2001 Masters Tournament

The 2001 Masters Tournament was the 65th Masters Tournament held from April 5-8 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his second Masters and sixth overall major championship by two strokes over David Duval. This championship marked the completion of the Tiger Slam with Woods having won the U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in 2000.

Round-by-round results

First round (Thursday)

The round was headlined by the tournament low 65 shot by Chris DiMarco. DiMarco's seven-under round gave him a one stroke lead after day one. Steve Stricker and Ángel Cabrera shot six-under 66s to tie for second. Three players (John Huston, Phil Mickelson, Lee Janzen) formed a tie for fourth with five-under 67s. The scoring was very good though out the leaderboard as 14 players shot in the 60s on day one and 32 players were in red figures. Tiger Woods, looking to win all four major championships in a row in two different calendar years, shot a two-under 70 to put him in a six-way tie for 15th. Defending Masters champion, Vijay Singh, shot a three-under 69.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Chris DiMarco	United States	65	-7
T2	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	66	-6
	Steve Stricker	United States
T4	John Huston	United States	67	-5
	Lee Janzen	United States
	Phil Mickelson	United States
T7	James Driscoll (a)	United States	68	-4
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain
	Chris Perry	United States
	Kirk Triplett	United States

Second round (Friday)

Chris DiMarco added to his one-stroke first round lead with a three-under 69 to give him a two-stroke lead after 36-holes. However, the round was headlined by the owner of last three major championships. Tiger Woods bolted up the leaderboard into a tie for second place with a six-under 66. Phil Mickelson shot a three-under 69 to equal Woods in second place. David Duval who was looking for his first Masters championship after three straight top 10 finishes at Augusta matched Woods's six-under 66, and put himself among five golfers tied for fourth at -7, which included two-time U.S. Open champion, Lee Janzen. Two-time Masters champion, José María Olazábal, was among a three-way tie for ninth at -6. The cut was set at +1 with Sergio García, Davis Love III, and Thomas Bjørn as the most notable players to fail to make the weekend.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Chris DiMarco	United States	65-69=134	-10
T2	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-69=136	-8
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-66=136
T4	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	66-71=137	-7
	David Duval	United States	71-66=137
	Toshimitsu Izawa	Japan	71-66=137
	Lee Janzen	United States	67-70=137
	Steve Stricker	United States	66-71=137
T9	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	72-66=138	-6
	José María Olazábal	Spain	70-68=138
	Kirk Triplett	United States	68-70=138

Amateurs: Driscoll (+2), Ilonen (+7), Trahan (+9), Puga (+12), Quinney (+12).

Third round (Saturday)

Tiger Woods had his second straight round in the 60s, with a four-under 68, to take the 54-hole lead with a -12, and to move within just 18 holes of winning all four majors in a row. Phil Mickelson put himself in the best position to foil Tiger's quest with a three-under 69 to just trail by just one-stroke going to the final round. The leader of the first two rounds, Chris DiMarco shot an even par 72 to fall into third place. The 1989 British Open champion, Mark Calcavecchia, shot a four-under 68 to tie DiMarco for third. Ernie Els, also shot a four-under 68, to move up the leaderboard to -9 and a tie for fifth place. Rocco Mediate shot the round of the day with a six-under 66 to put himself at -8 and a tie for eighth place. At the close of the round 31 players were under par for the championship.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	70-66-68=204	-12
2	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-69-69=205	-11
T3	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	72-66-68=206	-10
	Chris DiMarco	United States	65-69-72=206
T5	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	66-71-70=207	-9
	David Duval	United States	71-66-70=207
	Ernie Els	South Africa	71-68-68=207
T8	Rocco Mediate	United States	72-70-66=208	-8
	Kirk Triplett	United States	68-70=70=208
T10	Brad Faxon	United States	73-68-68=209	-7
	Lee Janzen	United States	67-70-72=209
	José María Olazábal	Spain	70-68-71=209
	Steve Stricker	United States	66-71-72=209

Final round (Sunday)

For the first time in the modern era a golfer was able to win all four of golf's major championships in a row. However, since they were all not won in the same calendar year, the feat was dubbed the Tiger Slam. Only Bobby Jones, in 1930, under a different major championship structure was able to win all four in the same year. Woods shot his third straight round in the 60s with his second consecutive four-under 68 to complete the tournament at -16. The only golfer to make a serious charge at Woods was David Duval who matched the round of the day with a five-under 67. Duval briefly tied for the lead when he birdied the par 5 15th. Unfortunately for him, Duval would give the shot right back on the par 3 16th. Needing a birdie on the final hole, Duval missed a birdie-putt to allow Woods to only need to par the final hole. For good measure, Woods would birdie the hole to win his second green jacket and sixth major championship. It was another hard luck finish for Duval, who finished in the top 10 for the fourth consecutive Masters and it was his second, second place finish.

Phil Mickelson was briefly in contention on the back nine, but was not able to match Woods and Duval with a two-under 70 for the round. It was another disappointing major for Mickelson who earned his 12th top 10 finish, but was still without a major championship. Japan's Toshimitsu Izawa matched Duval's round of the day with a 67 of his own to finish in a tie for fourth with Mark Calcavecchia at -10. Two-time Masters champion, Bernhard Langer, was among a four-way tie for sixth at -9 that also included two-time U.S. Open champion, Ernie Els. The leader of the first two rounds, Chris DiMarco, shot a two-over 74 to finish a disappointing tie for tenth.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings
1	Tiger Woods	United States	70-66-68-68=272	-16	$1,008,000
2	David Duval	United States	71-66-70-67=274	-14	$604,800
3	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-69-69-70=275	-13	$380,800
T4	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	72-66-68-72=278	-10	$246,400
	Toshimitsu Izawa	Japan	71-66-74-67=278
T6	Ernie Els	South Africa	71-68-68-72=279	-9	$181,300
	Jim Furyk	United States	69-71-70-69=279
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	73-69-68-69=279
	Kirk Triplett	United States	68-70-70-71=279
T10	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	66-71-70-73=280	-8	$128,800
	Chris DiMarco	United States	65-69-72-74=280
	Brad Faxon	United States	73-68-68-71=280
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	68-72-71-69=280
	Steve Stricker	United States	66-71-72-71=280

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