2000 British Open Golf Championship Results
The 2000 British Open was the 129th time the tournament was played. The year 2000 in golf belonged to Tiger Woods, and the 2000 British Open belonged to Tiger, too.
Winner: Tiger Woods, 269
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 20-23, 2000
Leader after first round: Ernie Els, 66
Leader after second round: Tiger Woods, 133
Leader after third round: Tiger Woods, 200
What Happened In the 2000 British Open
Tiger Woods was untouchable on The Old Course at St. Andrews, playing in such complete control that he did not hit into a single bunker throughout the tournament. He shot in the 60s all four rounds, winning by a final margin of eight strokes over runners-up Thomas Bjorn and Ernie Els.Woods opened with a 67, one off the lead established by Els. But a second-round 66 pushed Woods to the top of the leaderboard and a 3-shot midway lead. With a 67 in the third round, Woods extended his lead to six shots. Then Woods closed with a 69 to make the final 8-stroke margin of victory eight.
This tournament had all kinds of significance for Woods and for golf history:
- The 8-shot win tied the largest winning margin at any Open since 1900.
- Woods' 19-under final score set a tournament record for lowest score in relation to par and was, at the time, the most under-par final score ever at a major.
- It was Woods' first British Open win, which completed his career Grand Slam. Woods was just the fifth golfer to win all four professional majors in his career, joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus.
- And Woods surpassed Nicklaus as the youngest to complete the career Grand Slam, doing so at age 24.
It was also the second leg of the so-called "Tiger Slam." In 2000, Woods won the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship. He then won the 2001 Masters, at which point he held all four major championship trophies simultaneously. For Woods, this win was his fourth win in a major championship; and it was his 21st victory in a PGA Tour event.
This tournament marked the first major championship played by future Masters champion Adam Scott, who missed the cut. At the other end of his career, two-time Open champion Lee Trevino made his final appearance in this event, shooting 80-77 and missing the cut.
2000 British Open Final Scores
| Tiger Woods | 67-66-67-69—269 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 69-69-68-71—277 |
| Ernie Els | 66-72-70-69—277 |
| Tom Lehman | 68-70-70-70—278 |
| David Toms | 69-67-71-71—278 |
| Fred Couples | 70-68-72-69—279 |
| Paul Azinger | 69-72-72-67—280 |
| Pierre Fulke | 69-72-70-69—280 |
| Loren Roberts | 69-68-70-73—280 |
| Darren Clarke | 70-69-68-73—280 |
| David Duval | 70-70-66-75—281 |
| Mark McNulty | 69-72-70-70—281 |
| Davis Love III | 74-66-74-67—281 |
| Vijay Singh | 70-70-73-68—281 |
| Stuart Appleby | 73-70-68-70—281 |
| Bob May | 72-72-66-71—281 |
| Bernhard Langer | 74-70-66-71—281 |
| Phil Mickelson | 72-66-71-72—281 |
| Dennis Paulson | 68-71-69-73—281 |
| Steve Flesch | 67-70-71-74—282 |
| Notah Begay | 69-73-69-71—282 |
| Padraig Harrington | 68-72-70-72—282 |
| Steve Pate | 73-70-71-68—282 |
| Paul McGinley | 69-72-71-70—282 |
| Bob Estes | 72-69-70-71—282 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70-73-69-71—283 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 73-70-71-69—283 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 71-70-72-70—283 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 73-71-71-68—283 |
| Dean Robertson | 73-70-68-72—283 |
| Jarmo Sandelin | 70-70-75-69—284 |
| Steve Jones | 70-70-72-72—284 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 72-70-71-71—284 |
| Jean Van de Velde | 71-68-72-73—284 |
| Eduardo Romero | 71-68-72-74—285 |
| Jose Coceres | 74-66-69-77—286 |
| Sergio Garcia | 68-69-73-76—286 |
| Robert Allenby | 72-71-72-71—286 |
| Craig Parry | 72-72-71-71—286 |
| Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | 74-69-70-73—286 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 73-69-72-72—286 |
| Gary Orr | 72-71-72-72—287 |
| Retief Goosen | 72-72-71-72—287 |
| Jim Furyk | 69-71-75-72—287 |
| Lucas Parsons | 70-72-71-74—287 |
| Nick O'Hern | 69-74-70-74—287 |
| Jeff Maggert | 72-71-69-75—287 |
| Jarrod Moseley | 70-71-70-76—287 |
| Nick Faldo | 70-71-75-71—287 |
| Justin Leonard | 70-74-72-71—287 |
| Stewart Cink | 69-73-76-69—287 |
| Rocco Mediate | 74-69-76-69—288 |
| Ian Garbutt | 68-75-70-75—288 |
| Mike Weir | 75-68-70-75—288 |
| Greg Owen | 70-74-72-73—289 |
| Andrew Coltart | 70-72-73-74—289 |
| David Frost | 73-71-71-74—289 |
| Shigeki Maruyama | 68-76-69-76—289 |
| Tom Watson | 73-71-72-73—289 |
| Christy O'Connor Jr. | 69-75-72-74—290 |
| Jeff Sluman | 72-68-75-75—290 |
| Steve Elkington | 73-69-74-74—290 |
| Kirk Triplett | 73-71-74-72—290 |
| Desvonde Botes | 71-70-76-74—291 |
| Per-Ulrik Johansson | 72-69-76-74—291 |
| Lee Westwood | 70-70-76-75—291 |
| Ian Poulter | 74-69-73-75—291 |
| Ian Woosnam | 72-72-73-75—292 |
| Gordon Brand Jr. | 69-72-80-71—292 |
| Tom Kite | 72-72-76-74—294 |
| Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 75-69-77-73—294 |
| Lionel Alexandre | 75-68-76-76—295 |
| Peter Senior | 71-71-74-79—295 |
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