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 [lower-alpha 1]
Most wins Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods (5)
Money list Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods
PGA Tour Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods
PGA Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg 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.

Contents

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
Winner [lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points
Notes
Jan 7 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Australia5,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Stricker (3)58 World Golf Championship
Jan 14 Mercedes Championships Hawaii3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk (6)60Winners-only event
Jan 15 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open Arizona3,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Garrett Willis (1)26
Jan 21 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii4,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Faxon (7)54
Jan 28 Phoenix Open Arizona4,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia (11)70
Feb 4 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California4,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Davis Love III (14)58Pro-Am
Feb 11 Buick Invitational California3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson (18)58
Feb 18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Durant (2)54Pro-Am
Feb 25 Nissan Open California3,400,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby (3)56
Mar 4 Genuity Championship Florida4,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Durant (3)58
Mar 11 Honda Classic Florida3,200,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Parnevik (5)46
Mar 18 Bay Hill Invitational Florida3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods (25)68Invitational
Mar 26 The Players Championship Florida6,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods (26)80Flagship event
Apr 1 BellSouth Classic Georgia3,300,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCarron (3)52
Apr 8 Masters Tournament Georgia5,600,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods (27)100 Major championship
Apr 16 WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf South Carolina3,500,000 Flag of Argentina.svg José Cóceres (1)56Invitational
Apr 22 Shell Houston Open Texas3,400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hal Sutton (14)46
Apr 29 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hoch (9)34
May 6 Compaq Classic of New Orleans Louisiana4,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Toms (5)54
May 13 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic Texas4,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Damron (1)66
May 20 MasterCard Colonial Texas4,000,000 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García (1)62Invitational
May 28 Kemper Insurance Open Maryland3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Lickliter (1)44
Jun 3 Memorial Tournament Ohio4,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods (28)62Invitational
Jun 10 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Estes (2)48
Jun 18 U.S. Open Oklahoma5,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen (1)100 Major championship
Jun 25 Buick Classic New York3,500,000 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García (2)56
Jul 1 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut3,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mickelson (19)50
Jul 8 Advil Western Open Illinois3,600,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hoch (10)62
Jul 15 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin3,100,000 Flag of Japan.svg Shigeki Maruyama (1)24
Jul 22 The Open Championship England£3,300,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Duval (13)100 Major championship
Jul 22 B.C. Open New York2,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman (5)24Alternate event
Jul 29 John Deere Classic Illinois2,800,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Gossett (1)24
Aug 5 The International Colorado4,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Pernice Jr. (2)56
Aug 12 Buick Open Michigan3,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Perry (4)54
Aug 19 PGA Championship Georgia5,200,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Toms (6)100 Major championship
Aug 26 WGC-NEC Invitational Ohio5,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods (29)68 World Golf Championship
Aug 26 Reno–Tahoe Open Nevada3,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg John Cook (11)24Alternate event
Sep 2 Air Canada Championship Canada3,400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Joel Edwards (1)24
Sep 9 Bell Canadian Open Canada3,800,000 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Verplank (4)48
Sep 16 WGC-American Express Championship MissouriCanceled [lower-alpha 3] World Golf Championship
Sep 16 Tampa Bay Classic FloridaCanceled [lower-alpha 3] Alternate event
Sep 23 Marconi Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania3,300,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby (4)48
Sep 30 Texas Open Texas3,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Leonard (6)28
Oct 7 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia3,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Toms (7)48
Oct 14 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas Nevada4,500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Estes (3)50
Oct 21 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Florida3,400,000 Flag of Argentina.svg José Cóceres (2)58
Oct 28 Buick Challenge Georgia3,400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chris DiMarco (2)60
Nov 4 The Tour Championship Texas5,000,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Weir (3)60Tour Championship
Nov 4 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Mississippi2,400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Beckman (1)24Alternate event

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)
Winner(s)Notes
Jul 10 CVS Charity Classic Rhode Island1,100,000 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia and
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price
Team event
Sep 30 Ryder Cup Englandn/aPostponed [5] Team event
Nov 11 Franklin Templeton Shootout Florida2,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Faxon and
Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCarron
Team event
Nov 18 WGC-World Cup Japan3,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els and
Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen
World Golf Championship
Team event
Nov 21 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Hawaii1,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods Limited-field event
Nov 25 Skins Game California1,000,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman Limited-field event
Dec 9 Hyundai Team Matches California400,000 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia and
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples
Team event
Dec 16 Williams World Challenge California4,120,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tiger Woods Limited-field event

Location of tournaments

Money list

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

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

Awards

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

See also

Notes

  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. 1 2 Canceled due to the September 11 attacks. [3] [4]

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References

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  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.
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  7. 1 2 3 "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.
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  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.