The 2001 PGA Championship was the 83rd PGA Championship, held August 16–19 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. David Toms won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson.

Toms led after 54 holes on the Highlands Course, two strokes ahead of Mickelson. Paired together in the final group, they battled for the lead back-and-forth throughout the day, both in pursuit of their first major. Toms led by one stroke on the 72nd tee, but put his tee shot in the rough. Faced with a long second shot over water, he decided to lay up on the par-4 and rely on his short game. Toms' third shot stopped left of the pin, and he sank the putt to save par for the win. His 265 total set the record for the lowest score at a major championship.

Two-time defending champion Tiger Woods finished 14 strokes back at 279 (−1), tied for 29th place. No former champions finished in the top twenty.

It was the third major at the Highlands Course, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1981 and the U.S. Open in 1976. All three victors were from the Deep South of the United States. The PGA Championship returned to the course in 2011.

Course layout Atlanta Athletic Club, Highlands Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4304714692045414251834634163,6024394545473644422274412074903,6117,213Par444354344354454434343570 Source:

Lengths of the course for previous majors: , par 70 - 1981 PGA Championship , par 70 - 1976 U.S. Open

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 16, 2001 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Grant Waite64−6T2 Stuart Appleby66−4 K. J. Choi David Duval Niclas Fasth Brad Faxon Fred Funk Dudley Hart Phil Mickelson David Toms Source:

Second round Friday, August 17, 2001 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Shingo Katayama67-64=131−9 David Toms66-65=131T3 Bob Estes67-65=132−8 Phil Mickelson66-66=132T5 K. J. Choi66-68=134−6 David Duval66-68=134 Ernie Els67-67=134 Jim Furyk70-64=134 Dudley Hart66-68=134 Steve Lowery67-67=134 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 18, 2001 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 David Toms66-65-65=196 −142 Phil Mickelson 66-66-66=198 −12T3 Shingo Katayama 67-64-69=200 −10 Steve Lowery67-67-66=2005 David Duval66-68-67=201 −96 Davis Love III 71-67-65=203 −7T7 Stuart Appleby66-70-68=204 −6 Paul Azinger 68-67-69=204 Ernie Els 67-67-70=204T10 Mark Calcavecchia71-68-66=205 −5 Jim Furyk 70-64-71=205 Retief Goosen 69-70-66=205 Mark O'Meara72-63-70=205 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 19, 2001 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (S)1 David Toms 66-65-65-69=265 −15 936,0002 Phil Mickelson 66-66-66-68=266 −14 562,0003 Steve Lowery 67-67-66-68=268 −12 354,000T4 Mark Calcavecchia 71-68-66-65=270 −10 222,500 Shingo Katayama 67-64-69-70=2706 Billy Andrade 68-70-68-66=272 −8 175,000T7 Jim Furyk 70-64-71-69=274 −6 152,333 Scott Hoch 68-70-69-67=274 Scott Verplank 69-68-70-67=274T10 David Duval 66-68-67-74=275 −5 122,000 Justin Leonard 70-69-67-69=275 Kirk Triplett 68-70-71-66=275 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par444354344 445443434 Toms−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14−15−16−15−15−15−15 Mickelson−12−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−14−14−14−15−14−14−14 Lowery−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12 Katayama−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−12−11−11−11−11−10 Duval−9−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−6−6−6−6−5−5−5 Love−7−7−7−6−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−2−2−1E−1−1E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double EagleEagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:

References

External links PGA.com – 2001 PGA Championship Coverage on the European Tour's official site