2001 Open Championship
# 2001 Open Championship

The 2001 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 130th Open Championship, held from 19 to 22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. David Duval won his only major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Niclas Fasth.

## Course layout

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yards | 206 | 438 | 458 | 392 | 212 | 494 | 557 | 419 | 164 | 3,340 | 335 | 542 | 198 | 342 | 445 | 465 | 359 | 467 | 412 | 3,565 | 6,905 |
| Par | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):

| 1996: 6,892 yards (6,302 m) 1988: 6,857 yards (6,270 m) 1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m) 1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m) | 1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m) 1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m) 1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m) 1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m) |
| - | - |

## Round summaries

### First round

Thursday, 19 July 2001

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 65 | −6 |
| T2 | Chris DiMarco | 68 | −3 |
| T2 | Brad Faxon | 68 | −3 |
| T2 | Mikko Ilonen | 68 | −3 |
| T5 | Billy Andrade | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Stuart Appleby | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Alexandre Balicki | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Alex Čejka | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | David Duval | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Niclas Fasth | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Pierre Fulke | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | J. P. Hayes | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Paul McGinley | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Joe Ogilvie | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | José María Olazábal | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Greg Owen | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 | −2 |
| T5 | Justin Rose | 69 | −2 |

### Second round

Friday, 20 July 2001

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie | 65-70=135 | −7 |
| 2 | Pierre Fulke | 69-67=136 | −6 |
| T3 | Joe Ogilvie | 69-68=137 | −5 |
| T3 | Greg Owen | 69-68=137 | −5 |
| T3 | Jesper Parnevik | 69-68=137 | −5 |
| T6 | Alex Čejka | 69-69=138 | −4 |
| T6 | Niclas Fasth | 69-69=138 | −4 |
| T6 | Eduardo Romero | 70-68=138 | −4 |
| T9 | Billy Andrade | 69-70=139 | −3 |
| T9 | Darren Clarke | 70-69=139 | −3 |
| T9 | Brad Faxon | 68-71=139 | −3 |
| T9 | Raphaël Jacquelin | 71-68=139 | −3 |
| T9 | Mark O'Meara | 70-69=139 | −3 |
| T9 | Rory Sabbatini | 70-69=139 | −3 |
| T9 | Des Smyth | 74-65=139 | −3 |
| T9 | Tiger Woods | 71-68=139 | −3 |

Amateurs: Dixon (−1), Wilson (+5), Hoey (+7), Quinney (+7), Griffiths (+8), Kemp (+12).

### Third round

Saturday, 21 July 2001

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| T1 | Alex Čejka | 69-69-69=207 | −6 |
| T1 | David Duval | 69-73-65=207 | −6 |
| T1 | Bernhard Langer | 71-69-67=207 | −6 |
| T1 | Ian Woosnam | 72-68-67=207 | −6 |
| T5 | Darren Clarke | 70-69-69=208 | −5 |
| T5 | Pierre Fulke | 69-67-72=208 | −5 |
| T5 | Raphaël Jacquelin | 71-68-69=208 | −5 |
| T5 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 69-72-67=208 | −5 |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 69-72-67=208 | −5 |
| T5 | Colin Montgomerie | 65-70-73=208 | −5 |
| T5 | Joe Ogilvie | 69-68-71=208 | −5 |
| T5 | Jesper Parnevik | 69-68-71=208 | −5 |
| T5 | Nick Price | 73-67-68=208 | −5 |

### Final round

Sunday, 22 July 2001

| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | David Duval | 69-73-65-67=274 | −10 | 600,000 |
| 2 | Niclas Fasth | 69-69-72-67=277 | −7 | 360,000 |
| T3 | Darren Clarke | 70-69-69-70=278 | −6 | 141,667 |
| T3 | Ernie Els | 71-71-67-69=278 | −6 | 141,667 |
| T3 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 69-72-67-70=278 | −6 | 141,667 |
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | 71-69-67-71=278 | −6 | 141,667 |
| T3 | Billy Mayfair | 69-72-67-70=278 | −6 | 141,667 |
| T3 | Ian Woosnam | 72-68-67-71=278 | −6 | 141,667 |
| T9 | Sergio García | 70-72-67-70=279 | −5 | 63,750 |
| T9 | Mikko Ilonen | 68-75-70-66=279 | −5 | 63,750 |
| T9 | Jesper Parnevik | 69-68-71-71=279 | −5 | 63,750 |
| T9 | Kevin Sutherland | 75-69-68-67=279 | −5 | 63,750 |

Amateurs: Dixon (+1) Source:

**Scorecard**

Final round

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Par | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Duval | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
| Fasth | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 |
| Clarke | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −6 | −6 |
| Els | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 |
| Jiménez | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Langer | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Mayfair | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Woosnam | −5 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −6 |
| Čejka | −6 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 |

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

