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2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

| image =

| dates = August 23–26, 2001

| location = Akron, Ohio, U.S.

| course = Firestone Country Club

| tour = PGA Tour
European Tour

| par = 70

| yardage = 7,139

| field = 39 players

| cut = None

| purse = $5,000,000

| winners_share = $1,000,000

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods

| score = 268 (−12), playoff

| previous = 2000

| next = 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

:*Tom Lehman did not play.

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

Round summaries

=First round=

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

rowspan="2" align=center|T1{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furykrowspan="2" align=center |65rowspan="2" align=center|−5
{{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman
rowspan="4" align=center|T3{{flagicon|DEN}} Thomas Bjørnrowspan="4" align=center |66rowspan="4" align=center|−4
{{flagicon|NIR}} Darren Clarke
{{flagicon|SCO}} Colin Montgomerie
{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods
rowspan="4" align=center|T7{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Azingerrowspan="4" align=center |67rowspan="4" align=center|−3
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Els
{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter

=Second round=

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furykalign=center |65-66=131align=center|−9
rowspan="2" align=center|T2{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelsonalign=center |67-66=133rowspan="2" align=center|−7
{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woodsalign=center |66-67=133
rowspan="3" align=center|T4{{flagicon|AUS}} Stuart Applebyalign=center |70-64=134rowspan="3" align=center|−6
{{flagicon|NIR}} Darren Clarkealign=center |66-68=134
{{flagicon|IRL}} Pádraig Harringtonalign=center |68-66=134
align=center|7{{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Allenbyalign=center |68-67=135align=center|−5
rowspan="5" align=center|T8{{flagicon|USA}} Stewart Cinkalign=center |69-67=136rowspan="5" align=center|−4
{{flagicon|GER}} Bernhard Langeralign=center |69-67=136
{{flagicon|USA}} Davis Love IIIalign=center |68-68=136
{{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Normanalign=center |65-71=136
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Vijay Singhalign=center |68-68=136

=Third round=

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furykalign=center |65-66-66=197align=center|−13
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woodsalign=center |66-67-66=199align=center|−11
rowspan="2" align=center|T3{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Azingeralign=center |67-70-65=202rowspan="2" align=center|−8
{{flagicon|NIR}} Darren Clarkealign=center |66-68-68=202
rowspan="3" align=center|T5{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Elsalign=center |67-70-66=203rowspan="3" align=center|−7
{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelsonalign=center |67-66-70=203
{{flagicon|SCO}} Colin Montgomeriealign=center |66-71-66=203
rowspan="2" align=center|T8{{flagicon|AUS}} Stuart Applebyalign=center|70-64-70=204rowspan="2" align=center|−6
{{flagicon|GER}} Bernhard Langeralign=center|69-67-68=204
rowspan="2" align=center|T10{{flagicon|ZAF}} Retief Goosenalign=center|72-69-64=205rowspan="2" align=center|−5
{{flagicon|FIJ}} Vijay Singhalign=center|68-68-69=205

=Final round=

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Winnings ($)

rowspan="2" align="center"|T1{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods66-67-66-69=268rowspan="2" align=center|−12align="right"|1,000,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furyk65-66-66-71=268align="right"|500,000
align="center"|3{{flagicon|NIR}} Darren Clarke66-68-68-69=271align=center|−9align="right"|375,000
align="center"|4{{flagicon|SCO}} Colin Montgomerie66-71-66-70=273align=center|−7align="right"|300,000
rowspan="3" align="center"|T5{{flagicon|AUS}} Stuart Appleby70-64-70-70=274rowspan="3" align=center|−6rowspan="3" align="right"|201,667
{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Azinger67-70-65-72=274
{{flagicon|USA}} Davis Love III68-68-70-68=274
rowspan="2" align="center"|T8{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Els67-70-66-72=275rowspan="2" align=center|−5rowspan="2" align="right"|147,500
{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson67-66-70-72=275
align="center"|10{{flagicon|ZAF}} Retief Goosen72-69-64-71=276align=center|−4align="right"|131,000

==Scorecard==

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!Hole!! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18

Par454434344443443544
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Woods−11style="background: Pink;"|−12style="background: Pink;"|−13−13−13style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12−12−12−12−12−12−12style="background: Pink;"|−13−13style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12style="background: Pink;"|−13−13style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Furyk−13style="background: Pink;"|−14−14−14−14style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13−13−13−13−13−13−13style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12−12style="background: Pink;"|−13−13−13style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12
align=left| {{flagicon|NIR}} Clarke−8style="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: Pink;"|−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9−9−9−9−9−9
align=left| {{flagicon|SCO}} Montgomerie−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7−7−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7−7−7−7
align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Appleby−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8−8−8−8−8−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Azingerstyle="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10−10−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7−7−7−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6−6−6−6−6
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Lovestyle="background: Pink;"|−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6−6−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5−5−5−5−5−5style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4−4style="background: Pink;"|−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6−6−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%"

|style="background: Pink;" width=10|

|Birdie

|style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10|

|Bogey

Source:{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf//leaderboard?tournamentId=36 |work=ESPN |title=WGC-NEC Invitational |accessdate=October 11, 2018}}

==Sudden-death playoff==

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!rowspan=2|Player!!colspan=8|Score

18171817181718Total
align=left|Tiger Woods444444327
align=left|Jim Furyk444444529

References

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External links

  • [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2001/tournamentid=2001056/index.html Full results]

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