2001 PGA Championship

{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 2001 PGA Championship

| image = PGAChampionship2001Logo.svg

| image_size = 160

| dates = August 16–19, 2001

| location = Johns Creek, Georgia

| course = Atlanta Athletic Club,
Highlands Course

| org = PGA of America

| tour = PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour

| par = 70

| yardage = {{convert|7213|yd}}

| field = 149 players, 76 after cut

| cut = 141 (+1){{cite web|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=1913&date=2001&tourn_name_id=2|publisher=PGA.com|title=Tournament Info for: 2001 PGA Championship|access-date=July 25, 2012}}

| purse = $5,200,000
€5,822,194

| winners_share = $936,000
€1,046,978

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} David Toms

| score = 265 (−15)

| previous = 2000

| next = 2002

}}

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|relief = 1

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|lat = 34.004

|long = -84.193

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{{Location map

|USA Georgia

|relief = 1

|label = Atlanta AC

|lat = 34.004

|long = -84.193

|caption = Location in Georgia

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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 {{convert|490|yd|0|adj=on}} par-4 and rely on his short game. Toms' third shot stopped {{convert|12|ft}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1SQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=enADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5854%2C8440939|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post Gazette|last=Dulac|first=Gerry|title=Major Toms|date=August 20, 2001|page=C1}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ue4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Pz0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4920%2C10140823|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|last=D'Amato |first=Gary |title=Wimp? No, just champ|date=August 20, 2001|page=1C}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2001/08/27/8116941/the-tortoise-wins-again-phil-mickelson-hoped-for-a-big-win-at-the-pga-but-steady-david-toms-had-the-storybook-ending|magazine=Sports Illustrated|last=Bamberger|first=Michael|title=The tortoise wins again|date=August 27, 2001|page=40}}

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.