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.

2000 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 6–9, 2000
LocationAugusta, Georgia
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
Vijay Singh
278 (−10)
Location Map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Course
Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive410410Camellia4854
2Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood4554
3Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea4855
5Magnolia435414Chinese Fir4054
6Juniper180315Firethorn5005
7Pampas365416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine550517Nandina4254
9Carolina Cherry430418Holly4054
Out3,50036In3,48536
Source:[1][4]Total6,98572

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

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

First round

Thursday, April 6, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[5]
1Dennis Paulson United States68−4
2Tom Lehman United States69−3
T3Sergio García Spain70−2
Steve Stricker United States
T5Thomas Bjørn Denmark71−1
Steve Jones United States
Bernhard Langer Germany
Rocco Mediate United States
Phil Mickelson United States
T10Tommy Aaron United States72E
Paul Azinger United States
Mark Brooks United States
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland
Ernie Els South Africa
Bob Estes United States
Nick Faldo England
Justin Leonard United States
José María Olazábal Spain
Masashi Ozaki Japan
Vijay Singh Fiji
Hal Sutton United States

Second round

Friday, April 7, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[5]
1David Duval United States73-65=138−6
T2Ernie Els South Africa72-67=139−5
Phil Mickelson United States71-68=139
Vijay Singh Fiji72-67=139
T5Steve Jones United States71-70=141−3
Tom Lehman United States69-72=141
T7Sergio García Spain70-72=142−2
Retief Goosen South Africa73-69=142
Bernhard Langer Germany71-71=142
Loren Roberts United States73-69=142
Jeff Sluman United States73-69=142

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

Third round

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

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[5]
1Vijay Singh Fiji72-67-70=209−7
2David Duval United States73-65-74=212−4
T3Ernie Els South Africa72-67-74=213−3
Loren Roberts United States73-69-71=213
T5Davis Love III United States75-72-68=215−1
Phil Mickelson United States71-68-76=215
Mike Weir Canada75-70-70=215
Tiger Woods United States75-72-68=215
T9Tom Lehman United States69-72-75=216E
Nick Price Zimbabwe74-69-73=216

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 2000

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Vijay Singh72-67-70-69=278−10828,000
2 Ernie Els72-67-74-68=281−7496,800
T3 David Duval73-65-74-70=282−6266,800
Loren Roberts73-69-71-69=282
5 Tiger Woods (c)75-72-68-69=284−4184,000
6 Tom Lehman69-72-75-69=285−3165,600
T7 Carlos Franco79-68-70-69=286−2143,367
Davis Love III75-72-68-71=286
Phil Mickelson71-68-76-71=286
10 Hal Sutton72-75-71-69=287−1124,200

Sources:[6][7]

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
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+1EEE−1−1EEEEE−1−2−1−1−2−2−3
FrancoEEEEEEEE−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−2−2
LoveEEEEEEE−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:[8]

References
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  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. "The Masters' course". Gainesville Sun. Augusta National Golf Club. April 2, 2000. p. 5C.
  5. "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
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