The 2000 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 129th Open Championship, held from 20 to 23 July at the Old Course 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 fifth golfer and also youngest ever to complete a career Grand Slam (winning the Open Championship, PGA Championship, Masters and U.S. Open in the course of a career), beating Jack Nicklaus' record by two years. He went on to complete the "Tiger Slam" – holding all four major championships simultaneously, as this Open Championship was preceded by the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links and then followed by the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club and the 2001 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.

At this Open, Woods also achieved the lowest 72-hole score in relation to par at −19, which was a record for all major championships for fifteen years, until Jason Day broke it at the PGA Championship in 2015 at twenty-under-par.

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). Woods also became the second player after Nicklaus to win both an Open Championship at St Andrews and a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.The Open Official Film 2000 The Open on YouTube

Defending champion Paul Lawrie shot 78-75 to miss the 36-hole cut by nine strokes.

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

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3764 10Bobby Jones37942Dyke413411High (In)17433Cartgate (Out)397412Heathery (In)31444Ginger Beer464413Hole O'Cross (In)43045Hole O'Cross (Out)568514Long58156Heathery (Out)412415Cartgate (In)45647High (Out)388416Corner of the Dyke42448Short175317Road45549End352418Tom Morris3574Out3,54536In3,57036Source:Total7,11572 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950): - 1995, 1990, 1984, 1978 - 1970 - 1964, 1960, 1955

Round summaries First round Thursday, 20 July 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ernie Els66−6T2 Steve Flesch67−5 Tiger WoodsT4 Scott Dunlap68−4 Ian Garbutt Sergio García Pádraig Harrington Tom Lehman Shigeki Maruyama Dennis Paulson

Second round Friday, 21 July 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods67-66=133−112 David Toms69-67=136−8T3 Steve Flesch67-70=137−7 Sergio García68-69=137 Loren Roberts69-68=137T6 Thomas Bjørn69-69=138−6 Fred Couples70-68=138 Ernie Els66-72=138 Tom Lehman68-70=138 Phil Mickelson72-66=138

Amateurs: Ilonen (+1), Donald (+4), Rowe (+4), Gossett (+5).

Third round Saturday, 22 July 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods67-66-67=200−16T2 Thomas Bjørn69-69-68=206−10 David Duval70-70-66=206T4 Darren Clarke70-69-68=207-9 Loren Roberts69-68-70=207 David Toms69-67-71=207T7 Ernie Els66-72-70=208−8 Steve Flesch67-70-71=208 Tom Lehman68-70-70=208 Dennis Paulson68-71-69=208

Final round Sunday, 23 July 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 Tiger Woods 67-66-67-69=269 −19 500,000T2 Thomas Bjørn 69-69-68-71=277 −11 245,000 Ernie Els 66-72-70-69=277 T4 Tom Lehman 68-70-70-70=278 −10 130,000 David Toms 69-67-71-71=278 6 Fred Couples 70-68-72-69=279 −9 100,000T7 Paul Azinger 69-72-72-67=280 −8 66,250 Darren Clarke 70-69-68-73=280 Pierre Fulke 69-72-70-69=280 Loren Roberts 69-68-70-73=280 Source:

Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444454434 434454444 Woods −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −19 −19 Bjørn −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 Els −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 Lehman −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 Toms −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −11 −11 −9 −10 −9 −10 Couples −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 Azinger −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 Clarke −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 Fulke −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 Roberts −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ --> Source:

References

External links St Andrews 2000 (Official site) 129th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour) from the Open Championship (produced by Trans World Sport)