2001 Volvo PGA Championship

The 2001 Volvo PGA Championship was the 47th edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 25–28 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

2001 Volvo PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–28 May 2001
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
51°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.59
Course(s)Wentworth Club
West Course
Tour(s)European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,046 yards (6,443 m)
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut143 (−1)
Prize fund3,276,959
Winner's share€544,521
Champion
Scotland Andrew Oldcorn
272 (−16)
Location map
Wentworth Club is located in England
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in England
Wentworth Club is located in Surrey
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in Surrey
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Andrew Oldcorn won by two strokes over Ángel Cabrera to claim his first Volvo PGA Championship.[1]

Course layout edit

Wentworth Club, West Course[2]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage n/a 470 155 452 501 191 355 399 398 449 3,370 186 398 510 441 179 481 379 571 531 3,676 7,046
Par 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 35 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 37 72

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, 25 May 2001

Place Player Score To par
1   Ángel Cabrera 63 −9
2   Phillip Price 65 −7
T3   Paul McGinley 66 −6
  Nick O'Hern
  Andrew Oldcorn
T6   Peter Baker 67 −5
  Alastair Forsyth
  Pádraig Harrington
  Mikael Lundberg
  Steve Webster

Second round edit

Friday, 26 May 2001

Place Player Score To par
1   Andrew Oldcorn 66-66=132 −12
T2   Ángel Cabrera 63-71=134 −10
  Stephen Leaney 70-64=134
  Phillip Price 65-69=134
5   Steve Webster 67-68=135 −9
6   Dean Robertson 68-68=136 −8
T7   Thomas Bjørn 68-69=137 −7
  Andrew Coltart 68-69=137
  Niclas Fasth 69-68=137
  Raphaël Jacquelin 69-68=137
  Søren Kjeldsen 71-66=137
  Paul Lawrie 69-68=137
  Nick O'Hern 66-71=137

Third round edit

Saturday, 27 May 2001

Place Player Score To par
1   Andrew Oldcorn 66-66-69=201 −15
T2   Ángel Cabrera 63-71-72=206 −10
  Niclas Fasth 69-68-69=206
  Phillip Price 65-69-72=206
T5   Michael Campbell 70-70-67=207 −9
  José María Olazábal 72-68-67=207
  Steve Webster 67-68-72=207
T8   Andrew Coltart 68-69-71=208 −8
  Nick Faldo 72-66-70=208
  Stephen Leaney 70-64-74=208
  Vijay Singh 73-65-70=208

Final round edit

Sunday, 28 May 2001

Place Player Score To par Money ()
1   Andrew Oldcorn 66-66-69-71=272 −16 544,521
2   Ángel Cabrera 63-71-72-68=274 −14 363,014
3   Nick Faldo 72-66-70-67=275 −13 204,524
T4   Michael Campbell 70-70-67-70=277 −11 138,745
  Mathias Grönberg 71-69-72-65=277
  Phillip Price 65-69-72-71=277
7   Vijay Singh 73-65-70-70=278 −10 98,015
T8   Peter Baker 67-72-75-65=279 −9 73,402
  Darren Clarke 72-69-68-70=279
  Gary Orr 74-67-69-69=279

Scorecard edit

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5
  Oldcorn −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16
  Cabrera −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −14
  Faldo −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13
  Campbell −9 −9 −10 −11 −10 −11 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −11
  Grönberg −3 −4 −4 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11
  Price −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11
  Singh −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
  Fasth −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −7 −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Oldcorn Wins Volvo PGA Championship". European Tour. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Course card". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. ^ "2001 Volvo PGA Championship leaderboard". PGA European Tour. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2020.