2001 WGC-NEC Invitational explained

2001 WGC-NEC Invitational
Dates:	August 23–26, 2001
Location:	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course:	Firestone Country Club
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	70
Yardage:	7,139
Field:	39 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$5,000,000
Winners Share:	$1,000,000
Score:	268 (−12), playoff
Previous:	2000
Next:	2002

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

United States: Notah Begay III, Loren Roberts, Kirk Triplett

Tom Lehman did not play.
International: Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Michael Campbell, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Carlos Franco, Retief Goosen, Shigeki Maruyama, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Mike Weir

*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	Jim Furyk	65	−5
T1	Greg Norman	65	−5
T3	Thomas Bjørn	66	−4
	Darren Clarke
	Colin Montgomerie
	Tiger Woods
T7	Paul Azinger	67	−3
	Ernie Els
	Phil Mickelson
	Ian Poulter

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

Place	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
T1	66-67-66-69=268	−12	1,000,000
T1	65-66-66-71=268	−12	500,000
3	66-68-68-69=271	−9	375,000
4	66-71-66-70=273	−7	300,000
T5	70-64-70-70=274	−6	201,667
	67-70-65-72=274
	68-68-70-68=274
T8	67-70-66-72=275	−5	147,500
T8	67-66-70-72=275	−5	147,500
10	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
Woods	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−12
Furyk	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12
Clarke	−8	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
Montgomerie	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7
Appleby	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6
Azinger	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
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

	Double Eagle		Eagle -->		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[1]

Sudden-death playoff

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

External links

Full results

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Notes and References

News: WGC-NEC Invitational . ESPN . October 11, 2018.