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
United States 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
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jim Furyk65−5
Australia Greg Norman
T3Denmark Thomas Bjørn66−4
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Tiger Woods
T7United States Paul Azinger67−3
South Africa Ernie Els
United States Phil Mickelson
England Ian Poulter

Second round
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jim Furyk65-66=131−9
T2United States Phil Mickelson67-66=133−7
United States Tiger Woods66-67=133
T4Australia Stuart Appleby70-64=134−6
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke66-68=134
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington68-66=134
7Australia Robert Allenby68-67=135−5
T8United States Stewart Cink69-67=136−4
Germany Bernhard Langer69-67=136
United States Davis Love III68-68=136
Australia Greg Norman65-71=136
Fiji Vijay Singh68-68=136

Third round
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jim Furyk65-66-66=197−13
2United States Tiger Woods66-67-66=199−11
T3United States Paul Azinger67-70-65=202−8
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke66-68-68=202
T5South Africa Ernie Els67-70-66=203−7
United States Phil Mickelson67-66-70=203
Scotland Colin Montgomerie66-71-66=203
T8Australia Stuart Appleby70-64-70=204−6
Germany Bernhard Langer69-67-68=204
T10South Africa Retief Goosen72-69-64=205−5
Fiji Vijay Singh68-68-69=205

Final round
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)
T1United States Tiger Woods66-67-66-69=268−121,000,000
United States Jim Furyk65-66-66-71=268500,000
3Northern Ireland Darren Clarke66-68-68-69=271−9375,000
4Scotland Colin Montgomerie66-71-66-70=273−7300,000
T5Australia Stuart Appleby70-64-70-70=274−6201,667
United States Paul Azinger67-70-65-72=274
United States Davis Love III68-68-70-68=274
T8South Africa Ernie Els67-70-66-72=275−5147,500
United States Phil Mickelson67-66-70-72=275
10South Africa Retief Goosen72-69-64-71=276−4131,000

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
United States Woods−11−12−13−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−13−13−12−13−13−12
United States Furyk−13−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−12−12−13−13−13−12
Northern Ireland Clarke−8−9−10−9−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9
Scotland Montgomerie−7−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7
Australia Appleby−6−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−6
United States Azinger−9−10−10−10−10−9−8−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−6
United States 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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