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2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

Index 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational

The 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 23–26, 2001 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. [1]

60 relations: Akron, Ohio, Bernhard Langer, Carlos Franco, Colin Montgomerie, Darren Clarke, David Duval, David Toms, Davis Love III, Ernie Els, Firestone Country Club, Golf, Greg Norman, Hal Sutton, Hat-trick, Ian Poulter, Jim Furyk, Kirk Triplett, Lee Westwood, Loren Roberts, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Mike Weir, Nick Price, Niclas Fasth, North West of Ireland Open, Notah Begay III, Official World Golf Ranking, Paul Azinger, Paul McGinley, Pádraig Harrington, PGA European Tour, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, Phillip Price, Pierre Fulke, Playoff (golf), Presidents Cup, Retief Goosen, Robert Allenby, Ryder Cup, Scott Hoch, Scott Verplank, September 11 attacks, Shigeki Maruyama, Steve Elkington, Stewart Cink, Stuart Appleby, Thomas Bjørn, Tiger Woods, ..., Tom Lehman, United States dollar, Vijay Singh, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, World Golf Championships, 2000 Presidents Cup, 2000 WGC-NEC Invitational, 2001 PGA Championship, 2002 Ryder Cup, 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational. Expand index (10 more) »

Akron, Ohio

Akron is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County.

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Bernhard Langer

Bernhard Langer (born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer.

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Carlos Franco

Carlos Daniel Franco (born 24 May 1965) is a Paraguayan professional golfer.

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Colin Montgomerie

Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer.

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Darren Clarke

Darren Christopher Clarke, (born 14 August 1968) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour.

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David Duval

David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 Golfer who competed on the PGA Tour.

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David Toms

David Wayne Toms (born January 4, 1967) is an American professional golfer, who currently plays on the PGA Champions Tour.

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Davis Love III

Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer who has won 21 events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship: the 1997 PGA Championship.

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Ernie Els

Theodore Ernest Els (born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer.

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Firestone Country Club

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Greg Norman

Gregory John Norman AO (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 Official World Golf Rankings ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Hal Sutton

Hal Evan Sutton (born April 28, 1958) is an American professional golfer who had 14 victories on the PGA Tour, including a major championship, the PGA Championship in 1983.

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Hat-trick

A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a positive feat three times in a game, or another achievement based on the number three.

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Ian Poulter

Ian James Poulter (born 10 January 1976) is an English professional golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour.

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Jim Furyk

James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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Kirk Triplett

Kirk Alan Triplett (born March 29, 1962) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and PGA Tour Champions.

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Lee Westwood

Lee John Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer.

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Loren Roberts

Loren Lloyd Roberts (born June 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions.

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Mark Calcavecchia

Mark John Calcavecchia (born June 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member.

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Michael Campbell

Michael Shane Campbell, CNZM (born 23 February 1969) is a retired New Zealand professional golfer who is best known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year.

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Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez (born 5 January 1964) is a Spanish professional golfer.

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Mike Weir

Michael Richard Weir, (born May 12, 1970) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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Nick Price

Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is a South African-born Zimbabwean professional golfer who has won three major championships in his career: the PGA Championship twice (in 1992 and 1994) and The Open Championship in 1994.

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Niclas Fasth

Niclas Fasth (born 29 April 1972) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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North West of Ireland Open

The North West of Ireland Open was a golf tournament which was played annually from 1999 to 2002.

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Notah Begay III

Notah Ryan Begay III (born September 14, 1972) is an American professional golfer.

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Official World Golf Ranking

The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers (although there is no rule prohibiting women from being ranked).

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Paul Azinger

Paul William Azinger (born January 6, 1960) is an American professional golfer and TV golf analyst.

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Paul McGinley

Paul Noel McGinley (born 16 December 1966) is an Irish professional golfer who has won four events on the European Tour.

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Pádraig Harrington

Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour.

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PGA European Tour

The PGA European Tour is an organisation which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Senior Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour.

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PGA Tour

The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America.

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Phil Mickelson

Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970), nicknamed Lefty, is an American professional golfer.

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Phillip Price

John Phillip Price (born 21 October 1966) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays on the European Senior Tour.

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Pierre Fulke

Pierre Olof Fulke (born 21 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.

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Playoff (golf)

A playoff in the sport of golf is an extra hole, or holes, played when, at the completion of regulation play in a competition or tournament, there is a tie and it is desirable to determine an outright winner.

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Presidents Cup

The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe (i.e. Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Oceania, Mexico and Canada).

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Retief Goosen

Retief Goosen (born 3 February 1969) is a South African professional golfer who was in the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007.

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Robert Allenby

Robert Allenby (born 12 July 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States.

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Scott Hoch

Scott Mabon Hoch (born November 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.

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Scott Verplank

Scott Rachal Verplank (born July 9, 1964) is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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Shigeki Maruyama

Shigeki Maruyama (丸山茂樹, Maruyama Shigeki; born 12 September 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.

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Steve Elkington

Stephen John Elkington (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions.

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Stewart Cink

Stewart Ernest Cink (born May 21, 1973) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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Stuart Appleby

Stuart Appleby (born 1 May 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Thomas Bjørn

Thomas Bjørn (born 18 February 1971) is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour.

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Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont Woods (born December 30, 1975) better known as Tiger Woods, is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time.

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Tom Lehman

Thomas Edward Lehman (born March 7, 1959) is an American professional golfer.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh, CF (Hindi: विजय सिंह),; born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is an Indo-Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. Vijay was the 12th man to reach the world No. 1-ranking and was the only new world No. 1 in the 2000s decade. He has won three major championships (The Masters in 2000 and the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004) and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2005 (but deferred his induction until 2006). He won the FedEx Cup in 2008. An Indo-Fijian following Hindu religion, Singh was born in Lautoka, Fiji and grew up in Nadi. A resident of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, he is known for his meticulous preparation, often staying at the range hours before and after his tournament rounds, working on his game.

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WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is a professional golf tournament, one of the annual World Golf Championships.

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World Golf Championships

The World Golf Championships (WGC) are a group of four annual events for professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours.

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2000 Presidents Cup

The 4th Presidents Cup was held between October 19 and 22, 2000.

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2000 WGC-NEC Invitational

The 2000 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament from August 24–27, 2000 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

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2001 PGA Championship

The 2001 PGA Championship was the 83rd PGA Championship, held August 16–19 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta.

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2002 Ryder Cup

The 34th Ryder Cup Matches were held 27–29 September 2002 in England, on the Brabazon Course at The Belfry in Wishaw, Warwickshire (near Sutton Coldfield).

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2002 WGC-NEC Invitational

The 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational was a professional golf tournament, held August 22–25 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_WGC-NEC_Invitational

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