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Sunday 23 July 2000Men’s majorsYear in Review
Woods wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 2000 · purse £2,750,000 · winner's share £500,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/12°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/13°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
156 started, 74 (cut at 144) made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Thomas Bjørn, Ernie Els
The golfer
b. 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, USA; United States; age 24 at the win (year page); 4th 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