2000 PGA Championship


The 2000 PGA Championship was the 82nd PGA Championship, held August 17–20 at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the second time for the event at Valhalla, which hosted four years earlier in 1996. Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major in a three-hole playoff over Bob May. Woods and May finished at 18 under par to set the PGA Championship record to par, later equaled by Woods in 2006. It was the first time since 1937 that a PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first ever as a stroke play event. Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher Thomas Bjørn.
Woods' victory marked the first time since 1953 that a player had won three major championships in the same calendar year; Woods won the U.S. Open and the British Open in the previous two months for three consecutive majors. He went on to win the Masters in April 2001 to complete the Tiger Slam of four consecutive majors.
May opened with an even-par 72 then shot 66 in each of the final three rounds; this was the only time he was in contention in a major championship. Designer of the course and five-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 60, made his final appearance at the PGA Championship. Playing with Woods, he needed an eagle on the 36th hole to make the cut; his pitch shot missed by inches and he settled for birdie.
Valhalla later hosted the Ryder Cup in 2008, the first U.S. victory in nine years. The Senior PGA Championship was played at the course in 2004 and 2011 and the PGA Championship returned in 2014.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4465352083504654215971664183,6065511684673482174024444225423,5617,167
Par453444534365344344453672

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Length of the course for previous majors:

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 17, 2000
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Scott Dunlap66−6
T1Tiger Woods66−6
T3Darren Clarke68−4
T3Davis Love III68−4
T5Stephen Ames69−3
T5Ed Fryatt69−3
T5Fred Funk69−3
T5J. P. Hayes69−3
T9Stuart Appleby70−2
T9Brian Henninger70−2
T9Miguel Ángel Jiménez70−2
T9Jonathan Kaye70−2
T9Tom Kite70−2
T9Phil Mickelson70−2
T9Jean van de Velde70−2

Second round

Friday, August 18, 2000
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods66-67=133−11
2Scott Dunlap66-68=134−10
T3Fred Funk69-68=137−7
T3J. P. Hayes69-68=137−7
T3Davis Love III68-69=137−7
T6Notah Begay III72-66=138−6
T6Bob May72-66=138−6
8Stuart Appleby70-69=139-5
T9Stephen Ames69-71=140−4
T9Thomas Bjørn72-68=140−4
T9Greg Chalmers71-69=140−4
T9Darren Clarke68-72=140−4
T9Phil Mickelson70-70=140−4
T9David Toms72-68=140−4

Third round

Saturday, August 19, 2000
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods66-67-70=203−13
T2Scott Dunlap66-68-70=204−12
T2Bob May72-66-66=204−12
4J. P. Hayes69-68-68=205−11
5Greg Chalmers71-69-66=206−10
T6Stuart Appleby70-69-68=207−9
T6Thomas Bjørn72-68-67=207−9
T6José María Olazábal76-68-63=207−9
T9Notah Begay III72-66-70=208−8
T9Franklin Langham72-71-65=208−8

Final round

Sunday, August 20, 2000
In the final pairing and well ahead of the field at the turn, May and Woods both shot 31 on the back nine. A key hole was the par four 15th. Holding a one-shot lead, May hit his approach shot to within while Woods missed the green. Woods hit an indifferent chip to around and then made the par putt. When May missed the short birdie putt, his lead remained a single stroke. After Woods' birdie on 17, they were tied going to the final hole, a par five. On the green, May curled in a double-breaking 15-footer for birdie; Woods then sank a pressure-packed five-footer for his own birdie to tie and force a three-hole playoff. In the penultimate pairing, Scott Dunlap bogeyed the first two holes and carded a 75 for 279; had 76 for 281 and tied for nineteenth.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Tiger Woods66-67-70-67=270−18Playoff
T1Bob May72-66-66-66=270−18Playoff
3Thomas Bjørn72-68-67-68=275−13340,000
T4Stuart Appleby70-69-68-69=276−12198,667
T4Greg Chalmers71-69-66-70=276−12198,667
T4José María Olazábal76-68-63-69=276−12198,667
7Franklin Langham72-71-65-69=277−11157,000
8Notah Begay III72-66-70-70=278−10145,000
T9Darren Clarke68-72-72-67=279−9112,500
T9Scott Dunlap66-68-70-75=279−9112,500
T9Fred Funk69-68-74-68=279−9112,500
T9Davis Love III68-69-72-70=279−9112,500
T9Phil Mickelson70-70-69-70=279−9112,500
T9Tom Watson76-70-65-68=279−9112,500

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444534534434445
Woods−13−12−12−12−12−11−12−13−13−14−14−15−15−16−16−16−17−18
May−12−13−13−14−14−13−13−13−13−14−15−16−16−17−17−17−17−18
Bjørn−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−13
Appleby−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−11−11−12−12
Chalmers−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12
Olazábal−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−12
Langham−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−11−12−12−12−11−12−11−12−11
Begay−9−9−9−9−9−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−9−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogey

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Playoff

Woods birdied the first playoff hole and parred the next two to win the three-hole playoff by one stroke.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tiger Woods3-4-5=12−1900,000
2Bob May4-4-5=13E540,000

Scorecard

Playoff
Hole 16 17 18
Par445
Woods−1−1−1
MayEEE

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

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