2001 Open Championship

The 2001 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 130th Open Championship, held from 19–22 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]

2001 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	19–22 July 2001
Location	Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	71[1]
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut	144 (+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

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)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1994	73	67	68	73	281	−3	T21
Tiger Woods	United States	2000	71	68	73	71	283	−1	T25
Paul Lawrie	Scotland	1999	72	70	69	76	287	+3	T42
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	70	69	72	76	287	+3	T42
Mark Calcavecchia	United States	1989	72	70	72	75	289	+5	T54
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	72	71	77	81	301	+17	T69

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Justin Leonard	United States	1997	74	71	145	+3
Nick Faldo	England	1987, 1990, 1992	75	71	146	+4
Tom Lehman	United States	1996	75	72	147	+5
John Daly	United States	1995	72	76	148	+6
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1979, 1984, 1988	78	71	149	+7
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1963	75	74	149	+7
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	75	74	149	+7
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	74	78	152	+10
Gary Player	South Africa	1959, 1968, 1974	77	82	159	+17

Source:[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 19 July 2001

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

Second round

Friday, 20 July 2001

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

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

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 2001

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par[8]
T1	Alex Čejka	Germany	69-69-69=207	−6
	David Duval	United States	69-73-65=207
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	71-69-67=207
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	72-68-67=207
T5	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	70-69-69=208	−5
	Pierre Fulke	Sweden	69-67-72=208
	Raphaël Jacquelin	France	71-68-69=208
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	69-72-67=208
	Billy Mayfair	United States	69-72-67=208
	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	65-70-73=208
	Joe Ogilvie	United States	69-68-71=208
	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	69-68-71=208
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	73-67-68=208

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 2001

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

Amateurs: Dixon (+1)
Source:[5]

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

1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 29, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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6. "130th Open Golf Championship – Official Scores and Prize Money – Round 1". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
7. "130th Open Golf Championship – Official Scores and Prize Money – Round 2". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
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External links

• 130th Open - Royal Lytham & St Annes 2001 (Official site)
• 130th Open Championship - Royal Lytham & St Annes (European Tour)
• 2001 Open Championship (about.sports)

Preceded by 2001 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2001 PGA Championship