2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

October 2018 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational August 23–26, 2001 Akron, Ohio, U.S. Firestone Country Club PGA TourEuropean Tour 70 7,139 39 players None $5,000,000 $1,000,000 USA Tiger Woods 268 (−12), playoff 2000 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Jim Furyk65−5 AUS Greg NormanT3 DEN Thomas Bjørn66−4 NIR Darren Clarke SCO Colin Montgomerie USA Tiger WoodsT7 USA Paul Azinger67−3 ZAF Ernie Els USA Phil Mickelson ENG Ian Poulter Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Furyk65-66=131−9T2 USA Phil Mickelson67-66=133−7 USA Tiger Woods66-67=133T4 AUS Stuart Appleby70-64=134−6 NIR Darren Clarke66-68=134 IRL Pádraig Harrington68-66=1347 AUS Robert Allenby68-67=135−5T8 USA Stewart Cink69-67=136−4 GER Bernhard Langer69-67=136 USA Davis Love III68-68=136 AUS Greg Norman65-71=136 FIJ Vijay Singh68-68=136 Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Furyk65-66-66=197−132 USA Tiger Woods66-67-66=199−11T3 USA Paul Azinger67-70-65=202−8 NIR Darren Clarke66-68-68=202T5 ZAF Ernie Els67-70-66=203−7 USA Phil Mickelson67-66-70=203 SCO Colin Montgomerie66-71-66=203T8 AUS Stuart Appleby70-64-70=204 −6 GER Bernhard Langer69-67-68=204T10 ZAF Retief Goosen72-69-64=205 −5 FIJ Vijay Singh68-68-69=205 Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)T1 USA Tiger Woods 66-67-66-69=268 −12 1,000,000 USA Jim Furyk 65-66-66-71=268 500,0003 NIR Darren Clarke 66-68-68-69=271 −9 375,0004 SCO Colin Montgomerie 66-71-66-70=273 −7 300,000T5 AUS Stuart Appleby 70-64-70-70=274 −6 201,667 USA Paul Azinger 67-70-65-72=274 USA Davis Love III 68-68-70-68=274T8 ZAF Ernie Els 67-70-66-72=275 −5 147,500 USA Phil Mickelson 67-66-70-72=27510 ZAF Retief Goosen 72-69-64-71=276 −4 131,000 Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 USA Woods −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −12 USA Furyk −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 NIR Clarke −8 −9 −10 −9 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 SCO Montgomerie −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 AUS Appleby −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 USA Azinger −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 USA 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 -->BirdieBogey Source:http://www.espn.com/golf//leaderboard?tournamentId=36 ESPN WGC-NEC Invitational October 11, 2018 Sudden-death playoff PlayerScore 18 17 18 17 18 17 18 TotalTiger Woods 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 27Jim Furyk 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 29 References External links Full results 41.008 -81.508 type:event title Category:WGC Invitational WGC-NEC Invitational WGC-NEC Invitational WGC-NEC Invitational WGC-NEC Invitational