2001 Volvo PGA Championship

The 2001 Volvo PGA Championship was the 47th edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 25–28 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

2001 Volvo PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–28 May 2001
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
Course(s)Wentworth Club
West Course
Tour(s)European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,046 yards (6,443 m)
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut143 (−1)
Prize fund3,276,959
Winner's share€544,521
Champion
Andrew Oldcorn
272 (−16)
Wentworth Club
Location in England

Andrew Oldcorn won by two strokes over Ángel Cabrera to claim his first Volvo PGA Championship.[1]

Course layout

Wentworth Club, West Course[2]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage n/a 4701554525011913553993984493,370 1863985104411794813795715313,6767,046
Par 43453444435 3454344553772

Past champions in the field

Ten former champions entered the tournament.[3]

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Nick Faldo England1978, 1980, 1981, 198972667067275−133
José María Olazábal Spain199472686773280−8T11
Colin Montgomerie Scotland1998, 1999, 200073696971282−6T17
Ian Woosnam Wales1988, 199771687371283−5T21

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Tony Johnstone Zimbabwe19927175146+2
Manuel Piñero Spain19777473147+3
Seve Ballesteros Spain1983, 19917672148+4
Bernhard Langer Germany1987, 1993, 19957672148+4
Costantino Rocca Italy19967179150+6
Paul Way England19857676152+8

Nationalities in the field

North America (1)South America (3)Europe (127)Oceania (14)Asia (2)Africa (9)
 United States (1) Argentina (3) England (45) Australia (11) India (1) South Africa (7)
 Northern Ireland (3) Fiji (1) Taiwan (1) Zimbabwe (2)
 Scotland (16) New Zealand (2)
 Wales (4)
 Ireland (7)
 Austria (1)
 Belgium (1)
 Denmark (6)
 France (6)
 Germany (4)
 Italy (4)
 Netherlands (2)
 Spain (12)
 Sweden (15)
  Switzerland (1)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 May 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ángel Cabrera Argentina63−9
2Phillip Price Wales65−7
T3Paul McGinley Ireland66−6
Nick O'Hern Australia
Andrew Oldcorn Scotland
T6Peter Baker England67−5
Alastair Forsyth Scotland
Pádraig Harrington Ireland
Mikael Lundberg Sweden
Steve Webster England

Second round

Friday, 26 May 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Andrew Oldcorn Scotland66-66=132−12
T2Ángel Cabrera Argentina63-71=134−10
Stephen Leaney Australia70-64=134
Phillip Price Wales65-69=134
5Steve Webster England67-68=135−9
6Dean Robertson Scotland68-68=136−8
T7Thomas Bjørn Denmark68-69=137−7
Andrew Coltart Scotland68-69=137
Niclas Fasth Sweden69-68=137
Raphaël Jacquelin France69-68=137
Søren Kjeldsen Denmark71-66=137
Paul Lawrie Scotland69-68=137
Nick O'Hern Australia66-71=137

Third round

Saturday, 27 May 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Andrew Oldcorn Scotland66-66-69=201−15
T2Ángel Cabrera Argentina63-71-72=206−10
Niclas Fasth Sweden69-68-69=206
Phillip Price Wales65-69-72=206
T5Michael Campbell New Zealand70-70-67=207−9
José María Olazábal Spain72-68-67=207
Steve Webster England67-68-72=207
T8Andrew Coltart Scotland68-69-71=208−8
Nick Faldo England72-66-70=208
Stephen Leaney Australia70-64-74=208
Vijay Singh Fiji73-65-70=208

Final round

Sunday, 28 May 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ()
1Andrew Oldcorn Scotland66-66-69-71=272−16544,521
2Ángel Cabrera Argentina63-71-72-68=274−14363,014
3Nick Faldo England72-66-70-67=275−13204,524
T4Michael Campbell New Zealand70-70-67-70=277−11138,745
Mathias Grönberg Sweden71-69-72-65=277
Phillip Price Wales65-69-72-71=277
7Vijay Singh Fiji73-65-70-70=278−1098,015
T8Peter Baker England67-72-75-65=279−973,402
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland72-69-68-70=279
Gary Orr Scotland74-67-69-69=279

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434534444345434455
Oldcorn−15−15−15−15−15−15−14−14−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−14−15−16
Cabrera−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−11−11−11−11−11−12−14
Faldo−8−8−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−13−13
Campbell−9−9−10−11−10−11−10−9−9−9−8−9−9−9−10−9−10−11
Grönberg−3−4−4−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−11
Price−10−10−10−11−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11
Singh−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−8−9−10−10−10−10−10−10
Fasth−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−7−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[3]

References

  1. "Oldcorn Wins Volvo PGA Championship". European Tour. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Course card". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. "2001 Volvo PGA Championship leaderboard". PGA European Tour. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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