Golf tour season
The2001 European Tour , titled as the2001 PGA European Tour ,[ 1] European Tour , the mainprofessional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
There were several changes from the previous season, with theDunhill Links Championship replacing theDunhill Cup ,[ 2] Open de Madrid replacing theTurespaña Masters , theStandard Life Loch Lomond being rebranded as the revivedScottish Open ,[ 3] Caltex Singapore Masters , theArgentine Open [ 4] São Paulo Brazil Open ; the return of theEstoril Open ; and the loss of theBrazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open and theBelgian Open .
Theterrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September led to changes on the tour schedule with theWGC-American Express Championship being cancelled[ 5] Ryder Cup matches atThe Belfry being postponed until 2002. The Estoril Open was also cancelled in the wake of the attacks and was replaced on the schedule with a revival of theCannes Open .[ 6]
The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[ 7]
Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[ c] OWGR Other[ d] Notes 19 Nov Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand £800,000 Tiger Woods (n/a)24 ANZ ,ASA 7 Jan WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Australia US$5,000,000 Steve Stricker (n/a)58 World Golf Championship 21 Jan Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa £500,000 Adam Scott (1)18 AFR 28 Jan Mercedes-Benz South African Open South Africa US$1,000,000 Mark McNulty (16)32 AFR [ e] 4 Feb Heineken Classic Australia A$1,750,000 Michael Campbell (4)20 ANZ 11 Feb Greg Norman Holden International Australia A$2,000,000 Aaron Baddeley (n/a)22 ANZ 18 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia US$910,000 Vijay Singh (10)18 ASA 25 Feb Caltex Singapore Masters Singapore US$850,000 Vijay Singh (11)24 ASA New tournament 4 Mar Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$1,500,000 Thomas Bjørn (6)44 11 Mar Qatar Masters Qatar US$750,000 Tony Johnstone (6)24 18 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal €550,000 Des Smyth (8)24 25 Mar São Paulo Brazil Open Brazil €750,000 Darren Fichardt (1)24 1 Apr Open de Argentina Argentina US$700,000 Ángel Cabrera (1)24 ARG New to European Tour 8 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$5,600,000 Tiger Woods 100 Major championship 15 Apr Moroccan Open Morocco €650,000 Ian Poulter (2)24 22 Apr Via Digital Open de España Spain €1,200,000 Robert Karlsson (4)24 29 Apr Algarve Open de Portugal Portugal €1,000,000 Phillip Price (2)24 6 May Novotel Perrier Open de France France €1,300,000 José María Olazábal (21)24 13 May Benson & Hedges International Open England £1,000,000 Henrik Stenson (1)48 20 May Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe Germany €2,700,000 Tiger Woods (n/a)54 28 May Volvo PGA Championship England €3,200,000 Andrew Oldcorn (3)64 Flagship event 3 Jun Victor Chandler British Masters England £1,200,000 Thomas Levet (2)32 10 Jun Compass Group English Open England £800,000 Peter O'Malley (3)28 17 Jun U.S. Open United States US$5,000,000 Retief Goosen 100 Major championship 24 Jun Great North Open England £800,000 Andrew Coltart (2)24 1 Jul Murphy's Irish Open Ireland €1,600,000 Colin Montgomerie (25)30 8 Jul Smurfit European Open Ireland £2,000,000 Darren Clarke (8)46 15 Jul Scottish Open Scotland £2,200,000 Retief Goosen (6)50 22 Jul The Open Championship England £3,300,000 David Duval 100 Major championship 29 Jul TNT Dutch Open Netherlands €1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (40)34 5 Aug Volvo Scandinavian Masters Sweden €1,800,000 Colin Montgomerie (26)40 12 Aug Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open Wales £750,000 Paul McGinley (3)24 19 Aug North West of Ireland Open Ireland €350,000 Tobias Dier (1)16 CHA 19 Aug PGA Championship United States US$5,200,000 David Toms 100 Major championship 26 Aug Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship Scotland £1,000,000 Paul Casey (1)24 26 Aug WGC-NEC Invitational United States US$5,000,000 Tiger Woods (n/a)68 World Golf Championship 2 Sep BMW International Open Germany €1,800,000 John Daly (3)42 9 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €1,500,000 Ricardo González (1)24 16 Sep WGC-American Express Championship United States – Cancelled [ 5] – World Golf Championship 23 Sep Trophée Lancôme France €1,400,000 Sergio García (3)28 7 Oct Linde German Masters Germany €2,700,000 Bernhard Langer (41)44 14 Oct Estoril Open Portugal – Cancelled [ 6] – 14 Oct Cannes Open France €550,000 Jorge Berendt (1)24 21 Oct Dunhill Links Championship Scotland US$5,000,000 Paul Lawrie (4)48 New tournament 28 Oct Telefónica Open de Madrid Spain €1,400,000 Retief Goosen (7)30 4 Nov Atlanet Italian Open Italy €1,000,000 Grégory Havret (1)24 11 Nov Volvo Masters Andalucía Spain US$3,000,000 Pádraig Harrington (4)46 Tour Championship
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
TheOrder of Merit was titled as theVolvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated inEuros .[ 9] [ 10]
Position Player Prize money (€ ) 1 Retief Goosen 2,862,806 2 Pádraig Harrington 2,090,166 3 Darren Clarke 1,988,055 4 Ernie Els 1,716,287 5 Colin Montgomerie 1,578,676 6 Michael Campbell 1,577,130 7 Thomas Bjørn 1,474,802 8 Paul McGinley 1,464,434 9 Paul Lawrie 1,428,831 10 Niclas Fasth 1,224,588
^ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled. ^ Tiger Woods won four events, but was not a European Tour member.^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-basedmajor championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins. ^ AFR −Sunshine Tour ; ANZ −PGA Tour of Australasia ; ARG −PGA of Argentina Tour ; ASA −Asian PGA Tour ; CHA −Challenge Tour . ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
Retief Goosen (3)[b]
Paul Casey
Ian Woosnam
Pádraig Harrington
Darren Clarke
Colin Montgomerie
Michael Campbell
Thomas Bjørn
Niclas Fasth
