| 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | |
| Dates: | 3–7 January 2001 |
| Location: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Course: | Metropolitan Golf Club |
| Tour: | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Par: | 72 |
| Yardage: | 7,066 |
| Field: | 64 players |
| Purse: | $5,000,000 |
| Winners Share: | $1,000,000 |
| Score: | def. Pierre Fulke 2&1 |
| Previous: | 2000 |
| Next: | 2002 |
The 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from 3–7 January 2001 at Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the third WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of three World Golf Championships events held in 2001.
Steve Stricker won his first and only World Golf Championships event at the match-play, by defeating Pierre Fulke 2&1 in the 36 hole final.
The Championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings, seeded according to the rankings.[1] Because it was played in Australia and also because it was very early in the year a large number of players chose not compete. These were: Tiger Woods (ranked 1), David Duval (3), Phil Mickelson (4), Lee Westwood (5), Colin Montgomerie (6), Davis Love III (7), Jesper Parnevik (11), Darren Clarke (12), Nick Price (13), Jim Furyk (15), Sergio García (16), Thomas Bjørn (20), Mike Weir (21), Loren Roberts (22), Carlos Franco (25), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (27), Paul Azinger (30), Rocco Mediate (32), Notah Begay III (33), José María Olazábal (34), Jeff Maggert (37), Fred Couples (39), Eduardo Romero (40), Greg Norman (42), Scott Hoch (46), Ángel Cabrera (47), Mark Calcavecchia (48), Shingo Katayama (53), Masashi Ozaki (67), Andrew Magee (73), Mark O'Meara (74), Lee Janzen (82), Ian Woosnam (83), Rory Sabbatini (85), Frank Lickliter (87), Stephen Ames (94), J. P. Hayes (95), Jarmo Sandelin (96), Bill Glasson (97) and Steve Elkington (101). The lowest player competing was Greg Kraft (104).[2]
| Place | US ($)[3] | |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1,000,000 | |
| Runner-up | 500,000 | |
| Third place | 400,000 | |
| Fourth place | 300,000 | |
| Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 150,000 | |
| Losing third round x 8 | 75,000 | |
| Losing second round x 16 | 50,000 | |
| Losing first round x 32 | 25,000 | |
| Total | $5,000,000 |