2001 Open Championship: David Duval wins at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
David Duval won the 2001 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England with 274 (−10), by 3 strokes over Niclas Fasth.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2001 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 19 July 2001 to 22 July 2001
- Course
- Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England
- Edition
- 130th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 71
- Made the cut
- 70 (cut at 144)
- Purse
- £3,300,000 · winner's share £600,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- David Duval · age 29 · USA · born Jacksonville, USA
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 7
- Winning score
- 69-73-65-67 = 274 (−10) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Niclas Fasth (277)
- 54-hole leaders
- Alex Čejka, David Duval, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam (207)
- Low amateur
- David Dixon
Top 12 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Duval | 69 | 73 | 65 | 67 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | Niclas Fasth | 69 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T3 | Billy Mayfair | 69 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Bernhard Langer | 71 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Ian Woosnam | 72 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Ernie Els | 71 | 71 | 67 | 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Darren Clarke | 70 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 69 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Kevin Sutherland | 75 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Sergio García | 70 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Mikko Ilonen | 68 | 75 | 70 | 66 | 279 | −5 |
What happened at the 2001 Open Championship
Co-leader Ian Woosnam took a two-stroke penalty in the final round for carrying too many clubs in his bag, and he tied for third.
Duval shot 65 in the third round to join a four-way tie at 207, then closed with 67 to win his only major.
No source reached names a deciding hole; co-leader Woosnam's two-stroke penalty for a 15th club is a penalty, not a hole.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).