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) | |
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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]
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
Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
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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 | |||
Source:[7] | Total | 7,115 | 72 |
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]
- 6,933 yards (6,340 m) - 1995, 1990, 1984, 1978
- 6,957 yards (6,361 m) - 1970
- 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964, 1960, 1955
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 20 July 2000
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() | 66 | −6 |
T2 | ![]() | 67 | −5 |
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T4 | ![]() | 68 | −4 |
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Second round
Friday, 21 July 2000
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() | 67-66=133 | −11 |
2 | ![]() | 69-67=136 | −8 |
T3 | ![]() | 67-70=137 | −7 |
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T6 | ![]() | 69-69=138 | −6 |
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Amateurs: Ilonen (+1), Donald (+4), Rowe (+4), Gossett (+5).
Third round
Saturday, 22 July 2000
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() | 67-66-67=200 | −16 |
T2 | ![]() | 69-69-68=206 | −10 |
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T4 | ![]() | 70-69-68=207 | -9 |
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T7 | ![]() | 66-72-70=208 | −8 |
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Final round
Sunday, 23 July 2000
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
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1 | ![]() | 67-66-67-69=269 | −19 | 500,000 |
T2 | ![]() | 69-69-68-71=277 | −11 | 245,000 |
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T4 | ![]() | 68-70-70-70=278 | −10 | 130,000 |
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6 | ![]() | 70-68-72-69=279 | −9 | 100,000 |
T7 | ![]() | 69-72-72-67=280 | −8 | 66,250 |
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Source:[2][8]
Scorecard
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
![]() | −16 | −16 | −16 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −18 | −18 | −19 | −19 | −20 | −20 | −20 | −19 | −19 |
![]() | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
![]() | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
![]() | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
![]() | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 |
![]() | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 |
![]() | −4 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
![]() | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 |
![]() | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 |
![]() | −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
- ^ a b c d e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 30, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ^ a b Shapiro, Leonard (24 July 2000). "Tiger simply grand". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
- ^ "Superb Woods seals Major glory". BBC Sport. 23 July 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ Rushin, Steve (31 July 2000). "Grand stand". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Grand Slam". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). (New Tork Times News Service). 24 July 2000. p. C1.
- ^ The Open Official Film 2000 The Open on YouTube
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Final-round scorecards". ESPN. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
External links
- St Andrews 2000 (Official site)
- 129th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour)
- Official Film on YouTube from the Open Championship (produced by Trans World Sport)
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