2001 Volvo PGA Championship

Coordinates: 51°24′N 0°35′W / 51.40°N 0.59°W / 51.40; -0.59
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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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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.

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 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 63 −9
2 Wales Phillip Price 65 −7
T3 Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley 66 −6
Australia Nick O'Hern
Scotland Andrew Oldcorn
T6 England Peter Baker 67 −5
Scotland Alastair Forsyth
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Sweden Mikael Lundberg
England Steve Webster

Second round[edit]

Friday, 26 May 2001

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

Third round[edit]

Saturday, 27 May 2001

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

Final round[edit]

Sunday, 28 May 2001

Place Player Score To par Money ()
1 Scotland Andrew Oldcorn 66-66-69-71=272 −16 544,521
2 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 63-71-72-68=274 −14 363,014
3 England Nick Faldo 72-66-70-67=275 −13 204,524
T4 New Zealand Michael Campbell 70-70-67-70=277 −11 138,745
Sweden Mathias Grönberg 71-69-72-65=277
Wales Phillip Price 65-69-72-71=277
7 Fiji Vijay Singh 73-65-70-70=278 −10 98,015
T8 England Peter Baker 67-72-75-65=279 −9 73,402
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 72-69-68-70=279
Scotland 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
Scotland Oldcorn −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16
Argentina Cabrera −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −14
England Faldo −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13
New Zealand Campbell −9 −9 −10 −11 −10 −11 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −11
Sweden Grönberg −3 −4 −4 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11
Wales Price −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11
Fiji Singh −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
Sweden 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.