2001 WGC-NEC Invitational
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2001 WGC-NEC Invitational
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | August 23–26, 2001 |
| Location | Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Course(s) | Firestone Country Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,139 |
| Field | 37 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $5,000,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,000,000 |
| Champion | |
 Tiger Woods |
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| 268 (-12), playoff | |
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.
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Contents
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Round summaries
First round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Jim Furyk | United States |
65 | -5 |
| Greg Norman |  Australia |
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| T3 | Thomas Bjørn |  Denmark |
66 | -4 |
| Darren Clarke |  Northern Ireland |
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| Colin Montgomerie |  Scotland |
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| Tiger Woods | United States |
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| T7 | Paul Azinger | United States |
67 | -3 |
| Ernie Els |  South Africa |
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| Phil Mickelson | United States |
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| Ian Poulter |  England |
Second round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk | United States |
65-66=131 | -9 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | United States |
67-66=133 | -7 |
| Tiger Woods | United States |
66-67=134 | ||
| T4 | Stuart Appleby | Australia |
70-64=134 | -6 |
| Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland |
66-68=134 | ||
| Pádraig Harrington |  Ireland |
68-66=134 | ||
| 7 | Robert Allenby | Australia |
68-67=135 | -5 |
| T8 | Stewart Cink | United States |
69-67=136 | -4 |
| Bernhard Langer |  Germany |
69-67=136 | ||
| Davis Love III | United States |
68-68=136 | ||
| Greg Norman | Australia |
65-71=136 | ||
| Vijay Singh |  Fiji |
68-68=136 |
Third round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk | United States |
65-66-66=197 | -13 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | United States |
66-67-66=199 | -11 |
| T3 | Paul Azinger | United States |
67-70-65=202 | -8 |
| Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland |
66-68-68=202 | ||
| T5 | Ernie Els | South Africa |
67-70-66=203 | -7 |
| Phil Mickelson | United States |
67-66-70=203 | ||
| Colin Montgomerie | Scotland |
66-71-66=203 | ||
| T8 | Stuart Appleby | Australia |
70-64-70=204 | -6 |
| Bernhard Langer | Germany |
69-67-68=204 | ||
| T10 | Retief Goosen | South Africa |
72-69-64=205 | -5 |
| Vijay Singh | Fiji |
68-68-69=205 |
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Tiger Woods | United States |
66-67-66-69=268 | -12 | 1,000,000 |
| Jim Furyk | United States |
65-66-66-71=268 | 500,000 | ||
| 3 | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland |
66-68-68-69=271 | -9 | 375,000 |
| 4 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland |
66-71-66-70=273 | -7 | 300,000 |
| T5 | Stuart Appleby | Australia |
70-64-70-70=274 | -6 | 201,667 |
| Paul Azinger | United States |
67-70-65-72=274 | |||
| Davis Love III | United States |
68-68-70-68=274 | |||
| T8 | Ernie Els | South Africa |
67-70-66-72=275 | -5 | 147,500 |
| Phil Mickelson | United States |
67-66-70-72=275 | |||
| 10 | Retief Goosen | South Africa |
72-69-64-71=276 | -4 | 131,000 |
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 |
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