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.^[2][3]

2001 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	19–22 July 2001
Location	Lytham St Annes, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	71[1]
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut	144 (+2)[1]
Prize fund	£3,300,000 €5,300,860 $4,720,650
Winner's share	£600,000 €984,756 $858,300
Champion
David Duval
274 (−10)
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Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

Course layout

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club^[4]

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):^[1]

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[5]
1	Colin Montgomerie	65	−6
T2	Chris DiMarco	68	−3
	Brad Faxon
	Mikko Ilonen
T5	Billy Andrade	69	−2
	Stuart Appleby
	Alexandre Balicki
	Alex Čejka
	David Duval
	Niclas Fasth
	Pierre Fulke
	J. P. Hayes
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
	Billy Mayfair
	Paul McGinley
	Joe Ogilvie
	José María Olazábal
	Greg Owen
	Jesper Parnevik
	Justin Rose

Second round

Friday, 20 July 2001

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

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

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par[7]
T1	Alex Čejka	69-69-69=207	−6
	David Duval	69-73-65=207
	Bernhard Langer	71-69-67=207
	Ian Woosnam	72-68-67=207
T5	Darren Clarke	70-69-69=208	−5
	Pierre Fulke	69-67-72=208
	Raphaël Jacquelin	71-68-69=208
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	69-72-67=208
	Billy Mayfair	69-72-67=208
	Colin Montgomerie	65-70-73=208
	Joe Ogilvie	69-68-71=208
	Jesper Parnevik	69-68-71=208
	Nick Price	73-67-68=208

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
	Ernie Els	71-71-67-69=278
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	69-72-67-70=278
	Bernhard Langer	71-69-67-71=278
	Billy Mayfair	69-72-67-70=278
	Ian Woosnam	72-68-67-71=278
T9	Sergio García	70-72-67-70=279	−5	63,750
	Mikko Ilonen	68-75-70-66=279
	Jesper Parnevik	69-68-71-71=279
	Kevin Sutherland	75-69-68-67=279

Amateurs: Dixon (+1)
Source:^[8]

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:^[9]