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
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)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Augusta 

Location in Georgia

Course

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
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)
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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par[5]
1	Dennis Paulson	United States	68	−4
2	Tom Lehman	United States	69	−3
T3	Sergio García	Spain	70	−2
	Steve Stricker	United States
T5	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	71	−1
	Steve Jones	United States
	Bernhard Langer	Germany
	Rocco Mediate	United States
	Phil Mickelson	United States
T10	Tommy Aaron	United States	72	E
	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

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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
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	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3
Franco	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
Love	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−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:[6]

References

1. "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. "The Masters' course". Gainesville Sun. Augusta National Golf Club. April 2, 2000. p. 5C.
5. "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Retrieved January 7, 2013.
6. "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

Preceded by 1999 PGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2000 U.S. Open