Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (10,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo (11), Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (12,16,17), Mark O'Meara (3), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,11,14,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,10,11,12,13,14,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller Ernie Els (10,11,13,14,16,17), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman (10,13,14,16,17), Justin Leonard (14,16,17) Mark Brooks, Davis Love III (10,14,15,16,17) David Duval (10,11,14,16,17), Hal Sutton (10,14,16,17) James Driscoll (a), Jeff Quinney (a) Mikko Ilonen (a) D. J. Trahan (a) Greg Puga (a) Carlos Franco (14,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), John Huston (11,14,16,17), Phil Mickelson (14,16,17), Greg Norman (16,17), Dennis Paulson (17), Chris Perry (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Loren Roberts (11,14,16,17) Stewart Cink (14,16,17), Pádraig Harrington (16,17), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16,17) Stuart Appleby (14,16,17), Thomas Bjørn (13,16,17), Greg Chalmers, Bob May (14,16,17) David Toms (14,16,17) Robert Allenby (16,17), Paul Azinger (16,17), Notah Begay III (16,17), Mark Calcavecchia (16,17), Chris DiMarco, Steve Flesch (16,17), Scott Hoch (16), Jonathan Kaye, Franklin Langham, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert (16), Shigeki Maruyama (16), Rocco Mediate (16,17), Jesper Parnevik (16,17), Rory Sabbatini, Tom Scherrer, Kirk Triplett (16,17), Scott Verplank (16,17), Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf (16,17), Mike Weir (16,17) Joe Durant, Steve Stricker (17) Ángel Cabrera (17), Michael Campbell (17), Darren Clarke (17), José Cóceres, Pierre Fulke (17), Sergio García (17), Retief Goosen (17), Dudley Hart (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Eduardo Romero (17) Brad Faxon, Toshimitsu Izawa Aaron Baddeley, Shingo Katayama All the amateurs were playing in their first Masters, as were Greg Chalmers, José Cóceres, Chris DiMarco, Steve Flesch, Pierre Fulke, Toshimitsu Izawa, Shingo Katayama, Jonathan Kaye, Franklin Langham, Bob May, Eduardo Romero, Rory Sabbatini, and Tom Scherrer.

Thursday, April 5, 2001 The round was headlined by the tournament-low 65 (−7) shot by Chris DiMarco, which gave him a one stroke lead after day one in his Masters debut.

Tiger Woods, looking to win all four major championships in a row in two different calendar years, shot a two-under 70 to put him in a six-way tie for 15th.

David Duval who was looking for his first Masters championship after three straight top 10 finishes at Augusta matched Woods's 66, and put himself among five golfers tied for fourth at 137 (-7), which included two-time U.S. Open champion, Lee Janzen.

The cut was set at 145 (+1), with notable players Sergio García, Davis Love III, and Thomas Bjørn off for the weekend.

Saturday, April 7, 2001 Tiger Woods had his second straight round in the 60s, with a four-under 68, to take the 54-hole lead at -12, and to move within 18 holes of winning all four majors in a row.

Phil Mickelson put himself in the best position to foil Tiger's quest with a three-under 69 to trail by only one stroke going to the final round.

Japan's Toshimitsu Izawa matched Duval's round of the day with a 67 of his own to finish in a tie for fourth with Mark Calcavecchia at -10.

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:[9] This was the final Masters for former champions Gay Brewer (age 69), Billy Casper (69), and Doug Ford (78).