2001 Open Championship

2001 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–22 July 2001
LocationLytham St Annes, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut144 (+2)[1]
Prize fund£3,300,000
5,300,860
$4,720,650
Winner's share£600,000
€984,756
$858,300
Champion
David Duval
274 (−10)
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

The 2001 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 130th Open Championship, held from 19 to 22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. David Duval won his only major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Niclas Fasth.[2][3]

Course layout

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club[4]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 206 438 458 392 212 494 557 419 164 3,340 335 542 198 342 445 465 359 467 412 3,565 6,905
Par 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 35 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 36 71

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

  • 1996: 6,892 yards (6,302 m)
  • 1988: 6,857 yards (6,270 m)
  • 1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
  • 1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m)
  • 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m)
  • 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m)
  • 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m)
  • 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 2001

Place Player Score To par[5]
1 Colin Montgomerie 65 −6
T2 Chris DiMarco 68 −3
Brad Faxon
Mikko Ilonen
T5 Billy Andrade 69 −2
Stuart Appleby
Alexandre Balicki
Alex Čejka
David Duval
Niclas Fasth
Pierre Fulke
J. P. Hayes
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Billy Mayfair
Paul McGinley
Joe Ogilvie
José María Olazábal
Greg Owen
Jesper Parnevik
Justin Rose

Second round

Friday, 20 July 2001

Place Player Score To par[6]
1 Colin Montgomerie 65-70=135 −7
2 Pierre Fulke 69-67=136 −6
T3 Joe Ogilvie 69-68=137 −5
Greg Owen 69-68=137
Jesper Parnevik 69-68=137
T6 Alex Čejka 69-69=138 −4
Niclas Fasth 69-69=138
Eduardo Romero 70-68=138
T9 Billy Andrade 69-70=139 −3
Darren Clarke 70-69=139
Brad Faxon 68-71=139
Raphaël Jacquelin 71-68=139
Mark O'Meara 70-69=139
Rory Sabbatini 70-69=139
Des Smyth 74-65=139
Tiger Woods 71-68=139

Amateurs: Dixon (−1), Wilson (+5), Hoey (+7), Quinney (+7), Griffiths (+8), Kemp (+12).

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 2001

Place Player Score To par[7]
T1 Alex Čejka 69-69-69=207 −6
David Duval 69-73-65=207
Bernhard Langer 71-69-67=207
Ian Woosnam 72-68-67=207
T5 Darren Clarke 70-69-69=208 −5
Pierre Fulke 69-67-72=208
Raphaël Jacquelin 71-68-69=208
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 69-72-67=208
Billy Mayfair 69-72-67=208
Colin Montgomerie 65-70-73=208
Joe Ogilvie 69-68-71=208
Jesper Parnevik 69-68-71=208
Nick Price 73-67-68=208

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 2001

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 David Duval 69-73-65-67=274 −10 600,000
2 Niclas Fasth 69-69-72-67=277 −7 360,000
T3 Darren Clarke 70-69-69-70=278 −6 141,667
Ernie Els 71-71-67-69=278
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 69-72-67-70=278
Bernhard Langer 71-69-67-71=278
Billy Mayfair 69-72-67-70=278
Ian Woosnam 72-68-67-71=278
T9 Sergio García 70-72-67-70=279 −5 63,750
Mikko Ilonen 68-75-70-66=279
Jesper Parnevik 69-68-71-71=279
Kevin Sutherland 75-69-68-67=279

Amateurs: Dixon (+1)
Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Duval −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
Fasth −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7
Clarke −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −6 −6
Els −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6
Jiménez −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6
Langer −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6
Mayfair −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
Woosnam −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −7 −6 −6
Čejka −6 −6 −5 −4 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[9]

References

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