2000 WGC-American Express Championship

2000 WGC-American Express Championship

Tournament information
Dates	9–12 November 2000
Location	Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain
Course(s)	Valderrama Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,974
Field	55 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000,000
Winner's share	$1,000,000
Champion
Mike Weir
277 (−11)

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.

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)

• Paul Azinger (2), Notah Begay III (2), Stewart Cink (2), Fred Couples, David Duval (2), Jim Furyk (2), John Huston (2), Tom Lehman (2), Davis Love III (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Greg Norman, Loren Roberts (2), and Hal Sutton (2) did not play.

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

• Toru Taniguchi did not play.

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

Kyi Hla Han

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	63	−9
2	Pádraig Harrington	66	−6
T3	Andrew Coltart	67	−5
	Scott Hoch
T5	Franklin Langham	68	−4
	Chris Perry
	Mike Weir
T8	Robert Allenby	69	−3
	Carlos Franco
	Sergio García
	Retief Goosen
	Nic Henning

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nick Price	63-72=135	−9
2	Hidemichi Tanaka	71-66=137	−7
3	Pádraig Harrington	66-72=138	−6
T4	Mark Calcavecchia	72-67=139	−5
	Duffy Waldorf	70-69=139
T6	Bob May	71-69=140	−4
	Chris Perry	68-72=140
	Tiger Woods	71-69=140
T9	José Cóceres	70-71=141	−3
	Vijay Singh	71-70=141

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hidemichi Tanaka	71-66-70=207	−9
T2	Mark Calcavecchia	72-67-69=208	−8
	Mike Weir	68-75-65=208
T4	Nick Price	63-72-74=209	−7
	Tiger Woods	71-69-69=209
T6	Pádraig Harrington	66-72-73=211	−5
	Duffy Waldorf	70-69-72=211
T8	Michael Campbell	72-71-69=212	−4
	Bob May	71-69-72=212
	Vijay Singh	71-70-71=212
	Lee Westwood	72-72-68=212

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Mike Weir	68-75-65-69=277	−11	1,000,000
2	Lee Westwood	72-72-68-67=279	−9	500,000
T3	Vijay Singh	71-70-71-68=280	−8	287,000
	Duffy Waldorf	70-69-72-69=280
T5	Sergio García	69-74-74-64=281	−7	157,500
	Pádraig Harrington	66-72-73-70=281
	Nick Price	63-72-74-72=281
	Tiger Woods	71-69-69-72=281
9	Michael Campbell	72-71-69-70=282	−6	115,000
10	Mark Calcavecchia	72-67-69-75=283	−5	105,000

External links

• Full results