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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.

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

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Jim Furyk 65 −5
Australia Greg Norman
T3 Denmark Thomas Bjørn 66 −4
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Tiger Woods
T7 United States Paul Azinger 67 −3
South Africa Ernie Els
United States Phil Mickelson
England Ian Poulter

Second round

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Jim Furyk 65-66=131 −9
T2 United States Phil Mickelson 67-66=133 −7
United States Tiger Woods 66-67=133
T4 Australia Stuart Appleby 70-64=134 −6
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 66-68=134
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 68-66=134
7 Australia Robert Allenby 68-67=135 −5
T8 United States Stewart Cink 69-67=136 −4
Germany Bernhard Langer 69-67=136
United States Davis Love III 68-68=136
Australia Greg Norman 65-71=136
Fiji Vijay Singh 68-68=136

Third round

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Jim Furyk 65-66-66=197 −13
2 United States Tiger Woods 66-67-66=199 −11
T3 United States Paul Azinger 67-70-65=202 −8
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 66-68-68=202
T5 South Africa Ernie Els 67-70-66=203 −7
United States Phil Mickelson 67-66-70=203
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 66-71-66=203
T8 Australia Stuart Appleby 70-64-70=204 −6
Germany Bernhard Langer 69-67-68=204
T10 South Africa Retief Goosen 72-69-64=205 −5
Fiji Vijay Singh 68-68-69=205

Final round

Place Player Score To par Winnings ($)
T1 United States Tiger Woods 66-67-66-69=268 −12 1,000,000
United States Jim Furyk 65-66-66-71=268 500,000
3 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 66-68-68-69=271 −9 375,000
4 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 66-71-66-70=273 −7 300,000
T5 Australia Stuart Appleby 70-64-70-70=274 −6 201,667
United States Paul Azinger 67-70-65-72=274
United States Davis Love III 68-68-70-68=274
T8 South Africa Ernie Els 67-70-66-72=275 −5 147,500
United States Phil Mickelson 67-66-70-72=275
10 South Africa Retief Goosen 72-69-64-71=276 −4 131,000

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4
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:

Sudden-death playoff

Player Score
18 17 18 17 18 17 18 Total
Tiger Woods 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 27
Jim Furyk 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 29

References

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

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