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.^[3] 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.^[1][4]

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.^[5]

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).^[1]

Field

1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 1999 Players Championship

2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 1999 Official Money List^[6]

3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in the last 10 years (1990-1999)

4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf from 1990-98 Tom Purtzer, Fulton Allem

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

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

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.)

Source:^[7]

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
	Brad Fabel
	Lee Janzen
	Bernhard Langer
	Billy Mayfair
	Len Mattiace
	Joe Ozaki
	Kenny Perry
T10	Craig Barlow	71	−1
	Greg Chalmers
	Tom Lehman
	Justin Leonard
	Omar Uresti
	Tiger Woods

Source:^[8]

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
	Omar Uresti	71-68=139
4	Fulton Allem	75-65=140	−4
T5	Ernie Els	73-69=142	−2
	Len Mattiace	70-72=142
	Tiger Woods	71-71=142
T8	Scott Dunlap	73-70=143	−1
	Lee Janzen	70-73=143
T10	Robert Allenby	70-74=144	E
	Stephen Ames	72-72=144
	Paul Azinger	75-69=144
	Jim Carter	73-71=144
	Brad Fabel	70-74=144
	Jim Furyk	72-72=144
	Billy Mayfair	70-74=144
	Colin Montgomerie	75-69=144
	Nick Price	73-71=144

Source:^[9]

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
	Craig Parry	70-74-69=213
T7	Paul Azinger	75-69-70=214	−2
	Robert Damron	78-70-66=214
	Scott Dunlap	73-70-71=214
	Ernie Els	73-69-72=214
	Colin Montgomerie	75-69-70=214

Source:^[10]

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
	Scott Dunlap	73-70-71-70=284
	Jeff Maggert	77-68-71-68=284
	Colin Montgomerie	75-69-70-70=284
	Nick Price (c)	73-71-73-67=284
8	Tom Lehman	71-68-72-74=285	−3	186,000
T9	Greg Chalmers	71-75-69-71=286	−2	156,000
	Lee Janzen (c)	70-73-70-73=286
	Len Mattiace	70-72-73-71=286
	Mark O'Meara	75-74-70-67=286

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

Source:^[11]

References

External links

• The Players Championship website
• Full Leaderboard