2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 23–26, 2001
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,139
Field	39 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000,000
Winner's share	$1,000,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
268 (−12), playoff
← 2000 2002 →

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.

Field

1. 2001 United States Ryder Cup team*

Paul Azinger (3), Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink (3), David Duval (3), Jim Furyk (3), Scott Hoch, Davis Love III (3), Phil Mickelson (3), Hal Sutton (3), David Toms, Scott Verplank, Tiger Woods (3)

2. The leading 12 players from the European Ryder Cup points list after the PGA Championship and North West of Ireland Open

Thomas Bjørn, Darren Clarke, Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke, Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Bernhard Langer, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Ian Poulter, Phillip Price, Lee Westwood

3. 2000 United States and International Presidents Cup teams

• United States: Notah Begay III, Loren Roberts, Kirk Triplett

• Tom Lehman did not play.

• International: Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Michael Campbell, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Carlos Franco, Retief Goosen, Shigeki Maruyama, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Mike Weir

*The Ryder Cup scheduled for 2001 would be postponed to 2002 due to the September 11 attacks.

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Jim Furyk	65	−5
	Greg Norman
T3	Thomas Bjørn	66	−4
	Darren Clarke
	Colin Montgomerie
	Tiger Woods
T7	Paul Azinger	67	−3
	Ernie Els
	Phil Mickelson
	Ian Poulter

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jim Furyk	65-66=131	−9
T2	Phil Mickelson	67-66=133	−7
	Tiger Woods	66-67=133
T4	Stuart Appleby	70-64=134	−6
	Darren Clarke	66-68=134
	Pádraig Harrington	68-66=134
7	Robert Allenby	68-67=135	−5
T8	Stewart Cink	69-67=136	−4
	Bernhard Langer	69-67=136
	Davis Love III	68-68=136
	Greg Norman	65-71=136
	Vijay Singh	68-68=136

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jim Furyk	65-66-66=197	−13
2	Tiger Woods	66-67-66=199	−11
T3	Paul Azinger	67-70-65=202	−8
	Darren Clarke	66-68-68=202
T5	Ernie Els	67-70-66=203	−7
	Phil Mickelson	67-66-70=203
	Colin Montgomerie	66-71-66=203
T8	Stuart Appleby	70-64-70=204	−6
	Bernhard Langer	69-67-68=204
T10	Retief Goosen	72-69-64=205	−5
	Vijay Singh	68-68-69=205

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
T1	Tiger Woods	66-67-66-69=268	−12	1,000,000
	Jim Furyk	65-66-66-71=268		500,000
3	Darren Clarke	66-68-68-69=271	−9	375,000
4	Colin Montgomerie	66-71-66-70=273	−7	300,000
T5	Stuart Appleby	70-64-70-70=274	−6	201,667
	Paul Azinger	67-70-65-72=274
	Davis Love III	68-68-70-68=274
T8	Ernie Els	67-70-66-72=275	−5	147,500
	Phil Mickelson	67-66-70-72=275
10	Retief Goosen	72-69-64-71=276	−4	131,000

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4
Woods	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−12
Furyk	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12
Clarke	−8	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
Montgomerie	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7
Appleby	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6
Azinger	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Love	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:^[1]

Sudden-death playoff