2001 PGA Championship
# 2001 PGA Championship

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.

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

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yards | 430 | 471 | 469 | 204 | 541 | 425 | 183 | 463 | 416 | 3,602 | 439 | 454 | 547 | 364 | 442 | 227 | 441 | 207 | 490 | 3,611 | 7,213 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 70 |

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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 |
| T2 | K. J. Choi | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | David Duval | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | Niclas Fasth | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | Brad Faxon | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | Fred Funk | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | Dudley Hart | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | 66 | −4 |
| T2 | David Toms | 66 | −4 |

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### Second round

Friday, August 17, 2001

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

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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 |
| T3 | Steve Lowery | 67-67-66=200 | −10 |
| 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 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 68-67-69=204 | −6 |
| T7 | Ernie Els | 67-67-70=204 | −6 |
| T10 | Mark Calcavecchia | 71-68-66=205 | −5 |
| T10 | Jim Furyk | 70-64-71=205 | −5 |
| T10 | Retief Goosen | 69-70-66=205 | −5 |
| T10 | Mark O'Meara | 72-63-70=205 | −5 |

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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 |
| T4 | Shingo Katayama | 67-64-69-70=270 | −10 | 222,500 |
| 6 | Billy Andrade | 68-70-68-66=272 | −8 | 175,000 |
| T7 | Jim Furyk | 70-64-71-69=274 | −6 | 152,333 |
| T7 | Scott Hoch | 68-70-69-67=274 | −6 | 152,333 |
| T7 | Scott Verplank | 69-68-70-67=274 | −6 | 152,333 |
| T10 | David Duval | 66-68-67-74=275 | −5 | 122,000 |
| T10 | Justin Leonard | 70-69-67-69=275 | −5 | 122,000 |
| T10 | Kirk Triplett | 68-70-71-66=275 | −5 | 122,000 |

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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

| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
| - | - | - | - |

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