2000 WGC-American Express Championship

The 2000 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 9–12 November 2000 at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain. It was the second WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events that year.

2000 WGC-American Express Championship
Tournament information
Dates9–12 November 2000
LocationSotogrande, San Roque, Spain
Course(s)Valderrama Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,974
Field55 players
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000,000
Winner's share$1,000,000
Champion
Mike Weir
277 (–11)

Mike Weir won the tournament after he birdied five of his first 11 holes on Sunday.

Field

1. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 30 October

Robert Allenby (2), Stuart Appleby (2), Thomas Bjørn (3), Michael Campbell (3,4), Darren Clarke (3), José Cóceres (3), Ernie Els (2,3), Steve Flesch (2), Carlos Franco (2), Sergio García, Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Scott Hoch, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3), Bernhard Langer (3), Justin Leonard (2), Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Bob May (2), Rocco Mediate, Colin Montgomerie (3), José María Olazábal (3), Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik (2), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Eduardo Romero (3), Vijay Singh (2), David Toms (2), Kirk Triplett (2), Scott Verplank (2), Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (2), Lee Westwood (3), Tiger Woods (2)

2. Top 30 on the 2000 PGA Tour money list through the National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney

Mark Calcavecchia, Chris DiMarco, Franklin Langham

3. Top 20 on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit through the Volvo Masters

Ángel Cabrera, Andrew Coltart, Pierre Fulke, Mathias Grönberg, Paul McGinley, Gary Orr, Phillip Price

4. Top 3 on the 1999–2000 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Lucas Parsons, Peter Senior

5. Top 3 on the 1999–2000 Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit

Darren Fichardt, Nic Henning, Tjaart van der Walt

6. Top 3 on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Philip Morris Championship

Nobuhito Sato, Hidemichi Tanaka

5. Winner of the 1999 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit

Kyi Hla Han

Round summaries

First round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price Zimbabwe63–9
2Pádraig Harrington Ireland66–6
T3Andrew Coltart Scotland67–5
Scott Hoch United States
T5Franklin Langham United States68–4
Chris Perry United States
Mike Weir Canada
T8Robert Allenby Australia69–3
Carlos Franco Paraguay
Sergio García Spain
Retief Goosen South Africa
Nic Henning South Africa

Second round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price Zimbabwe63-72=135–9
2Hidemichi Tanaka Japan71-66=137–7
3Pádraig Harrington Ireland66-72=138–6
T4Mark Calcavecchia United States72-67=139–5
Duffy Waldorf United States70-69=139
T6Bob May United States71-69=140–4
Chris Perry United States68-72=140
Tiger Woods United States71-69=140
T9José Cóceres Argentina70-71=141–3
Vijay Singh Fiji71-70=141

Third round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hidemichi Tanaka Japan71-66-70=207–9
T2Mark Calcavecchia United States72-67-69=208–8
Mike Weir Canada68-75-65=208
T4Nick Price Zimbabwe63-72-74=209–7
Tiger Woods United States71-69-69=209
T6Pádraig Harrington Ireland66-72-73=211–5
Duffy Waldorf United States70-69-72=211
T8Michael Campbell New Zealand72-71-69=212–4
Bob May United States71-69-72=212
Vijay Singh Fiji71-70-71=212
Lee Westwood England72-72-68=212

Final round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Mike Weir Canada68-75-65-69=277–111,000,000
2Lee Westwood England72-72-68-67=279–9500,000
T3Vijay Singh Fiji71-70-71-68=280–8287,000
Duffy Waldorf United States70-69-72-69=280
T5Sergio García Spain69-74-74-64=281–7157,500
Pádraig Harrington Ireland66-72-73-70=281
Nick Price Zimbabwe63-72-74-72=281
Tiger Woods United States71-69-69-72=281
9Michael Campbell New Zealand72-71-69-70=282–6115,000
10Mark Calcavecchia United States72-67-69-75=283–5105,000

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