2001 Volvo PGA Championship

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.

2001 Volvo PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	25–28 May 2001
Location	Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course(s)	Wentworth Club West Course
Tour(s)	European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,046 yards (6,443 m)
Field	156 players, 72 after cut
Cut	143 (−1)
Prize fund	€3,276,959
Winner's share	€544,521
Champion
Andrew Oldcorn
272 (−16)

Wentworth Club

Location in England

Andrew Oldcorn won by two strokes over Ángel Cabrera to claim his first Volvo PGA Championship.[1]

Course layout

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

Past champions in the field

Ten former champions entered the tournament.[3]

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Faldo	England	1978, 1980, 1981, 1989	72	66	70	67	275	−13	3
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994	72	68	67	73	280	−8	T11
Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	1998, 1999, 2000	73	69	69	71	282	−6	T17
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1988, 1997	71	68	73	71	283	−5	T21

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe	1992	71	75	146	+2
Manuel Piñero	Spain	1977	74	73	147	+3
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1983, 1991	76	72	148	+4
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1987, 1993, 1995	76	72	148	+4
Costantino Rocca	Italy	1996	71	79	150	+6
Paul Way	England	1985	76	76	152	+8

Nationalities in the field

North America (1)	South America (3)	Europe (127)	Oceania (14)	Asia (2)	Africa (9)
United States (1)	Argentina (3)	England (45)	Australia (11)	India (1)	South Africa (7)
		Northern Ireland (3)	Fiji (1)	Taiwan (1)	Zimbabwe (2)
		Scotland (16)	New Zealand (2)
		Wales (4)
		Ireland (7)
		Austria (1)
		Belgium (1)
		Denmark (6)
		France (6)
		Germany (4)
		Italy (4)
		Netherlands (2)
		Spain (12)
		Sweden (15)
		Switzerland (1)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 May 2001

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

Second round

Friday, 26 May 2001

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

Third round

Saturday, 27 May 2001

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

Final round

Sunday, 28 May 2001

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Andrew Oldcorn	Scotland	66-66-69-71=272	−16	544,521
2	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	63-71-72-68=274	−14	363,014
3	Nick Faldo	England	72-66-70-67=275	−13	204,524
T4	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	70-70-67-70=277	−11	138,745
	Mathias Grönberg	Sweden	71-69-72-65=277
	Phillip Price	Wales	65-69-72-71=277
7	Vijay Singh	Fiji	73-65-70-70=278	−10	98,015
T8	Peter Baker	England	67-72-75-65=279	−9	73,402
	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	72-69-68-70=279
	Gary Orr	Scotland	74-67-69-69=279

Scorecard

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
Oldcorn	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−16
Cabrera	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−14
Faldo	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13
Campbell	−9	−9	−10	−11	−10	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−11
Grönberg	−3	−4	−4	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11
Price	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11
Singh	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
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

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.