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Sunday 23 July 2000European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Woods wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 2000 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 21 on the European Tour · purse £2,800,000 GBP · 129th Open Championship (Wikipedia; BBC)
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
- Thomas Bjørn DEN · 277Started the final round six behind Woods (tied second with Duval) and closed with 71; his best finish in a major Tiger Woods gains eight shot win (Golf Today)
- Ernie Els RSA · 277Birdied four of the first five holes to put early pressure on Woods, then settled for 69 and a share of second - his second runner-up finish in the year's three majors so far Superb Woods seals Major glory (BBC Sport)
156 started · cut E, 74 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Thomas Bjørn, Ernie Els
From the papers
The Independent
24 July 2000
I was in a bunker every day I've been here, but it was on the practice range.
The Independent
24 July 2000
I couldn't care less about the scoring record, all I wanted was four straight rounds in the 60s,
The Independent (Quotes of the Open)
24 July 2000
Someone out there is playing on a different planet than the rest of us.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | 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 | Tom Lehman | 68 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | David Toms | 69 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| 6 | Fred Couples | 70 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 69 · 72 · 72 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Darren Clarke | 70 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Pierre Fulke | 69 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Loren Roberts | 69 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 21; majors to date: 4; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 2000)).
What’s in the bag
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