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2000 Masters Tournament

The 2000 Masters Tournament was the 64th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Vijay Singh won his only Masters, three strokes ahead of runner-up Ernie Els.[2][3] It was the second of Singh's three major titles.[4]

2000 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 6–9, 2000
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,985 yards (6,387 m)[1]
Field95 players, 57 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fundUS$4,600,000
Winner's share$828,000
Champion
Fiji Vijay Singh
278 (−10)
Location map
Augusta National is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Course edit

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Tea Olive 410 4 10 Camellia 485 4
2 Pink Dogwood 575 5 11 White Dogwood 455 4
3 Flowering Peach 350 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Flowering Crab Apple 205 3 13 Azalea 485 5
5 Magnolia 435 4 14 Chinese Fir 405 4
6 Juniper 180 3 15 Firethorn 500 5
7 Pampas 365 4 16 Redbud 170 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 550 5 17 Nandina 425 4
9 Carolina Cherry 430 4 18 Holly 405 4
Out 3,500 36 In 3,485 36
Source:[1][5] Total 6,985 72

Field edit

Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (10), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (16,17), Mark O'Meara (3,16,17), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (4,11,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam (10), Fuzzy Zoeller

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Ernie Els (14,16,17), Lee Janzen (10,16,17), Steve Jones, Corey Pavin

3. The Open champions (last five years)

John Daly, Paul Lawrie (16,17), Tom Lehman (14,16,17), Justin Leonard (5,13,14,16,17)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (10,14,16,17), Davis Love III (10,14,16,17), Vijay Singh (11,14,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)

David Duval (10,11,14,16,17), Hal Sutton (11,14,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

David Gossett (a), Kim Sung-yoon (a)

7. The Amateur champion

Graeme Storm (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Hunter Haas (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Danny Green (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1999 Masters

Bob Estes (14,16,17), Carlos Franco (14,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), Brandt Jobe, Phil Mickelson (11,14,16,17), Colin Montgomerie (16,17), Greg Norman (16), Steve Pate (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Lee Westwood (16,17)

11. Top eight players and ties from the 1999 U.S. Open

Tim Herron (14,16,17), Jeff Maggert (14,16,17), Steve Stricker (16,17)

12. Top four players and ties from 1999 PGA Championship

Stewart Cink (14,16,17), Sergio García (16,17), Jay Haas

13. Top four players and ties from the 1999 Open Championship

Ángel Cabrera, Craig Parry (14,16,17), Jean van de Velde

14. Top 40 players from the 1999 PGA Tour money list

Stuart Appleby (16,17), Notah Begay III, Glen Day (16,17), Fred Funk (16), Brent Geiberger (16,17), Scott Gump, Dudley Hart (16,17), Gabriel Hjertstedt, Scott Hoch (16,17), John Huston (16,17), Skip Kendall, Rocco Mediate, Jesper Parnevik (15,16,17), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (16,17), Loren Roberts (16), Jeff Sluman (16,17), David Toms (16,17), Ted Tryba, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (17)

  • Since Payne Stewart finished in the top 40 of the money list, an invitation was given to Hjertstedt, the 41st-place finisher.
15. Top 3 players from the 2000 PGA Tour money list on March 5

Kirk Triplett (17)

16. Top 50 players from the final 1999 world ranking

Thomas Bjørn (17), Darren Clarke (17), Retief Goosen (17), Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17), Masashi Ozaki (17), Naomichi Ozaki (17), Bob Tway (17), Brian Watts (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 5

Paul Azinger, Shigeki Maruyama

18. Special foreign invitation

Aaron Baddeley (a)

All the amateurs except Danny Green were playing in their first Masters, as were Notah Begay III, Ángel Cabrera, Brent Geiberger, Pádraig Harrington, Skip Kendall, Paul Lawrie, Dennis Paulson, Jean van de Velde, and Mike Weir. Sergio García made his first appearance as a professional.

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, April 6, 2000

Place Player Score To par[6]
1   Dennis Paulson 68 −4
2   Tom Lehman 69 −3
T3   Sergio García 70 −2
  Steve Stricker
T5   Thomas Bjørn 71 −1
  Steve Jones
  Bernhard Langer
  Rocco Mediate
  Phil Mickelson
T10   Tommy Aaron 72 E
  Paul Azinger
  Mark Brooks
  Darren Clarke
  Ernie Els
  Bob Estes
  Nick Faldo
  Justin Leonard
  José María Olazábal
  Masashi Ozaki
  Vijay Singh
  Hal Sutton

Second round edit

Friday, April 7, 2000

Place Player Score To par[6]
1   David Duval 73-65=138 −6
T2   Ernie Els 72-67=139 −5
  Phil Mickelson 71-68=139
  Vijay Singh 72-67=139
T5   Steve Jones 71-70=141 −3
  Tom Lehman 69-72=141
T7   Sergio García 70-72=142 −2
  Retief Goosen 73-69=142
  Bernhard Langer 71-71=142
  Loren Roberts 73-69=142
  Jeff Sluman 73-69=142

Amateurs: Gossett (+2), Baddeley (+5), Green (+5), Kim (+6), Haas (+9), Storm (+15).

Third round edit

Saturday, April 8, 2000 & Sunday, April 9, 2000

The third round was suspended by darkness due to two-hour rain delay and completed on Sunday morning.

Place Player Score To par[6]
1   Vijay Singh 72-67-70=209 −7
2   David Duval 73-65-74=212 −4
T3   Ernie Els 72-67-74=213 −3
  Loren Roberts 73-69-71=213
T5   Davis Love III 75-72-68=215 −1
  Phil Mickelson 71-68-76=215
  Mike Weir 75-70-70=215
  Tiger Woods 75-72-68=215
T9   Tom Lehman 69-72-75=216 E
  Nick Price 74-69-73=216

Final round edit

External videos
  Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

Sunday, April 9, 2000

Final leaderboard edit

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Vijay Singh 72-67-70-69=278 −10 828,000
2   Ernie Els 72-67-74-68=281 −7 496,800
T3   David Duval 73-65-74-70=282 −6 266,800
  Loren Roberts 73-69-71-69=282
5   Tiger Woods (c) 75-72-68-69=284 −4 184,000
6   Tom Lehman 69-72-75-69=285 −3 165,600
T7   Carlos Franco 79-68-70-69=286 −2 143,367
  Davis Love III 75-72-68-71=286
  Phil Mickelson 71-68-76-71=286
10   Hal Sutton 72-75-71-69=287 −1 124,200

Sources:[7][8]

Scorecard edit

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
  Singh −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −10
  Els −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7
  Duval −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6
  Roberts −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −5 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
  Woods −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4
  Lehman +1 E E E −1 −1 E E E E E −1 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3
  Franco E E E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2
  Love E E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2
  Mickelson −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −3 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Hole-by-hole". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 6, 2000. p. C7. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  2. ^ Saylor, Jack (April 10, 2000). "Steady as he goes". Spokesman-Review. (Detroit Free Press). p. C1. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Shipnuck, Alan (April 17, 2000). "Vijay Day". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Singh claims US Masters". BBC Sport. 10 April 2000. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  5. ^ "The Masters' course". Gainesville Sun. Augusta National Golf Club. April 2, 2000. p. 5C.
  6. ^ a b c "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  7. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Historic leaderboards: 2000 Masters". Augusta.com. Retrieved August 13, 2013.

External links edit

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