2000 Open Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 20–23 July 2000 |
Location | St Andrews, Scotland |
Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews |
Tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72[1] |
Length | 7,115 yards (6,506 m)[1] |
Field | 156 players, 74 after cut[1] |
Cut | 144 (E)[1] |
Prize fund |
£2,800,000 €4,447,480 $4,175,325 |
Winner's share |
£500,000 €799,550 $759,150 |
Champion | |
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269 (−19) | |
«1999 2001» |


The 2000 Open Championship was the 129th Open Championship, held 20–23 July at the Old Course at St Andrews 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. With the victory, Woods became the youngest ever to win all four of golf's 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 of −19, which was a record for all major championships[2][3] until Jason Day broke it at the 2015 PGA Championship, finishing –20.
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
The Old Course at St Andrews[4]
Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Burn | 376 | 4 | 10 | Bobby Jones | 379 | 4 | |
2 | Dyke | 413 | 4 | 11 | High (In) | 174 | 3 | |
3 | Cartgate (Out) | 397 | 4 | 12 | Heathery (In) | 314 | 4 | |
4 | Ginger Beer | 464 | 4 | 13 | Hole O'Cross (In) | 430 | 4 | |
5 | Hole O'Cross (Out) | 568 | 5 | 14 | Long | 581 | 5 | |
6 | Heathery (Out) | 412 | 4 | 15 | Cartgate (In) | 456 | 4 | |
7 | High (Out) | 388 | 4 | 16 | Corner of the Dyke | 424 | 4 | |
8 | Short | 175 | 3 | 17 | Road | 455 | 4 | |
9 | End | 352 | 4 | 18 | Tom Morris | 357 | 4 | |
Out | 3,545 | 36 | In | 3,570 | 36 | |||
Total | 7,115 | 72 |
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Lehman | ![]() | 1996 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 278 | −10 | T4 |
Mark Calcavecchia | ![]() | 1989 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 283 | −5 | T26 |
Mark O'Meara | ![]() | 1998 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 283 | −5 | T26 |
Nick Faldo | ![]() | 1987, 1990, 1992 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 287 | −1 | T41 |
Justin Leonard | ![]() | 1997 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 287 | −1 | T41 |
Tom Watson | ![]() | 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 289 | +1 | T55 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Price | ![]() | 1994 | 76 | 70 | 146 | +2 |
Seve Ballesteros | ![]() | 1979, 1984, 1988 | 78 | 69 | 147 | +3 |
Bob Charles | ![]() | 1963 | 72 | 75 | 147 | +3 |
John Daly | ![]() | 1995 | 76 | 72 | 148 | +4 |
Sandy Lyle | ![]() | 1985 | 71 | 78 | 149 | +5 |
Jack Nicklaus | ![]() | 1966, 1970, 1978 | 77 | 73 | 150 | +6 |
Paul Lawrie | ![]() | 1999 | 78 | 75 | 153 | +9 |
Gary Player | ![]() | 1959, 1968, 1974 | 77 | 79 | 156 | +12 |
Lee Trevino | ![]() | 1971, 1972 | 80 | 77 | 157 | +13 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 20 July 2000
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ernie Els | ![]() | 66 | −6 |
T2 | Steve Flesch | ![]() | 67 | −5 |
Tiger Woods | ![]() | |||
T4 | Scott Dunlap | ![]() | 68 | −4 |
Ian Garbutt | ![]() | |||
Sergio García | ![]() | |||
Pádraig Harrington | ![]() | |||
Tom Lehman | ![]() | |||
Shigeki Maruyama | ![]() | |||
Dennis Paulson | ![]() |
Second round
Friday, 21 July 2000
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Woods | ![]() | 67-66=133 | −11 |
2 | David Toms | ![]() | 69-67=136 | −8 |
T3 | Steve Flesch | ![]() | 67-70=137 | −7 |
Sergio García | ![]() | 68-69=137 | ||
Loren Roberts | ![]() | 69-68=137 | ||
T6 | Thomas Bjørn | ![]() | 69-69=138 | −6 |
Fred Couples | ![]() | 70-68=138 | ||
Ernie Els | ![]() | 66-72=138 | ||
Tom Lehman | ![]() | 68-70=138 | ||
Phil Mickelson | ![]() | 72-66=138 |
Amateurs: Ilonen (+1), Donald (+4), Rowe (+4), Gossett (+5).
Third round
Saturday, 22 July 2000
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Woods | ![]() | 67-66-67=200 | −16 |
T2 | Thomas Bjørn | ![]() | 69-69-68=206 | −10 |
David Duval | ![]() | 70-70-66=206 | ||
T4 | Darren Clarke | ![]() | 70-69-68=207 | -9 |
Loren Roberts | ![]() | 69-68-70=207 | ||
David Toms | ![]() | 69-67-71=207 | ||
T7 | Ernie Els | ![]() | 66-72-70=208 | −8 |
Steve Flesch | ![]() | 67-70-71=208 | ||
Tom Lehman | ![]() | 68-70-70=208 | ||
Dennis Paulson | ![]() | 68-71-69=208 |
Final round
Sunday, 23 July 2000
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (£) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Woods | ![]() | 67-66-67-69=269 | −19 | 500,000 |
T2 | Thomas Bjørn | ![]() | 69-69-68-71=277 | −11 | 245,000 |
Ernie Els | ![]() | 66-72-70-69=277 | |||
T4 | Tom Lehman | ![]() | 68-70-70-70=278 | −10 | 130,000 |
David Toms | ![]() | 69-67-71-71=278 | |||
6 | Fred Couples | ![]() | 70-68-72-69=279 | −9 | 100,000 |
T7 | Paul Azinger | ![]() | 69-72-72-67=280 | −8 | 66,250 |
Darren Clarke | ![]() | 70-69-68-73=280 | |||
Pierre Fulke | ![]() | 69-72-70-69=280 | |||
Loren Roberts | ![]() | 69-68-70-73=280 |
Source:[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 30, 203. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ↑ Rushin, Steve (31 July 2000). "Grand stand". Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ "Grand Slam". Toledo Blade. (New Tork Times News Service). 24 July 2000. p. C1.
- ↑ "Hole-by-hole look at St. Andrews". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. 20 July 2000. p. 10C.
- ↑ "2000 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
External links
- 129th Open - St Andrews 2000 (Official site)
- 129th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour)
- 2000 Open Championship (about.sports)
Preceded by 2000 U.S. Open |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 2000 PGA Championship |
Coordinates: 56°20′36″N 2°48′10″W / 56.3433°N 2.8028°W