2000 Volvo PGA Championship

The 2000 Volvo PGA Championship was the 46th edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 26–29 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

2000 Volvo PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	26–29 May 2000
Location	Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course(s)	Wentworth Club West Course
Tour(s)	European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,047 yards (6,444 m)
Field	156 players, 81 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	€2,531,710
Winner's share	€415,130
Champion
Colin Montgomerie
271 (−17)

Wentworth Club

Location in England

Colin Montgomerie won by three strokes over Darren Clarke, Andrew Coltart and Lee Westwood to claim his third consecutive Volvo PGA Championship, a feat that had never been achieved before.[1][2]

Course layout

Wentworth Club, West Course[3]

Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yardage	n/a	474	153	447	496	191	354	396	400	452	3,363	184	404	509	442	179	481	383	571	531	3,684	7,047
Par		4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	35	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	37	72

Past champions in the field

Ten former champions entered the tournament.[4]

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	1998, 1999	67	65	70	69	271	−17	1
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1988, 1997	72	71	68	68	279	−9	T7
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1987, 1993, 1995	69	71	71	71	282	−6	T17
Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe	1992	72	73	74	69	288	E	T43
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994	71	75	70	74	290	+2	T56
Costantino Rocca	Italy	1996	69	77	73	72	291	+3	T62
Paul Way	England	1985	72	72	77	74	295	+7	76
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1983, 1991	70	74	79	80	303	+15	81

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Rodger Davis	Australia	1986	74	75	149	+5
Manuel Piñero	Spain	1977	74	80	154	+10

Nationalities in the field

North America (2)	South America (6)	Europe (123)	Oceania (17)	Asia (2)	Africa (7)
United States (2)	Argentina (6)	England (45)	Australia (14)	China (1)	South Africa (5)
		Northern Ireland (2)	New Zealand (3)	India (1)	Zimbabwe (2)
		Scotland (14)
		Wales (6)
		Ireland (5)
		Austria (1)
		Belgium (1)
		Denmark (5)
		France (7)
		Germany (4)
		Italy (3)
		Netherlands (2)
		Spain (13)
		Sweden (12)
		Switzerland (2)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 May 2000

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Nick O'Hern	Australia	65	−7
T2	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	67	−5
	Richard Green	Australia
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden
	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland
T6	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	68	−4
	Olivier Edmond	France
	Sergio García	Spain
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark
	Stuart Little	England
	Bob May	United States
	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia
	Peter O'Malley	Australia
	Gustavo Rojas	Argentina
	Jean van de Velde	France

Second round

Friday, 27 May 2000

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	67-65=132	−12
2	Richard Green	Australia	67-67=134	−10
T3	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	68-68=136	−8
	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	67-69=136
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	67-69=136
6	Gary Emerson	England	69-69=138	−6
T7	Sergio García	Spain	68-71=139	−5
	Nick O'Hern	Australia	65-74=139
	Phillip Price	Wales	72-67=139
T10	Maarten Lafeber	Netherlands	69-71=140	−4
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	69-71=140
	Paul McGinley	Ireland	70-70=140

Third round

Saturday, 28 May 2000

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	67-65-70=202	−14
2	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	67-69-69=205	−11
3	Lee Westwood	England	71-70-65=206	−10
T4	Sergio García	Spain	68-71-68=207	−9
	Richard Green	Australia	67-67-73=207
T6	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	68-68-72=208	−8
	Phillip Price	Wales	72-67-69=208
T8	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	67-69-74=210	−6
	Nick O'Hern	Australia	65-74-71=210
	Peter O'Malley	Australia	68-73-69=210

Final round

Sunday, 29 May 2000

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	67-65-70-69=271	−17	415,130
T2	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	68-68-72-66=274	−14	185,735
	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	67-69-69-69=274
	Lee Westwood	England	71-70-65-68=274
T5	Sergio García	Spain	68-71-68-70=277	−11	96,393
	Richard Green	Australia	67-67-73-70=277
T7	Olivier Edmond	France	68-74-69-68=279	−9	60,650
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	74-70-68-67=279
	Peter O'Malley	Australia	68-73-69-69=279
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	72-71-68-68=279

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	5
Montgomerie	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−16	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17
Clarke	−8	−8	−9	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14
Coltart	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14
Westwood	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14
García	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11
Green	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:[4]

References

1. "Montgomerie makes history at Wentworth". European Tour. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
2. "GOLF ROUNDUP; Montgomerie Wins 3rd Straight Volvo". New York Times. 30 May 2000. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
3. "Course card". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
4. "2000 Volvo PGA Championship leaderboard". PGA European Tour. 29 May 2000. Retrieved 13 May 2020.