Length 7,115 yards (6,506 m) Dates 20 Jul 2000 – 23 Jul 2000 Par 72 | Cut 144 (E) Course Old Course at St Andrews | |
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Field 156 players, 74 after cut Prize fund £2,800,000
€4,447,480
$4,175,325 Winner's share £500,000
€799,550
$759,150 Location Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom Tours PGA European Tour, PGA TOUR, Japan Golf Tour Similar 2001 Open Championship (British O, 1999 Open Championship (British O, 2005 Open Championship (British O, 2000 US Open, 2004 Open Championship (British O | ||
The 2000 Open Championship was the 129th Open Championship, held 20–23 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. Tiger Woods, 24, won his first Open Championship and fourth major title, eight strokes ahead of runners-up Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els. With the victory, Woods became the youngest ever to win all four of golf's major championships, passing Jack Nicklaus by two years. Woods became the fifth player to complete the feat, known as the "career grand slam." In doing so, he also achieved the lowest 72-hole score in relation to par of −19, which was a record for all major championships until Jason Day broke it at the 2015 PGA Championship, finishing –20.
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Woods became the sixth to win the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year, joining fellow Americans Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), Ben Hogan (1953), Lee Trevino (1971), and Tom Watson (1982).
It was the first Open Championship to be telecast in high-definition television in any country, being telecast in the United States by ABC Sports that year.
Course
The Old Course at St Andrews
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):
First round
Thursday, 20 July 2000
Second round
Friday, 21 July 2000
Amateurs: Ilonen (+1), Donald (+4), Rowe (+4), Gossett (+5).
Third round
Saturday, 22 July 2000
Final round
Sunday, 23 July 2000
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