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Sunday 8 April 2001PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 April 2001 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 27 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,600,000 USD · 65th Masters (Wikipedia)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/11°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/10°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/16°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/17°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
- David Duval USA · 274Closed with 67 and briefly tied for the lead with a birdie at the 15th, but flew a 7-iron over the 16th green for a bogey and missed a birdie putt of about seven or eight feet at the 18th Masters Tournament, April 8, 2001: David Duval (ASAP Sports)
93 started · cut +1, 47 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: David Duval
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 April 2001
I kept telling myself, I said, "Well my good buddy, Marco made it. Why can't I make it?"
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 April 2001
Then I walked over to the side and I just started thinking, you know, I don't have anymore shots to play. I'm done - "I won the Masters."
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 April 2001
I hit a golf shot today that might be the best golf shot I ever hit and I made a 4 out of it on 16.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | David Duval | 71 · 66 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | 67 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Toshi Izawa | 71 · 66 · 74 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Mark Calcavecchia | 72 · 66 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Ernie Els | 71 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Jim Furyk | 69 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Bernhard Langer | 73 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Kirk Triplett | 68 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Chris DiMarco | 65 · 69 · 72 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Brad Faxon | 73 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 68 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Steve Stricker | 66 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Ángel Cabrera | 66 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 27; majors to date: 6; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, MASTERS TOURNAMENT 2001)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet