2000 Open Championship

The 2000 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 129th Open Championship, held from 20–23 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]

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
Tiger Woods
269 (−19)
St Andrews
Location in Scotland
St Andrews 
Location in Fife, Scotland

With the victory, Woods became the youngest ever to win all four major championships, passing Jack Nicklaus by two years. Woods became the fifth player to complete the feat, known as the "career grand slam." In doing so, he 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).

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
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn376410Bobby Jones3794
2Dyke413411High (In)1743
3Cartgate (Out)397412Heathery (In)3144
4Ginger Beer464413Hole O'Cross (In)4304
5Hole O'Cross (Out)568514Long5815
6Heathery (Out)412415Cartgate (In)4564
7High (Out)388416Corner of the Dyke4244
8Short175317Road4554
9End352418Tom Morris3574
Out3,54536In3,57036
Source:[5]Total7,11572

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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Tom Lehman United States199668707070278−10T4
Mark Calcavecchia United States198973707169283−5T26
Mark O'Meara United States199870736971283−5T26
Nick Faldo England1987, 1990, 199270717571287−1T41
Justin Leonard United States199770747271287−1T41
Tom Watson United States1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983		73717273289+1T55

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Nick Price Zimbabwe19947670146+2
Seve Ballesteros Spain1979, 1984, 19887869147+3
Bob Charles New Zealand19637275147+3
John Daly United States19957672148+4
Sandy Lyle Scotland19857178149+5
Jack Nicklaus United States1966, 1970, 19787773150+6
Paul Lawrie Scotland19997875153+9
Gary Player South Africa1959, 1968, 19747779156+12
Lee Trevino United States1971, 19728077157+13

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 20 July 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ernie Els South Africa66−6
T2Steve Flesch United States67−5
Tiger Woods United States
T4Scott Dunlap United States68−4
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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States67-66=133−11
2David Toms United States69-67=136−8
T3Steve Flesch United States67-70=137−7
Sergio García Spain68-69=137
Loren Roberts United States69-68=137
T6Thomas Bjørn Denmark69-69=138−6
Fred Couples United States70-68=138
Ernie Els South Africa66-72=138
Tom Lehman United States68-70=138
Phil Mickelson United States72-66=138

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

Third round

Saturday, 22 July 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States67-66-67=200−16
T2Thomas Bjørn Denmark69-69-68=206−10
David Duval United States70-70-66=206
T4Darren Clarke Northern Ireland70-69-68=207-9
Loren Roberts United States69-68-70=207
David Toms United States69-67-71=207
T7Ernie Els South Africa66-72-70=208−8
Steve Flesch United States67-70-71=208
Tom Lehman United States68-70-70=208
Dennis Paulson United States68-71-69=208

Final round

Sunday, 23 July 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Tiger Woods United States67-66-67-69=269−19500,000
T2Thomas Bjørn Denmark69-69-68-71=277−11245,000
Ernie Els South Africa66-72-70-69=277
T4Tom Lehman United States68-70-70-70=278−10130,000
David Toms United States69-67-71-71=278
6Fred Couples United States70-68-72-69=279−9100,000
T7Paul Azinger United States69-72-72-67=280−866,250
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland70-69-68-73=280
Pierre Fulke Sweden69-72-70-69=280
Loren Roberts United States69-68-70-73=280

Source:[2][6]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444454434434454444
Woods−16−16−16−17−17−17−17−17−17−18−18−19−19−20−20−20−19−19
Bjørn−11−11−11−10−9−10−10−11−12−12−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11
Els−9−9−10−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
Lehman−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10
Toms−9−9−9−10−9−10−11−12−13−13−12−12−11−11−9−10−9−10
Couples−7−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−7−7−8−10−10−10−9−9
Azinger−4−4−5−6−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−8−9−8−8−8−8−8
Clarke−10−10−11−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−10−10−9−9−9−8−8
Fulke−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−7−8
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:[7]

References
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Preceded by
2000 U.S. Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2000 PGA Championship

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