2001 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 16–19, 2001
Location	Johns Creek, Georgia
Course(s)	Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,213 yards (6,596 m)
Field	149 players, 76 after cut
Cut	141 (+1)[1]
Prize fund	$5,200,000 €5,822,194
Winner's share	$936,000 €1,046,978
Champion
David Toms
265 (−15)
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Atlanta 

Location in the United States

Atlanta AC

Location in Georgia

The 2001 PGA Championship was the 83rd PGA Championship, held August 16–19 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. David Toms won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.

Toms led after 54 holes on the Highlands Course, two strokes ahead of Mickelson. Paired together in the final group, they battled for the lead back-and-forth throughout the day, both in pursuit of their first major. Toms led by one stroke on the 72nd tee, but put his tee shot in the rough. Faced with a long second shot over water, he decided to lay up on the 490-yard (448 m) par-4 and rely on his short game. Toms' third shot stopped 12 feet (3.7 m) left of the pin, and he sank the putt to save par for the win. His 265 total set the record for the lowest score at a major championship.^[2][3][4]

Two-time defending champion Tiger Woods finished 14 strokes back at 279 (−1), tied for 29th place. No former champions finished in the top twenty.

It was the third major at the Highlands Course, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1981 and the U.S. Open in 1976. All three victors were from the Deep South of the United States. The PGA Championship returned to the course in 2011.

Course layout

Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course

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Lengths of the course for previous majors:

• 7,070 yards (6,465 m), par 70 - 1981 PGA Championship
• 7,015 yards (6,415 m), par 70 - 1976 U.S. Open

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 16, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Grant Waite	64	−6
T2	Stuart Appleby	66	−4
	K. J. Choi
	David Duval
	Niclas Fasth
	Brad Faxon
	Fred Funk
	Dudley Hart
	Phil Mickelson
	David Toms

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Second round

Friday, August 17, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Shingo Katayama	67-64=131	−9
	David Toms	66-65=131
T3	Bob Estes	67-65=132	−8
	Phil Mickelson	66-66=132
T5	K. J. Choi	66-68=134	−6
	David Duval	66-68=134
	Ernie Els	67-67=134
	Jim Furyk	70-64=134
	Dudley Hart	66-68=134
	Steve Lowery	67-67=134

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Third round

Saturday, August 18, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	David Toms	66-65-65=196	−14
2	Phil Mickelson	66-66-66=198	−12
T3	Shingo Katayama	67-64-69=200	−10
	Steve Lowery	67-67-66=200
5	David Duval	66-68-67=201	−9
6	Davis Love III	71-67-65=203	−7
T7	Stuart Appleby	66-70-68=204	−6
	Paul Azinger	68-67-69=204
	Ernie Els	67-67-70=204
T10	Mark Calcavecchia	71-68-66=205	−5
	Jim Furyk	70-64-71=205
	Retief Goosen	69-70-66=205
	Mark O'Meara	72-63-70=205

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Final round

Sunday, August 19, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (S)
1	David Toms	66-65-65-69=265	−15	936,000
2	Phil Mickelson	66-66-66-68=266	−14	562,000
3	Steve Lowery	67-67-66-68=268	−12	354,000
T4	Mark Calcavecchia	71-68-66-65=270	−10	222,500
	Shingo Katayama	67-64-69-70=270
6	Billy Andrade	68-70-68-66=272	−8	175,000
T7	Jim Furyk	70-64-71-69=274	−6	152,333
	Scott Hoch	68-70-69-67=274
	Scott Verplank	69-68-70-67=274
T10	David Duval	66-68-67-74=275	−5	122,000
	Justin Leonard	70-69-67-69=275
	Kirk Triplett	68-70-71-66=275

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4
Toms	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−14	−14	−15	−16	−15	−15	−15	−15
Mickelson	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−14	−14
Lowery	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Katayama	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10
Duval	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5
Love	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−2	−2	−1	E	−1	−1	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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