2000 WGC-American Express Championship explained

2000 WGC-American Express Championship
Dates:	9–12 November 2000
Location:	Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain
Course:	Valderrama Golf Club
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	6,974
Field:	55 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$5,000,000
Winners Share:	$1,000,000
Score:	277 (−11)
Previous:	1999
Next:	2002

The 2000 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 9–12 November 2000 at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain. It was the second WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events that year.

Mike Weir won the tournament after he birdied five of his first 11 holes on Sunday.

Field

1. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 30 OctoberRobert Allenby (2), Stuart Appleby (2), Thomas Bjørn (3), Michael Campbell (3,4), Darren Clarke (3), José Cóceres (3), Ernie Els (2,3), Steve Flesch (2), Carlos Franco (2), Sergio García, Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Scott Hoch, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3), Bernhard Langer (3), Justin Leonard (2), Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Bob May (2), Rocco Mediate, Colin Montgomerie (3), José María Olazábal (3), Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik (2), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Eduardo Romero (3), Vijay Singh (2), David Toms (2), Kirk Triplett (2), Scott Verplank (2), Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (2), Lee Westwood (3), Tiger Woods (2)

• Paul Azinger (2), Notah Begay III (2), Stewart Cink (2), Fred Couples, David Duval (2), Jim Furyk (2), John Huston (2), Tom Lehman (2), Davis Love III (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Greg Norman, Loren Roberts (2), and Hal Sutton (2) did not play.

2. Top 30 on the 2000 PGA Tour money list through the National Car Rental Golf Classic DisneyMark Calcavecchia, Chris DiMarco, Franklin Langham

3. Top 20 on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit through the Volvo MastersÁngel Cabrera, Andrew Coltart, Pierre Fulke, Mathias Grönberg, Paul McGinley, Gary Orr, Phillip Price

4. Top 3 on the 1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of MeritLucas Parsons, Peter Senior

5. Top 3 on the 1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour Order of MeritDarren Fichardt, Nic Henning, Tjaart van der Walt

6. Top 3 on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Philip Morris ChampionshipNobuhito Sato, Hidemichi Tanaka

• Toru Taniguchi did not play.

5. Winner of the 1999 Asian PGA Tour Order of MeritKyi Hla Han

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	align=center	63	−9
2	Pádraig Harrington	align=center	66	−6
T3	Andrew Coltart	67	−5
	Scott Hoch
T5	Franklin Langham	68	−4
	Chris Perry
	Mike Weir
T8	Robert Allenby	69	−3
	Carlos Franco
	Sergio García
	Retief Goosen
	Nic Henning

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	align=center	63-72=135	−9
2	Hidemichi Tanaka	align=center	71-66=137	−7
3	Pádraig Harrington	align=center	66-72=138	−6
T4	Mark Calcavecchia	align=center	72-67=139	−5
	Duffy Waldorf	align=center	70-69=139
T6	Bob May	align=center	71-69=140	−4
	Chris Perry	align=center	68-72=140
	Tiger Woods	align=center	71-69=140
T9	José Cóceres	align=center	70-71=141	−3
	Vijay Singh	align=center	71-70=141

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hidemichi Tanaka	align=center	71-66-70=207	−9
T2	Mark Calcavecchia	align=center	72-67-69=208	−8
	Mike Weir	align=center	68-75-65=208
T4	Nick Price	align=center	63-72-74=209	−7
	Tiger Woods	align=center	71-69-69=209
T6	Pádraig Harrington	align=center	66-72-73=211	−5
	Duffy Waldorf	align=center	70-69-72=211
T8	Michael Campbell	72-71-69=212	−4
	Bob May	71-69-72=212
	Vijay Singh	71-70-71=212
	Lee Westwood	72-72-68=212

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Mike Weir	68-75-65-69=277	−11	1,000,000
2		72-72-68-67=279	−9	500,000
T3		71-70-71-68=280	−8	287,000
		70-69-72-69=280
T5		69-74-74-64=281	−7	157,500
		66-72-73-70=281
		63-72-74-72=281
		71-69-69-72=281
9		72-71-69-70=282	−6	115,000
10		72-67-69-75=283	−5	105,000

External links

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