2001 PGA Championship


The 2001 PGA Championship was the 83rd PGA Championship, held August 16–19 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. David Toms won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.
Toms led after 54 holes on the Highlands Course, two strokes ahead of Mickelson. Paired together in the final group, they battled for the lead back-and-forth throughout the day, both in pursuit of their first major. Toms led by one stroke on the 72nd tee, but put his tee shot in the rough. Faced with a long second shot over water, he decided to lay up on the par-4 and rely on his short game. Toms' third shot stopped left of the pin, and he sank the putt to save par for the win. His 265 total set the record for the lowest score at a major championship.
Two-time defending champion Tiger Woods finished 14 strokes back at 279, tied for 29th place. No former champions finished in the top twenty.
It was the third major at the Highlands Course, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1981 and the U.S. Open in 1976. All three victors were from the Deep South of the United States. The PGA Championship returned to the course in 2011.

Course layout

Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4304714692045414251834634163,6024394545473644422274412074903,6117,213
Par444354344354454434343570

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Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 16, 2001
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Grant Waite64−6
T2Stuart Appleby66−4
T2K. J. Choi66−4
T2David Duval66−4
T2Niclas Fasth66−4
T2Brad Faxon66−4
T2Fred Funk66−4
T2Dudley Hart66−4
T2Phil Mickelson66−4
T2David Toms66−4

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Second round

Friday, August 17, 2001
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Shingo Katayama67-64=131−9
T1David Toms66-65=131−9
T3Bob Estes67-65=132−8
T3Phil Mickelson66-66=132−8
T5K. J. Choi66-68=134−6
T5David Duval66-68=134−6
T5Ernie Els67-67=134−6
T5Jim Furyk70-64=134−6
T5Dudley Hart66-68=134−6
T5Steve Lowery67-67=134−6

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Third round

Saturday, August 18, 2001
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1David Toms66-65-65=196−14
2Phil Mickelson66-66-66=198−12
T3Shingo Katayama67-64-69=200−10
T3Steve Lowery67-67-66=200−10
5David Duval66-68-67=201−9
6Davis Love III71-67-65=203−7
T7Stuart Appleby66-70-68=204−6
T7Paul Azinger68-67-69=204−6
T7Ernie Els67-67-70=204−6
T10Mark Calcavecchia71-68-66=205−5
T10Jim Furyk70-64-71=205−5
T10Retief Goosen69-70-66=205−5
T10Mark O'Meara72-63-70=205−5

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Final round

Sunday, August 19, 2001
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1David Toms66-65-65-69=265−15936,000
2Phil Mickelson66-66-66-68=266−14562,000
3Steve Lowery67-67-66-68=268−12354,000
T4Mark Calcavecchia71-68-66-65=270−10222,500
T4Shingo Katayama67-64-69-70=270−10222,500
6Billy Andrade68-70-68-66=272−8175,000
T7Jim Furyk70-64-71-69=274−6152,333
T7Scott Hoch68-70-69-67=274−6152,333
T7Scott Verplank69-68-70-67=274−6152,333
T10David Duval66-68-67-74=275−5122,000
T10Justin Leonard70-69-67-69=275−5122,000
T10Kirk Triplett68-70-71-66=275−5122,000

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par444354344445443434
Toms−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14−15−16−15−15−15−15
Mickelson−12−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−14−14−14−15−14−14−14
Lowery−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12
Katayama−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−12−11−11−11−11−10
Duval−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−6−6−6−6−5−5−5
Love−7−7−7−6−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−2−2−1E−1−1E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

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