Golf tournament
2000 Open Championship 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 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 $ 4,175,325Winner's share £500,000 €799,550 $759,150 Tiger Woods 269 (−19)
Location in
Fife , Scotland
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
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
Second round
Friday, 21 July 2000
Amateurs: Ilonen (+1), Donald (+4), Rowe (+4), Gossett (+5).
Third round
Saturday, 22 July 2000
Final round
Sunday, 23 July 2000
Source: [ 2] [ 8]
Scorecard
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Par
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
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
External links
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