2001 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 22–26, 2001 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°WCoordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,093 yards (6,486 m) |
Field | 142 players, 75 after cut |
Cut | 147 (+3) |
Prize fund | $6.0 million |
Winner's share | $1.08 million |
Champion | |
Tiger Woods | |
274 (−14) | |
Location Map | |
TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States | |
The 2001 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 22–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 28th Players Championship.
Tiger Woods won the first of his two Players Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Vijay Singh.[1] Because of bad weather, the tournament was completed on Monday, March 26. In the final pairing with 54-hole leader Jerry Kelly, Woods played the final nine holes on Monday.[2] He had also won the previous week, at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando.[3]
Woods had won the previous three majors in 2000; he won the Masters Tournament two weeks later to hold all four major titles at once, the Tiger Slam, as well as this Players, the unofficial "fifth major." He won his second Players a dozen years later in 2013.
Through 2020, Woods is the only winner of the Players and Masters in the same calendar year (2001), and he was the third Players champion to win a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978) and Hal Sutton (1983); it expanded to four with Martin Kaymer in 2014.
Defending champion Sutton finished seven strokes back, in a tie for fifth place.
Venue[]
This was the 20th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).
Field[]
Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, , Notah Begay III, Thomas Bjørn, Jay Don Blake, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Bob Burns, Tom Byrum, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Greg Chalmers, Brandel Chamblee, Stewart Cink, Michael Clark II, Darren Clarke, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Robert Damron, Glen Day, Chris DiMarco, Doug Dunakey, Scott Dunlap, Joe Durant, Joel Edwards, Brad Elder, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, Robin Freeman, Ed Fryatt, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Bill Glasson, Matt Gogel, Mathew Goggin, Retief Goosen, Paul Goydos, Jimmy Green, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. P. Hayes, Brian Henninger, Tim Herron, Glen Hnatiuk, Scott Hoch, Bradley Hughes, John Huston, Lee Janzen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Steve Jones, , Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Tom Kite, Greg Kraft, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Franklin Langham, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, Len Mattiace, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Scott McCarron, Rocco Mediate, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Gary Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Joe Ogilvie, José María Olazábal, Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Steve Pate, Carl Paulson, Dennis Paulson, Corey Pavin, David Peoples, Kenny Perry, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Chris Riley, Loren Roberts, Eduardo Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Tom Scherrer, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Jerry Smith, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Esteban Toledo, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Jean van de Velde, Scott Verplank, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Mark Wiebe, Jay Williamson, Garrett Willis, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, March 22, 2001
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Paul Azinger | United States | 66 | −6 |
T2 | Scott Hoch | United States | 67 | −5 |
Jonathan Kaye | United States | |||
Vijay Singh | Fiji | |||
T5 | Robert Allenby | Australia | 68 | −4 |
Skip Kendall | United States | |||
Billy Mayfair | United States | |||
T8 | Jim Carter | United States | 69 | −3 |
Brad Elder | United States | |||
Jerry Kelly | United States | |||
Scott Verplank | United States |
Source:[4]
Second round[]
Friday, March 23, 2001
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Jerry Kelly | United States | 69-66=135 | −9 |
2 | Paul Azinger | United States | 66-70=136 | −8 |
T3 | Scott Hoch | United States | 67-70=137 | −7 |
Kenny Perry | United States | 71-66=137 | ||
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 67-70=137 | ||
6 | Jonathan Kaye | United States | 67-72=139 | −5 |
7 | Billy Mayfair | United States | 68-72=140 | −4 |
T8 | Brad Elder | United States | 69-72=141 | −3 |
Fred Funk | United States | 70-71=141 | ||
J. P. Hayes | United States | 72-69=141 | ||
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 73-68=141 | ||
Phil Mickelson | United States | 73-68=141 | ||
Tiger Woods | United States | 72-69=141 |
Source:[5]
Third round[]
Saturday, March 24, 2001
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Jerry Kelly | United States | 69-66-70=205 | −11 |
T2 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 67-70-70=207 | −9 |
Tiger Woods | United States | 72-69-66=207 | ||
4 | Scott Hoch | United States | 67-70-71=208 | −8 |
5 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 73-68-68=209 | −7 |
T6 | Paul Azinger | United States | 66-70-74=210 | −6 |
Billy Mayfair | United States | 68-72-70=210 | ||
T8 | Kenny Perry | United States | 71-66-74=211 | −5 |
Hal Sutton | United States | 72-71-68=211 | ||
10 | Michael Campbell | New Zealand | 71-72-69=212 | −4 |
Source:[6]
Final round[]
Sunday, March 25, 2001
Monday, March 26, 2001
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Tiger Woods | United States | 72-69-66-67=274 | −14 | 1,080,000 |
2 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 67-70-70-68=275 | −13 | 648,000 |
3 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 73-68-68-67=276 | −12 | 408,000 |
4 | Jerry Kelly | United States | 69-66-70-73=278 | −10 | 288,000 |
T5 | Billy Mayfair | United States | 68-72-70-71=281 | −7 | 228,000 |
Hal Sutton (c) | United States | 72-71-68-70=281 | |||
T7 | Paul Azinger | United States | 66-70-74-72=282 | −6 | 187,000 |
Scott Hoch | United States | 67-70-71-74=282 | |||
Frank Lickliter | United States | 72-72-70-68=282 | |||
T10 | Joe Durant | United States | 73-73-67-70=283 | −5 | 156,000 |
Nick Price (c) | Zimbabwe | 70-74-71-68=283 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
T12 | Tom Lehman | United States | 71-71-72-70=284 | −4 | 126,000 |
José María Olazábal | Spain | 71-76-68-69=284 | |||
David Toms | United States | 70-77-66-71=284 | |||
T15 | Michael Campbell | New Zealand | 72-71-69-73=285 | −3 | 102,000 |
Scott Dunlap | United States | 70-73-73-69=285 | |||
Franklin Langham | United States | 73-71-71-70=285 | |||
T18 | Lee Janzen (c) | United States | 77-67-69-73=286 | −2 | 84,000 |
Jonathan Kaye | United States | 67-72-76-71=286 | |||
Kenny Perry | United States | 71-66-74-75=286 | |||
T21 | Robert Allenby | Australia | 68-75-71-73=287 | −1 | 62,400 |
Jim Furyk | United States | 72-75-72-68=287 | |||
J. P. Hayes | United States | 72-69-76-70=287 | |||
Tim Herron | United States | 73-74-71-69=287 | |||
Corey Pavin | United States | 73-72-69-73=287 | |||
T26 | Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | 72-70-74-72=288 | E | 44,400 |
Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | 75-70-72-71=288 | |||
Brad Faxon | United States | 72-74-73-69=288 | |||
Skip Kendall | United States | 68-78-69-73=288 | |||
Naomichi Ozaki | Japan | 77-68-72-71=288 | |||
T31 | Dennis Paulson | United States | 74-70-73-72=289 | +1 | 38,100 |
Kirk Triplett | United States | 72-71-76-70=289 | |||
T33 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | 74-73-75-68=290 | +2 | 31,028 |
Fred Funk | United States | 70-71-77-72=290 | |||
Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 70-75-73-72=290 | |||
Phil Mickelson | United States | 73-68-72-77=290 | |||
Craig Parry | Australia | 71-73-76-70=290 | |||
Jeff Sluman | United States | 72-71-75-72=290 | |||
Mark Wiebe | United States | 73-73-69-75=290 | |||
T40 | Steve Flesch | United States | 70-73-76-72=291 | +3 | 24,000 |
Brian Gay | United States | 73-74-72-72=291 | |||
Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 71-71-75-74=291 | |||
Bob Tway | United States | 72-73-74-72=291 | |||
T44 | Billy Andrade | United States | 72-73-74-73=292 | +4 | 18,140 |
Tom Kite (c) | United States | 70-73-75-74=292 | |||
Scott McCarron | United States | 71-75-77-69=292 | |||
Paul Stankowski | United States | 72-74-73-73=292 | |||
Scott Verplank | United States | 69-75-72-76=292 | |||
Mike Weir | Canada | 77-69-72-74=292 | |||
T50 | Jay Don Blake | United States | 74-73-73-73=293 | +5 | 14,472 |
Jim Carter | United States | 69-73-75-76=293 | |||
Nick Faldo | England | 73-73-75-72=293 | |||
Sergio García | Spain | 73-74-74-72=293 | |||
Steve Jones | United States | 72-71-72-78=293 | |||
T55 | Tom Byrum | United States | 73-71-75-75=294 | +6 | 13,680 |
John Cook | United States | 71-72-75-76=294 | |||
Chris DiMarco | United States | 74-73-74-73=294 | |||
T58 | Greg Chalmers | Australia | 71-73-72-79=295 | +7 | 13,080 |
Fred Couples (c) | United States | 71-75-70-79=295 | |||
Glen Hnatiuk | Canada | 74-70-71-80=295 | |||
Steve Pate | United States | 72-72-76-75=295 | |||
Chris Riley | United States | 71-75-73-76=295 | |||
Kevin Sutherland | United States | 71-74-73-77=295 | |||
Jay Williamson | United States | 78-69-77-71=295 | |||
T65 | Mark Brooks | United States | 71-74-76-76=297 | +9 | 12,480 |
Greg Kraft | United States | 73-71-72-81=297 | |||
Rocco Mediate | United States | 73-73-75-76=297 | |||
T68 | Paul Goydos | United States | 73-74-76-75=298 | +10 | 12,180 |
Carl Paulson | United States | 74-73-76-75=298 | |||
T70 | Brent Geiberger | United States | 72-75-82-70=299 | +11 | 11,880 |
Mathew Goggin | Australia | 72-75-72-80=299 | |||
Ian Woosnam | Wales | 73-73-81-72=299 | |||
T73 | Brad Elder | United States | 69-72-81-78=300 | +12 | 11,520 |
Robin Freeman | United States | 73-72-79-76=300 | |||
J. L. Lewis | United States | 73-72-78-77=300 | |||
CUT | Michael Clark II | United States | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
Robert Damron | United States | 76-72=148 | |||
Dudley Hart | United States | 70-78=148 | |||
Bradley Hughes | Australia | 74-74=148 | |||
Neal Lancaster | United States | 76-72=148 | |||
Davis Love III (c) | United States | 72-76=148 | |||
Steve Stricker | United States | 74-74=148 | |||
Jean van de Velde | France | 75-73=148 | |||
Duffy Waldorf | United States | 77-71=148 | |||
Lee Westwood | England | 73-75=148 | |||
Carlos Franco | Paraguay | 73-76=149 | +5 | ||
Matt Gogel | United States | 74-75=149 | |||
Brian Henninger | United States | 71-78=149 | |||
Greg Norman (c) | Australia | 75-74=149 | |||
Jesper Parnevik | Sweden | 70-79=149 | |||
David Peoples | United States | 71-78=149 | |||
Brandel Chamblee | United States | 75-75=150 | +6 | ||
Bob Estes | United States | 72-78=150 | |||
Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | 75-75=150 | |||
Justin Leonard (c) | United States | 74-76=150 | |||
Jeff Maggert | United States | 70-80=150 | |||
Tom Purtzer | United States | 71-79=150 | |||
Tom Scherrer | United States | 76-74=150 | |||
Fulton Allem | South Africa | 74-77=151 | +7 | ||
Notah Begay III | United States | 79-72=151 | |||
Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 74-77=151 | |||
John Daly | United States | 73-78=151 | |||
Doug Dunakey | United States | 75-76=151 | |||
Ernie Els | South Africa | 76-75=151 | |||
Ed Fryatt | England | 74-77=151 | |||
Steve Lowery | United States | 73-78=151 | |||
Blaine McCallister | United States | 77-74=151 | |||
Esteban Toledo | Mexico | 74-77=151 | |||
United States | 77-75=152 | +8 | |||
Len Mattiace | United States | 80-72=152 | |||
Shaun Micheel | United States | 73-79=152 | |||
Joe Ogilvie | United States | 72-80=152 | |||
Mark O'Meara | United States | 78-74=152 | |||
Garrett Willis | United States | 74-78=152 | |||
Stephen Ames | Trinidad and Tobago | 78-75=153 | +9 | ||
Harrison Frazar | United States | 79-74=153 | |||
Brandt Jobe | United States | 76-77=153 | |||
Paul Lawrie | Scotland | 75-78=153 | |||
Loren Roberts | United States | 76-77=153 | |||
Craig Stadler | United States | 78-75=153 | |||
Grant Waite | New Zealand | 75-78=153 | |||
Russ Cochran | United States | 74-80=154 | +10 | ||
Glen Day | United States | 78-76=154 | |||
Jimmy Green | United States | 76-78=154 | |||
John Huston | United States | 75-79=154 | |||
Andrew Magee | United States | 74-80=154 | |||
Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | 76-79=155 | +11 | ||
Olin Browne | United States | 76-79=155 | |||
Jerry Smith | United States | 77-78=155 | |||
Ben Crenshaw | United States | 78-78=156 | +12 | ||
Retief Goosen | South Africa | 79-77=156 | |||
Gary Nicklaus | United States | 79-77=156 | |||
Woody Austin | United States | 78-79=157 | +13 | ||
Stewart Cink | United States | 78-79=157 | |||
United States | 76-81=157 | ||||
Larry Mize | United States | 76-81=157 | |||
Eduardo Romero | Argentina | 78-79=157 | |||
Rory Sabbatini | South Africa | 74-84=158 | +14 | ||
Bob Burns | United States | 76-83=159 | +15 | ||
Bill Glasson | United States | 77-86=163 | +19 | ||
WD | Tommy Armour III | United States | |||
DQ | Joel Edwards | United States | 72 | E |
Source:[7]
Scorecard[]
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double Bogey | Triple Bogey+ |
Source:[8]
Quotes[]
- "Better than most!" – Gary Koch's (NBC Sports) call as Tiger Woods sank a sixty-foot (18 m) putt at the par-3 17th during the third round.[9]
- "This is what it's all about. He's going to make shots like that. I can only get better watching that." – Jerry Kelly after seeing Woods chip in from ninety feet (27 m) on the second hole in the final round.[10]
References[]
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (March 27, 2001). "Tiger on the prowl". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C2.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (March 26, 2001). "Tiger storms to head of the pack". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 2C.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (March 19, 2001). "All is right in the world of Woods after one-shot win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1E.
- ^ "Golf: Thursday's results". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 23, 2001. p. B9.
- ^ "Players Championship - Second round". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. March 24, 2001. p. 3C.
- ^ "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 25, 2001. p. 6G.
- ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ Van Sickle, Gary (December 24, 2015). "Tiger's 40 Biggest Moments: No. 17". Golf.com.
- ^ "Woods finally wins Players Championship". ESPN. March 26, 2001.
External links[]
- The Players Championship
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