2000 PGA Tour

2000 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 6, 2000 (2000-01-06) – November 12, 2000 (2000-11-12)
Number of official events49
Most wins Tiger Woods (9)
Money list Tiger Woods
PGA Tour Player of the Year Tiger Woods
PGA Player of the Year Tiger Woods
Rookie of the Year Michael Clark II
1999
2001

The 2000 PGA Tour was the 85th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 32nd season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner OWGR
points
Notes
Jan 9 Mercedes Championships Hawaii 2,900,000 Tiger Woods (16) 54 Winners-only event
Jan 16 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 2,900,000 Paul Azinger (12) 50
Jan 23 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 3,000,000 Jesper Parnevik (3) 56 Pro-Am
Jan 30 Phoenix Open Arizona 3,200,000 Tom Lehman (5) 62
Feb 7 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 4,000,000 Tiger Woods (17) 64 Pro-Am
Feb 13 Buick Invitational California 3,000,000 Phil Mickelson (14) 52
Feb 20 Nissan Open California 3,100,000 Kirk Triplett (1) 68
Feb 27 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship California 5,000,000 Darren Clarke (1) 76 World Golf Championship
Feb 27 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open Arizona 3,000,000 Jim Carter (1) 24 Alternate event
Mar 5 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 3,000,000 Jim Furyk (5) 54
Mar 12 Honda Classic Florida 2,900,000 Dudley Hart (2) 46
Mar 19 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 3,000,000 Tiger Woods (18) 68 Invitational
Mar 27 The Players Championship Florida 6,000,000 Hal Sutton (12) 80 Flagship event
Apr 2 BellSouth Classic Georgia 2,800,000 Phil Mickelson (15) 50
Apr 9 Masters Tournament Georgia 4,600,000 Vijay Singh (9) 100 Major championship
Apr 16 MCI Classic South Carolina 3,000,000 Stewart Cink (2) 56 Invitational
Apr 23 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 3,000,000 Hal Sutton (13) 50
Apr 30 Shell Houston Open Texas 2,800,000 Robert Allenby (1) 46
May 7 Compaq Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 3,400,000 Carlos Franco (3) 54
May 14 GTE Byron Nelson Classic Texas 4,000,000 Jesper Parnevik (4) 66
May 21 MasterCard Colonial Texas 3,300,000 Phil Mickelson (16) 58 Invitational
May 29 Memorial Tournament Ohio 3,100,000 Tiger Woods (19) 64 Invitational
Jun 4 Kemper Insurance Open Maryland 3,000,000 Tom Scherrer (1) 46
Jun 11 Buick Classic New York 3,000,000 Dennis Paulson (1) 56
Jun 18 U.S. Open California 4,500,000 Tiger Woods (20) 100 Major championship
Jun 25 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 3,000,000 Notah Begay III (3) 40
Jul 2 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 2,800,000 Notah Begay III (4) 46
Jul 9 Advil Western Open Illinois 3,000,000 Robert Allenby (2) 54
Jul 16 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 2,500,000 Loren Roberts (7) 24
Jul 23 Open Championship Scotland £2,800,000 Tiger Woods (21) 100 Major championship
Jul 23 B.C. Open New York 2,000,000 Brad Faxon (6) 24 Alternate event
Jul 31 John Deere Classic Illinois 2,600,000 Michael Clark II (1) 24
Aug 6 The International Colorado 3,500,000 Ernie Els (8) 56
Aug 13 Buick Open Michigan 2,700,000 Rocco Mediate (4) 56
Aug 20 PGA Championship Kentucky 5,000,000 Tiger Woods (22) 100 Major championship
Aug 27 WGC-NEC Invitational Ohio 5,000,000 Tiger Woods (23) 64 World Golf Championship
Aug 27 Reno–Tahoe Open Nevada 3,000,000 Scott Verplank (3) 38 Alternate event
Sep 3 Air Canada Championship Canada 3,000,000 Rory Sabbatini (1) 28
Sep 10 Bell Canadian Open Canada 3,300,000 Tiger Woods (24) 48
Sep 17 SEI Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania 3,200,000 Chris DiMarco (1) 44 New tournament
Sep 24 Westin Texas Open Texas 2,600,000 Justin Leonard (5) 34
Oct 1 Buick Challenge Georgia 2,300,000 David Duval (12) 46
Oct 8 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 3,000,000 David Toms (4) 46
Oct 15 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas Nevada 4,250,000 Billy Andrade (4) 54
Oct 22 Tampa Bay Classic Florida 2,400,000 John Huston (6) 40 New tournament
Oct 29 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Florida 3,000,000 Duffy Waldorf (4) 52
Nov 5 The Tour Championship Georgia 5,000,000 Phil Mickelson (17) 62 Tour Championship
Nov 5 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Mississippi 2,200,000 Steve Lowery (2) 24 Alternate event
Nov 12 WGC-American Express Championship Spain 5,000,000 Mike Weir (2) 66 World Golf Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winner(s) Notes
Jan 2 Williams World Challenge Arizona 3,500,000 Tom Lehman New tournament
Limited-field event
Jul 11 CVS Charity Classic Rhode Island 1,000,000 Justin Leonard and
Davis Love III
Team event
Oct 22 Presidents Cup Virginia n/a Team USA Team event
Nov 19 Franklin Templeton Shootout Florida 1,750,000 Brad Faxon and
Scott McCarron
Team event
Nov 22 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Hawaii 1,000,000 Tiger Woods Limited-field event
Nov 26 Skins Game Georgia 1,000,000 Colin Montgomerie Limited-field event
Dec 3 Williams World Challenge California 3,500,000 Tiger Woods Limited-field event
Dec 10 WGC-World Cup Argentina 3,000,000 David Duval and
Tiger Woods
World Golf Championship
Team event
Dec 17 Hyundai Team Matches California 400,000 Tom Lehman and
Duffy Waldorf
Team event

Location of tournaments

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Tiger Woods 9,188,321
2 Phil Mickelson 4,746,457
3 Ernie Els 3,469,405
4 Hal Sutton 3,061,444
5 Vijay Singh 2,573,835
6 Mike Weir 2,547,829
7 David Duval 2,462,846
8 Jesper Parnevik 2,413,345
9 Davis Love III 2,337,765
10 Stewart Cink 2,169,727

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tiger Woods
PGA Player of the Year Tiger Woods
Rookie of the Year Michael Clark II
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Tiger Woods
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Tiger Woods
Comeback Player of the Year Paul Azinger

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.

References

  1. ^ "2000 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "2001 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  3. ^ "2000 Official money". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
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