia65-71=136
Vijay Singh Fiji68-68=136

Third round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk United States65-66-66=197−13
2Tiger Woods United States66-67-66=199−11
T3Paul Azinger United States67-70-65=202−8
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland66-68-68=202
T5Ernie Els South Africa67-70-66=203−7
Phil Mickelson United States67-66-70=203
Colin Montgomerie Scotland66-71-66=203
T8Stuart Appleby Australia70-64-70=204−6
Bernhard Langer Germany69-67-68=204
T10Retief Goosen South Africa72-69-64=205−5
Vijay Singh Fiji68-68-69=205

Final round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)
T1Tiger Woods United States66-67-66-69=268−121,000,000
Jim Furyk United States65-66-66-71=268500,000
3Darren Clarke Northern Ireland66-68-68-69=271−9375,000
4Colin Montgomerie Scotland66-71-66-70=273−7300,000
T5Stuart Appleby Australia70-64-70-70=274−6201,667
Paul Azinger United States67-70-65-72=274
Davis Love III United States68-68-70-68=274
T8Ernie Els South Africa67-70-66-72=275−5147,500
Phil Mickelson United States67-66-70-72=275
10Retief Goosen South Africa72-69-64-71=276−4131,000

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Woods−11−12−13−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−13−13−12−13−13−12
Furyk−13−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−12−12−13−13−13−12
Clarke−8−9−10−9−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9
Montgomerie−7−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7
Appleby−6−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−6
Azinger−9−10−10−10−10−9−8−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−6
Love−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−6−6−6−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[1]

Sudden-death playoff
PlayerScore
18171817181718Total
Tiger Woods444444327
Jim Furyk444444529

References
  1. "WGC-NEC Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

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