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2000 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 2000 Players' Championship.

The 2000 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 27th Players Championship.

2000 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 23–27, 2000
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,093 yards (6,486 m)[1][2]
Field144 players, 80 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$6.0 million
Winner's share$1.08 million
Champion
United States Hal Sutton
278 (−10)
Location map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida
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Tournament summary

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Hal Sutton, the champion seventeen years earlier in 1983, led by a stroke after each round and won his second Players, a stroke ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods.[3] Both carded scores of 71 (−1) in the final round, and Sutton hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation. Because of thunderstorms and heavy rain, the final round was completed on Monday, March 27. In the last pairing, Sutton and Woods were on the twelfth hole when play was suspended on Sunday night.[1][4]

Late in the third round on Saturday, Sutton had gone 25 holes without making a bogey. At the par-3 17th hole, he hit his tee shot in the water and took a triple-bogey six, which trimmed his lead over Woods to just one stroke.[5]

Traditionally the richest event in golf, this was the first Players with a seven-figure winner's share, at $1.08 million. Sutton's win in 1983 was the first Players with a six-figure first prize. Woods won the event the following year.

Defending champion David Duval finished nine strokes back, in a tie for thirteenth place.

Venue

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Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 19th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).[1]

Field

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1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 1999 Players Championship

2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 1999 Official Money List[6]

3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in the last 10 years (1990-1999)

4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf from 1990-98 Tom Purtzer, Fulton Allem

5. Winners of Tour Championship in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner

6. Winners of World Golf Championship events in the last three years, beginning with the 1999 winners

7. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational

8. Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money-winners from the 2000 Official Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on the money list

9. To complete a field of 144 players, those players, not otherwise eligible, from the 2000 Official Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on the money list

10. The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Such player(s) would be added to the field.)

Source:[7]

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, March 23, 2000
Friday, March 24, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1   Hal Sutton 69 −3
T2   Robert Allenby 70 −2
  Brad Fabel
  Lee Janzen
  Bernhard Langer
  Billy Mayfair
  Len Mattiace
  Joe Ozaki
  Kenny Perry
T10   Craig Barlow 71 −1
  Greg Chalmers
  Tom Lehman
  Justin Leonard
  Omar Uresti
  Tiger Woods

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Second round

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Friday, March 24, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1   Hal Sutton 69-69=138 −6
T2   Tom Lehman 71-68=139 −5
  Omar Uresti 71-68=139
4   Fulton Allem 75-65=140 −4
T5   Ernie Els 73-69=142 −2
  Len Mattiace 70-72=142
  Tiger Woods 71-71=142
T8   Scott Dunlap 73-70=143 −1
  Lee Janzen 70-73=143
T10   Robert Allenby 70-74=144 E
  Stephen Ames 72-72=144
  Paul Azinger 75-69=144
  Jim Carter 73-71=144
  Brad Fabel 70-74=144
  Jim Furyk 72-72=144
  Billy Mayfair 70-74=144
  Colin Montgomerie 75-69=144
  Nick Price 73-71=144

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Third round

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Saturday, March 25, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1   Hal Sutton 69-69-69=207 −9
2   Tiger Woods 71-71-66=208 −8
3   Tom Lehman 71-68-72=211 −5
4   Jeff Sluman 75-71-66=212 −4
T5   Lee Janzen 70-73-70=213 −3
  Craig Parry 70-74-69=213
T7   Paul Azinger 75-69-70=214 −2
  Robert Damron 78-70-66=214
  Scott Dunlap 73-70-71=214
  Ernie Els 73-69-72=214
  Colin Montgomerie 75-69-70=214

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Final round

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Sunday, March 26, 2000
Monday, March 27, 2000

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Hal Sutton (c) 69-69-69-71=278 −10 1,080,000
2   Tiger Woods 71-71-66-71=279 −9 648,000
T3   Robert Damron 78-70-66-70=284 −4 270,600
  Scott Dunlap 73-70-71-70=284
  Jeff Maggert 77-68-71-68=284
  Colin Montgomerie 75-69-70-70=284
  Nick Price (c) 73-71-73-67=284
8   Tom Lehman 71-68-72-74=285 −3 186,000
T9   Greg Chalmers 71-75-69-71=286 −2 156,000
  Lee Janzen (c) 70-73-70-73=286
  Len Mattiace 70-72-73-71=286
  Mark O'Meara 75-74-70-67=286

Source:[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sutton holds off Woods, wins TPC". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 28, 2000. p. C2.
  2. ^ "The Players Championship breakdown". ESPN. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  3. ^ Shipnuck, Alan (April 3, 2000). "Punched out". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Storm stops Sutton, Woods". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 2000. p. 1B.
  5. ^ "Feared 17th sinks Sutton". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 26, 2000. p. 4C.
  6. ^ "Official Money – 1999 Season". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  7. ^ "2000 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-38.
  8. ^ "Golf: Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. March 24, 2000. p. C61.
  9. ^ "Golf: Players Championship". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 25, 2000. p. C4.
  10. ^ "Golf: Players Championship". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. March 26, 2000. p. 2C.
  11. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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