2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

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

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
T1	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	66-67-66-69=268	−12	1,000,000
	Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk	65-66-66-71=268		500,000
3	Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke	66-68-68-69=271	−9	375,000
4	Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie	66-71-66-70=273	−7	300,000
T5	Template:Flagicon Stuart Appleby	70-64-70-70=274	−6	201,667
	Template:Flagicon Paul Azinger	67-70-65-72=274
	Template:Flagicon Davis Love III	68-68-70-68=274
T8	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els	67-70-66-72=275	−5	147,500
	Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson	67-66-70-72=275
10	Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen	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
Template:Flagicon Woods	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−12
Template:Flagicon Furyk	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12
Template:Flagicon Clarke	−8	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
Template:Flagicon Montgomerie	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7
Template:Flagicon Appleby	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6
Template:Flagicon Azinger	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Template:Flagicon 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

Birdie

Bogey

Source:

Sudden-death playoff

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

External links

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