2000 WGC-NEC Invitational

2000 WGC-NEC Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 24–27, 2000
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,139
Field	37 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000,000
Winner's share	$1,000,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
259 (−21)

The 2000 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament from August 24–27, 2000 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the second WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events in 2000.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to retain the WGC-NEC Invitational and claim his third World Golf Championships title. He won by an eleven-stroke margin, and set the tournament record for aggregate score (259) and score to-par (−21), having tied José María Olazábal's course record of 61 in the second round. His final approach to the 18th green was famously in the dark, hitting his iron shot to within a couple of feet of the hole. He would make birdie to seal the victory.

Field

1. 2000 United States and International Presidents Cup teams

• United States: Paul Azinger, Notah Begay III, Stewart Cink, Jim Furyk (2), Tom Lehman (2), Davis Love III (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Loren Roberts, Hal Sutton (2), Kirk Triplett, Tiger Woods (2)

• David Duval (2) did not play due to injury.

• International: Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Michael Campbell, Ernie Els, Carlos Franco, Retief Goosen, Shigeki Maruyama, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Mike Weir

• Steve Elkington and Vijay Singh did not play due to injury.

2. 1999 United States Ryder Cup team

Justin Leonard, Jeff Maggert, Mark O'Meara, Steve Pate

• Payne Stewart died in a plane crash in November 1999.

3. The leading 12 European players from the European Tour Order of Merit after the Victor Chandler British Masters

Thomas Bjørn, Darren Clarke, Andrew Coltart, Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, José María Olazábal, Gary Orr, Phillip Price, Lee Westwood, Ian Woosnam

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	64	−6
2	Jim Furyk	65	−5
T3	Darren Clarke	66	−4
	Carlos Franco
	Justin Leonard
	Phil Mickelson
	Phillip Price
	Lee Westwood
T9	Stuart Appleby	67	−3
	Ernie Els
	José María Olazábal
	Loren Roberts

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	64-61=125	−15
2	Phil Mickelson	66-66=132	−8
3	Justin Leonard	66-67=133	−7
4	Jim Furyk	65-69=134	−6
T5	Phillip Price	66-69=135	−5
	Lee Westwood	66-69=135
T7	Loren Roberts	67-69=136	−4
	Hal Sutton	68-68=136
T9	Stuart Appleby	67-70=137	−3
	Darren Clarke	66-71=137

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	64-61-67=192	−18
T2	Phil Mickelson	66-66-69=201	−9
	Phillip Price	66-69-66=201
	Hal Sutton	68-68-65=201
5	Loren Roberts	67-69-66=202	−8
6	Jim Furyk	65-69-69=203	−7
7	Justin Leonard	66-67-71=204	−6
8	Colin Montgomerie	71-69-66=206	−4
T9	Stuart Appleby	67-70-70=207	−3
	Andrew Coltart	69-69-69=207
	Ernie Els	67-71-69=207

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Tiger Woods	64-61-67-67=259	−21	1,000,000
T2	Justin Leonard	66-67-71-66=270	−10	437,500
	Phillip Price	66-69-66-69=270
T4	Jim Furyk	65-69-69-68=271	−9	243,333
	Phil Mickelson	66-66-69-70=271
	Hal Sutton	68-68-65-70=271
7	Stewart Cink	72-69-68-63=272	−8	170,000
T8	Paul Azinger	68-70-70-65=273	−7	147,500
	Colin Montgomerie	71-69-66-67=273
T10	Thomas Bjørn	69-69-70-66=274	−6	125,000
	José María Olazábal	67-73-69-65=274

External links

• Full results