2000 Masters Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 6–9, 2000 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,985 yards (6,387 m)[1] |
Field | 95 players, 57 after cut |
Cut | 148 (+4) |
Prize fund | $4,600,000 €4,823,313 |
Winner's share | $828,000 €864,844 |
Champion | |
Vijay Singh | |
278 (−10) | |
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.
Course
Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
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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][4] | Total | 6,985 | 72 |
Field
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
- George Archer, Jack Burke, Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, and Art Wall, Jr. did not play.
- 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Ernie Els (14,16,17), Lee Janzen (10,16,17), Steve Jones, Corey Pavin
- Payne Stewart, the 1999 U.S. Open champion, died in a plane crash in October 1999.
- 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.
Nationalities in the field
North America (61) | South America (2) | Europe (18) | Oceania (6) | Asia (4) | Africa (4) |
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Canada (1) | Argentina (1) | England (3) | Australia (5) | Japan (3) | South Africa (3) |
United States (60) | Paraguay (1) | Northern Ireland (1) | Fiji (1) | South Korea (1) | Zimbabwe (1) |
Scotland (3) | |||||
Wales (1) | |||||
Denmark (1) | |||||
Spain (4) | |||||
France (1) | |||||
Germany (1) | |||||
Sweden (2) | |||||
Ireland (1) |
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tiger Woods | United States | 1997 | 75 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 284 | −4 | 5 |
Fred Couples | United States | 1992 | 76 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 288 | E | T11 |
Larry Mize | United States | 1987 | 78 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 292 | +4 | T25 |
Nick Faldo | England | 1989, 1990, 1996 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 293 | +5 | T28 |
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 1985, 1993 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 293 | +5 | T28 |
Ian Woosnam | Wales | 1991 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 295 | +7 | T40 |
Jack Nicklaus | United States | 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 |
74 | 70 | 81 | 78 | 303 | +15 | T54 |
Tommy Aaron | United States | 1973 | 72 | 74 | 86 | 81 | 313 | +25 | 57 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
José María Olazábal | Spain | 1994, 1999 | 72 | 77 | 149 | +5 |
Mark O'Meara | United States | 1998 | 75 | 75 | 150 | +6 |
Gary Player | South Africa | 1961, 1974, 1978 | 76 | 74 | 150 | +6 |
Craig Stadler | United States | 1982 | 73 | 77 | 150 | +6 |
Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 1988 | 79 | 72 | 151 | +7 |
Tom Watson | United States | 1977, 1981 | 75 | 76 | 151 | +7 |
Charles Coody | United States | 1971 | 81 | 74 | 155 | +11 |
Ben Crenshaw | United States | 1984, 1995 | 79 | 76 | 155 | +11 |
Fuzzy Zoeller | United States | 1979 | 82 | 74 | 156 | +12 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | 1976 | 80 | 78 | 158 | +14 |
Arnold Palmer | United States | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 |
78 | 82 | 160 | +16 |
Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 1980, 1983 | 81 | 81 | 162 | +18 |
Gay Brewer | United States | 1967 | 84 | 78 | 162 | +18 |
Billy Casper | United States | 1970 | 84 | WD | ||
Doug Ford | United States | 1957 | 94 | WD |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 6, 2000
Second round
Friday, April 7, 2000
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Duval | United States | 73-65=138 | −6 |
T2 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 72-67=139 | −5 |
Phil Mickelson | United States | 71-68=139 | ||
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 72-67=139 | ||
T5 | Steve Jones | United States | 71-70=141 | −3 |
Tom Lehman | United States | 69-72=141 | ||
T7 | Sergio García | Spain | 70-72=142 | −2 |
Retief Goosen | South Africa | 73-69=142 | ||
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 71-71=142 | ||
Loren Roberts | United States | 73-69=142 | ||
Jeff Sluman | United States | 73-69=142 |
Amateurs: Gossett (+2), Baddeley (+5), Green (+5), Kim (+6), Haas (+9), Storm (+15).
Third round
Saturday, April 8, 2000 & Sunday, April 9, 2000
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 72-67-70=209 | −7 |
2 | David Duval | United States | 73-65-74=212 | −4 |
T3 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 72-67-74=213 | −3 |
Loren Roberts | United States | 73-69-71=213 | ||
T5 | Davis Love III | United States | 75-72-68=215 | −1 |
Phil Mickelson | United States | 71-68-76=215 | ||
Mike Weir | Canada | 75-70-70=215 | ||
Tiger Woods | United States | 75-72-68=215 | ||
T9 | Tom Lehman | United States | 69-72-75=216 | E |
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 74-69-73=216 |
Third round suspended by darkness due to two-hour rain delay and completed Sunday morning.
Final round
Sunday, April 9, 2000
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | 72-67-70-69=278 | −10 | 828,000 |
2 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 72-67-74-68=281 | −7 | 496,800 |
T3 | David Duval | United States | 73-65-74-70=282 | −6 | 266,800 |
Loren Roberts | United States | 73-69-71-69=282 | |||
5 | Tiger Woods | United States | 75-72-68-69=284 | −4 | 184,000 |
6 | Tom Lehman | United States | 69-72-75-69=285 | −3 | 165,600 |
T7 | Carlos Franco | Paraguay | 79-68-70-69=286 | −2 | 143,367 |
Davis Love III | United States | 75-72-68-71=286 | |||
Phil Mickelson | United States | 71-68-76-71=286 | |||
10 | Hal Sutton | United States | 72-75-71-69=287 | −1 | 124,200 |
Amateurs: Gossett (+15).
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie Bogey
Source:[6]
References
- ^ a b "Hole-by-hole". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 6, 2000. p. C7. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ Saylor, Jack (April 10, 2000). "Steady as he goes". Spokesman-Review. (Detroit Free Press). p. C1. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ Shipnuck, Alan (April 17, 2000). "Vijay Day". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ "The Masters' course". Gainesville Sun. Augusta National Golf Club. April 2, 2000. p. 5C.
- ^ a b c "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ^ "Historic leaderboards: 2000 Masters". Augusta.com. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
External links
- Masters.com – past winners
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site
- About.com – 2000 Masters
- Augusta.com – 2000 Masters leaderboard and scorecards