2000 Open Championship

December 2020 August 2013 2000 Open Championship 20–23 July 2000 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews European TourPGA TourJapan Golf Tour 72 7115 yd 156 players, 74 after cut 144 (E) £2,800,000 €4,447,480 $4,175,325 £500,000 €799,550 $759,150 USA Tiger Woods 269 (−19) 1999 2001 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews 56.343 -2.803 5 Location in Scotland 230 Scotland Fife St Andrews  bottom 56.343 -2.803 Location in Fife, Scotland 5 230 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O1dWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6133%2C6759903 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Shapiro Leonard (Washington Post) Tiger simply grand 24 July 2000 1B 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. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/the_open/847253.stm Superb Woods seals Major glory 23 July 2000 BBC Sport 6 July 2022 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 championshipshttps://www.si.com/vault/2000/07/31/285745/grand-stand-leaving-his-mark-on-the-birthplace-of-golf-tiger-woods-completed-a-career-grand-slam-by-strolling-to-victory-in-the-british-open Sports Illustrated Rushin Steve Grand stand 31 July 2000https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6A0wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=twMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3559%2C3310932 Toledo Blade Ohio (New Tork Times News Service) 24 July 2000 Grand Slam C1 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.The Open Official Film 2000 The Open on YouTube Defending champion Paul Lawrie shot 78-75 to miss the 36-hole cut by nine strokes.Defending Champs Who Missed the Cut in British Open https://www.golfcompendium.com/2026/07/defending-champ-missed-cut-british-open.html www.golfcompendium.com 22 August 2026 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 Old Course at St Andrews HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3764 10Bobby Jones37942Dyke413411High (In)17433Cartgate (Out)397412Heathery (In)31444Ginger Beer464413Hole O'Cross (In)43045Hole O'Cross (Out)568514Long58156Heathery (Out)412415Cartgate (In)45647High (Out)388416Corner of the Dyke42448Short175317Road45549End352418Tom Morris3574Out3,54536In3,57036Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tSojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ry8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6446%2C8780778 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Associated Press Hole-by-hole look at St. Andrews 20 July 2000 10CTotal7,11572 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 30, 203 2 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 6933 yd - 1995, 1990, 1984, 1978 6957 yd - 1970 6926 yd - 1964, 1960, 1955 Round summaries First round Thursday, 20 July 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 RSA Ernie Els66−6T2 USA Steve Flesch67−5 USA Tiger WoodsT4 USA Scott Dunlap68−4 ENG Ian Garbutt ESP Sergio García IRL Pádraig Harrington USA Tom Lehman JPN Shigeki Maruyama USA Dennis Paulson Second round Friday, 21 July 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods67-66=133−112 USA David Toms69-67=136−8T3 USA Steve Flesch67-70=137−7 ESP Sergio García68-69=137 USA Loren Roberts69-68=137T6 DEN Thomas Bjørn69-69=138−6 USA Fred Couples70-68=138 RSA Ernie Els66-72=138 USA Tom Lehman68-70=138 USA Phil Mickelson72-66=138 Amateurs: Ilonen (+1), Donald (+4), Rowe (+4), Gossett (+5). Third round Saturday, 22 July 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods67-66-67=200−16T2 DEN Thomas Bjørn69-69-68=206−10 USA David Duval70-70-66=206T4 NIR Darren Clarke70-69-68=207-9 USA Loren Roberts69-68-70=207 USA David Toms69-67-71=207T7 RSA Ernie Els66-72-70=208−8 USA Steve Flesch67-70-71=208 USA Tom Lehman68-70-70=208 USA Dennis Paulson68-71-69=208 Final round Sunday, 23 July 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Tiger Woods 67-66-67-69=269 −19 500,000T2 DEN Thomas Bjørn 69-69-68-71=277 −11 245,000 RSA Ernie Els 66-72-70-69=277 T4 USA Tom Lehman 68-70-70-70=278 −10 130,000 USA David Toms 69-67-71-71=278 6 USA Fred Couples 70-68-72-69=279 −9 100,000T7 USA Paul Azinger 69-72-72-67=280 −8 66,250 NIR Darren Clarke 70-69-68-73=280 SWE Pierre Fulke 69-72-70-69=280 USA Loren Roberts 69-68-70-73=280 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2000&tid=8 databasegolf.com 2000 Open Championship results 2 July 2012 Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444454434 434454444 USA Woods −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −19 −19 DEN Bjørn −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 RSA Els −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 USA Lehman −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 USA Toms −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −11 −11 −9 −10 −9 −10 USA Couples −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 USA Azinger −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 NIR Clarke −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 SWE Fulke −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 USA 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 Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ --> Source:https://www.espn.com/golfonline/britishopen00/scorecard/sunday.html ESPN Final-round scorecards 2 August 2018 References External links St Andrews 2000 (Official site) 129th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour) lcZ_OZvXaRg Official Film from the Open Championship (produced by Trans World Sport) 2000 56.343 -2.803 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:21st century in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Category:Sport in Fife Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship