2001 British Open Golf Championship Results
Winner: David Duval, 274
Where it was played: Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, Lytham St. Annes, England
Tournament dates: July 19-22, 2001
Leader after first round: Colin Montgomerie, 65
Leader after second round: Colin Montgomerie, 135
Leader after third round: David Duval, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer and Alex Cejka, 207
Notable Notes: David Duval got his name off the "best golfer without a major" list by winning here in what turned out to be his only major championship victory.
Duval was tied with three others for the lead entering the final round, then shot 67 in Round 4. His three third-round co-leaders — Cejka, Langer and Woosnam — fell away with rounds of 73, 71 and 71, respectively. Woosnam's round got off to a bad start when he incurred a penalty for having too many clubs in his golf bag.
Gary Player played the British Open for the final time in 2001.
Final Scores
| David Duval | 69-73-65-67—274 |
| Niclas Fasth | 69-69-72-67—277 |
| Ernie Els | 71-71-67-69—278 |
| Darren Clarke | 70-69-69-70—278 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-72-67-70—278 |
| Billy Mayfair | 69-72-67-70—278 |
| Ian Woosnam | 72-68-67-71—278 |
| Bernhard Langer | 71-69-67-71—278 |
| Mikko Ilonen | 68-75-70-66—279 |
| Kevin Sutherland | 75-69-68-67—279 |
| Sergio Garcia | 70-72-67-70—279 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 69-68-71-71—279 |
| Vijay Singh | 70-70-71-69—280 |
| Loren Roberts | 70-70-70-70—280 |
| Des Smyth | 74-65-70-71—280 |
| Billy Andrade | 69-70-70-71—280 |
| Retief Goosen | 74-68-67-71—280 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 65-70-73-72—280 |
| Raphael Jacquelin | 71-68-69-72—280 |
| Alex Cejka | 69-69-69-73—280 |
| Davis Love III | 73-67-74-67—281 |
| Nick Price | 73-67-68-73—281 |
| Michael Campbell | 71-72-71-68—282 |
| Greg Owen | 69-68-72-73—282 |
| Bob Estes | 74-70-73-66—283 |
| Tiger Woods | 71-68-73-71—283 |
| Eduardo Romero | 70-68-72-73—283 |
| Joe Ogilvie | 69-68-71-75—283 |
| Barry Lane | 70-72-72-70—284 |
| Justin Rose | 69-72-74-70—285 |
| Stewart Cink | 71-72-72-70—285 |
| Phil Mickelson | 70-72-72-71—285 |
| Phillip Price | 74-69-71-71—285 |
| Scott Verplank | 71-72-70-72—285 |
| a-David Dixon | 70-71-70-74—285 |
| Nicolas Vanhootegem | 72-68-70-75—285 |
| Padraig Harrington | 75-66-74-71—286 |
| Frank Lickliter | 71-71-73-71—286 |
| Toru Taniguchi | 72-69-72-73—286 |
| Andrew Coltart | 75-68-70-73—286 |
| Dudley Hart | 74-69-69-74—286 |
| JP Hayes | 69-71-74-73—287 |
| Richard Green | 71-70-72-74—287 |
| Steve Stricker | 71-69-72-75—287 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70-69-72-76—287 |
| Paul Lawrie | 72-70-69-76—287 |
| Peter Lonard | 72-70-74-72—288 |
| Robert Allenby | 73-71-71-73—288 |
| Chris Dimarco | 68-74-72-74—288 |
| Lee Westwood | 73-70-71-74—288 |
| Matt Gogel | 73-70-71-74—288 |
| Adam Scott | 73-71-70-74—288 |
| Brad Faxon | 68-71-74-75—288 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 69-74-73-73—289 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 70-69-76-74—289 |
| Carlos Franco | 71-71-73-74—289 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 72-70-72-75—289 |
| Paul Curry | 72-71-71-75—289 |
| Paul McGinley | 69-72-72-76—289 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 70-73-69-77—289 |
| Stuart Appleby | 69-75-72-74—290 |
| Gordon Brand Jr. | 70-72-75-74—291 |
| Brandel Chamblee | 72-69-74-76—291 |
| Pierre Fulke | 69-67-72-83—291 |
| Neil Cheetham | 72-72-73-78—295 |
| Thomas Levet | 72-72-77-75—296 |
| Alexandre Balicki | 69-75-75-77—296 |
| David Smail | 71-72-76-79—298 |
| Scott Henderson | 75-69-81-76—301 |
| Sandy Lyle | 72-71-77-81—301 |
