2000 PGA Championship

The 2000 PGA Championship was the 82nd PGA Championship, held August 17–20 at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the second time for the event at Valhalla, which hosted four years earlier in 1996. Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major in a three-hole playoff over Bob May.[2] Woods and May finished at 18 under par to set the PGA Championship record to par, later equaled by Woods in 2006. It was the first time since 1937 that a PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first as a stroke play event. Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher Thomas Bjørn.[3]

2000 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 17–20, 2000
LocationLouisville, Kentucky
Course(s)Valhalla Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,167 yards (6,554 m)
Field149 players, 80 after cut[1]
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$5,000,000
€5,548,408
Winner's share$900,000
€994,913
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
270 (−18), playoff
Louisville is located in the United States
Louisville
Louisville
Location in the United States
Louisville is located in Kentucky
Louisville
Louisville
Location in Kentucky

Woods' victory marked the first time since 1953 (Ben Hogan) that a player had won three major championships in the same calendar year; Woods won the U.S. Open and the British Open in the previous two months for three consecutive majors. He went on to win the Masters in April 2001 to complete the Tiger Slam of four consecutive majors.

May opened with an even-par 72 then shot 66 (−6) in each of the final three rounds; this was the only time he was in contention in a major championship. Designer of the course and five-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 60, made his final appearance at the PGA Championship. Playing with Woods, he needed an eagle on the 36th hole to make the cut; his pitch shot missed by inches and he settled for birdie.[4]

Valhalla later hosted the Ryder Cup in 2008, the first U.S. victory in nine years. The Senior PGA Championship was played at the course in 2004 and 2011 and the PGA Championship returned in 2014.

Course layout
Main article: Valhalla Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4465352083504654215971664183,6065511684673482174024444225423,5617,167
Par453444534365344344453672

Source:[5]

Length of the course for previous majors:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 17, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[6]
T1United States Scott Dunlap66−6
United States Tiger Woods
T3Northern Ireland Darren Clarke68−4
United States Davis Love III
T5Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames69−3
England Ed Fryatt
United States Fred Funk
United States J. P. Hayes
T9Australia Stuart Appleby70−2
United States Brian Henninger
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
United States Jonathan Kaye
United States Tom Kite
United States Phil Mickelson
France Jean van de Velde

Second round

Friday, August 18, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[7]
1United States Tiger Woods66-67=133−11
2United States Scott Dunlap66-68=134−10
T3United States Fred Funk69-68=137−7
United States J. P. Hayes69-68=137
United States Davis Love III68-69=137
T6United States Notah Begay III72-66=138−6
United States Bob May72-66=138
8Australia Stuart Appleby70-69=139-5
T9Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames69-71=140−4
Denmark Thomas Bjørn72-68=140
Australia Greg Chalmers71-69=140
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke68-72=140
United States Phil Mickelson70-70=140
United States David Toms72-68=140

Third round

Saturday, August 19, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[8]
1United States Tiger Woods66-67-70=203−13
T2United States Scott Dunlap66-68-70=204−12
United States Bob May72-66-66=204
4United States J. P. Hayes69-68-68=205−11
5Australia Greg Chalmers71-69-66=206−10
T6Australia Stuart Appleby70-69-68=207−9
Denmark Thomas Bjørn72-68-67=207
Spain José María Olazábal76-68-63=207
T9United States Notah Begay III72-66-70=208−8
United States Franklin Langham72-71-65=208

Final round

Sunday, August 20, 2000

In the final pairing and well ahead of the field at the turn, May and Woods both shot 31 (−5) on the back nine. A key hole was the par four 15th. Holding a one-shot lead, May hit his approach shot to within four feet (1.2 m) while Woods missed the green. Woods hit an indifferent chip to around ten feet (3 m) and then made the par putt. When May missed the short birdie putt, his lead remained a single stroke. After Woods' birdie on 17, they were tied going to the final hole, a par five. On the green, May curled in a double-breaking 15-footer (4.5 m) for birdie; Woods then sank a pressure-packed five-footer (1.5 m) for his own birdie to tie and force a three-hole playoff.[2][3] In the penultimate pairing, Scott Dunlap bogeyed the first two holes and carded a 75 for 279; J.P Hayes had 76 for 281 and tied for nineteenth.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1United States Tiger Woods66-67-70-67=270−18Playoff
United States Bob May72-66-66-66=270
3Denmark Thomas Bjørn72-68-67-68=275−13340,000
T4Australia Stuart Appleby70-69-68-69=276−12198,667
Australia Greg Chalmers71-69-66-70=276
Spain José María Olazábal76-68-63-69=276
7United States Franklin Langham72-71-65-69=277−11157,000
8United States Notah Begay III72-66-70-70=278−10145,000
T9Northern Ireland Darren Clarke68-72-72-67=279−9112,500
United States Scott Dunlap66-68-70-75=279
United States Fred Funk69-68-74-68=279
United States Davis Love III68-69-72-70=279
United States Phil Mickelson70-70-69-70=279
United States Tom Watson76-70-65-68=279

Source:[9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444534534434445
United States Woods−13−12−12−12−12−11−12−13−13−14−14−15−15−16−16−16−17−18
United States May−12−13−13−14−14−13−13−13−13−14−15−16−16−17−17−17−17−18
Denmark Bjørn−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−13
Australia Appleby−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−11−11−12−12
Australia Chalmers−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12
Spain Olazábal−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−12
United States Langham−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−11−12−12−12−11−12−11−12−11
United States Begay−9−9−9−9−9−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−9−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[10]

Playoff

Woods birdied the first playoff hole and parred the next two to win the three-hole playoff by one stroke.[2][3]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 United States Tiger Woods3-4-5=12−1900,000
2 United States Bob May4-4-5=13E540,000

Scorecard

Playoff

Hole 16  17  18 
Par445
United States Woods−1−1−1
United States MayEEE

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:[2][11]

References
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  2. Dulac, Gerry (August 21, 2000). "Triple crown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1.
  3. Shipnuck, Alan (August 28, 2000). "Hat trick". Sports Illustrated. p. 70.
  4. Dahlberg, Tim (August 19, 2000). "Nicklaus steals day from leader". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1D.
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