2001 Players Championship

The 2001 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 22–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 28th Players Championship.

2001 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 22–26, 2001
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,093 yards (6,486 m)
Field142 players, 75 after cut
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$6.0 million
Winner's share$1.08 million
Champion
Tiger Woods
274 (−14)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

Tiger Woods won the first of his two Players Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Vijay Singh.[1] Because of bad weather, the tournament was completed on Monday, March 26. In the final pairing with 54-hole leader Jerry Kelly, Woods played the final nine holes on Monday.[2] He had also won the previous week, at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando.[3]

Woods had won the previous three majors in 2000; he won the Masters Tournament two weeks later to hold all four major titles at once, the Tiger Slam, as well as this Players, the unofficial "fifth major." He won his second Players a dozen years later in 2013.

Through 2020, Woods is the only winner of the Players and Masters in the same calendar year (2001), and he was the third Players champion to win a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978) and Hal Sutton (1983); it expanded to four with Martin Kaymer in 2014.

Defending champion Sutton finished seven strokes back, in a tie for fifth place.

Venue
Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 20th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

Field

Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, Doug Barron, Notah Begay III, Thomas Bjørn, Jay Don Blake, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Bob Burns, Tom Byrum, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Greg Chalmers, Brandel Chamblee, Stewart Cink, Michael Clark II, Darren Clarke, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Robert Damron, Glen Day, Chris DiMarco, Doug Dunakey, Scott Dunlap, Joe Durant, Joel Edwards, Brad Elder, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, Robin Freeman, Ed Fryatt, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Bill Glasson, Matt Gogel, Mathew Goggin, Retief Goosen, Paul Goydos, Jimmy Green, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. P. Hayes, Brian Henninger, Tim Herron, Glen Hnatiuk, Scott Hoch, Bradley Hughes, John Huston, Lee Janzen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Steve Jones, Pete Jordan, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Tom Kite, Greg Kraft, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Franklin Langham, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, Len Mattiace, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Scott McCarron, Rocco Mediate, Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Gary Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Joe Ogilvie, José María Olazábal, Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Steve Pate, Carl Paulson, Dennis Paulson, Corey Pavin, David Peoples, Kenny Perry, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Chris Riley, Loren Roberts, Eduardo Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Tom Scherrer, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Jerry Smith, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Esteban Toledo, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Jean van de Velde, Scott Verplank, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Mark Wiebe, Jay Williamson, Garrett Willis, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 22, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paul Azinger United States66−6
T2Scott Hoch United States67−5
Jonathan Kaye United States
Vijay Singh Fiji
T5Robert Allenby Australia68−4
Skip Kendall United States
Billy Mayfair United States
T8Jim Carter United States69−3
Brad Elder United States
Jerry Kelly United States
Scott Verplank United States

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, March 23, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jerry Kelly United States69-66=135−9
2Paul Azinger United States66-70=136−8
T3Scott Hoch United States67-70=137−7
Kenny Perry United States71-66=137
Vijay Singh Fiji67-70=137
6Jonathan Kaye United States67-72=139−5
7Billy Mayfair United States68-72=140−4
T8Brad Elder United States69-72=141−3
Fred Funk United States70-71=141
J. P. Hayes United States72-69=141
Bernhard Langer Germany73-68=141
Phil Mickelson United States73-68=141
Tiger Woods United States72-69=141

Source:[5]

Third round

Saturday, March 24, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jerry Kelly United States69-66-70=205−11
T2Vijay Singh Fiji67-70-70=207−9
Tiger Woods United States72-69-66=207
4Scott Hoch United States67-70-71=208−8
5Bernhard Langer Germany73-68-68=209−7
T6Paul Azinger United States66-70-74=210−6
Billy Mayfair United States68-72-70=210
T8Kenny Perry United States71-66-74=211−5
Hal Sutton United States72-71-68=211
10Michael Campbell New Zealand71-72-69=212−4

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 25, 2001
Monday, March 26, 2001

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Tiger Woods United States72-69-66-67=274−141,080,000
2Vijay Singh Fiji67-70-70-68=275−13648,000
3Bernhard Langer Germany73-68-68-67=276−12408,000
4Jerry Kelly United States69-66-70-73=278−10288,000
T5Billy Mayfair United States68-72-70-71=281−7228,000
Hal Sutton (c) United States72-71-68-70=281
T7Paul Azinger United States66-70-74-72=282−6187,000
Scott Hoch United States67-70-71-74=282
Frank Lickliter United States72-72-70-68=282
T10Joe Durant United States73-73-67-70=283−5156,000
Nick Price (c) Zimbabwe70-74-71-68=283

Source:[7]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Woods−10−12−12−12−12−12−11−11−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−15−15−14
Singh−9−10−9−10−11−11−12−12−11−11−12−12−13−10−10−12−13−13
Langer−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−10−9−10−11−10−11−10−11−11−12
Kelly−11−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−10
Mayfair−7−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−8−7−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−7
Sutton−4−4−4−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−7
Azinger−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−4−5−6−5−6−6−6
Hoch−8−9−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−5−6−6−6
Lickliter−2−3−4−4−3−3−4−5−5−6−5−5−6−5−5−6−6−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double Bogey Triple Bogey+

Source:[8]

Quotes
  • "Better than most!" – Gary Koch's (NBC Sports) call as Tiger Woods sank a sixty-foot (18 m) putt at the par-3 17th during the third round.[9]
  • "This is what it's all about. He's going to make shots like that. I can only get better watching that." – Jerry Kelly after seeing Woods chip in from ninety feet (27 m) on the second hole in the final round.[10]

References
  1. Ferguson, Doug (March 27, 2001). "Tiger on the prowl". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C2.
  2. Ferguson, Doug (March 26, 2001). "Tiger storms to head of the pack". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 2C.
  3. Ferguson, Doug (March 19, 2001). "All is right in the world of Woods after one-shot win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1E.
  4. "Golf: Thursday's results". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 23, 2001. p. B9.
  5. "Players Championship - Second round". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. March 24, 2001. p. 3C.
  6. "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 25, 2001. p. 6G.
  7. "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  8. "The Players Championship". ESPN. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  9. Van Sickle, Gary (December 24, 2015). "Tiger's 40 Biggest Moments: No. 17". Golf.com.
  10. "Woods finally wins Players Championship". ESPN. March 26, 2001.
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