| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 24–27, 2000 |
| Location | Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Course(s) | Firestone Country Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA 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.
Contents |
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | United States | 64 | -6 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | United States | 65 | -5 |
| T3 | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | 66 | -4 |
| Carlos Franco | Paraguay | |||
| Justin Leonard | United States | |||
| Phil Mickelson | United States | |||
| Phillip Price | Wales | |||
| Lee Westwood | England | |||
| T9 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | 67 | -3 |
| Ernie Els | South Africa | |||
| José María Olazábal | Spain | |||
| Loren Roberts | United States |
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | United States | 64-61=125 | -15 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 66-66=132 | -8 |
| 3 | Justin Leonard | United States | 66-67=133 | -7 |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | United States | 65=69=134 | -6 |
| T5 | Phillip Price | Wales | 66-69=135 | -5 |
| Lee Westwood | England | 66-69=135 | ||
| T7 | Loren Roberts | United States | 67-69=136 | -4 |
| Hal Sutton | United States | 68-68=136 | ||
| T9 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | 67-70=137 | -3 |
| Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | 66-71=137 |
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | United States | 64-61-67=192 | -18 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 66-66-69=201 | -9 |
| Phillip Price | Wales | 66-69-66=201 | ||
| Hal Sutton | United States | 68-68-65=201 | ||
| 5 | Loren Roberts | United States | 67-69-66=202 | -8 |
| 6 | Jim Furyk | United States | 65-69-69=203 | -7 |
| 7 | Justin Leonard | United States | 66-67-71=204 | -6 |
| 8 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 71-69-66=206 | -4 |
| T9 | Stuart Appleby | Australia | 67-70-70=207 | -3 |
| Andrew Coltart | Scotland | 69-69-69=207 | ||
| Ernie Els | South Africa | 67-71-69=207 |
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | United States | 64-61-67-67=259 | -21 | 1,000,000 |
| T2 | Justin Leonard | United States | 66-67-71-66=270 | -10 | 437,500 |
| Phillip Price | Wales | 66-69-66-69=270 | |||
| T4 | Jim Furyk | United States | 65-69-69-68=271 | -9 | 243,333 |
| Phil Mickelson | United States | 66-66-69-70=271 | |||
| Hal Sutton | United States | 68-68-65-70=271 | |||
| 7 | Stewart Cink | United States | 72-69-68-63=272 | -8 | 170,000 |
| T8 | Paul Azinger | United States | 68-70-70-65=273 | -7 | 147,500 |
| Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 71-69-66-67=273 | |||
| T10 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | 69-69-70-66=274 | -6 | 125,000 |
| José María Olazábal | Spain | 67-73-69-65=274 |
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