# 2000 Players Championship

The 2000 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 23–27 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 27th Players Championship.

## Tournament summary

Hal Sutton, the champion seventeen years earlier in 1983, led by a stroke after each round and won his second Players, a stroke ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods. Both carded scores of 71 (−1) in the final round, and Sutton hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation. Because of thunderstorms and heavy rain, the final round was completed on Monday, March 27. In the last pairing, Sutton and Woods were on the twelfth hole when play was suspended on Sunday night.
Late in the third round on Saturday, Sutton had gone 25 holes without making a bogey. At the par-3 17th hole, he hit his tee shot in the water and took a triple-bogey six, which trimmed his lead over Woods to just one stroke.
Traditionally the richest event in golf, this was the first Players with a seven-figure winner's share, at $1.08 million. Sutton's win in 1983 was the first Players with a six-figure first prize. Woods won the event the following year.
Defending champion David Duval finished nine strokes back, in a tie for thirteenth place.

## Venue

This was the 19th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

## Field

1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 1999 Players Championship
* Stuart Appleby
* Paul Azinger
* Rich Beem
* Notah Begay III
* Olin Browne
* Jim Carter
* Darren Clarke
* Glen Day
* David Duval
* Brad Faxon
* Carlos Franco
* Jim Furyk
* Brent Geiberger
* Dudley Hart
* Brian Henninger
* Paul Lawrie
* Tom Lehman
* J. L. Lewis
* Phil Mickelson
* José María Olazábal
* Jesper Parnevik
* Tom Pernice Jr.
* Loren Roberts
* Hal Sutton
* David Toms
* Kirk Triplett
* Ted Tryba
* Duffy Waldorf
* Mike Weir
* Tiger Woods
2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 1999 Official Money List
* Stephen Ames
* Billy Andrade
* Tommy Armour III
* Woody Austin
* Craig Barlow
* Doug Barron
* Jay Don Blake
* Mike Brisky
* Mark Brooks
* Tom Byrum
* Mark Calcavecchia
* Greg Chalmers
* Brandel Chamblee
* Barry Cheesman
* Stewart Cink
* John Cook
* Fred Couples
* Robert Damron
* Jay Delsing
* Chris DiMarco
* Scott Dunlap
* Ernie Els
* Bob Estes
* Brad Fabel
* Steve Flesch
* Dan Forsman
* Harrison Frazar
* David Frost
* Fred Funk
* Sergio García
* Bill Glasson
* Paul Goydos
* Scott Gump
* Jay Haas
* J. P. Hayes
* Nolan Henke
* Tim Herron
* Gabriel Hjertstedt
* Scott Hoch
* Bradley Hughes
* John Huston
* Lee Janzen
* Steve Jones
* Jonathan Kaye
* Jerry Kelly
* Skip Kendall
* Greg Kraft
* Franklin Langham
* Justin Leonard
* Frank Lickliter
* Davis Love III
* Steve Lowery
* Andrew Magee
* Jeff Maggert
* John Maginnes
* Len Mattiace
* Billy Mayfair
* Scott McCarron
* Rocco Mediate
* Larry Mize
* Colin Montgomerie
* Greg Norman
* Mark O'Meara
* Craig Parry
* Steve Pate
* Dennis Paulson
* Corey Pavin
* Chris Perry
* Kenny Perry
* Nick Price
* Dicky Pride
* Charles Raulerson
* Mike Reid
* Chris Riley
* Rory Sabbatini
* Tom Scherrer
* Joey Sindelar
* Vijay Singh
* Jeff Sluman
* Craig Stadler
* Paul Stankowski
* Steve Stricker
* David Sutherland
* Kevin Sutherland
* Esteban Toledo
* Tommy Tolles
* Bob Tway
* Omar Uresti
* Jean van de Velde
* Scott Verplank
* Brian Watts
* Kevin Wentworth
* Lee Westwood
* Mark Wiebe
3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in the last 10 years (1990-1999)
* Ben Crenshaw
* John Daly
* Nick Faldo
* Wayne Grady
* Tom Kite
* Bernhard Langer
* Ian Woosnam
4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf from 1990-98 Tom Purtzer, Fulton Allem
* Fulton Allem
* Tom Purtzer
5. Winners of Tour Championship in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner
6. Winners of World Golf Championship events in the last three years, beginning with the 1999 winners
7. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational
* Thomas Bjørn
* Retief Goosen
* Miguel Ángel Jiménez
8. Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money-winners from the 2000 Official Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on the money list
9. To complete a field of 144 players, those players, not otherwise eligible, from the 2000 Official Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on the money list
* Robert Allenby
* Ronnie Black
* Eric Booker
* Russ Cochran
* Trevor Dodds
* Matt Gogel
* Shigeki Maruyama
* Naomichi Ozaki
10. The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Such player(s) would be added to the field.)
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## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, March 23, 2000 Friday, March 24, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 69 | −3 |
| T2 | Robert Allenby | 70 | −2 |
| T2 | Brad Fabel | 70 | −2 |
| T2 | Lee Janzen | 70 | −2 |
| T2 | Bernhard Langer | 70 | −2 |
| T2 | Billy Mayfair | 70 | −2 |
| T2 | Len Mattiace | 70 | −2 |
| T2 | Joe Ozaki | 70 | −2 |
| T2 | Kenny Perry | 70 | −2 |
| T10 | Craig Barlow | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Greg Chalmers | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Tom Lehman | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Justin Leonard | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Omar Uresti | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Tiger Woods | 71 | −1 |
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### Second round

Friday, March 24, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| T2 | Tom Lehman | 71-68=139 | −5 |
| T2 | Omar Uresti | 71-68=139 | −5 |
| 4 | Fulton Allem | 75-65=140 | −4 |
| T5 | Ernie Els | 73-69=142 | −2 |
| T5 | Len Mattiace | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| T5 | Tiger Woods | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T8 | Scott Dunlap | 73-70=143 | −1 |
| T8 | Lee Janzen | 70-73=143 | −1 |
| T10 | Robert Allenby | 70-74=144 | E |
| T10 | Stephen Ames | 72-72=144 | E |
| T10 | Paul Azinger | 75-69=144 | E |
| T10 | Jim Carter | 73-71=144 | E |
| T10 | Brad Fabel | 70-74=144 | E |
| T10 | Jim Furyk | 72-72=144 | E |
| T10 | Billy Mayfair | 70-74=144 | E |
| T10 | Colin Montgomerie | 75-69=144 | E |
| T10 | Nick Price | 73-71=144 | E |
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### Third round

Saturday, March 25, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Hal Sutton | 69-69-69=207 | −9 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 71-71-66=208 | −8 |
| 3 | Tom Lehman | 71-68-72=211 | −5 |
| 4 | Jeff Sluman | 75-71-66=212 | −4 |
| T5 | Lee Janzen | 70-73-70=213 | −3 |
| T5 | Craig Parry | 70-74-69=213 | −3 |
| T7 | Paul Azinger | 75-69-70=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Robert Damron | 78-70-66=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Scott Dunlap | 73-70-71=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Ernie Els | 73-69-72=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Colin Montgomerie | 75-69-70=214 | −2 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 26, 2000 Monday, March 27, 2000
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Hal Sutton (c) | 69-69-69-71=278 | −10 | 1,080,000 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 71-71-66-71=279 | −9 | 648,000 |
| T3 | Robert Damron | 78-70-66-70=284 | −4 | 270,600 |
| T3 | Scott Dunlap | 73-70-71-70=284 | −4 | 270,600 |
| T3 | Jeff Maggert | 77-68-71-68=284 | −4 | 270,600 |
| T3 | Colin Montgomerie | 75-69-70-70=284 | −4 | 270,600 |
| T3 | Nick Price (c) | 73-71-73-67=284 | −4 | 270,600 |
| 8 | Tom Lehman | 71-68-72-74=285 | −3 | 186,000 |
| T9 | Greg Chalmers | 71-75-69-71=286 | −2 | 156,000 |
| T9 | Lee Janzen (c) | 70-73-70-73=286 | −2 | 156,000 |
| T9 | Len Mattiace | 70-72-73-71=286 | −2 | 156,000 |
| T9 | Mark O'Meara | 75-74-70-67=286 | −2 | 156,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T13 | Jim Carter | 73-71-72-71=287 | −1 | 112,500 |
| T13 | David Duval (c) | 75-73-70-69=287 | −1 | 112,500 |
| T13 | Fred Funk | 74-73-68-72=287 | −1 | 112,500 |
| T13 | Scott Hoch | 73-75-68-71=287 | −1 | 112,500 |
| T17 | Paul Azinger | 75-69-70-74=288 | E | 90,000 |
| T17 | Billy Mayfair | 70-74-73-71=288 | E | 90,000 |
| T17 | Jeff Sluman | 75-71-66-76=288 | E | 90,000 |
| T20 | Ernie Els | 73-69-72-75=289 | +1 | 75,000 |
| T20 | Scott Verplank | 75-74-68-72=289 | +1 | 75,000 |
| T22 | Stuart Appleby | 72-77-71-70=290 | +2 | 57,600 |
| T22 | Thomas Bjørn | 76-73-72-69=290 | +2 | 57,600 |
| T22 | Greg Kraft | 77-72-70-71=290 | +2 | 57,600 |
| T22 | Justin Leonard (c) | 71-76-69-74=290 | +2 | 57,600 |
| T22 | Craig Parry | 70-74-69-77=290 | +2 | 57,600 |
| T27 | Carlos Franco | 73-73-73-72=291 | +3 | 41,700 |
| T27 | Steve Jones | 80-70-72-69=291 | +3 | 41,700 |
| T27 | Naomichi Ozaki | 70-77-73-71=291 | +3 | 41,700 |
| T27 | Steve Pate | 76-74-68-73=291 | +3 | 41,700 |
| T27 | Kenny Perry | 70-77-70-74=291 | +3 | 41,700 |
| T27 | Esteban Toledo | 75-74-72-70=291 | +3 | 41,700 |
| T33 | Stewart Cink | 75-73-69-75=292 | +4 | 32,400 |
| T33 | Fred Couples (c) | 77-73-73-69=292 | +4 | 32,400 |
| T33 | Harrison Frazar | 77-70-72-73=292 | +4 | 32,400 |
| T33 | Chris Perry | 76-70-71-75=292 | +4 | 32,400 |
| T33 | Vijay Singh | 75-73-74-70=292 | +4 | 32,400 |
| T38 | Brad Fabel | 70-74-75-74=293 | +5 | 26,400 |
| T38 | Steve Flesch | 79-71-72-71=293 | +5 | 26,400 |
| T38 | David Toms | 77-72-72-72=293 | +5 | 26,400 |
| T38 | Omar Uresti | 71-68-80-74=293 | +5 | 26,400 |
| T42 | Stephen Ames | 72-72-75-75=294 | +6 | 20,400 |
| T42 | Scott Gump | 72-75-73-74=294 | +6 | 20,400 |
| T42 | J. P. Hayes | 73-76-71-74=294 | +6 | 20,400 |
| T42 | Jerry Kelly | 79-70-73-72=294 | +6 | 20,400 |
| T42 | Bernhard Langer | 70-76-75-73=294 | +6 | 20,400 |
| T42 | Kirk Triplett | 75-72-74-73=294 | +6 | 20,400 |
| T48 | John Daly | 77-73-74-71=295 | +7 | 15,264 |
| T48 | Frank Lickliter | 75-74-71-75=295 | +7 | 15,264 |
| T48 | Davis Love III (c) | 73-75-72-75=295 | +7 | 15,264 |
| T48 | Chris Riley | 73-77-75-70=295 | +7 | 15,264 |
| T48 | Lee Westwood | 77-73-72-73=295 | +7 | 15,264 |
| T53 | Robert Allenby | 73-71-77-75=296 | +8 | 13,890 |
| T53 | Nick Faldo | 73-76-76-71=296 | +8 | 13,890 |
| T53 | Greg Norman (c) | 75-71-73-77=296 | +8 | 13,890 |
| T53 | David Sutherland | 75-74-71-76=296 | +8 | 13,890 |
| T57 | Craig Barlow | 71-76-75-75=297 | +9 | 13,380 |
| T57 | Mark Brooks | 72-75-71-79=297 | +9 | 13,380 |
| T57 | David Frost | 78-69-78-72=297 | +9 | 13,380 |
| T57 | Bill Glasson | 74-72-80-71=297 | +9 | 13,380 |
| T61 | Woody Austin | 77-72-71-78=298 | +10 | 12,840 |
| T61 | Russ Cochran | 77-73-71-77=298 | +10 | 12,840 |
| T61 | Jim Furyk | 72-72-75-79=298 | +10 | 12,840 |
| T61 | Corey Pavin | 72-73-74-79=298 | +10 | 12,840 |
| T61 | Kevin Wentworth | 74-72-75-77=298 | +10 | 12,840 |
| T66 | Fulton Allem | 75-65-82-77=299 | +11 | 12,120 |
| T66 | Doug Barron | 72-74-76-77=299 | +11 | 12,120 |
| T66 | Brandel Chamblee | 74-74-73-78=299 | +11 | 12,120 |
| T66 | Tom Kite (c) | 75-72-77-75=299 | +11 | 12,120 |
| T66 | Steve Lowery | 76-74-71-78=299 | +11 | 12,120 |
| T66 | Scott McCarron | 78-67-77-77=299 | +11 | 12,120 |
| T66 | Ian Woosnam | 76-74-70-79=299 | +11 | 12,120 |
| T73 | Dan Forsman | 77-73-75-75=300 | +12 | 11,460 |
| T73 | Paul Lawrie | 76-74-71-79=300 | +12 | 11,460 |
| T73 | Ted Tryba | 75-71-80-74=300 | +12 | 11,460 |
| T73 | Brian Watts | 77-71-74-78=300 | +12 | 11,460 |
| T77 | Ronnie Black | 74-76-70-81=301 | +13 | 10,980 |
| T77 | Olin Browne | 77-73-71-80=301 | +13 | 10,980 |
| T77 | Brad Faxon | 79-71-76-75=301 | +13 | 10,980 |
| T77 | Nolan Henke | 78-70-76-77=301 | +13 | 10,980 |
| CUT | Notah Begay III | 80-71=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Darren Clarke | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | John Cook | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Chris DiMarco | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Skip Kendall | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | J. L. Lewis | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jesper Parnevik | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Kevin Sutherland | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Bob Tway | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Retief Goosen | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Charles Raulerson | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tom Scherrer | 80-72=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mark Wiebe | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Brent Geiberger | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Larry Mize | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Tom Pernice Jr. | 80-73=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Tom Purtzer | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Joey Sindelar | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Billy Andrade | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jay Don Blake | 79-75=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Tom Byrum | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Glen Day | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jay Delsing | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Sergio García | 82-72=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jonathan Kaye | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Rocco Mediate | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Phil Mickelson | 83-71=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | José María Olazábal | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Loren Roberts | 80-74=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Steve Stricker | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Jean van de Velde | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | 81-74=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Paul Goydos | 74-81=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Tim Herron | 84-71=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Gabriel Hjertstedt | 74-81=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Dicky Pride | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Mike Reid | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Rich Beem | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Eric Booker | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Barry Cheesman | 80-76=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Matt Gogel | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | John Huston | 81-75=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Trevor Dodds | 78-79=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Jay Haas | 79-78=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Bradley Hughes | 81-76=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Andrew Magee | 77-80=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Rory Sabbatini | 77-80=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Tommy Armour III | 78-80=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw | 78-80=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Brian Henninger | 81-77=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Duffy Waldorf | 80-78=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Bob Estes | 84-75=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Wayne Grady | 81-78=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Dennis Paulson | 80-79=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Paul Stankowski | 77-82=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | John Maginnes | 84-76=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Tommy Tolles | 77-83=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Mike Weir | 76-84=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler | 83-78=161 | +17 | |
| CUT | Franklin Langham | 85-77=162 | +18 | |
| CUT | Mike Brisky | 84-86=170 | +26 | |
| WD | Dudley Hart | 79 | +7 | |
| WD | Shigeki Maruyama | 81 | +9 | |
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