2000 WGC-American Express Championship

The 2000 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 9–12 November 2000 at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain. It was the second WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events that year.

2000 WGC-American Express Championship
Tournament information
Dates9–12 November 2000
LocationSotogrande, San Roque, Spain
Course(s)Valderrama Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,974
Field55 players
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000,000
Winner's share$1,000,000
Champion
Canada Mike Weir
277 (−11)
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Mike Weir won the tournament after he birdied five of his first 11 holes on Sunday.

Field

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1. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 30 October

Robert Allenby (2), Stuart Appleby (2), Thomas Bjørn (3), Michael Campbell (3,4), Darren Clarke (3), José Cóceres (3), Ernie Els (2,3), Steve Flesch (2), Carlos Franco (2), Sergio García, Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Scott Hoch, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3), Bernhard Langer (3), Justin Leonard (2), Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Bob May (2), Rocco Mediate, Colin Montgomerie (3), José María Olazábal (3), Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik (2), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Eduardo Romero (3), Vijay Singh (2), David Toms (2), Kirk Triplett (2), Scott Verplank (2), Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (2), Lee Westwood (3), Tiger Woods (2)

2. Top 30 on the 2000 PGA Tour money list through the National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney

Mark Calcavecchia, Chris DiMarco, Franklin Langham

3. Top 20 on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit through the Volvo Masters

Ángel Cabrera, Andrew Coltart, Pierre Fulke, Mathias Grönberg, Paul McGinley, Gary Orr, Phillip Price

4. Top 3 on the 1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Lucas Parsons, Peter Senior

5. Top 3 on the 1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit

Darren Fichardt, Nic Henning, Tjaart van der Walt

6. Top 3 on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Philip Morris Championship

Nobuhito Sato, Hidemichi Tanaka

5. Winner of the 1999 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit

Kyi Hla Han

Round summaries

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First round

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Place Player Score To par
1   Nick Price 63 −9
2   Pádraig Harrington 66 −6
T3   Andrew Coltart 67 −5
  Scott Hoch
T5   Franklin Langham 68 −4
  Chris Perry
  Mike Weir
T8   Robert Allenby 69 −3
  Carlos Franco
  Sergio García
  Retief Goosen
  Nic Henning

Second round

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Place Player Score To par
1   Nick Price 63-72=135 −9
2   Hidemichi Tanaka 71-66=137 −7
3   Pádraig Harrington 66-72=138 −6
T4   Mark Calcavecchia 72-67=139 −5
  Duffy Waldorf 70-69=139
T6   Bob May 71-69=140 −4
  Chris Perry 68-72=140
  Tiger Woods 71-69=140
T9   José Cóceres 70-71=141 −3
  Vijay Singh 71-70=141

Third round

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Place Player Score To par
1   Hidemichi Tanaka 71-66-70=207 −9
T2   Mark Calcavecchia 72-67-69=208 −8
  Mike Weir 68-75-65=208
T4   Nick Price 63-72-74=209 −7
  Tiger Woods 71-69-69=209
T6   Pádraig Harrington 66-72-73=211 −5
  Duffy Waldorf 70-69-72=211
T8   Michael Campbell 72-71-69=212 −4
  Bob May 71-69-72=212
  Vijay Singh 71-70-71=212
  Lee Westwood 72-72-68=212

Final round

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Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Mike Weir 68-75-65-69=277 −11 1,000,000
2   Lee Westwood 72-72-68-67=279 −9 500,000
T3   Vijay Singh 71-70-71-68=280 −8 287,000
  Duffy Waldorf 70-69-72-69=280
T5   Sergio García 69-74-74-64=281 −7 157,500
  Pádraig Harrington 66-72-73-70=281
  Nick Price 63-72-74-72=281
  Tiger Woods 71-69-69-72=281
9   Michael Campbell 72-71-69-70=282 −6 115,000
10   Mark Calcavecchia 72-67-69-75=283 −5 105,000
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