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2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

Field	Value
name	2001 WGC-NEC Invitational
dates	August 23–26, 2001
location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
course	Firestone Country Club
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
par	70
yardage	7,139
field	39 players
cut	None
purse	$5,000,000
winners_share	$1,000,000
champion	USA Tiger Woods
score	268 (−12), playoff
previous	2000
next	2002

European Tour 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	USA Jim Furyk	65	−5
AUS Greg Norman
T3	DEN Thomas Bjørn	66	−4
NIR Darren Clarke
SCO Colin Montgomerie
USA Tiger Woods
T7	USA Paul Azinger	67	−3
ZAF Ernie Els
USA Phil Mickelson
ENG Ian Poulter

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
T1	USA Tiger Woods	66-67-66-69=268	−12	1,000,000
USA Jim Furyk	65-66-66-71=268	500,000
3	NIR Darren Clarke	66-68-68-69=271	−9	375,000
4	SCO Colin Montgomerie	66-71-66-70=273	−7	300,000
T5	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=274
T8	ZAF Ernie Els	67-70-66-72=275	−5	147,500
USA Phil Mickelson	67-66-70-72=275
10	ZAF 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
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 --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple 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

References

"WGC-NEC Invitational". ESPN.

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