2000 Players Championship

2000 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 23–27, 2000
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,093 yards (6,486 m)[1][2]
Field 144 players, 80 after cut
Cut 150 (+6)
Prize fund $6.0 million
Winner's share $1.08 million
Champion
United States Hal Sutton
278 (−10)
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 2000 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 27th Players Championship.

Hal Sutton, the champion seventeen years earlier in 1983, led by a stroke after each round and won his second Players, a stroke ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods.[3] Both carded scores of 71 (−1) in the final round, and Sutton hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation. Because of thunderstorms and heavy rain, the final round was completed on Monday, March 27. In the last pairing, Sutton and Woods were on the twelfth hole when play was suspended on Sunday night.[1][4]

Late in the third round on Saturday, Sutton had gone 25 holes without making a bogey. At the par-3 17th hole, he hit his tee shot in the water and took a triple-bogey six, which trimmed his lead over Woods to just one stroke.[5]

Traditionally the richest event in golf, this was the first Players with a seven-figure winner's share, at $1.08 million. Sutton's win in 1983 was the first Players with a six-figure first prize. Woods won the event the following year.

Defending champion David Duval finished nine strokes back, in a tie for thirteenth place.

Venue

This was the 19th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).[1]

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Hal Sutton United States198369696971278−101
Nick Price Zimbabwe199373717367284−4T3
Lee Janzen United States199570737073286−2T9
David Duval United States199975737069287−1T13
Justin Leonard United States199871766974290+2T22
Fred Couples United States1984, 199677737369292+4T33
Davis Love III United States199273757275295+7T48
Greg Norman Australia199475717377296+8T53
Tom Kite United States198975727775299+11T66

Source:[1]

  • All the former champions in the field made the 36-hole cut.[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 23, 2000
Friday, March 24, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton United States69−3
T2Robert Allenby Australia70−2
Brad Fabel United States
Lee Janzen United States
Bernhard Langer Germany
Billy Mayfair United States
Len Mattiace United States
Joe Ozaki Japan
Kenny Perry United States
T10Craig Barlow United States71−1
Greg Chalmers Australia
Tom Lehman United States
Justin Leonard United States
Omar Uresti United States
Tiger Woods United States

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, March 24, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton United States69-69=138−6
T2Tom Lehman United States71-68=139−5
Omar Uresti United States71-68=139
4Fulton Allem United States75-65=140−4
T5Ernie Els South Africa73-69=142−2
Len Mattiace United States70-72=142
Tiger Woods United States71-71=142
T8Scott Dunlap United States73-70=143−1
Lee Janzen United States70-73=143
T10Robert Allenby Australia70-74=144E
Stephen Ames Trinidad and Tobago72-72=144
Paul Azinger United States75-69=144
Jim Carter United States73-71=144
Brad Fabel United States70-74=144
Jim Furyk United States72-72=144
Billy Mayfair United States70-74=144
Colin Montgomerie Scotland75-69=144
Nick Price Zimbabwe73-71=144

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, March 25, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton United States69-69-69=207−9
2Tiger Woods United States71-71-66=208−8
3Tom Lehman United States71-68-72=211−5
4Jeff Sluman United States75-71-66=212−4
T5Lee Janzen United States70-73-70=213−3
Craig Parry Australia70-74-69=213
T7Paul Azinger United States75-69-70=214−2
Robert Damron United States78-70-66=214
Scott Dunlap United States73-70-71=214
Ernie Els South Africa73-69-72=214
Colin Montgomerie Scotland75-69-70=214

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, March 26, 2000
Monday, March 27, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Hal Sutton United States69-69-69-71=278−101,080,000
2Tiger Woods United States71-71-66-71=279−9648,000
T3Robert Damron United States78-70-66-70=284−4270,600
Scott Dunlap United States73-70-71-70=284
Jeff Maggert United States77-68-71-68=284
Colin Montgomerie Scotland75-69-70-70=284
Nick Price Zimbabwe73-71-73-67=284
8Tom Lehman United States71-68-72-74=285−3186,000
T9Greg Chalmers Australia71-75-69-71=286−2156,000
Lee Janzen United States70-73-70-73=286
Len Mattiace United States70-72-73-71=286
Mark O'Meara United States75-74-70-67=286

Source:[1]

Video

  • You Tube – Sutton on 72nd hole at 2000 Players

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sutton holds off Woods, wins TPC". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 2000. p. C2.
  2. ↑ "The Players Championship breakdown". ESPN. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Shipnuck, Alan (April 3, 2000). "Punched out". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Storm stops Sutton, Woods". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 2000. p. 1B.
  5. ↑ "Feared 17th sinks Sutton". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 26, 2000. p. 4C.
  6. 1 2 "Golf: Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 25, 2000. p. C4.
  7. ↑ "Golf: Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. March 24, 2000. p. C61.
  8. ↑ "Golf: Players Championship". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. March 26, 2000. p. 2C.

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