The 2001 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held 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
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.
Tiger Woods (2001), Scottie Scheffler (2024), and Rory McIlroy (2025) are the only three players to ever win both a Players Championship and a Masters Tournament in the same calendar year. 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 .
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 (winners, 1990–1997), or last five years (winners, 1998- )
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 in the last ten years (winners, 1990–1997), or last three years (winner in 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Paul Azinger 66 −6T2 Scott Hoch 67 −5 Jonathan Kaye Vijay SinghT5 Robert Allenby 68 −4 Skip Kendall Billy MayfairT8 Jim Carter 69 −3 Brad Elder Jerry Kelly Scott Verplank Source:
Second round Friday, March 23, 2001 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jerry Kelly 69-66=135 −92 Paul Azinger 66-70=136 −8T3 Scott Hoch 67-70=137 −7 Kenny Perry 71-66=137 Vijay Singh 67-70=1376 Jonathan Kaye 67-72=139 −57 Billy Mayfair 68-72=140 −4T8 Brad Elder 69-72=141 −3 Fred Funk 70-71=141 J. P. Hayes 72-69=141 Bernhard Langer 73-68=141 Phil Mickelson 73-68=141 Tiger Woods 72-69=141 Source:
Third round Saturday, March 24, 2001 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jerry Kelly 69-66-70=205 −11T2 Vijay Singh 67-70-70=207 −9 Tiger Woods 72-69-66=2074 Scott Hoch 67-70-71=208 −85 Bernhard Langer 73-68-68=209 −7T6 Paul Azinger 66-70-74=210 −6 Billy Mayfair 68-72-70=210T8 Kenny Perry 71-66-74=211 −5 Hal Sutton 72-71-68=21110 Michael Campbell 71-72-69=212 −4 Source:
Final round Sunday, March 25, 2001 Monday, March 26, 2001 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tiger Woods 72-69-66-67=274 −14 1,080,0002 Vijay Singh 67-70-70-68=275 −13 648,0003 Bernhard Langer 73-68-68-67=276 −12 408,0004 Jerry Kelly 69-66-70-73=278 −10 288,000T5 Billy Mayfair 68-72-70-71=281 −7 228,000 Hal Sutton (c) 72-71-68-70=281T7 Paul Azinger 66-70-74-72=282 −6 187,000 Scott Hoch 67-70-71-74=282 Frank Lickliter 72-72-70-68=282T10 Joe Durant 73-73-67-70=283 −5 156,000 Nick Price (c) 70-74-71-68=283 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Tom Lehman 71-71-72-70=284 −4 126,000 José María Olazábal 71-76-68-69=284 David Toms 70-77-66-71=284T15 Michael Campbell 72-71-69-73=285 −3 102,000 Scott Dunlap 70-73-73-69=285 Franklin Langham 73-71-71-70=285T18 Lee Janzen (c) 77-67-69-73=286 −2 84,000 Jonathan Kaye 67-72-76-71=286 Kenny Perry 71-66-74-75=286T21 Robert Allenby 68-75-71-73=287 −1 62,400 Jim Furyk 72-75-72-68=287 J. P. Hayes 72-69-76-70=287 Tim Herron 73-74-71-69=287 Corey Pavin 73-72-69-73=287T26 Ángel Cabrera 72-70-74-72=288 E 44,400 Darren Clarke 75-70-72-71=288 Brad Faxon 72-74-73-69=288 Skip Kendall 68-78-69-73=288 Naomichi Ozaki 77-68-72-71=288T31 Dennis Paulson 74-70-73-72=289 +1 38,100 Kirk Triplett 72-71-76-70=289T33 Stuart Appleby 74-73-75-68=290 +2 31,028 Fred Funk 70-71-77-72=290 Pádraig Harrington 70-75-73-72=290 Phil Mickelson 73-68-72-77=290 Craig Parry 71-73-76-70=290 Jeff Sluman 72-71-75-72=290 Mark Wiebe 73-73-69-75=290T40 Steve Flesch 70-73-76-72=291 +3 24,000 Brian Gay 73-74-72-72=291 Colin Montgomerie 71-71-75-74=291 Bob Tway 72-73-74-72=291T44 Billy Andrade 72-73-74-73=292 +4 18,140 Tom Kite (c) 70-73-75-74=292 Scott McCarron 71-75-77-69=292 Paul Stankowski 72-74-73-73=292 Scott Verplank 69-75-72-76=292 Mike Weir 77-69-72-74=292T50 Jay Don Blake 74-73-73-73=293 +5 14,472 Jim Carter 69-73-75-76=293 Nick Faldo 73-73-75-72=293 Sergio García 73-74-74-72=293 Steve Jones 72-71-72-78=293T55 Tom Byrum 73-71-75-75=294 +6 13,680 John Cook 71-72-75-76=294 Chris DiMarco 74-73-74-73=294T58 Greg Chalmers 71-73-72-79=295 +7 13,080 Fred Couples (c) 71-75-70-79=295 Glen Hnatiuk 74-70-71-80=295 Steve Pate 72-72-76-75=295 Chris Riley 71-75-73-76=295 Kevin Sutherland 71-74-73-77=295 Jay Williamson 78-69-77-71=295T65 Mark Brooks 71-74-76-76=297 +9 12,480 Greg Kraft 73-71-72-81=297 Rocco Mediate 73-73-75-76=297T68 Paul Goydos 73-74-76-75=298 +10 12,180 Carl Paulson 74-73-76-75=298T70 Brent Geiberger 72-75-82-70=299 +11 11,880 Mathew Goggin 72-75-72-80=299 Ian Woosnam 73-73-81-72=299T73 Brad Elder 69-72-81-78=300 +12 11,520 Robin Freeman 73-72-79-76=300 J. L. Lewis 73-72-78-77=300CUT Michael Clark II 73-75=148 +4 Robert Damron 76-72=148 Dudley Hart 70-78=148 Bradley Hughes 74-74=148 Neal Lancaster 76-72=148 Davis Love III (c) 72-76=148 Steve Stricker 74-74=148 Jean van de Velde 75-73=148 Duffy Waldorf 77-71=148 Lee Westwood 73-75=148 Carlos Franco 73-76=149 +5 Matt Gogel 74-75=149 Brian Henninger 71-78=149 Greg Norman (c) 75-74=149 Jesper Parnevik 70-79=149 David Peoples 71-78=149 Brandel Chamblee 75-75=150 +6 Bob Estes 72-78=150 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 75-75=150 Justin Leonard (c) 74-76=150 Jeff Maggert 70-80=150 Tom Purtzer 71-79=150 Tom Scherrer 76-74=150 Fulton Allem 74-77=151 +7 Notah Begay III 79-72=151 Mark Calcavecchia 74-77=151 John Daly 73-78=151 Doug Dunakey 75-76=151 Ernie Els 76-75=151 Ed Fryatt 74-77=151 Steve Lowery 73-78=151 Blaine McCallister 77-74=151 Esteban Toledo 74-77=151 Doug Barron 77-75=152 +8 Len Mattiace 80-72=152 Shaun Micheel 73-79=152 Joe Ogilvie 72-80=152 Mark O'Meara 78-74=152 Garrett Willis 74-78=152 Stephen Ames 78-75=153 +9 Harrison Frazar 79-74=153 Brandt Jobe 76-77=153 Paul Lawrie 75-78=153 Loren Roberts 76-77=153 Craig Stadler 78-75=153 Grant Waite 75-78=153 Russ Cochran 74-80=154 +10 Glen Day 78-76=154 Jimmy Green 76-78=154 John Huston 75-79=154 Andrew Magee 74-80=154 Thomas Bjørn 76-79=155 +11 Olin Browne 76-79=155 Jerry Smith 77-78=155 Ben Crenshaw 78-78=156 +12 Retief Goosen 79-77=156 Gary Nicklaus 79-77=156 Woody Austin 78-79=157 +13 Stewart Cink 78-79=157 Pete Jordan 76-81=157 Larry Mize 76-81=157 Eduardo Romero 78-79=157 Rory Sabbatini 74-84=158 +14 Bob Burns 76-83=159 +15 Bill Glasson 77-86=163 +19WD Tommy Armour III DQ Joel Edwards 72 E
Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 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 EagleBirdieBogeyDouble BogeyTriple Bogey+ Source:
References
External links The Players Championship website Full Leaderboard