2000 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 6–9, 2000
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 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
Fiji Vijay Singh
278 (−10)
Location Map
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

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.[4]

Course

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][5]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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[6]
1United States Dennis Paulson68−4
2United States Tom Lehman69−3
T3Spain Sergio García70−2
United States Steve Stricker
T5Denmark Thomas Bjørn71−1
United States Steve Jones
Germany Bernhard Langer
United States Rocco Mediate
United States Phil Mickelson
T10United States Tommy Aaron72E
United States Paul Azinger
United States Mark Brooks
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
South Africa Ernie Els
United States Bob Estes
England Nick Faldo
United States Justin Leonard
Spain José María Olazábal
Japan Masashi Ozaki
Fiji Vijay Singh
United States Hal Sutton

Second round

Friday, April 7, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[6]
1United States David Duval73-65=138−6
T2South Africa Ernie Els72-67=139−5
United States Phil Mickelson71-68=139
Fiji Vijay Singh72-67=139
T5United States Steve Jones71-70=141−3
United States Tom Lehman69-72=141
T7Spain Sergio García70-72=142−2
South Africa Retief Goosen73-69=142
Germany Bernhard Langer71-71=142
United States Loren Roberts73-69=142
United States Jeff Sluman73-69=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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[6]
1Fiji Vijay Singh72-67-70=209−7
2United States David Duval73-65-74=212−4
T3South Africa Ernie Els72-67-74=213−3
United States Loren Roberts73-69-71=213
T5United States Davis Love III75-72-68=215−1
United States Phil Mickelson71-68-76=215
Canada Mike Weir75-70-70=215
United States Tiger Woods75-72-68=215
T9United States Tom Lehman69-72-75=216E
Zimbabwe Nick Price74-69-73=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$)
1Fiji Vijay Singh72-67-70-69=278−10828,000
2South Africa Ernie Els72-67-74-68=281−7496,800
T3United States David Duval73-65-74-70=282−6266,800
United States Loren Roberts73-69-71-69=282
5United States Tiger Woods (c)75-72-68-69=284−4184,000
6United States Tom Lehman69-72-75-69=285−3165,600
T7Paraguay Carlos Franco79-68-70-69=286−2143,367
United States Davis Love III75-72-68-71=286
United States Phil Mickelson71-68-76-71=286
10United States Hal Sutton72-75-71-69=287−1124,200

Sources:[7][8]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Fiji Singh−7−7−6−6−6−7−7−8−9−9−8−8−9−9−10−9−9−10
South Africa Els−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−7
United States Duval−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−8−7−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−6
United States Roberts−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−5−4−4−5−6−6−6−6−6
United States Woods−1−2−2−3−3−2−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−4−4−4
United States Lehman+1EEE−1−1EEEEE−1−2−1−1−2−2−3
Paraguay FrancoEEEEEEEE−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−2−2
United States LoveEEEEEEE−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2
United States 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:[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hole-by-hole". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 6, 2000. p. C7. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  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. ↑ "Singh claims US Masters". BBC Sport. 10 April 2000. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Masters' course". Gainesville Sun. Augusta National Golf Club. April 2, 2000. p. 5C.
  6. 1 2 3 "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Historic leaderboards: 2000 Masters". Augusta.com. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
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