Golf Network News
Sunday 20 August 2000Men’s majorsYear in Review
Woods wins PGA Championship
Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 August 2000 · purse $5,000,000 · winner's share $900,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 44 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/19°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 45 · 9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/17°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 80 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bob May
The golfer
b. 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, USA; United States; age 24 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet