# 2000 Masters Tournament

The 2000 Masters Tournament was the 64th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Vijay Singh won his only Masters, three strokes ahead of runner-up Ernie Els. It was the second of Singh's three major titles.

## Course

| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | | Hole | Name | Yards | Par |
| 1 | Tea Olive | 410 | 4 | | 10 | Camellia | 485 | 4 |
| 2 | Pink Dogwood | 575 | 5 | | 11 | White Dogwood | 455 | 4 |
| 3 | Flowering Peach | 350 | 4 | | 12 | Golden Bell | 155 | 3 |
| 4 | Flowering Crab Apple | 205 | 3 | | 13 | Azalea | 485 | 5 |
| 5 | Magnolia | 435 | 4 | | 14 | Chinese Fir | 405 | 4 |
| 6 | Juniper | 180 | 3 | | 15 | Firethorn | 500 | 5 |
| 7 | Pampas | 365 | 4 | | 16 | Redbud | 170 | 3 |
| 8 | Yellow Jasmine | 550 | 5 | | 17 | Nandina | 425 | 4 |
| 9 | Carolina Cherry | 430 | 4 | | 18 | Holly | 405 | 4 |
| Out | Out | 3,500 | 36 | | In | In | 3,485 | 36 |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Total | Total | 6,985 | 72 |

## Field

Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

### 1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (10), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (16,17), Mark O'Meara (3,16,17), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (4,11,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam (10), Fuzzy Zoeller
* George Archer, Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play.

### 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Ernie Els (14,16,17), Lee Janzen (10,16,17), Steve Jones, Corey Pavin
* Payne Stewart, the 1999 U.S. Open champion, died in a plane crash in October 1999.

### 3. The Open champions (last five years)

John Daly, Paul Lawrie (16,17), Tom Lehman (14,16,17), Justin Leonard (5,13,14,16,17)

### 4. PGA champions (last five years)

Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (10,14,16,17), Davis Love III (10,14,16,17), Vijay Singh (11,14,16,17)

### 5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)

David Duval (10,11,14,16,17), Hal Sutton (11,14,16,17)

### 6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

David Gossett (a), Kim Sung-yoon (a)

### 7. The Amateur champion

Graeme Storm (a)

### 8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Hunter Haas (a)

### 9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Danny Green (a)

### 10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1999 Masters

Bob Estes (14,16,17), Carlos Franco (14,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), Brandt Jobe, Phil Mickelson (11,14,16,17), Colin Montgomerie (16,17), Greg Norman (16), Steve Pate (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Lee Westwood (16,17)

### 11. Top eight players and ties from the 1999 U.S. Open

Tim Herron (14,16,17), Jeff Maggert (14,16,17), Steve Stricker (16,17)

### 12. Top four players and ties from 1999 PGA Championship

Stewart Cink (14,16,17), Sergio García (16,17), Jay Haas

### 13. Top four players and ties from the 1999 Open Championship

Ángel Cabrera, Craig Parry (14,16,17), Jean van de Velde

### 14. Top 40 players from the 1999 PGA Tour money list

Stuart Appleby (16,17), Notah Begay III, Glen Day (16,17), Fred Funk (16), Brent Geiberger (16,17), Scott Gump, Dudley Hart (16,17), Gabriel Hjertstedt, Scott Hoch (16,17), John Huston (16,17), Skip Kendall, Rocco Mediate, Jesper Parnevik (15,16,17), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (16,17), Loren Roberts (16), Jeff Sluman (16,17), David Toms (16,17), Ted Tryba, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (17)
* Since Payne Stewart finished in the top 40 of the money list, an invitation was given to Hjertstedt, the 41st-place finisher.

### 15. Top 3 players from the 2000 PGA Tour money list on March 5

Kirk Triplett (17)

### 16. Top 50 players from the final 1999 world ranking

Thomas Bjørn (17), Darren Clarke (17), Retief Goosen (17), Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17), Masashi Ozaki (17), Naomichi Ozaki (17), Bob Tway (17), Brian Watts (17)

### 17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 5

Paul Azinger, Shigeki Maruyama

### 18. Special foreign invitation

Aaron Baddeley (a)
All the amateurs except Danny Green were playing in their first Masters, as were Notah Begay III, Ángel Cabrera, Brent Geiberger, Pádraig Harrington, Skip Kendall, Paul Lawrie, Dennis Paulson, Jean van de Velde, and Mike Weir. Sergio García made his first appearance as a professional.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, April 6, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Dennis Paulson | 68 | −4 |
| 2 | Tom Lehman | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Sergio García | 70 | −2 |
| T3 | Steve Stricker | 70 | −2 |
| T5 | Thomas Bjørn | 71 | −1 |
| T5 | Steve Jones | 71 | −1 |
| T5 | Bernhard Langer | 71 | −1 |
| T5 | Rocco Mediate | 71 | −1 |
| T5 | Phil Mickelson | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Tommy Aaron | 72 | E |
| T10 | Paul Azinger | 72 | E |
| T10 | Mark Brooks | 72 | E |
| T10 | Darren Clarke | 72 | E |
| T10 | Ernie Els | 72 | E |
| T10 | Bob Estes | 72 | E |
| T10 | Nick Faldo | 72 | E |
| T10 | Justin Leonard | 72 | E |
| T10 | José María Olazábal | 72 | E |
| T10 | Masashi Ozaki | 72 | E |
| T10 | Vijay Singh | 72 | E |
| T10 | Hal Sutton | 72 | E |

### Second round

Friday, April 7, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | David Duval | 73-65=138 | −6 |
| T2 | Ernie Els | 72-67=139 | −5 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | 71-68=139 | −5 |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | 72-67=139 | −5 |
| T5 | Steve Jones | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T5 | Tom Lehman | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T7 | Sergio García | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| T7 | Retief Goosen | 73-69=142 | −2 |
| T7 | Bernhard Langer | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T7 | Loren Roberts | 73-69=142 | −2 |
| T7 | Jeff Sluman | 73-69=142 | −2 |
Amateurs: Gossett (+2), Baddeley (+5), Green (+5), Kim (+6), Haas (+9), Storm (+15).

### Third round

Saturday, April 8, 2000 & Sunday, April 9, 2000
The third round was suspended by darkness due to two-hour rain delay and completed on Sunday morning.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 72-67-70=209 | −7 |
| 2 | David Duval | 73-65-74=212 | −4 |
| T3 | Ernie Els | 72-67-74=213 | −3 |
| T3 | Loren Roberts | 73-69-71=213 | −3 |
| T5 | Davis Love III | 75-72-68=215 | −1 |
| T5 | Phil Mickelson | 71-68-76=215 | −1 |
| T5 | Mike Weir | 75-70-70=215 | −1 |
| T5 | Tiger Woods | 75-72-68=215 | −1 |
| T9 | Tom Lehman | 69-72-75=216 | E |
| T9 | Nick Price | 74-69-73=216 | E |

### Final round

Sunday, April 9, 2000

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 72-67-70-69=278 | −10 | 828,000 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 72-67-74-68=281 | −7 | 496,800 |
| T3 | David Duval | 73-65-74-70=282 | −6 | 266,800 |
| T3 | Loren Roberts | 73-69-71-69=282 | −6 | 266,800 |
| 5 | Tiger Woods (c) | 75-72-68-69=284 | −4 | 184,000 |
| 6 | Tom Lehman | 69-72-75-69=285 | −3 | 165,600 |
| T7 | Carlos Franco | 79-68-70-69=286 | −2 | 143,367 |
| T7 | Davis Love III | 75-72-68-71=286 | −2 | 143,367 |
| T7 | Phil Mickelson | 71-68-76-71=286 | −2 | 143,367 |
| 10 | Hal Sutton | 72-75-71-69=287 | −1 | 124,200 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Fred Couples (c) | 76-72-70-70=288 | E | 105,800 |
| T11 | Greg Norman | 80-68-70-70=288 | E | 105,800 |
| T11 | Nick Price | 74-69-73-72=288 | E | 105,800 |
| T14 | Jim Furyk | 73-74-71-71=289 | +1 | 80,500 |
| T14 | John Huston | 77-69-72-71=289 | +1 | 80,500 |
| T14 | Dennis Paulson | 68-76-73-72=289 | +1 | 80,500 |
| T14 | Chris Perry | 73-75-72-69=289 | +1 | 80,500 |
| 18 | Jeff Sluman | 73-69-77-71=290 | +2 | 69,000 |
| T19 | Glen Day | 79-67-74-71=291 | +3 | 53,820 |
| T19 | Bob Estes | 72-71-77-71=291 | +3 | 53,820 |
| T19 | Pádraig Harrington | 76-69-75-71=291 | +3 | 53,820 |
| T19 | Colin Montgomerie | 76-69-77-69=291 | +3 | 53,820 |
| T19 | Steve Stricker | 70-73-75-73=291 | +3 | 53,820 |
| T19 | Jean van de Velde | 76-70-75-70=291 | +3 | 53,820 |
| T25 | Steve Jones | 71-70-76-75=292 | +4 | 37,567 |
| T25 | Larry Mize (c) | 78-67-73-74=292 | +4 | 37,567 |
| T25 | Craig Parry | 75-71-72-74=292 | +4 | 37,567 |
| T28 | Paul Azinger | 72-72-77-72=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T28 | Thomas Bjørn | 71-77-73-72=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T28 | Stewart Cink | 75-72-72-74=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T28 | Nick Faldo (c) | 72-72-74-75=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T28 | Dudley Hart | 75-71-72-75=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T28 | Bernhard Langer (c) | 71-71-75-76=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T28 | Justin Leonard | 72-71-77-73=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T28 | Masashi Ozaki | 72-72-74-75=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T28 | Mike Weir | 75-70-70-78=293 | +5 | 28,673 |
| T37 | Notah Begay III | 74-74-73-73=294 | +6 | 21,620 |
| T37 | Fred Funk | 75-68-78-73=294 | +6 | 21,620 |
| T37 | Jay Haas | 75-71-75-73=294 | +6 | 21,620 |
| T40 | Mark Brooks | 72-76-73-74=295 | +7 | 17,480 |
| T40 | Darren Clarke | 72-71-78-74=295 | +7 | 17,480 |
| T40 | Sergio García | 70-72-75-78=295 | +7 | 17,480 |
| T40 | Retief Goosen | 73-69-79-74=295 | +7 | 17,480 |
| T40 | Jesper Parnevik | 77-71-70-77=295 | +7 | 17,480 |
| T40 | Ian Woosnam (c) | 74-70-76-75=295 | +7 | 17,480 |
| T46 | Scott Gump | 75-70-78-73=296 | +8 | 13,800 |
| T46 | Shigeki Maruyama | 76-71-74-75=296 | +8 | 13,800 |
| 48 | Brandt Jobe | 73-74-76-74=297 | +9 | 12,604 |
| T49 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 76-71-79-72=298 | +10 | 11,623 |
| T49 | Steve Pate | 78-69-77-74=298 | +10 | 11,623 |
| T49 | David Toms | 74-72-73-79=298 | +10 | 11,623 |
| T52 | Steve Elkington | 74-74-78-73=299 | +11 | 10,948 |
| T52 | Rocco Mediate | 71-74-75-79=299 | +11 | 10,948 |
| T54 | David Gossett (a) | 75-71-79-78=303 | +15 | 0 |
| T54 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 74-70-81-78=303 | +15 | 10,672 |
| 56 | Skip Kendall | 76-72-77-83=308 | +20 | 10,580 |
| 57 | Tommy Aaron (c) | 72-74-86-81=313 | +25 | 10,488 |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley (a) | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Danny Green (a) | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Scott Hoch | 78-71=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Jeff Maggert | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | José María Olazábal (c) | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Bob Tway | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Duffy Waldorf | 78-71=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Stuart Appleby | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Ángel Cabrera | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Brent Geiberger | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Kim Sung-yoon (a) | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Mark O'Meara (c) | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Corey Pavin | 80-70=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Gary Player (c) | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler (c) | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Gabriel Hjertstedt | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Sandy Lyle (c) | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Tom Watson (c) | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Lee Janzen | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Naomichi Ozaki | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Lee Westwood | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | John Daly | 80-73=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Hunter Haas (a) | 80-73=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Paul Lawrie | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Charles Coody (c) | 81-74=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw (c) | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Kirk Triplett | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Ted Tryba | 75-81=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 82-74=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Brian Watts | 78-79=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Raymond Floyd (c) | 80-78=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Tim Herron | 84-74=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Graeme Storm (a) | 83-76=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Arnold Palmer (c) | 78-82=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Seve Ballesteros (c) | 81-81=162 | +18 | |
| CUT | Gay Brewer (c) | 84-78=162 | +18 | |
| WD | Billy Casper (c) | 84 | +12 | |
| WD | Doug Ford (c) | 94 | +22 | |
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#### Scorecard

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Singh | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 |
| Els | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 |
| Duval | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 |
| Roberts | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Woods | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 |
| Lehman | +1 | E | E | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | E | E | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 |
| Franco | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 |
| Love | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 |
| Mickelson | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Birdie Bogey
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