2000 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 17–20, 2000
Location	Louisville, Kentucky
Course(s)	Valhalla Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,167 yards (6,554 m)
Field	149 players, 80 after cut[1]
Cut	147 (+3)
Prize fund	$5,000,000 €5,548,408
Winner's share	$900,000 €994,913
Champion
Tiger Woods
270 (−18), playoff
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Louisville

Location in the United States

Louisville

Location in Kentucky

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.^[2] 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 as a stroke play event. Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher Thomas Bjørn.^[3]

Woods' victory marked the first time since 1953 (Ben Hogan) 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 (−6) 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.^[4]

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

Source:^[5]

Length of the course for previous majors:

• 7,144 yards (6,532 m), par 72 - 1996 PGA Championship

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 17, 2000

Place	Player	Score	To par[6]
T1	Scott Dunlap	66	−6
	Tiger Woods
T3	Darren Clarke	68	−4
	Davis Love III
T5	Stephen Ames	69	−3
	Ed Fryatt
	Fred Funk
	J. P. Hayes
T9	Stuart Appleby	70	−2
	Brian Henninger
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
	Jonathan Kaye
	Tom Kite
	Phil Mickelson
	Jean van de Velde

Second round

Friday, August 18, 2000

Place	Player	Score	To par[7]
1	Tiger Woods	66-67=133	−11
2	Scott Dunlap	66-68=134	−10
T3	Fred Funk	69-68=137	−7
	J. P. Hayes	69-68=137
	Davis Love III	68-69=137
T6	Notah Begay III	72-66=138	−6
	Bob May	72-66=138
8	Stuart Appleby	70-69=139	-5
T9	Stephen Ames	69-71=140	−4
	Thomas Bjørn	72-68=140
	Greg Chalmers	71-69=140
	Darren Clarke	68-72=140
	Phil Mickelson	70-70=140
	David Toms	72-68=140

Third round

Saturday, August 19, 2000

Place	Player	Score	To par[8]
1	Tiger Woods	66-67-70=203	−13
T2	Scott Dunlap	66-68-70=204	−12
	Bob May	72-66-66=204
4	J. P. Hayes	69-68-68=205	−11
5	Greg Chalmers	71-69-66=206	−10
T6	Stuart Appleby	70-69-68=207	−9
	Thomas Bjørn	72-68-67=207
	José María Olazábal	76-68-63=207
T9	Notah Begay III	72-66-70=208	−8
	Franklin Langham	72-71-65=208

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 (−5) on the back nine. A key hole was the par four 15th. Holding a one-shot lead, May hit his approach shot to within four feet (1.2 m) while Woods missed the green. Woods hit an indifferent chip to around ten feet (3 m) 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 (4.5 m) for birdie; Woods then sank a pressure-packed five-footer (1.5 m) for his own birdie to tie and force a three-hole playoff.^[2][3] In the penultimate pairing, Scott Dunlap bogeyed the first two holes and carded a 75 for 279; J.P Hayes had 76 for 281 and tied for nineteenth.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Tiger Woods	66-67-70-67=270	−18	Playoff
	Bob May	72-66-66-66=270
3	Thomas Bjørn	72-68-67-68=275	−13	340,000
T4	Stuart Appleby	70-69-68-69=276	−12	198,667
	Greg Chalmers	71-69-66-70=276
	José María Olazábal	76-68-63-69=276
7	Franklin Langham	72-71-65-69=277	−11	157,000
8	Notah Begay III	72-66-70-70=278	−10	145,000
T9	Darren Clarke	68-72-72-67=279	−9	112,500
	Scott Dunlap	66-68-70-75=279
	Fred Funk	69-68-74-68=279
	Davis Love III	68-69-72-70=279
	Phil Mickelson	70-70-69-70=279
	Tom Watson	76-70-65-68=279

Source:^[9]

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	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
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

Source:^[10]

Playoff

Woods birdied the first playoff hole and parred the next two to win the three-hole playoff by one stroke.^[2][3]

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	3-4-5=12	−1	900,000
2	Bob May	4-4-5=13	E	540,000

Scorecard

Playoff

Hole	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5
Woods	−1	−1	−1
May	E	E	E

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:^[2][11]