# 2001 Players Championship

The 2001 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 22–26 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 28th Players Championship.

## Tournament summary

Tiger Woods won the first of his two Players Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Vijay Singh. Because of bad weather, the tournament was completed on Monday, March 26. In the final pairing with 54-hole leader Jerry Kelly, Woods played the final nine holes on Monday. He had also won the previous week, at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando.
Woods had won the previous three majors in 2000; he won the Masters Tournament two weeks later to hold all four major titles at once, the Tiger Slam, as well as this Players, the unofficial "fifth major." He won his second Players a dozen years later in 2013.
Through 2020, Woods was the only winner of the Players and Masters in the same calendar year (2001) until Scottie Scheffler won both the Players and Masters in 2024. Woods was the third Players champion to win a major in the same calendar year, joining Jack Nicklaus (1978) and Hal Sutton (1983); it expanded to six with Martin Kaymer in 2014, Cameron Smith in 2022 and Scheffler in 2024
Defending champion Sutton finished seven strokes back, in a tie for fifth place.

## Venue

This was the 20th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

## Field

1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 2000 Players Championship
* Robert Allenby
* Billy Andrade
* Notah Begay III
* Mark Calcavecchia
* Stewart Cink
* Michael Clark II
* Chris DiMarco
* Joe Durant
* David Duval
* Ernie Els
* Brad Faxon
* Carlos Franco
* Jim Furyk
* John Huston
* Justin Leonard
* Davis Love III
* Steve Lowery
* Rocco Mediate
* Phil Mickelson
* Jesper Parnevik
* Dennis Paulson
* Loren Roberts
* Rory Sabbatini
* Tom Scherrer
* Vijay Singh
* Steve Stricker
* Hal Sutton
* David Toms
* Scott Verplank
* Duffy Waldorf
* Mike Weir
* Garrett Willis
* Tiger Woods
2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 2000 Official Money List
* Stephen Ames
* Stuart Appleby
* Tommy Armour III
* Woody Austin
* Paul Azinger
* Doug Barron
* Mark Brooks
* Olin Browne
* Bob Burns
* Tom Byrum
* Jim Carter
* Greg Chalmers
* Brandel Chamblee
* Russ Cochran
* John Cook
* Fred Couples
* Robert Damron
* Glen Day
* Jay Don Blake
* Doug Dunakey
* Scott Dunlap
* Joel Edwards
* Brad Elder
* Bob Estes
* Steve Flesch
* Harrison Frazar
* Robin Freeman
* Edward Fryatt
* Fred Funk
* Sergio García
* Brian Gay
* Brent Geiberger
* Bill Glasson
* Matt Gogel
* Mathew Goggin
* Paul Goydos
* Jimmy Green
* Dudley Hart
* J. P. Hayes
* Brian Henninger
* Tim Herron
* Glen Hnatiuk
* Scott Hoch
* Bradley Hughes
* Lee Janzen
* Brandt Jobe
* Steve Jones
* Pete Jordan
* Jonathan Kaye
* Jerry Kelly
* Skip Kendall
* Greg Kraft
* Neal Lancaster
* Franklin Langham
* Tom Lehman
* J. L. Lewis
* Frank Lickliter
* Andrew Magee
* Jeff Maggert
* Len Mattiace
* Billy Mayfair
* Blaine McCallister
* Scott McCarron
* Shaun Micheel
* Larry Mize
* Gary Nicklaus
* Greg Norman
* Joe Ogilvie
* Mark O'Meara
* Joe Ozaki
* Craig Parry
* Steve Pate
* Carl Paulson
* David Peoples
* Kenny Perry
* Nick Price
* Chris Riley
* Jeff Sluman
* Jerry Smith
* Craig Stadler
* Paul Stankowski
* David Sutherland
* Kevin Sutherland
* Esteban Toledo
* Kirk Triplett
* Bob Tway
* Jean van de Velde
* Grant Waite
* Mark Wiebe
* Jay Williamson
3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in the last ten years (1990–1999)
* Ben Crenshaw
* John Daly
* Nick Faldo
* Tom Kite
* Bernhard Langer
* Paul Lawrie
* Corey Pavin
* Ian Woosnam
4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf from 1990–1998
* Fulton Allem
* Tom Purtzer
5. Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner
6. Winners of official money World Golf Championship events in the last three years (1998–2000)
* Darren Clarke
7. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational
* Thomas Bjørn
* Ángel Cabrera
* Michael Campbell
* Retief Goosen
* Pádraig Harrington
* Miguel Ángel Jiménez
* Colin Montgomerie
* José María Olazábal
* Eduardo Romero
* Lee Westwood
8. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money-winners from the 2001 Official Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational
9. To complete a field of 144 players, those players, not otherwise eligible, from the 2001 Official Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on the money list
10. The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Such player(s) would be added to the list.)
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## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 22, 2001
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Paul Azinger | 66 | −6 |
| T2 | Scott Hoch | 67 | −5 |
| T2 | Jonathan Kaye | 67 | −5 |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | 67 | −5 |
| T5 | Robert Allenby | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Skip Kendall | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 68 | −4 |
| T8 | Jim Carter | 69 | −3 |
| T8 | Brad Elder | 69 | −3 |
| T8 | Jerry Kelly | 69 | −3 |
| T8 | Scott Verplank | 69 | −3 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 23, 2001
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jerry Kelly | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| 2 | Paul Azinger | 66-70=136 | −8 |
| T3 | Scott Hoch | 67-70=137 | −7 |
| T3 | Kenny Perry | 71-66=137 | −7 |
| T3 | Vijay Singh | 67-70=137 | −7 |
| 6 | Jonathan Kaye | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| 7 | Billy Mayfair | 68-72=140 | −4 |
| T8 | Brad Elder | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Fred Funk | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T8 | J. P. Hayes | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Bernhard Langer | 73-68=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Phil Mickelson | 73-68=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Tiger Woods | 72-69=141 | −3 |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 24, 2001
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jerry Kelly | 69-66-70=205 | −11 |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | 67-70-70=207 | −9 |
| T2 | Tiger Woods | 72-69-66=207 | −9 |
| 4 | Scott Hoch | 67-70-71=208 | −8 |
| 5 | Bernhard Langer | 73-68-68=209 | −7 |
| T6 | Paul Azinger | 66-70-74=210 | −6 |
| T6 | Billy Mayfair | 68-72-70=210 | −6 |
| T8 | Kenny Perry | 71-66-74=211 | −5 |
| T8 | Hal Sutton | 72-71-68=211 | −5 |
| 10 | Michael Campbell | 71-72-69=212 | −4 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 25, 2001 Monday, March 26, 2001
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 72-69-66-67=274 | −14 | 1,080,000 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 67-70-70-68=275 | −13 | 648,000 |
| 3 | Bernhard Langer | 73-68-68-67=276 | −12 | 408,000 |
| 4 | Jerry Kelly | 69-66-70-73=278 | −10 | 288,000 |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 68-72-70-71=281 | −7 | 228,000 |
| T5 | Hal Sutton (c) | 72-71-68-70=281 | −7 | 228,000 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 66-70-74-72=282 | −6 | 187,000 |
| T7 | Scott Hoch | 67-70-71-74=282 | −6 | 187,000 |
| T7 | Frank Lickliter | 72-72-70-68=282 | −6 | 187,000 |
| T10 | Joe Durant | 73-73-67-70=283 | −5 | 156,000 |
| T10 | Nick Price (c) | 70-74-71-68=283 | −5 | 156,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T12 | Tom Lehman | 71-71-72-70=284 | −4 | 126,000 |
| T12 | José María Olazábal | 71-76-68-69=284 | −4 | 126,000 |
| T12 | David Toms | 70-77-66-71=284 | −4 | 126,000 |
| T15 | Michael Campbell | 72-71-69-73=285 | −3 | 102,000 |
| T15 | Scott Dunlap | 70-73-73-69=285 | −3 | 102,000 |
| T15 | Franklin Langham | 73-71-71-70=285 | −3 | 102,000 |
| T18 | Lee Janzen (c) | 77-67-69-73=286 | −2 | 84,000 |
| T18 | Jonathan Kaye | 67-72-76-71=286 | −2 | 84,000 |
| T18 | Kenny Perry | 71-66-74-75=286 | −2 | 84,000 |
| T21 | Robert Allenby | 68-75-71-73=287 | −1 | 62,400 |
| T21 | Jim Furyk | 72-75-72-68=287 | −1 | 62,400 |
| T21 | J. P. Hayes | 72-69-76-70=287 | −1 | 62,400 |
| T21 | Tim Herron | 73-74-71-69=287 | −1 | 62,400 |
| T21 | Corey Pavin | 73-72-69-73=287 | −1 | 62,400 |
| T26 | Ángel Cabrera | 72-70-74-72=288 | E | 44,400 |
| T26 | Darren Clarke | 75-70-72-71=288 | E | 44,400 |
| T26 | Brad Faxon | 72-74-73-69=288 | E | 44,400 |
| T26 | Skip Kendall | 68-78-69-73=288 | E | 44,400 |
| T26 | Naomichi Ozaki | 77-68-72-71=288 | E | 44,400 |
| T31 | Dennis Paulson | 74-70-73-72=289 | +1 | 38,100 |
| T31 | Kirk Triplett | 72-71-76-70=289 | +1 | 38,100 |
| T33 | Stuart Appleby | 74-73-75-68=290 | +2 | 31,028 |
| T33 | Fred Funk | 70-71-77-72=290 | +2 | 31,028 |
| T33 | Pádraig Harrington | 70-75-73-72=290 | +2 | 31,028 |
| T33 | Phil Mickelson | 73-68-72-77=290 | +2 | 31,028 |
| T33 | Craig Parry | 71-73-76-70=290 | +2 | 31,028 |
| T33 | Jeff Sluman | 72-71-75-72=290 | +2 | 31,028 |
| T33 | Mark Wiebe | 73-73-69-75=290 | +2 | 31,028 |
| T40 | Steve Flesch | 70-73-76-72=291 | +3 | 24,000 |
| T40 | Brian Gay | 73-74-72-72=291 | +3 | 24,000 |
| T40 | Colin Montgomerie | 71-71-75-74=291 | +3 | 24,000 |
| T40 | Bob Tway | 72-73-74-72=291 | +3 | 24,000 |
| T44 | Billy Andrade | 72-73-74-73=292 | +4 | 18,140 |
| T44 | Tom Kite (c) | 70-73-75-74=292 | +4 | 18,140 |
| T44 | Scott McCarron | 71-75-77-69=292 | +4 | 18,140 |
| T44 | Paul Stankowski | 72-74-73-73=292 | +4 | 18,140 |
| T44 | Scott Verplank | 69-75-72-76=292 | +4 | 18,140 |
| T44 | Mike Weir | 77-69-72-74=292 | +4 | 18,140 |
| T50 | Jay Don Blake | 74-73-73-73=293 | +5 | 14,472 |
| T50 | Jim Carter | 69-73-75-76=293 | +5 | 14,472 |
| T50 | Nick Faldo | 73-73-75-72=293 | +5 | 14,472 |
| T50 | Sergio García | 73-74-74-72=293 | +5 | 14,472 |
| T50 | Steve Jones | 72-71-72-78=293 | +5 | 14,472 |
| T55 | Tom Byrum | 73-71-75-75=294 | +6 | 13,680 |
| T55 | John Cook | 71-72-75-76=294 | +6 | 13,680 |
| T55 | Chris DiMarco | 74-73-74-73=294 | +6 | 13,680 |
| T58 | Greg Chalmers | 71-73-72-79=295 | +7 | 13,080 |
| T58 | Fred Couples (c) | 71-75-70-79=295 | +7 | 13,080 |
| T58 | Glen Hnatiuk | 74-70-71-80=295 | +7 | 13,080 |
| T58 | Steve Pate | 72-72-76-75=295 | +7 | 13,080 |
| T58 | Chris Riley | 71-75-73-76=295 | +7 | 13,080 |
| T58 | Kevin Sutherland | 71-74-73-77=295 | +7 | 13,080 |
| T58 | Jay Williamson | 78-69-77-71=295 | +7 | 13,080 |
| T65 | Mark Brooks | 71-74-76-76=297 | +9 | 12,480 |
| T65 | Greg Kraft | 73-71-72-81=297 | +9 | 12,480 |
| T65 | Rocco Mediate | 73-73-75-76=297 | +9 | 12,480 |
| T68 | Paul Goydos | 73-74-76-75=298 | +10 | 12,180 |
| T68 | Carl Paulson | 74-73-76-75=298 | +10 | 12,180 |
| T70 | Brent Geiberger | 72-75-82-70=299 | +11 | 11,880 |
| T70 | Mathew Goggin | 72-75-72-80=299 | +11 | 11,880 |
| T70 | Ian Woosnam | 73-73-81-72=299 | +11 | 11,880 |
| T73 | Brad Elder | 69-72-81-78=300 | +12 | 11,520 |
| T73 | Robin Freeman | 73-72-79-76=300 | +12 | 11,520 |
| T73 | J. L. Lewis | 73-72-78-77=300 | +12 | 11,520 |
| CUT | Michael Clark II | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Robert Damron | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Dudley Hart | 70-78=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Bradley Hughes | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Neal Lancaster | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Davis Love III (c) | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Steve Stricker | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Jean van de Velde | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Duffy Waldorf | 77-71=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Lee Westwood | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Carlos Franco | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Matt Gogel | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Brian Henninger | 71-78=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Greg Norman (c) | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Jesper Parnevik | 70-79=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | David Peoples | 71-78=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Brandel Chamblee | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Bob Estes | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Justin Leonard (c) | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Jeff Maggert | 70-80=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | 71-79=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tom Scherrer | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Fulton Allem | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Notah Begay III | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | John Daly | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Doug Dunakey | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Ernie Els | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Ed Fryatt | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Steve Lowery | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Blaine McCallister | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Esteban Toledo | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Doug Barron | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Len Mattiace | 80-72=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Shaun Micheel | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Joe Ogilvie | 72-80=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mark O'Meara | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Garrett Willis | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Stephen Ames | 78-75=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Harrison Frazar | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Brandt Jobe | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Paul Lawrie | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Loren Roberts | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler | 78-75=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Grant Waite | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Russ Cochran | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Glen Day | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jimmy Green | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | John Huston | 75-79=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Andrew Magee | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Thomas Bjørn | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Olin Browne | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Jerry Smith | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Retief Goosen | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Gary Nicklaus | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Woody Austin | 78-79=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Stewart Cink | 78-79=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Pete Jordan | 76-81=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Larry Mize | 76-81=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Eduardo Romero | 78-79=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Rory Sabbatini | 74-84=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Bob Burns | 76-83=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Bill Glasson | 77-86=163 | +19 | |
| WD | Tommy Armour III | | | |
| DQ | Joel Edwards | 72 | E | |
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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 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Woods | −10 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −14 |
| Singh | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −10 | −10 | −12 | −13 | −13 |
| Langer | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 |
| Kelly | −11 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −10 |
| Mayfair | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 |
| Sutton | −4 | −4 | −4 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 |
| Azinger | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Hoch | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Lickliter | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double Bogey | Triple Bogey+ |
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