2000 Open Championship

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2000 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates20–23 July 2000
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length7,115 yards (6,506 m)[1]
Field156 players, 74 after cut[1]
Cut144 (E)[1]
Prize fund£2,800,000
€4,447,480
$4,175,325
Winner's share£500,000
€799,550
$759,150
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
269 (−19)
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St Andrews is located in Scotland
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Location in Scotland
St Andrews  is located in Fife
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Location in Fife, Scotland

The 2000 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 129th Open Championship, held from 20 to 23 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Tiger Woods, 24, won his first Open Championship and fourth major title, eight strokes ahead of runners-up Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els.[2]

With the victory, Woods became the fifth golfer and also youngest ever to complete a career Grand Slam (winning the Open Championship, PGA Championship, Masters and U.S. Open in the course of a career), beating Jack Nicklaus' record by two years. He went on to complete the "Tiger Slam" – holding all four major championships simultaneously, as this Open Championship was preceded by the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links and then followed by the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club and the 2001 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.

At this Open, Woods also achieved the lowest 72-hole score in relation to par at −19, which was a record for all major championships[3][4] for fifteen years, until Jason Day broke it at the PGA Championship in 2015 at twenty-under-par.

Woods became the sixth to win the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining fellow Americans Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), Ben Hogan (1953), Lee Trevino (1971), and Tom Watson (1982). Woods also became the second player after Nicklaus to win both an Open Championship at St Andrews and a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.[5]

It was the first Open Championship to be telecast in high-definition television in any country, being telecast in the United States by ABC Sports that year.

Course[]

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 376 4 10 Bobby Jones 379 4
2 Dyke 413 4 11 High (In) 174 3
3 Cartgate (Out) 397 4 12 Heathery (In) 314 4
4 Ginger Beer 464 4 13 Hole O'Cross (In) 430 4
5 Hole O'Cross (Out) 568 5 14 Long 581 5
6 Heathery (Out) 412 4 15 Cartgate (In) 456 4
7 High (Out) 388 4 16 Corner of the Dyke 424 4
8 Short 175 3 17 Road 455 4
9 End 352 4 18 Tom Morris 357 4
Out 3,545 36 In 3,570 36
Source:[6] Total 7,115 72

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Tom Lehman  United States 1996 68 70 70 70 278 −10 T4
Mark Calcavecchia  United States 1989 73 70 71 69 283 −5 T26
Mark O'Meara  United States 1998 70 73 69 71 283 −5 T26
Nick Faldo  England 1987, 1990, 1992 70 71 75 71 287 −1 T41
Justin Leonard  United States 1997 70 74 72 71 287 −1 T41
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983		 73 71 72 73 289 +1 T55

Missed the cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 1994 76 70 146 +2
Seve Ballesteros  Spain 1979, 1984, 1988 78 69 147 +3
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1963 72 75 147 +3
John Daly  United States 1995 76 72 148 +4
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1985 71 78 149 +5
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1966, 1970, 1978 77 73 150 +6
Paul Lawrie  Scotland 1999 78 75 153 +9
Gary Player  South Africa 1959, 1968, 1974 77 79 156 +12
Lee Trevino  United States 1971, 1972 80 77 157 +13

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, 20 July 2000

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Ernie Els  South Africa 66 −6
T2 Steve Flesch  United States 67 −5
Tiger Woods  United States
T4 Scott Dunlap  United States 68 −4
Ian Garbutt  England
Sergio García  Spain
Pádraig Harrington  Ireland
Tom Lehman  United States
Shigeki Maruyama  Japan
Dennis Paulson  United States

Second round[]

Friday, 21 July 2000

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tiger Woods  United States 67-66=133 −11
2 David Toms  United States 69-67=136 −8
T3 Steve Flesch  United States 67-70=137 −7
Sergio García  Spain 68-69=137
Loren Roberts  United States 69-68=137
T6 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 69-69=138 −6
Fred Couples  United States 70-68=138
Ernie Els  South Africa 66-72=138
Tom Lehman  United States 68-70=138
Phil Mickelson  United States 72-66=138

Amateurs: Ilonen (+1), Donald (+4), Rowe (+4), Gossett (+5).

Third round[]

Saturday, 22 July 2000

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Tiger Woods  United States 67-66-67=200 −16
T2 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 69-69-68=206 −10
David Duval  United States 70-70-66=206
T4 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 70-69-68=207 -9
Loren Roberts  United States 69-68-70=207
David Toms  United States 69-67-71=207
T7 Ernie Els  South Africa 66-72-70=208 −8
Steve Flesch  United States 67-70-71=208
Tom Lehman  United States 68-70-70=208
Dennis Paulson  United States 68-71-69=208

Final round[]

Sunday, 23 July 2000

Place Player Country Score To par Money (£)
1 Tiger Woods  United States 67-66-67-69=269 −19 500,000
T2 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 69-69-68-71=277 −11 245,000
Ernie Els  South Africa 66-72-70-69=277
T4 Tom Lehman  United States 68-70-70-70=278 −10 130,000
David Toms  United States 69-67-71-71=278
6 Fred Couples  United States 70-68-72-69=279 −9 100,000
T7 Paul Azinger  United States 69-72-72-67=280 −8 66,250
Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 70-69-68-73=280
Pierre Fulke  Sweden 69-72-70-69=280
Loren Roberts  United States 69-68-70-73=280

Source:[2][7]

Scorecard[]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4
United States Woods −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −19 −19
Denmark Bjørn −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
South Africa Els −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
United States Lehman −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
United States Toms −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −11 −11 −9 −10 −9 −10
United States Couples −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9
United States Azinger −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
Northern Ireland Clarke −10 −10 −11 ���10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8
Sweden Fulke −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8
United States Roberts −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 30, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b Shapiro, Leonard (24 July 2000). "Tiger simply grand". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  3. ^ Rushin, Steve (31 July 2000). "Grand stand". Sports Illustrated.
  4. ^ "Grand Slam". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). (New Tork Times News Service). 24 July 2000. p. C1.
  5. ^ The Open Official Film 2000 The Open on YouTube
  6. ^ "Hole-by-hole look at St. Andrews". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. 20 July 2000. p. 10C.
  7. ^ "2000 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Final-round scorecards". ESPN. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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