2001 Open Championship Explained

2001 Open Championship
Dates:	19–22 July 2001
Location:	Lytham St Annes, England
Course:	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour:	European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour
Par:	71
Field:	156 players, 70 after cut
Cut:	144 (+2)
Purse:	£3,300,000 €5,300,860 $4,720,650
Winners Share:	£600,000 €984,756 $858,300
Champion:	David Duval
Score:	274 (−10)
Previous:	2000
Next:	2002

The 2001 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 130th Open Championship, held from 19 to 22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. David Duval won his only major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Niclas Fasth.^{[1] [2]}

Course layout

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club^[3]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	206	438	458	392	212	494	557	419	164	3,340	335	542	198	342	445	465	359	467	412	3,565	6,905
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	36	71

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):^[4]

1996: 1988: 1979: 1974:

1969: 1963: 1958: 1952:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par^[5]
1	Colin Montgomerie	65	−6
T2	Chris DiMarco	68	−3
	Brad Faxon
	Mikko Ilonen
T5	Billy Andrade	69	−2
	Stuart Appleby
	Alexandre Balicki
	Alex Čejka
	David Duval
	Niclas Fasth
	Pierre Fulke
	J. P. Hayes
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
	Billy Mayfair
	Paul McGinley
	Joe Ogilvie
	José María Olazábal
	Greg Owen
	Jesper Parnevik
	Justin Rose

Second round

Friday, 20 July 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par^[6]
1	Colin Montgomerie	65-70=135	−7
2	Pierre Fulke	69-67=136	−6
T3	Joe Ogilvie	69-68=137	−5
	Greg Owen	69-68=137
	Jesper Parnevik	69-68=137
T6	Alex Čejka	align=center	69-69=138	−4
	Niclas Fasth	align=center	69-69=138
	Eduardo Romero	align=center	70-68=138
T9	Billy Andrade	69-70=139	−3
	Darren Clarke	align=center		70-69=139
	Brad Faxon	align=center		68-71=139
	Raphaël Jacquelin	align=center		71-68=139
	Mark O'Meara	align=center		70-69=139
	Rory Sabbatini	align=center		70-69=139
	Des Smyth	align=center		74-65=139
	Tiger Woods	align=center		71-68=139

Amateurs: Dixon (−1), Wilson (+5), Hoey (+7), Quinney (+7), Griffiths (+8), Kemp (+12).

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par^[7]
T1	Alex Čejka	align=center	69-69-69=207	−6
	David Duval	align=center	69-73-65=207
	Bernhard Langer	align=center	71-69-67=207
	Ian Woosnam	align=center	72-68-67=207
T5	Darren Clarke	70-69-69=208	−5
	Pierre Fulke	align=center		69-67-72=208
	Raphaël Jacquelin	align=center		71-68-69=208
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	align=center		69-72-67=208
	Billy Mayfair	align=center		69-72-67=208
	Colin Montgomerie	align=center		65-70-73=208
	Joe Ogilvie	align=center		69-68-71=208
	Jesper Parnevik	align=center		69-68-71=208
	Nick Price	73-67-68=208

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	David Duval	69-73-65-67=274	−10	600,000
2		69-69-72-67=277	−7	360,000
T3		70-69-69-70=278	−6	141,667
		71-71-67-69=278
		69-72-67-70=278
		71-69-67-71=278
		69-72-67-70=278
		72-68-67-71=278
T9		70-72-67-70=279	−5	63,750
		68-75-70-66=279
		69-68-71-71=279
		75-69-68-67=279

Amateurs: Dixon (+1)
Source:^[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Duval	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Fasth	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7
Clarke	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−6	−6
Els	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6
Jiménez	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6
Langer	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6
Mayfair	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Woosnam	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−7	−6	−6
Čejka	−6	−6	−5	−4	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[9]

External links

• Royal Lytham & St Annes 2001 (Official site)
• 130th Open Championship - Royal Lytham & St Annes (European Tour)

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Notes and References

1. Gorse management. Sports Illustrated. Humphries. Tom. 30 July 2001.
2. News: Finally and decisively. Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 23 July 2001. C1.
3. Web site: Focus on the 130th Open Championship. European Tour. Platts. Mitchell. 11 July 2011. 29 June 2012.
4. Web site: Media guide . The Open Championship . 2011 . 29, 203 . 29 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx . 18 April 2012 .
5. Web site: 130th Open Golf Championship – Official Scores and Prize Money – Round 1 . PGA European Tour . https://archive.today/20090904153203/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2001044&roundno=1 . 4 September 2009 . dead . 23 August 2009.
6. Web site: 130th Open Golf Championship – Official Scores and Prize Money – Round 2 . PGA European Tour . https://archive.today/20090904153208/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2001044&roundno=2 . 4 September 2009 . dead . 23 August 2009.
7. Web site: 130th Open Golf Championship – Official Scores and Prize Money – Round 3 . PGA European Tour . https://archive.today/20090904153215/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2001044&roundno=3 . 4 September 2009 . dead . 23 August 2009.
8. Web site: 2001 Open Championship results. databasegolf.com. 5 July 2012.
9. News: British Open Championship . ESPN. 15 August 2015.