2000 Open Championship: Tiger Woods wins at Old Course, St Andrews
Tiger Woods won the 2000 Open Championship at Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland with 269 (−19), by 8 strokes over Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2000 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 20 July 2000 to 23 July 2000
- Course
- Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland
- Edition
- 129th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 72 · 7,115 yards
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 74 (cut at 144)
- Purse
- £2,750,000 · winner's share £500,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Tiger Woods · age 24 · USA · born Cypress, USA
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 1
- Winning score
- 67-66-67-69 = 269 (−19) · won by 8 strokes
- Runners-up
- Thomas Bjørn (277), Ernie Els (277)
- 54-hole leader
- Tiger Woods (200)
- Caddie
- Steve Williams
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Thomas Bjørn | 69 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Ernie Els | 66 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | David Toms | 69 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Tom Lehman | 68 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 278 | −10 |
| 6 | Fred Couples | 70 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Darren Clarke | 70 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Loren Roberts | 69 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Pierre Fulke | 69 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 69 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 280 | −8 |
What happened at the 2000 Open Championship
Woods did not hit into a single bunker in 72 holes at the Old Course.
Woods won by eight, which tied the largest Open winning margin since 1900, and at 24 completed the career Grand Slam.
No source reached names a deciding hole; Woods led from the second round and won by eight.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).