The 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 23–26, 2001 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the third WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and the second of three World Golf Championships events held in 2001.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to complete a hat-trick of victories at the WGC-NEC Invitational and claim his fourth World Golf Championships title. Woods defeated Jim Furyk on the 7th hole of a sudden-death playoff after both men had tied at 268 (12 under par) at the end of regulation play.

Field 1. 2001 United States Ryder Cup team* Paul Azinger (3), Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink (3), David Duval (3), Jim Furyk (3), Scott Hoch, Davis Love III (3), Phil Mickelson (3), Hal Sutton (3), David Toms, Scott Verplank, Tiger Woods (3)

2. The leading 12 players from the European Ryder Cup points list after the PGA Championship and North West of Ireland Open Thomas Bjørn, Darren Clarke, Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke, Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Bernhard Langer, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Ian Poulter, Phillip Price, Lee Westwood

3. 2000 United States and International Presidents Cup teams United States: Notah Begay III, Loren Roberts, Kirk Triplett Tom Lehman did not play. International: Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Michael Campbell, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Carlos Franco, Retief Goosen, Shigeki Maruyama, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Mike Weir

*The Ryder Cup scheduled for 2001 would be postponed to 2002 due to the September 11 attacks.

Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jim Furyk65−5 Greg NormanT3 Thomas Bjørn66−4 Darren Clarke Colin Montgomerie Tiger WoodsT7 Paul Azinger67−3 Ernie Els Phil Mickelson Ian Poulter

Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jim Furyk65-66=131−9T2 Phil Mickelson67-66=133−7 Tiger Woods66-67=133T4 Stuart Appleby70-64=134−6 Darren Clarke66-68=134 Pádraig Harrington68-66=1347 Robert Allenby68-67=135−5T8 Stewart Cink69-67=136−4 Bernhard Langer69-67=136 Davis Love III68-68=136 Greg Norman65-71=136 Vijay Singh68-68=136

Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jim Furyk65-66-66=197−132 Tiger Woods66-67-66=199−11T3 Paul Azinger67-70-65=202−8 Darren Clarke66-68-68=202T5 Ernie Els67-70-66=203−7 Phil Mickelson67-66-70=203 Colin Montgomerie66-71-66=203T8 Stuart Appleby70-64-70=204 −6 Bernhard Langer69-67-68=204T10 Retief Goosen72-69-64=205 −5 Vijay Singh68-68-69=205

Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)T1 Tiger Woods 66-67-66-69=268 −12 1,000,000 Jim Furyk 65-66-66-71=268 500,0003 Darren Clarke 66-68-68-69=271 −9 375,0004 Colin Montgomerie 66-71-66-70=273 −7 300,000T5 Stuart Appleby 70-64-70-70=274 −6 201,667 Paul Azinger 67-70-65-72=274 Davis Love III 68-68-70-68=274T8 Ernie Els 67-70-66-72=275 −5 147,500 Phil Mickelson 67-66-70-72=27510 Retief Goosen 72-69-64-71=276 −4 131,000

Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Woods −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −12 Furyk −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 Clarke −8 −9 −10 −9 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 Montgomerie −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 Appleby −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 Azinger −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 Love −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle Eagle -->BirdieBogey Source:

Sudden-death playoff PlayerScore 18 17 18 17 18 17 18 TotalTiger Woods 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 27Jim Furyk 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 29

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