# 2000 PGA Championship

The 2000 PGA Championship was the 82nd PGA Championship, held August 17–20 at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the second time for the event at Valhalla, which hosted four years earlier in 1996. Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major in a three-hole playoff over Bob May. Woods and May finished at 18 under par to set the PGA Championship record to par, later equaled by Woods in 2006. It was the first time since 1937 that a PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first as a stroke play event. Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher Thomas Bjørn.
Woods' victory marked the first time since 1953 (Ben Hogan) that a player had won three major championships in the same calendar year; Woods won the U.S. Open and the British Open in the previous two months for three consecutive majors. He went on to win the Masters in April 2001 to complete the Tiger Slam of four consecutive majors.
May opened with an even-par 72 then shot 66 (−6) in each of the final three rounds; this was the only time he was in contention in a major championship. Designer of the course and five-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 60, made his final appearance at the PGA Championship. Playing with Woods, he needed an eagle on the 36th hole to make the cut; his pitch shot missed by inches and he settled for birdie.
Valhalla later hosted the Ryder Cup in 2008, the first U.S. victory in nine years. The Senior PGA Championship was played at the course in 2004 and 2011 and the PGA Championship returned in 2014.

## Course layout

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yards | 446 | 535 | 208 | 350 | 465 | 421 | 597 | 166 | 418 | 3,606 | 551 | 168 | 467 | 348 | 217 | 402 | 444 | 422 | 542 | 3,561 | 7,167 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Source:
Length of the course for previous majors:
* 7,144 yards (6,532 m), par 72 - 1996 PGA Championship

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, August 17, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Scott Dunlap | 66 | −6 |
| T1 | Tiger Woods | 66 | −6 |
| T3 | Darren Clarke | 68 | −4 |
| T3 | Davis Love III | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Stephen Ames | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Ed Fryatt | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Fred Funk | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | J. P. Hayes | 69 | −3 |
| T9 | Stuart Appleby | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Brian Henninger | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Jonathan Kaye | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Tom Kite | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Phil Mickelson | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Jean van de Velde | 70 | −2 |

### Second round

Friday, August 18, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66-67=133 | −11 |
| 2 | Scott Dunlap | 66-68=134 | −10 |
| T3 | Fred Funk | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T3 | J. P. Hayes | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T3 | Davis Love III | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T6 | Notah Begay III | 72-66=138 | −6 |
| T6 | Bob May | 72-66=138 | −6 |
| 8 | Stuart Appleby | 70-69=139 | -5 |
| T9 | Stephen Ames | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T9 | Thomas Bjørn | 72-68=140 | −4 |
| T9 | Greg Chalmers | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| T9 | Darren Clarke | 68-72=140 | −4 |
| T9 | Phil Mickelson | 70-70=140 | −4 |
| T9 | David Toms | 72-68=140 | −4 |

### Third round

Saturday, August 19, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66-67-70=203 | −13 |
| T2 | Scott Dunlap | 66-68-70=204 | −12 |
| T2 | Bob May | 72-66-66=204 | −12 |
| 4 | J. P. Hayes | 69-68-68=205 | −11 |
| 5 | Greg Chalmers | 71-69-66=206 | −10 |
| T6 | Stuart Appleby | 70-69-68=207 | −9 |
| T6 | Thomas Bjørn | 72-68-67=207 | −9 |
| T6 | José María Olazábal | 76-68-63=207 | −9 |
| T9 | Notah Begay III | 72-66-70=208 | −8 |
| T9 | Franklin Langham | 72-71-65=208 | −8 |

### Final round

Sunday, August 20, 2000
In the final pairing and well ahead of the field at the turn, May and Woods both shot 31 (−5) on the back nine. A key hole was the par four 15th. Holding a one-shot lead, May hit his approach shot to within four feet (1.2 m) while Woods missed the green. Woods hit an indifferent chip to around ten feet (3 m) and then made the par putt. When May missed the short birdie putt, his lead remained a single stroke. After Woods' birdie on 17, they were tied going to the final hole, a par five. On the green, May curled in a double-breaking 15-footer (4.5 m) for birdie; Woods then sank a pressure-packed five-footer (1.5 m) for his own birdie to tie and force a three-hole playoff. In the penultimate pairing, Scott Dunlap bogeyed the first two holes and carded a 75 for 279; J.P Hayes had 76 for 281 and tied for nineteenth.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T1 | Tiger Woods | 66-67-70-67=270 | −18 | Playoff |
| T1 | Bob May | 72-66-66-66=270 | −18 | Playoff |
| 3 | Thomas Bjørn | 72-68-67-68=275 | −13 | 340,000 |
| T4 | Stuart Appleby | 70-69-68-69=276 | −12 | 198,667 |
| T4 | Greg Chalmers | 71-69-66-70=276 | −12 | 198,667 |
| T4 | José María Olazábal | 76-68-63-69=276 | −12 | 198,667 |
| 7 | Franklin Langham | 72-71-65-69=277 | −11 | 157,000 |
| 8 | Notah Begay III | 72-66-70-70=278 | −10 | 145,000 |
| T9 | Darren Clarke | 68-72-72-67=279 | −9 | 112,500 |
| T9 | Scott Dunlap | 66-68-70-75=279 | −9 | 112,500 |
| T9 | Fred Funk | 69-68-74-68=279 | −9 | 112,500 |
| T9 | Davis Love III | 68-69-72-70=279 | −9 | 112,500 |
| T9 | Phil Mickelson | 70-70-69-70=279 | −9 | 112,500 |
| T9 | Tom Watson | 76-70-65-68=279 | −9 | 112,500 |
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#### Scorecard

Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Woods | −13 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −17 | −18 |
| May | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −15 | −16 | −16 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −18 |
| Bjørn | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 |
| Appleby | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 |
| Chalmers | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
| Olazábal | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 |
| Langham | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −12 | −11 | −12 | −11 |
| Begay | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey |
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### Playoff

Woods birdied the first playoff hole and parred the next two to win the three-hole playoff by one stroke.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 3-4-5=12 | −1 | 900,000 |
| 2 | Bob May | 4-4-5=13 | E | 540,000 |

#### Scorecard

Playoff
| Hole | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Woods | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| May | E | E | E |
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source: