2001 PGA Championship pin flag Atlanta Athletic Club David Toms open ryder

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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
.
David Toms
won his only
major championship
, one stroke ahead of runner-up
Phil Mickelson
.
Toms led after 54 holes on the Highlands Course, two strokes ahead of Mickelson. Paired together in the final group, they battled for the lead back-and-forth throughout the day, both in pursuit of their first major. Toms led by one stroke on the 72nd tee, but put his tee shot in the rough. Faced with a long second shot over water, he decided to lay up on the 490-yard (448 m) par-4 and rely on his short game. Toms' third shot stopped 12 feet (3.7 m) left of the pin, and he sank the putt to save par for the win. His 265 total set the record for the lowest score at a major championship.
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Two-time defending champion
Tiger Woods
finished 14 strokes back at 279 (−1), tied for 29th place. No former champions finished in the top twenty.
It was the third major at the Highlands Course, which hosted the PGA Championship in
1981
and the
U.S. Open
in
1976
. All three victors were from the
Deep South
of the United States. The PGA Championship returned to the course in
2011
.