2000 Masters Tournament

2000 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates April 6–9, 2000
Location Augusta, Georgia
Course(s) Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,985 yards (6,387 m)[1]
Field 95 players, 57 after cut
Cut 148 (+4)
Prize fund $4,600,000
€4,823,313
Winner's share $828,000
€864,844
Champion
Fiji Vijay Singh
278 (−10)
Augusta 
Location in the United States
Augusta 
Location in Georgia

The 2000 Masters Tournament was the 64th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Vijay Singh won his only Masters, three strokes ahead of runner-up Ernie Els.[2][3] It was the second of Singh's three major titles.

Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive410410Camellia4854
2Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood4554
3Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea4855
5Magnolia435414Chinese Fir4054
6Juniper180315Firethorn5005
7Pampas365416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine550517Nandina4254
9Carolina Cherry430418Holly4054
Out3,50036In3,48536
Source:[1][4]Total6,98572

Field

Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (10), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (16,17), Mark O'Meara (3,16,17), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (4,11,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam (10), Fuzzy Zoeller

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Ernie Els (14,16,17), Lee Janzen (10,16,17), Steve Jones, Corey Pavin

3. The Open champions (last five years)

John Daly, Paul Lawrie (16,17), Tom Lehman (14,16,17), Justin Leonard (5,13,14,16,17)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (10,14,16,17), Davis Love III (10,14,16,17), Vijay Singh (11,14,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)

David Duval (10,11,14,16,17), Hal Sutton (11,14,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

David Gossett (a), Kim Sung-yoon (a)

7. The Amateur champion

Graeme Storm (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Hunter Haas (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Danny Green (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1999 Masters

Bob Estes (14,16,17), Carlos Franco (14,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), Brandt Jobe, Phil Mickelson (11,14,16,17), Colin Montgomerie (16,17), Greg Norman (16), Steve Pate (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Lee Westwood (16,17)

11. Top eight players and ties from the 1999 U.S. Open

Tim Herron (14,16,17), Jeff Maggert (14,16,17), Steve Stricker (16,17)

12. Top four players and ties from 1999 PGA Championship

Stewart Cink (14,16,17), Sergio García (16,17), Jay Haas

13. Top four players and ties from the 1999 Open Championship

Ángel Cabrera, Craig Parry (14,16,17), Jean van de Velde

14. Top 40 players from the 1999 PGA Tour money list

Stuart Appleby (16,17), Notah Begay III, Glen Day (16,17), Fred Funk (16), Brent Geiberger (16,17), Scott Gump, Dudley Hart (16,17), Gabriel Hjertstedt, Scott Hoch (16,17), John Huston (16,17), Skip Kendall, Rocco Mediate, Jesper Parnevik (15,16,17), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (16,17), Loren Roberts (16), Jeff Sluman (16,17), David Toms (16,17), Ted Tryba, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (17)

  • Since Payne Stewart finished in the top 40 of the money list, an invitation was given to Hjertstedt, the 41st-place finisher.
15. Top 3 players from the 2000 PGA Tour money list on March 5

Kirk Triplett (17)

16. Top 50 players from the final 1999 world ranking

Thomas Bjørn (17), Darren Clarke (17), Retief Goosen (17), Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17), Masashi Ozaki (17), Naomichi Ozaki (17), Bob Tway (17), Brian Watts (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 5

Paul Azinger, Shigeki Maruyama

18. Special foreign invitation

Aaron Baddeley (a)

All the amateurs except Danny Green were playing in their first Masters, as were Notah Begay III, Ángel Cabrera, Brent Geiberger, Pádraig Harrington, Skip Kendall, Paul Lawrie, Dennis Paulson, Jean van de Velde, and Mike Weir. Sergio García made his first appearance as a professional.

Nationalities in the field

North America (61)South America (2)Europe (18)Oceania (6)Asia (4)Africa (4)
 Canada (1) Argentina (1) England (3) Australia (5) Japan (3) South Africa (3)
 United States (60) Paraguay (1) Northern Ireland (1) Fiji (1) South Korea (1) Zimbabwe (1)
 Scotland (3)
 Wales (1)
 Denmark (1)
 Spain (4)
 France (1)
 Germany (1)
 Sweden (2)
 Ireland (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Tiger Woods United States199775726869284−45
Fred Couples United States199276727070288ET11
Larry Mize United States198778677374292+4T25
Nick Faldo England1989, 1990, 199672727475293+5T28
Bernhard Langer Germany1985, 199371717576293+5T28
Ian Woosnam Wales199174707675295+7T40
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965, 1966,
1972, 1975, 1986		74708178303+15T54
Tommy Aaron United States197372748681313+2557

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
José María Olazábal Spain1994, 19997277149+5
Mark O'Meara United States19987575150+6
Gary Player South Africa1961, 1974, 19787674150+6
Craig Stadler United States19827377150+6
Sandy Lyle Scotland19887972151+7
Tom Watson United States1977, 19817576151+7
Charles Coody United States19718174155+11
Ben Crenshaw United States1984, 19957976155+11
Fuzzy Zoeller United States19798274156+12
Raymond Floyd United States19768078158+14
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		7882160+16
Seve Ballesteros Spain1980, 19838181162+18
Gay Brewer United States19678478162+18
Billy Casper United States197084WD
Doug Ford United States195794WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[5]
1Dennis Paulson United States68−4
2Tom Lehman United States69−3
T3Sergio García Spain70−2
Steve Stricker United States
T5Thomas Bjørn Denmark71−1
Steve Jones United States
Bernhard Langer Germany
Rocco Mediate United States
Phil Mickelson United States
T10Tommy Aaron United States72E
Paul Azinger United States
Mark Brooks United States
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland
Ernie Els South Africa
Bob Estes United States
Nick Faldo England
Justin Leonard United States
José María Olazábal Spain
Masashi Ozaki Japan
Vijay Singh Fiji
Hal Sutton United States

Second round

Friday, April 7, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[5]
1David Duval United States73-65=138−6
T2Ernie Els South Africa72-67=139−5
Phil Mickelson United States71-68=139
Vijay Singh Fiji72-67=139
T5Steve Jones United States71-70=141−3
Tom Lehman United States69-72=141
T7Sergio García Spain70-72=142−2
Retief Goosen South Africa73-69=142
Bernhard Langer Germany71-71=142
Loren Roberts United States73-69=142
Jeff Sluman United States73-69=142

Amateurs: Gossett (+2), Baddeley (+5), Green (+5), Kim (+6), Haas (+9), Storm (+15).

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 2000 & Sunday, April 9, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[5]
1Vijay Singh Fiji72-67-70=209−7
2David Duval United States73-65-74=212−4
T3Ernie Els South Africa72-67-74=213−3
Loren Roberts United States73-69-71=213
T5Davis Love III United States75-72-68=215−1
Phil Mickelson United States71-68-76=215
Mike Weir Canada75-70-70=215
Tiger Woods United States75-72-68=215
T9Tom Lehman United States69-72-75=216E
Nick Price Zimbabwe74-69-73=216

Third round suspended by darkness due to two-hour rain delay and completed Sunday morning.

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Vijay Singh Fiji72-67-70-69=278−10828,000
2Ernie Els South Africa72-67-74-68=281−7496,800
T3David Duval United States73-65-74-70=282−6266,800
Loren Roberts United States73-69-71-69=282
5Tiger Woods United States75-72-68-69=284−4184,000
6Tom Lehman United States69-72-75-69=285−3165,600
T7Carlos Franco Paraguay79-68-70-69=286−2143,367
Davis Love III United States75-72-68-71=286
Phil Mickelson United States71-68-76-71=286
10Hal Sutton United States72-75-71-69=287−1124,200

Amateurs: Gossett (+15).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Fiji Singh−7−7−6−6−6−7−7−8−9−9−8−8−9−9−10−9−9−10
South Africa Els−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−7
United States Duval−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−8−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−6
United States Roberts−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−5−4−4−5−6−6−6−6−6
United States Woods−1−2−2−3−3−2−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−4−4−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hole-by-hole". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 6, 2000. p. C7. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Saylor, Jack (April 10, 2000). "Steady as he goes". Spokesman-Review. (Detroit Free Press). p. C1. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Shipnuck, Alan (April 17, 2000). "Vijay Day". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Masters' course". Gainesville Sun. Augusta National Golf Club. April 2, 2000. p. 5C.
  5. 1 2 3 "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Historic leaderboards: 2000 Masters". Augusta.com. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
Preceded by
1999 PGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2000 U.S. Open

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020

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