2001 Masters Tournament Explained

2001 Masters Tournament
Dates:	April 5–8, 2001
Location:	Augusta, Georgia
Course:	Augusta National Golf Club
Org:	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	^[1] ^[2]
Field:	93 players, 47 after cut
Cut:	145 (+1)
Purse:	US$5,600,000
Winners Share:	$1,008,000
Champion:	Tiger Woods
Score:	272 (−16)
Previous:	2000
Next:	2002
Map:	USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	Augusta National
Coordinates:	33.503°N -82.02°W

The 2001 Masters Tournament was the 65th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tiger Woods won his second Masters and sixth major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up David Duval.

This championship marked the completion of the "Tiger Slam," with Woods holding all four major titles, having won the U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship in 2000.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] In addition to the four majors, he was also the reigning champion of the Players Championship (March) and the WGC-NEC Invitational (August, second of three consecutive).

This was the first major to award a seven-figure winner's share; the first major with a six-figure winner's share was the .

Course

See main article: Augusta National Golf Club.

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Tea Olive	410	4		10	Camellia	485	4
2	Pink Dogwood	575	5	11	White Dogwood	455	4
3	Flowering Peach	350	4	12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Flowering Crab Apple	205	3	13	Azalea	485	5
5	Magnolia	435	4	14	Chinese Fir	405	4
6	Juniper	180	3	15	Firethorn	500	5
7	Pampas	365	4	16	Redbud	170	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	550	5	17	Nandina	425	4
9	Carolina Cherry	430	4	18	Holly	405	4
Out		3,500	36	In		3,485	36
Source:^[6]	Total		6,985	72

Field

1. Masters championsTommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (10,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo (11), Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (12,16,17), Mark O'Meara (3), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,11,14,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,10,11,12,13,14,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

George Archer, Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)Ernie Els (10,11,13,14,16,17), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones

3. The Open champions (last five years)Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman (10,13,14,16,17), Justin Leonard (14,16,17)

4. PGA champions (last five years)Mark Brooks, Davis Love III (10,14,15,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)David Duval (10,11,14,16,17), Hal Sutton (10,14,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-upJames Driscoll (a), Jeff Quinney (a)

7. The Amateur championMikko Ilonen (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links championD. J. Trahan (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur championGreg Puga (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2000 Masters Carlos Franco (14,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), John Huston (11,14,16,17), Phil Mickelson (14,16,17), Greg Norman (16,17), Dennis Paulson (17), Chris Perry (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Loren Roberts (11,14,16,17)

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2000 U.S. Open Stewart Cink (14,16,17), Pádraig Harrington (16,17), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16,17)

Lee Westwood (16,17) did not play.

12. Top four players and ties from 2000 PGA Championship Stuart Appleby (14,16,17), Thomas Bjørn (13,16,17), Greg Chalmers, Bob May (14,16,17)

13. Top four players and ties from the 2000 Open Championship David Toms (14,16,17)

14. Top 40 players from the 2000 PGA Tour money listRobert Allenby (16,17), Paul Azinger (16,17), Notah Begay III (16,17), Mark Calcavecchia (16,17), Chris DiMarco, Steve Flesch (16,17), Scott Hoch (16), Jonathan Kaye, Franklin Langham, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert (16), Shigeki Maruyama (16), Rocco Mediate (16,17), Jesper Parnevik (16,17), Rory Sabbatini, Tom Scherrer, Kirk Triplett (16,17), Scott Verplank (16,17), Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf (16,17), Mike Weir (16,17)

15. Top 3 players from the 2001 PGA Tour money list on March 4Joe Durant, Steve Stricker (17)

16. Top 50 players from the final 2000 world ranking Ángel Cabrera (17), Michael Campbell (17), Darren Clarke (17), José Cóceres, Pierre Fulke (17), Sergio García (17), Retief Goosen (17), Dudley Hart (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Eduardo Romero (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 4Brad Faxon, Toshimitsu Izawa

18. Special foreign invitationAaron Baddeley, Shingo Katayama

All the amateurs were playing in their first Masters, as were Greg Chalmers, José Cóceres, Chris DiMarco, Steve Flesch, Pierre Fulke, Toshimitsu Izawa, Shingo Katayama, Jonathan Kaye, Franklin Langham, Bob May, Eduardo Romero, Rory Sabbatini, and Tom Scherrer. Aaron Baddeley made his first appearance as a professional.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 2001

The round was headlined by the tournament-low 65 (−7) shot by Chris DiMarco, which gave him a one stroke lead after day one in his Masters debut. Steve Stricker and Ángel Cabrera shot six-under 66s to tie for second. Three players (John Huston, Phil Mickelson, Lee Janzen) formed a tie for fourth at 67. The scoring was very good throughout the leaderboard as 14 players shot in the 60s on day one and 32 players were in red figures. Tiger Woods, looking to win all four major championships in a row in two different calendar years, shot a two-under 70 to put him in a six-way tie for 15th. Defending champion Vijay Singh shot a 69 (−3).^[7]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Chris DiMarco	65	−7
T2	Ángel Cabrera	66	−6
T2		66	−6
T4	John Huston	67	−5
	Lee Janzen
	Phil Mickelson
T7	James Driscoll (a)	68	−4
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
	Chris Perry
	Kirk Triplett

Second round

Friday, April 6, 2001

Chris DiMarco added to his one-stroke first round lead with a 69 (-3) to give him a two-stroke lead at 134 (-10) after 36-holes.^[8] However, the round was headlined by the owner of last three major championships; Tiger Woods bolted up the leaderboard into a tie for second place with a 66 (-6). Phil Mickelson shot a 69 to equal Woods in second place. David Duval who was looking for his first Masters championship after three straight top 10 finishes at Augusta matched Woods's 66, and put himself among five golfers tied for fourth at 137 (-7), which included two-time U.S. Open champion, Lee Janzen. Two-time champion José María Olazábal was among a three-way tie for ninth at 138 (-6). The cut was set at 145 (+1), with notable players Sergio García, Davis Love III, and Thomas Bjørn off for the weekend.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Chris DiMarco	65-69=134	−10
T2	Phil Mickelson	67-69=136	−8
T2	Tiger Woods	70-66=136	−8
T4	Ángel Cabrera	66-71=137	−7
	David Duval	71-66=137
	Toshimitsu Izawa	71-66=137
	Lee Janzen	67-70=137
	Steve Stricker	66-71=137
T9	Mark Calcavecchia	72-66=138	−6
	José María Olazábal	70-68=138
	Kirk Triplett	68-70=138

Amateurs: Driscoll (+2), Ilonen (+7), Trahan (+9), Puga (+12), Quinney (+12).

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 2001

Tiger Woods had his second straight round in the 60s, with a four-under 68, to take the 54-hole lead at -12, and to move within 18 holes of winning all four majors in a row. Phil Mickelson put himself in the best position to foil Tiger's quest with a three-under 69 to trail by only one stroke going to the final round. The leader of the first two rounds, Chris DiMarco shot an even par 72 to fall into third place. The 1989 British Open champion, Mark Calcavecchia, shot a four-under 68 to tie DiMarco for third. Ernie Els, also shot a four-under 68, to move up the leaderboard to -9 and a tie for fifth place. Rocco Mediate shot the round of the day with a six-under 66 to put himself at -8 and a tie for eighth place. At the close of the round 31 players were under par for the championship.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	70-66-68=204	−12
2	Phil Mickelson	67-69-69=205	−11
T3	Mark Calcavecchia	72-66-68=206	−10
T3	Chris DiMarco	65-69-72=206	−10
T5	Ángel Cabrera	66-71-70=207	−9
	David Duval	71-66-70=207
	Ernie Els	71-68-68=207
T8	Rocco Mediate	72-70-66=208	−8
T8	Kirk Triplett	68-70-70=208	−8
T10	Brad Faxon	73-68-68=209	−7
	Lee Janzen	67-70-72=209
	José María Olazábal	70-68-71=209
	Steve Stricker	66-71-72=209

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 2001

Summary

For the first time in the modern era a golfer was able to win all four of golf's major championships in a row. However, since they were all not won in the same calendar year, the feat was dubbed the Tiger Slam. Only Bobby Jones, in 1930, under a different major championship structure was able to win all four in the same year. Woods shot his third straight round in the 60s with his second consecutive four-under 68 to complete the tournament at -16. The only golfer to make a serious charge at Woods was David Duval who matched the round of the day with a five-under 67. Duval briefly tied for the lead when he birdied the par 5 15th. Unfortunately for him, Duval would give the shot right back on the par 3 16th. Needing a birdie on the final hole, Duval missed a birdie-putt to allow Woods to only need to par the final hole. For good measure, Woods would birdie the hole to win his second green jacket and sixth major championship. It was another hard luck finish for Duval, who finished in the top 10 for the fourth consecutive Masters and it was his second, second-place finish.

Phil Mickelson was briefly in contention on the back nine, but was not able to match Woods and Duval with a two-under 70 for the round. It was another disappointing major for Mickelson who earned his 12th top 10 finish, but was still without a major championship. Japan's Toshimitsu Izawa matched Duval's round of the day with a 67 of his own to finish in a tie for fourth with Mark Calcavecchia at -10. Two-time Masters champion, Bernhard Langer, was among a four-way tie for sixth at -9 that also included two-time U.S. Open champion, Ernie Els. The leader of the first two rounds, Chris DiMarco, shot a two-over 74 to finish a disappointing tie for tenth.

Final leaderboard

Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

*Top 10*!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1	Tiger Woods (c)	70-66-68-68=272	−16	1,008,000
2		71-66-70-67=274	−14	604,800
3		67-69-69-70=275	−13	380,800
T4		72-66-68-72=278	−10	246,400
	71-66-74-67=278
T6		71-68-68-72=279	−9	181,300
	69-71-70-69=279
Bernhard Langer (c)	73-69-68-69=279
	68-70-70-71=279
T10		66-71-70-73=280	−8	128,800
	65-69-72-74=280
	73-68-68-71=280
	68-72-71-69=280
	66-71-72-71=280

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T15		70-71-71-69=281	−7	95,200
	72-70-66-73=281
José María Olazábal (c)	70-68-71-72=281
T18		75-68-71-68=282	−6	81,200
Vijay Singh (c)	69-71-73-69=282
T20		67-75-72-69=283	−5	65,240
	72-70-70-71=283
Mark O'Meara (c)	69-74-72-68=283
	71-71-72-69=283
24		72-67-72-73=284	−4	53,760
25		71-71-70-73=285	−3	49,280
26	Fred Couples (c)	74-71-73-68=286	−2	44,800
T27		75-69-72-71=287	−1	40,600
	74-70-72-71=287
	73-71-72-71=287
	74-69-72-72=287
T31		72-70-70-76=288	E	33,208
	70-71-77-70=288
	67-70-72-79=288
	72-72-71-73=288
	72-70-71-75=288
36		74-69-71-75=289	+1	28,840
T37		74-70-72-74=290	+2	26,320
	68-74-74-74=290
	71-74-73-72=290
T40		75-70-73-74=292	+4	22,960
	72-73-75-72=292
	72-72-78-70=292
T43		74-70-78-71=293	+5	19,600
	74-71-74-74=293
	71-74-73-75=293
46		71-71-77-75=294	+6	17,360
47		71-74-75-75=295	+7	16,240
CUT		73-73=146	+2
	70-76=146
	77-69=146
James Driscoll (a)	68-78=146
	70-76=146
	71-75=146
	73-73=146
	73-74=147	+3
Sandy Lyle (c)	74-73=147
	77-70=147
	69-78=147
	76-72=148	+4
Larry Mize (c)	74-74=148
Jack Nicklaus (c)	73-75=148
	73-75=148
	75-73=148
	73-75=148
Tom Watson (c)	78-70=148
Ian Woosnam (c)	71-77=148
	75-74=149	+5
	75-74=149
	73-76=149
	73-76=149
Gary Player (c)	73-76=149
Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	77-72=149
	75-75=150	+6
	74-76=150
	79-71=150
Nick Faldo (c)	75-76=151	+7
Raymond Floyd (c)	76-75=151
Mikko Ilonen (a)	72-79=151
Seve Ballesteros (c)	76-76=152	+8
Charles Coody (c)	80-72=152
	73-79=152
Craig Stadler (c)	79-73=152
	78-75=153	+9
	71-82=153
D. J. Trahan (a)	78-75=153
Greg Puga (a)	76-80=156	+12
Jeff Quinney (a)	80-76=156
Arnold Palmer (c)	82-76=158	+14
Ben Crenshaw (c)	81-78=159	+15
Tommy Aaron (c)	81-82=163	+19
Billy Casper (c)	87-80=167	+23
WD	Gay Brewer (c)	84	+12
Doug Ford (c)

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Woods	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16
Duval	−8	−9	−10	−9	−10	−11	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−14	−14
Mickelson	−11	−12	−12	−11	−12	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13	−13
Calcavecchia	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10
Izawa	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−9	−10	−10	−10
Els	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9
Furyk	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−9
Langer	−7	−7	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9
Triplett	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
DiMarco	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[9]

Notes

This was the final Masters for former champions Gay Brewer (age 69), Billy Casper (69), and Doug Ford (78). Because of consistent poor performances, they were asked not to participate in 2002.^[10]

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
Augusta.com – 2001 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
Coverage on the European Tour's official site
Full results

Notes and References

News: A hole-by-hole tour of Augusta National . Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . Associated Press . D'Amato . Gary . April 5, 2001 . 6C .
Web site: Inside the course: Augusta National Golf Club . PGA Tour . April 1, 2012 . August 25, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404153119/http://www.pgatour.com/2012/r/04/01/inside_the_course/index.html . April 4, 2012 .
Four-gone conclusion. Sports Illustrated. Hoffer. Richard. April 16, 2001. April 12, 2013.
News: Four!. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Dulac. Gerry. April 9, 2001. D1.
News: Master of all he surveys. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. D'Amato. Gary. April 9, 2001. 1C.
News: Course Analysis . Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . Stricker . Steve . April 11, 2002 . 6C . August 27, 2012.
News: Stricker's soaring with the leaders. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. D'Amato. Gary. April 6, 2001. 1C.
News: DiMarco likes life at the top. Spokesman-Review. (Orlando Sentinel). Elling . Steve . April 7, 2001. C1.
News: Masters Tournament . ESPN . August 10, 2015.
News: Johnson . Martin . April 9, 2002 . The Masters: Augusta bows to change with a pompous flourish . The Telegraph . April 10, 2019 .