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2001 NEC Invitational at a Glance
When:	Aug. 23-26, 2001
Where:	Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
Purse:	$5 million
Par:	35-35--70
Yards:	7,139
Tournament Record:	Tiger Woods (-21, 259, 2000)
Course Record:	Tiger Woods (-9, 61, 2000) Jose Maria Olazabal (-9, 61, 1990)
Course Architect:	Robert Trent Jones
TV:	Thurs., USA, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT Fri., USA, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT Sat., CBS, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT Sun., CBS, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT

Firestone Country Club (South Course) Hole-By-Hole
Hole	Par	Yards	Hole	Par	Yards
1	4	399	10	4	410
2	5	497	11	4	370
3	4	442	12	3	178
4	4	458	13	4	457
5	3	200	14	4	418
6	4	469	15	3	221
7	3	219	16	5	625
8	4	450	17	4	392
9	4	470	18	4	464
Out:	35	3,604	In:	35	3,535

NEC Invitational 2000 Top 10 Finishers
Player	Money	Score
Tiger Woods	$1,000,000	64-61-67-67--259
Justin Leonard	$437,500	66-67-71-66--270
Phillip Price	$437,500	66-69-66-69--270
Jim Furyk	$243,333	65-69-69-68--271
Phil Mickelson	$243,333	66-66-69-70--271
Hal Sutton	$243,333	68-68-65-70--271
Stewart Cink	$170,000	72-69-68-63--272
Paul Azinger	$147,500	68-70-70-65--273
Colin Montgomerie	$147,500	71-69-66-67--273
Thomas Bjorn	$125,000	69-69-70-66--274
Jose Maria Olazabal	$125,000	67-73-69-65--274

NEC Invitational Past Champions
Year	Winner	Score
2000	Tiger Woods	-21, 259
1999	Tiger Woods	-10, 270

2001 NEC Invitational Top Players Entered
Paul Azinger	Riding a high after his recent addition to the United States Ryder Cup team; finished 16th or better in eight consecutive starts before tying for 49th and 22nd, respectively, at the Buick Open and PGA Championship; ended a seven-year winless drought last year at the Sony Open his first title since the 1993 PGA Championship; tied for eighth here last year, finishing 14 shots behind Tiger Woods.
Mark Calcavecchia	Locked up fourth place in the Ryder Cup standings with his tie for fourth at the PGA Championship; had missed four cuts and failed to finish better than 24th in his previous eight starts; 21st season on tour also includes a 72-hole record score of 28-under 256 at the Phoenix Open en route to his 10th career title, and knee surgery; 10th on the money list with a career-high $1,856,712.
Darren Clarke	Northern Irishman is second to Retief Goosen of South Africa on the PGA European Tour's Order of Merit with 1,327,407 Euros; missed the cut at the PGA Championship, giving him just one finish better than p-10s in four starts this spring, despite battling a wrist injury.
Retief Goosen	South African is making his third PGA Tour appearance since winning the U.S. Open at Southern Hills in June; tied for 13th at the British Open, missed the cut at the Buick Open and tied for 38th at the PGA Championship; won the Scottish Open the week before the British for his sixth European title; ranked 19th in the world.
Davis Love III	Began last week fourth in the Ryder Cup standings and ended it sixth when David Toms won the PGA Championship and Mark Calcavecchia tied for third; missed seven events between the Worldcom Classic and U.S. Open because of a nerve injury in his neck; won for the first time in 64 events at Pebble Beach in January.
Phil Mickelson	Second-ranked player in the world is coming off possibly the biggest disappointment in his career, losing to David Toms by a stroke at the PGA Championship; extended career-long winless drought in majors to 38 appearances; has two titles and eight other top-three finishes this season; won the Buick Invitational and Greater Hartford Open for his 18th and 19th titles.
Vijay Singh	Had finished no worse than 18th in 17 consecutive starts before tying for 51st at the PGA Championship; in the 17-start streak were 11 top-10s and seven top-fives; fifth in the World Golf Rankings but winless since claiming the last of nine PGA Tour titles at the 2000 Masters; native of Fiji also won twice in consecutive European events this season.
Hal Sutton	PGA Tour veteran is struggling, finishing better than 24th just once in 10 starts since claiming the last of his 14 career titles at the Houston Open; has been suffering from a sleep disorder; seven of his wins came before 1995 and six have come since 1995; despite slump, the 16th-ranked player in the world held on to the ninth of 10 Ryder Cup spots.
David Toms	Coming off the biggest moment of his career, holding off Phil Mickelson by a shot at the PGA Championship his first major title and sixth win lifetime; jumped from 13th to fourth in the Ryder Cup standings and from 19th to eighth in the world rankings; with his latest triumph; Cajun also won the Compaq Classic in New Orleans this season.

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