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Sunday 9 April 2000PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Singh wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 April 2000 · Vijay Singh’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse US$4,600,000 USD · 64th Masters (Wikipedia; Independent); third round suspended by darkness Saturday and completed Sunday (Independent)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/9°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/11°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/6°C · wind 32 km/h WSW, gusts 65 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/3°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Ernie Els RSA · 281Five behind at the turn, birdied the 11th, 13th and 15th for the day's best 68 but never got closer than two; said a photographer's click put him off his putt at the last Singh's South Seas style unlocks secrets of Augusta greens (The Independent)
95 started · cut +4, 57 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ernie Els
From the papers
BBC Sport
10 April 2000
The only way I could lose was if I bogeyed and David birdied.
The Independent
10 April 2000
My wife said you can't come here thinking you will putt bad. You have to be positive. If you come here with a bad attitude, you might as well not come.
The Independent
11 April 2000
Vijay is an awfully hard competitor. This course has always suited his game. He has never really putted well here but he got the job done today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 72 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 72 · 67 · 74 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | David Duval | 73 · 65 · 74 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Loren Roberts | 73 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| 5 | Tiger Woods | 75 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| 6 | Tom Lehman | 69 · 72 · 75 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Carlos Franco | 79 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Davis Love III | 75 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Phil Mickelson | 71 · 68 · 76 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| 10 | Hal Sutton | 72 · 75 · 71 · 69 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; FIJ; turned pro 1982; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 2; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 2000); BBC: 'The world number eight').
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet