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2001 PGA Tour

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2001 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 3, 2001 (2001-01-03) – November 4, 2001 (2001-11-04)
Number of official events47[a]
Most winsUnited States Tiger Woods (5)
Money listUnited States Tiger Woods
PGA Tour Player of the YearUnited States Tiger Woods
PGA Player of the YearUnited States Tiger Woods
Rookie of the YearUnited States Charles Howell III
2000
2002

The 2001 PGA Tour was the 86th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 33rd season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[b] OWGR
points
Notes
Jan 7 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Australia 5,000,000 United States Steve Stricker (3) 58 World Golf Championship
Jan 14 Mercedes Championships Hawaii 3,500,000 United States Jim Furyk (6) 60 Winners-only event
Jan 15 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open Arizona 3,000,000 United States Garrett Willis (1) 26
Jan 21 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 4,000,000 United States Brad Faxon (7) 54
Jan 28 Phoenix Open Arizona 4,000,000 United States Mark Calcavecchia (11) 70
Feb 4 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 4,000,000 United States Davis Love III (14) 58 Pro-Am
Feb 11 Buick Invitational California 3,500,000 United States Phil Mickelson (18) 58
Feb 18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 3,500,000 United States Joe Durant (2) 54 Pro-Am
Feb 25 Nissan Open California 3,400,000 Australia Robert Allenby (3) 56
Mar 4 Genuity Championship Florida 4,500,000 United States Joe Durant (3) 58
Mar 11 Honda Classic Florida 3,200,000 Sweden Jesper Parnevik (5) 46
Mar 18 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 3,500,000 United States Tiger Woods (25) 68 Invitational
Mar 26 The Players Championship Florida 6,000,000 United States Tiger Woods (26) 80 Flagship event
Apr 1 BellSouth Classic Georgia 3,300,000 United States Scott McCarron (3) 52
Apr 8 Masters Tournament Georgia 5,600,000 United States Tiger Woods (27) 100 Major championship
Apr 16 WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf South Carolina 3,500,000 Argentina José Cóceres (1) 56 Invitational
Apr 22 Shell Houston Open Texas 3,400,000 United States Hal Sutton (14) 46
Apr 29 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 3,500,000 United States Scott Hoch (9) 34
May 6 Compaq Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 4,000,000 United States David Toms (5) 54
May 13 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic Texas 4,500,000 United States Robert Damron (1) 66
May 20 MasterCard Colonial Texas 4,000,000 Spain Sergio García (1) 62 Invitational
May 28 Kemper Insurance Open Maryland 3,500,000 United States Frank Lickliter (1) 44
Jun 3 Memorial Tournament Ohio 4,100,000 United States Tiger Woods (28) 62 Invitational
Jun 10 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 3,500,000 United States Bob Estes (2) 48
Jun 18 U.S. Open Oklahoma 5,000,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (1) 100 Major championship
Jun 25 Buick Classic New York 3,500,000 Spain Sergio García (2) 56
Jul 1 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 3,100,000 United States Phil Mickelson (19) 50
Jul 8 Advil Western Open Illinois 3,600,000 United States Scott Hoch (10) 62
Jul 15 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 3,100,000 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (1) 24
Jul 22 The Open Championship England £3,300,000 United States David Duval (13) 100 Major championship
Jul 22 B.C. Open New York 2,000,000 United States Jeff Sluman (5) 24 Alternate event
Jul 29 John Deere Classic Illinois 2,800,000 United States David Gossett (1) 24
Aug 5 The International Colorado 4,000,000 United States Tom Pernice Jr. (2) 56
Aug 12 Buick Open Michigan 3,100,000 United States Kenny Perry (4) 54
Aug 19 PGA Championship Georgia 5,200,000 United States David Toms (6) 100 Major championship
Aug 26 WGC-NEC Invitational Ohio 5,000,000 United States Tiger Woods (29) 68 World Golf Championship
Aug 26 Reno–Tahoe Open Nevada 3,000,000 United States John Cook (11) 24 Alternate event
Sep 2 Air Canada Championship Canada 3,400,000 United States Joel Edwards (1) 24
Sep 9 Bell Canadian Open Canada 3,800,000 United States Scott Verplank (4) 48
Sep 16 WGC-American Express Championship Missouri Canceled[c] World Golf Championship
Sep 16 Tampa Bay Classic Florida Canceled[c] Alternate event
Sep 23 Marconi Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania 3,300,000 Australia Robert Allenby (4) 48
Sep 30 Texas Open Texas 3,000,000 United States Justin Leonard (6) 28
Oct 7 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 3,500,000 United States David Toms (7) 48
Oct 14 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas Nevada 4,500,000 United States Bob Estes (3) 50
Oct 21 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Florida 3,400,000 Argentina José Cóceres (2) 58
Oct 28 Buick Challenge Georgia 3,400,000 United States Chris DiMarco (2) 60
Nov 4 The Tour Championship Texas 5,000,000 Canada Mike Weir (3) 60 Tour Championship
Nov 4 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Mississippi 2,400,000 United States Cameron Beckman (1) 24 Alternate event

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winner(s) Notes
Jul 10 CVS Charity Classic Rhode Island 1,100,000 United States Mark Calcavecchia and
Zimbabwe Nick Price
Team event
Sep 30 Ryder Cup England n/a Postponed[5] Team event
Nov 11 Franklin Templeton Shootout Florida 2,000,000 United States Brad Faxon and
United States Scott McCarron
Team event
Nov 18 WGC-World Cup Japan 3,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els and
South Africa Retief Goosen
World Golf Championship
Team event
Nov 21 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Hawaii 1,000,000 United States Tiger Woods Limited-field event
Nov 25 Skins Game California 1,000,000 Australia Greg Norman Limited-field event
Dec 9 Hyundai Team Matches California 400,000 United States Mark Calcavecchia and
United States Fred Couples
Team event
Dec 16 Williams World Challenge California 4,120,000 United States Tiger Woods Limited-field event

Location of tournaments

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Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[6][7]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Tiger Woods 5,687,777
2 United States Phil Mickelson 4,403,883
3 United States David Toms 3,791,595
4 Fiji Vijay Singh 3,440,829
5 United States Davis Love III 3,169,463
6 Spain Sergio García 2,898,635
7 United States Scott Hoch 2,875,319
8 United States David Duval 2,801,760
9 United States Bob Estes 2,795,477
10 United States Scott Verplank 2,783,401

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) United States Tiger Woods [7]
PGA Player of the Year United States Tiger Woods [8]
Rookie of the Year United States Charles Howell III [9]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) United States Tiger Woods [7]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) United States Tiger Woods [10]
Comeback Player of the Year United States Joe Durant [11]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were canceled.
  2. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  3. ^ a b Canceled due to the September 11 attacks.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "2001 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "2002 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  3. ^ "World Golf Championship event canceled". United Press International. September 12, 2001. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  4. ^ Brown, Clifton (September 13, 2001). "Golf; Golf Events Canceled". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2023. The Tampa Bay Classic, the Senior Tour Vantage Championship, and the Buy.com Oregon Classic were also canceled.
  5. ^ Bonk, Thomas (September 17, 2001). "Ryder Cup Put Off a Year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "2001 Official money". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Woods grabs another player of the year award". The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. January 31, 2002. p. 10 (B-2 in paper). Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Woods player of year". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 18, 2001. p. 329 (C2 in paper). Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Augusta's Howell takes rookie of year honor". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. Associated Press. December 29, 2001. p. F13. Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Woods wins Vardon Trophy". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. November 5, 2001. p. 20 (2C in paper). Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Durant honored as comeback player". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. December 28, 2001. p. 31. Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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