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2001 PGA Championship

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.

2001 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 16–19, 2001
LocationJohns Creek, Georgia
Course(s)Atlanta Athletic Club,
Highlands Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,213 yards (6,596 m)
Field149 players, 76 after cut
Cut141 (+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)
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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

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Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 430 471 469 204 541 425 183 463 416 3,602 439 454 547 364 442 227 441 207 490 3,611 7,213
Par 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 35 70

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Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, August 16, 2001

Place Player Score To par
1   Grant Waite 64 −6
T2   Stuart Appleby 66 −4
  K. J. Choi
  David Duval
  Niclas Fasth
  Brad Faxon
  Fred Funk
  Dudley Hart
  Phil Mickelson
  David Toms

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Second round

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Friday, August 17, 2001

Place Player Score To par
T1   Shingo Katayama 67-64=131 −9
  David Toms 66-65=131
T3   Bob Estes 67-65=132 −8
  Phil Mickelson 66-66=132
T5   K. J. Choi 66-68=134 −6
  David Duval 66-68=134
  Ernie Els 67-67=134
  Jim Furyk 70-64=134
  Dudley Hart 66-68=134
  Steve Lowery 67-67=134

Source:[7]

Third round

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Saturday, August 18, 2001

Place Player Score To par
1   David Toms 66-65-65=196 −14
2   Phil Mickelson 66-66-66=198 −12
T3   Shingo Katayama 67-64-69=200 −10
  Steve Lowery 67-67-66=200
5   David Duval 66-68-67=201 −9
6   Davis Love III 71-67-65=203 −7
T7   Stuart Appleby 66-70-68=204 −6
  Paul Azinger 68-67-69=204
  Ernie Els 67-67-70=204
T10   Mark Calcavecchia 71-68-66=205 −5
  Jim Furyk 70-64-71=205
  Retief Goosen 69-70-66=205
  Mark O'Meara 72-63-70=205

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Final round

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Sunday, August 19, 2001

Place Player Score To par Money (S)
1   David Toms 66-65-65-69=265 −15 936,000
2   Phil Mickelson 66-66-66-68=266 −14 562,000
3   Steve Lowery 67-67-66-68=268 −12 354,000
T4   Mark Calcavecchia 71-68-66-65=270 −10 222,500
  Shingo Katayama 67-64-69-70=270
6   Billy Andrade 68-70-68-66=272 −8 175,000
T7   Jim Furyk 70-64-71-69=274 −6 152,333
  Scott Hoch 68-70-69-67=274
  Scott Verplank 69-68-70-67=274
T10   David Duval 66-68-67-74=275 −5 122,000
  Justin Leonard 70-69-67-69=275
  Kirk Triplett 68-70-71-66=275

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Scorecard

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Final round

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

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

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References

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  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.
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