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2000 WGC-American Express Championship

Coordinates: 36°17′09″N 5°20′02″W / 36.28583°N 5.33389°W / 36.28583; -5.33389
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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
Canada Mike Weir
277 (−11)
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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

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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

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First round

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Place Player Score To par
1 Zimbabwe Nick Price 63 −9
2 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 66 −6
T3 Scotland Andrew Coltart 67 −5
United States Scott Hoch
T5 United States Franklin Langham 68 −4
United States Chris Perry
Canada Mike Weir
T8 Australia Robert Allenby 69 −3
Paraguay Carlos Franco
Spain Sergio García
South Africa Retief Goosen
South Africa Nic Henning

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

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