David Toms
Summary
- First major 2001 PGA Championship
- Ryder Cup 3 Cups · 4-6-2 · 5 points (41.7%)
Wins
- 2001 PGA Championship Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands) · 265 (-15) · by 1 stroke from Phil Mickelson
Near misses
Ryder Cup
3 Cups, 12 matches: 4 won, 6 lost, 2 halved, 5 points. Foursomes 2-1-2, four-ball 1-3-0, singles 1-2-0.
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Phil Mickelson's rivals →
Moments
- 2001 PGA Championship Toms made a hole-in-one with a 5-wood on the 15th in the third round, the first ace by a PGA Championship winner.
- 2001 PGA Championship Facing 209 yards over water from the rough on the 72nd hole, Toms laid up with a wedge, then pitched close and holed the par putt to beat Mickelson by one with a record 265.
Records and firsts
- 2001 PGA Championship lowest first 54 · 196
Results by championship
Best day
2001 PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands), Duluth, Georgia · 265 (-15) · by 1 stroke from Phil Mickelson
Toms made a hole-in-one with a 5-wood on the 15th in the third round, the first ace by a PGA Championship winner.
Facing 209 yards over water from the rough on the 72nd hole, Toms laid up with a wedge, then pitched close and holed the par putt to beat Mickelson by one with a record 265.
Record: lowest first 54 · 196
Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 2001.
Career line, 2000–2006
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- Major win
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, USA
David Toms was born on January 4, 1967, in Monroe, Louisiana. Toms won one major championship: the 2001 PGA Championship. Toms played in 3 Ryder Cups for USA (2002, 2004, 2006), winning 4, losing 6 and halving 2 of 12 matches for 5 points.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 2001 PGA Championship Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands), Duluth, Georgia · 265 (-15) · by 1 stroke from Phil Mickelson
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Ryder Cup
Toms played 3 Ryder Cups for USA: 12 matches, 4 won, 6 lost, 2 halved, 5 points (41.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-1-2, four-ball 1-3-0, singles 1-2-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) USA · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 3-1-1, 3.5 points · automatic
- 2004 Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) USA · Europe won 18.5–9.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · automatic
- 2006 The K Club (Palmer Course) USA · Europe won 18.5–9.5 · 0-3-1, 0.5 points · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Phil Mickelson (6), Jim Furyk (1), Brett Wetterich (1), Stewart Cink (1).
Records and firsts
Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.
- 2001 PGA Championship lowest first 54 · 196
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.
- where2golf
- Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
- Golf Compendium winners list
- WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
- Golf Compendium 2001
- Sports Illustrated 2001
- Today's Golfer past champions
- BetMGM winner payouts
- Today's Golfer purse history
- PGA of America club pros who made the cut
- PGA of America 2001 leaderboard
- OWGR player event table, 2001
- USGA, Scott Gneiser and David Toms
- R&A 2000
- GC: 2002 ryder cup
- SI Vault 2001 — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/08/27/tough-calls-picking-the-ryder-cup-wild-cards-was-a-difficult-job-but-somebody-namely-curtis-strange-had-to-do-it
- Deseret News 2001
- Golf Channel
- GC: 2004 ryder cup
- Golf Channel 2004
- Wikipedia: 2004 Ryder Cup
- GC: 2006 ryder cup
- 2006 WP mirror (2007 snapshot)
- Wikipedia: 2006 Ryder Cup
- Golf Compendium scoring records