2001 European Tour

The 2001 European Tour, titled as the 2001 PGA European Tour,^[1] was the 30th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

2001 European Tour season

Duration	16 November 2000 (2000-11-16) – 11 November 2001 (2001-11-11)
Number of official events	46[a]
Most wins	Retief Goosen (3)[b]
Order of Merit	Retief Goosen
Golfer of the Year	Retief Goosen
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Paul Casey
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Changes for 2001

There were several changes from the previous season, with the Dunhill Links Championship replacing the Dunhill Cup,^[2] the Open de Madrid replacing the Turespaña Masters, the Standard Life Loch Lomond being rebranded as the revived Scottish Open,^[3] the addition the Caltex Singapore Masters, the Argentine Open^[4] and the São Paulo Brazil Open; the return of the Estoril Open; and the loss of the Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open and the Belgian Open.

The terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September led to changes on the tour schedule with the WGC-American Express Championship being cancelled^[5] and the Ryder Cup matches at The Belfry being postponed until 2002. The Estoril Open was also cancelled in the wake of the attacks and was replaced on the schedule with a revival of the Cannes Open.^[6]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.^[7]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner[c]	OWGR points	Other tours[d]	Notes
19 Nov	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	£800,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	24	ANZ, ASA
7 Jan	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	Australia	US$5,000,000	Steve Stricker (n/a)	58		World Golf Championship
21 Jan	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	£500,000	Adam Scott (1)	18	AFR
28 Jan	Mercedes-Benz South African Open	South Africa	US$1,000,000	Mark McNulty (16)	32	AFR[e]
4 Feb	Heineken Classic	Australia	A$1,750,000	Michael Campbell (4)	20	ANZ
11 Feb	Greg Norman Holden International	Australia	A$2,000,000	Aaron Baddeley (n/a)	22	ANZ
18 Feb	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	US$910,000	Vijay Singh (10)	18	ASA
25 Feb	Caltex Singapore Masters	Singapore	US$850,000	Vijay Singh (11)	24	ASA	New tournament
4 Mar	Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$1,500,000	Thomas Bjørn (6)	44
11 Mar	Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$750,000	Tony Johnstone (6)	24
18 Mar	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	€550,000	Des Smyth (8)	24
25 Mar	São Paulo Brazil Open	Brazil	€750,000	Darren Fichardt (1)	24
1 Apr	Open de Argentina	Argentina	US$700,000	Ángel Cabrera (1)	24	ARG	New to European Tour
8 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$5,600,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	100		Major championship
15 Apr	Moroccan Open	Morocco	€650,000	Ian Poulter (2)	24
22 Apr	Via Digital Open de España	Spain	€1,200,000	Robert Karlsson (4)	24
29 Apr	Algarve Open de Portugal	Portugal	€1,000,000	Phillip Price (2)	24
6 May	Novotel Perrier Open de France	France	€1,300,000	José María Olazábal (21)	24
13 May	Benson & Hedges International Open	England	£1,000,000	Henrik Stenson (1)	48
20 May	Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe	Germany	€2,700,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	54
28 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	€3,200,000	Andrew Oldcorn (3)	64		Flagship event
3 Jun	Victor Chandler British Masters	England	£1,200,000	Thomas Levet (2)	32
10 Jun	Compass Group English Open	England	£800,000	Peter O'Malley (3)	28
17 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$5,000,000	Retief Goosen (5)	100		Major championship
24 Jun	Great North Open	England	£800,000	Andrew Coltart (2)	24
1 Jul	Murphy's Irish Open	Ireland	€1,600,000	Colin Montgomerie (25)	30
8 Jul	Smurfit European Open	Ireland	£2,000,000	Darren Clarke (8)	46
15 Jul	Scottish Open	Scotland	£2,200,000	Retief Goosen (6)	50
22 Jul	The Open Championship	England	£3,300,000	David Duval (n/a)	100		Major championship
29 Jul	TNT Dutch Open	Netherlands	€1,800,000	Bernhard Langer (40)	34
5 Aug	Volvo Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	€1,800,000	Colin Montgomerie (26)	40
12 Aug	Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open	Wales	£750,000	Paul McGinley (3)	24
19 Aug	North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	€350,000	Tobias Dier (1)	16	CHA
19 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$5,200,000	David Toms (n/a)	100		Major championship
26 Aug	Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship	Scotland	£1,000,000	Paul Casey (1)	24
26 Aug	WGC-NEC Invitational	United States	US$5,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	68		World Golf Championship
2 Sep	BMW International Open	Germany	€1,800,000	John Daly (3)	42
9 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€1,500,000	Ricardo González (1)	24
16 Sep	WGC-American Express Championship	United States	–	Cancelled[5]	–		World Golf Championship
23 Sep	Trophée Lancôme	France	€1,400,000	Sergio García (3)	28
7 Oct	Linde German Masters	Germany	€2,700,000	Bernhard Langer (41)	44
14 Oct	Estoril Open	Portugal	–	Cancelled[6]	–
14 Oct	Cannes Open	France	€550,000	Jorge Berendt (1)	24
21 Oct	Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	Paul Lawrie (4)	48		New tournament Pro-Am
28 Oct	Telefónica Open de Madrid	Spain	€1,400,000	Retief Goosen (7)	30
4 Nov	Atlanet Italian Open	Italy	€1,000,000	Grégory Havret (1)	24
11 Nov	Volvo Masters Andalucía	Spain	US$3,000,000	Pádraig Harrington (4)	46		Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner(s)	OWGR points	Notes
30 Sep	Ryder Cup	England	n/a	Postponed[8]	n/a	Team event
14 Oct	Cisco World Match Play Championship	England	£1,000,000	Ian Woosnam	n/a	Limited-field event
18 Nov	WGC-World Cup	Japan	US$3,000,000	Ernie Els and Retief Goosen	n/a	World Golf Championship Team event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[9][10]

Position	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Retief Goosen	2,862,806
2	Pádraig Harrington	2,090,166
3	Darren Clarke	1,988,055
4	Ernie Els	1,716,287
5	Colin Montgomerie	1,578,676
6	Michael Campbell	1,577,130
7	Thomas Bjørn	1,474,802
8	Paul McGinley	1,464,434
9	Paul Lawrie	1,428,831
10	Niclas Fasth	1,224,588

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	Retief Goosen	[11]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Paul Casey	[12]

See also

• 2001 European Seniors Tour

Notes

1. A further two tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
2. Tiger Woods won four events, but was not a European Tour member.
3. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins.
4. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ARG − PGA of Argentina Tour; ASA − Asian PGA Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
5. Sunshine Tour flagship event