2000 PGA Championship

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2000 PGA Championship
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Tournament information
DatesAugust 17–20, 2000
LocationLouisville, Kentucky
Course(s)Valhalla Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,167 yards (6,554 m)
Field149 players, 80 after cut[1]
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$5,000,000
€5,548,408
Winner's share$900,000
€994,913
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
270 (−18), playoff
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The 2000 PGA Championship was the 82nd PGA Championship, held August 17–20 at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the second time for the event at Valhalla, which hosted four years earlier in 1996. Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major in a three-hole playoff over Bob May.[2] Woods and May finished at 18 under par to set the PGA Championship record to par, later equaled by Woods in 2006. It was the first time since 1937 that a PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first ever as a stroke play event. Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher Thomas Bjørn.[3]

Woods' victory marked the first time since 1953 (Ben Hogan) that a player had won three major championships in the same calendar year; Woods won the U.S. Open and the British Open in the previous two months for three consecutive majors. He went on to win the Masters in April 2001 to complete the Tiger Slam of four consecutive majors.

May opened with an even-par 72 then shot 66 (−6) in each of the final three rounds; this was the only time he was in contention in a major championship. Designer of the course and five-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 60, made his final appearance at the PGA Championship. Playing with Woods, he needed an eagle on the 36th hole to make the cut; his pitch shot missed by inches and he settled for birdie.[4]

Valhalla later hosted the Ryder Cup in 2008, the first U.S. victory in nine years. The Senior PGA Championship was played at the course in 2004 and 2011 and the PGA Championship returned in 2014.

Course layout[]

Main article: Valhalla Golf Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 446 535 208 350 465 421 597 166 418 3,606 551 168 467 348 217 402 444 422 542 3,561 7,167
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 36 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 36 72

Source:[5]

Length of the course for previous majors:

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 17, 2000

Place Player Country Score To par[6]
T1 Scott Dunlap  United States 66 −6
Tiger Woods  United States
T3 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 68 −4
Davis Love III  United States
T5 Stephen Ames  Trinidad and Tobago 69 −3
Ed Fryatt  England
Fred Funk  United States
J. P. Hayes  United States
T9 Stuart Appleby  Australia 70 −2
Brian Henninger  United States
Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain
Jonathan Kaye  United States
Tom Kite  United States
Phil Mickelson  United States
Jean van de Velde  France

Second round[]

Friday, August 18, 2000

Place Player Country Score To par[7]
1 Tiger Woods  United States 66-67=133 −11
2 Scott Dunlap  United States 66-68=134 −10
T3 Fred Funk  United States 69-68=137 −7
J. P. Hayes  United States 69-68=137
Davis Love III  United States 68-69=137
T6 Notah Begay III  United States 72-66=138 −6
Bob May  United States 72-66=138
8 Stuart Appleby  Australia 70-69=139 -5
T9 Stephen Ames  Trinidad and Tobago 69-71=140 −4
Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 72-68=140
Greg Chalmers  Australia 71-69=140
Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 68-72=140
Phil Mickelson  United States 70-70=140
David Toms  United States 72-68=140

Third round[]

Saturday, August 19, 2000

Place Player Country Score To par[8]
1 Tiger Woods  United States 66-67-70=203 −13
T2 Scott Dunlap  United States 66-68-70=204 −12
Bob May  United States 72-66-66=204
4 J. P. Hayes  United States 69-68-68=205 −11
5 Greg Chalmers  Australia 71-69-66=206 −10
T6 Stuart Appleby  Australia 70-69-68=207 −9
Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 72-68-67=207
José María Olazábal  Spain 76-68-63=207
T9 Notah Begay III  United States 72-66-70=208 −8
Franklin Langham  United States 72-71-65=208

Final round[]

Sunday, August 20, 2000

In the final pairing and well ahead of the field at the turn, May and Woods both shot 31 (−5) on the back nine. A key hole was the par four 15th. Holding a one-shot lead, May hit his approach shot to within four feet (1.2 m) while Woods missed the green. Woods hit an indifferent chip to around ten feet (3 m) and then made the par putt. When May missed the short birdie putt, his lead remained a single stroke. After Woods' birdie on 17, they were tied going to the final hole, a par five. On the green, May curled in a double-breaking 15-footer (4.5 m) for birdie; Woods then sank a pressure-packed five-footer (1.5 m) for his own birdie to tie and force a three-hole playoff.[2][3] In the penultimate pairing, Scott Dunlap bogeyed the first two holes and carded a 75 for 279; J.P Hayes had 76 for 281 and tied for nineteenth.

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Tiger Woods  United States 66-67-70-67=270 −18 Playoff
Bob May  United States 72-66-66-66=270
3 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 72-68-67-68=275 −13 340,000
T4 Stuart Appleby  Australia 70-69-68-69=276 −12 198,667
Greg Chalmers  Australia 71-69-66-70=276
José María Olazábal  Spain 76-68-63-69=276
7 Franklin Langham  United States 72-71-65-69=277 −11 157,000
8 Notah Begay III  United States 72-66-70-70=278 −10 145,000
T9 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 68-72-72-67=279 −9 112,500
Scott Dunlap  United States 66-68-70-75=279
Fred Funk  United States 69-68-74-68=279
Davis Love III  United States 68-69-72-70=279
Phil Mickelson  United States 70-70-69-70=279
Tom Watson  United States 76-70-65-68=279

Source:[9]

Scorecard[]

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5
United States Woods −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −18
United States May −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18
Denmark Bjørn −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13
Australia Appleby −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12
Australia Chalmers −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12
Spain Olazábal −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12
United States Langham −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −11 −12 −11
United States Begay −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[10]

Playoff[]

Woods birdied the first playoff hole and parred the next two to win the three-hole playoff by one stroke.[2][3]

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Tiger Woods  United States 3-4-5=12 −1 900,000
2 Bob May  United States 4-4-5=13 E 540,000

Scorecard[]

Playoff

Hole  16   17   18 
Par 4 4 5
United States Woods −1 −1 −1
United States May E E E

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:[2][11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 2000 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Dulac, Gerry (August 21, 2000). "Triple crown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1.
  3. ^ a b c Shipnuck, Alan (August 28, 2000). "Hat trick". Sports Illustrated. p. 70.
  4. ^ Dahlberg, Tim (August 19, 2000). "Nicklaus steals day from leader". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1D.
  5. ^ "2000 PGA Championship: course map". ESPN. 2000. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  6. ^ CNNSI.com - GolfPlus
  7. ^ CNNSI.com - GolfPlus
  8. ^ CNNSI.com - GolfPlus
  9. ^ "2000 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  10. ^ "PGA Championship: Final round scorecards". ESPN. August 20, 2000. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  11. ^ "Tiger answers challenge in classic PGA shootout". Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau). Associated Press. August 21, 2000. p. 2B.

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