2000 Open Championship

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]

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 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.[3] 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[4][5] 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.[6]

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:[7]Total7,11572

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 20 July 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Ernie Els66−6
T2 Steve Flesch67−5
Tiger Woods
T4 Scott Dunlap68−4
Ian Garbutt
Sergio García
Pádraig Harrington
Tom Lehman
Shigeki Maruyama
Dennis Paulson

Second round

Friday, 21 July 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woods67-66=133−11
2 David Toms69-67=136−8
T3 Steve Flesch67-70=137−7
Sergio García68-69=137
Loren Roberts69-68=137
T6 Thomas Bjørn69-69=138−6
Fred Couples70-68=138
Ernie Els66-72=138
Tom Lehman68-70=138
Phil Mickelson72-66=138

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

Third round

Saturday, 22 July 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woods67-66-67=200−16
T2 Thomas Bjørn69-69-68=206−10
David Duval70-70-66=206
T4 Darren Clarke70-69-68=207-9
Loren Roberts69-68-70=207
David Toms69-67-71=207
T7 Ernie Els66-72-70=208−8
Steve Flesch67-70-71=208
Tom Lehman68-70-70=208
Dennis Paulson68-71-69=208

Final round

Sunday, 23 July 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Tiger Woods67-66-67-69=269−19500,000
T2 Thomas Bjørn69-69-68-71=277−11245,000
Ernie Els66-72-70-69=277
T4 Tom Lehman68-70-70-70=278−10130,000
David Toms69-67-71-71=278
6 Fred Couples70-68-72-69=279−9100,000
T7 Paul Azinger69-72-72-67=280−866,250
Darren Clarke70-69-68-73=280
Pierre Fulke69-72-70-69=280
Loren Roberts69-68-70-73=280

Source:[2][8]

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:[9]

References
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  2. Shapiro, Leonard (24 July 2000). "Tiger simply grand". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  3. "Superb Woods seals Major glory". BBC Sport. 23 July 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  4. Rushin, Steve (31 July 2000). "Grand stand". Sports Illustrated.
  5. "Grand Slam". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). (New Tork Times News Service). 24 July 2000. p. C1.
  6. The Open Official Film 2000 The Open on YouTube
  7. "Hole-by-hole look at St. Andrews". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. 20 July 2000. p. 10C.
  8. "2000 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  9. "Final-round scorecards". ESPN. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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