2001 PGA Championship Winner and Scores
The 2001 PGA Championship was the 83rd edition of the tournament. The winner earned his only major title here with a conservative, but smart, decision to lay up on the par-4 final hole.
Winner: David Toms, 265
Where it was played: Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course) in Duluth, Georgia
Tournament dates: August 16-19, 2001
Leader after first round: Grant Waite, 64
Leader after second round: Shingo Katayama and David Toms, 131
Leader after third round: David Toms, 196
What Happened at the 2001 PGA Championship
David Toms eked out a one-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson at Atlanta Athletic Club in the 2001 PGA Championship, and the short-hitter did it his way: He laid up on the par-4 final hole, a cautious choice that paid off for him.Toms shared the second-round lead at 131, took the third-round lead at 196, and wound up with the 2001 trophy at 265, a score of 15-under par. That aggregate total set a record in major championships at the time for lowest stroke total. And second-place Mickelson's 266 was, at the time, the second-lowest score in major championship history.
At the time, Mickelson had yet to win a major championship. This was his second runner-up finish in a major (he finally won his first at the 2004 Masters), and he eventually ranked second only to Jack Nicklaus in most runner-up finishes in majors.
Toms and Mickelson were paired in the final round, Toms closing with a 69 and Mickelson with a 68. Mickelson caught Toms a couple times over the final 18, the last tie coming after Mickelson chipped in from 45 feet on the 15th hole. But Mickelson was never able to take the lead, and he gave Toms the lead back by three-putting the 16th hole.
Leading by one on the final hole, Toms' drive found the rough and his ball settled 209 yards from the cup. Needing to carry water if he went for the green, Toms instead chose to lay up on the par-4. It was a controversial decision — but only until the hole (and tournament) was over. Because it worked out just as Toms planned: He pitched his third shot to within 12 feet from the cup, then sank that 12-footer for par. Mickelson need to make a 25-foot-birdie putt to force a playoff, but missed.
In the third round, Toms aced the 243-yard 15th hole, hitting a 5-wood off the tee. It was the longest-ever ace in any major championship to that point. Toms was also the first golfer in PGA Championship history to make a hole-in-one and then go on to win.
Lanny Wadkins, winner of the 1977 PGA Championship, missed the cut in what was his final appearance in any of the four professional majors.
2001 PGA Championship Final Scores
| David Toms | 66-65-65-69—265 |
| Phil Mickelson | 66-66-66-68—266 |
| Steve Lowery | 67-67-66-68—268 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 71-68-66-65—270 |
| Shingo Katayama | 67-64-69-70—270 |
| Billy Andrade | 68-70-68-66—272 |
| Scott Hoch | 68-70-69-67—274 |
| Scott Verplank | 69-68-70-67—274 |
| Jim Furyk | 70-64-71-69—274 |
| Kirk Triplett | 68-70-71-66—275 |
| Justin Leonard | 70-69-67-69—275 |
| David Duval | 66-68-67-74—275 |
| Steve Flesch | 73-67-70-66—276 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 70-68-70-68—276 |
| Ernie Els | 67-67-70-72—276 |
| Jose Coceres | 69-68-73-67—277 |
| Robert Allenby | 69-67-73-68—277 |
| Dudley Hart | 66-68-73-70—277 |
| Mike Weir | 69-72-66-70—277 |
| Chris DiMarco | 68-67-71-71—277 |
| Stuart Appleby | 66-70-68-73—277 |
| Briny Baird | 70-69-72-67—278 |
| Shigeki Maruyama | 68-72-71-67—278 |
| Paul McGinley | 68-72-71-67—278 |
| Brian Gay | 70-68-69-71—278 |
| Charles Howell III | 71-67-69-71—278 |
| Mark O'Meara | 72-63-70-73—278 |
| Paul Azinger | 68-67-69-74—278 |
| Carlos Franco | 67-72-71-69—279 |
| Greg Norman | 70-68-71-70—279 |
| Bob Tway | 69-69-71-70—279 |
| Nick Price | 71-67-71-70—279 |
| Tiger Woods | 73-67-69-70—279 |
| Chris Smith | 69-71-68-71—279 |
| Niclas Fasth | 66-69-72-72—279 |
| K.J. Choi | 66-68-72-73—279 |
| Andrew Coltart | 67-72-71-70—280 |
| Fred Couples | 70-69-70-71—280 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 71-70-68-71—280 |
| Angel Cabrera | 69-69-70-72—280 |
| Bob Estes | 67-65-75-73—280 |
| Retief Goosen | 69-70-66-75—280 |
| Davis Love | 71-67-65-77—280 |
| Andrew Oldcorn | 73-67-74-67—281 |
| Hal Sutton | 67-71-73-70—281 |
| Rick Schuller | 68-70-72-71—281 |
| Kenny Perry | 68-70-71-72—281 |
| Jerry Kelly | 69-67-72-73—281 |
| Lee Westwood | 71-68-68-74—281 |
| Greg Chalmers | 68-70-69-74—281 |
| Ian Woosnam | 71-70-73-68—282 |
| Tom Pernice Jr. | 69-69-74-70—282 |
| Chris Riley | 68-71-73-70—282 |
| Nick Faldo | 67-74-71-70—282 |
| Joe Durant | 68-71-72-71—282 |
| Frank Lickliter | 71-69-71-71—282 |
| Scott Dunlap | 69-72-70-71—282 |
| Vijay Singh | 73-68-70-71—282 |
| Phillip Price | 68-69-76-70—283 |
| Grant Waite | 64-74-73-72—283 |
| Stewart Cink | 68-72-71-72—283 |
| Brad Faxon | 66-70-74-73—283 |
| Jonathan Kaye | 67-68-78-71—284 |
| Skip Kendall | 72-67-73-72—284 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 67-71-73-73—284 |
| Tom Watson | 69-70-76-70—285 |
| Steve Stricker | 75-65-75-70—285 |
| Robert Damron | 68-73-71-73—285 |
| Rocco Mediate | 71-65-73-76—285 |
| Fred Funk | 66-74-71-75—286 |
| Scott McCarron | 69-67-73-77—286 |
| John Huston | 67-68-75-77—287 |
| Bob May | 71-70-76-74—291 |
| Paul Stankowski | 67-71-76-79—293 |
| Steve Pate | 71-69-71-83—294 |
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