The 2000 PGA Championship was the 82nd PGA Championship, held August 17–20 at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the second time for the event at Valhalla, which hosted four years earlier in 1996. Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major in a three-hole playoff over Bob May. Woods and May finished at 18 under par to set the PGA Championship record to par, later equaled by Woods in 2006. It was the first time since 1937 that a PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first as a stroke play event. Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher Thomas Bjørn.

Woods' victory marked the first time since 1953 (Ben Hogan) that a player had won three major championships in the same calendar year; Woods won the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the previous two months for three consecutive majors. He went on to win the Masters in April 2001 to complete the Tiger Slam of four consecutive majors.

May opened with an even-par 72 then shot 66 (−6) in each of the final three rounds; this was the only time he was in contention in a major championship. Designer of the course and five-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 60, made his final appearance at the PGA Championship. Playing with Woods, he needed an eagle on the 36th hole to make the cut; his pitch shot missed by inches and he settled for birdie.

Valhalla later hosted the Ryder Cup in 2008, the first U.S. victory in nine years. The Senior PGA Championship was played at the course in 2004 and 2011 and the PGA Championship returned in 2014 and 2024.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4465352083504654215971664183,6065511684673482174024444225423,5617,167Par453444534365344344453672 Source:

Length of the course for previous majors: , par 72 - 1996 PGA Championship

Round summaries

First round Thursday, August 17, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo parCNNSI.com - GolfPlusT1 Scott Dunlap66−6 Tiger Woods T3 Darren Clarke68−4 Davis Love IIIT5 Stephen Ames69−3 Ed Fryatt Fred Funk J. P. HayesT9 Stuart Appleby70−2 Brian Henninger Miguel Ángel Jiménez Jonathan Kaye Tom Kite Phil Mickelson Jean van de Velde

Second round Friday, August 18, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo parCNNSI.com - GolfPlus1 Tiger Woods66-67=133−112 Scott Dunlap66-68=134−10T3 Fred Funk69-68=137−7 J. P. Hayes69-68=137 Davis Love III68-69=137T6 Notah Begay III72-66=138−6 Bob May72-66=1388 Stuart Appleby70-69=139-5T9 Stephen Ames69-71=140−4 Thomas Bjørn72-68=140 Greg Chalmers71-69=140 Darren Clarke68-72=140 Phil Mickelson70-70=140 David Toms72-68=140

Third round Saturday, August 19, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo parCNNSI.com - GolfPlus1 Tiger Woods66-67-70=203−13T2 Scott Dunlap66-68-70=204−12 Bob May72-66-66=2044 J. P. Hayes69-68-68=205−115 Greg Chalmers71-69-66=206−10T6 Stuart Appleby70-69-68=207−9 Thomas Bjørn72-68-67=207 José María Olazábal76-68-63=207T9 Notah Begay III72-66-70=208−8 Franklin Langham72-71-65=208

Final round Sunday, August 20, 2000

In the final pairing and well ahead of the field at the turn, May and Woods both shot 31 (−5) on the back nine. A key hole was the par four 15th. Holding a one-shot lead, May hit his approach shot to within while Woods missed the green. Woods hit an indifferent chip to around and then made the par putt. When May missed the short birdie putt, his lead remained a single stroke. After Woods' birdie on 17, they were tied going to the final hole, a par five. On the green, May curled in a double-breaking 15-footer (4.5 m) for birdie; Woods then sank a pressure-packed five-footer (1.5 m) for his own birdie to tie and force a three-hole playoff. In the penultimate pairing, Scott Dunlap bogeyed the first two holes and carded a 75 for 279; had 76 for 281 and tied for nineteenth. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 Tiger Woods 66-67-70-67=270 −18 Playoff Bob May 72-66-66-66=2703 Thomas Bjørn 72-68-67-68=275 −13 340,000T4 Stuart Appleby 70-69-68-69=276 −12 198,667 Greg Chalmers 71-69-66-70=276 José María Olazábal 76-68-63-69=2767 Franklin Langham 72-71-65-69=277 −11 157,0008 Notah Begay III 72-66-70-70=278 −10 145,000T9 Darren Clarke 68-72-72-67=279 −9 112,500 Scott Dunlap 66-68-70-75=279 Fred Funk 69-68-74-68=279 Davis Love III 68-69-72-70=279 Phil Mickelson 70-70-69-70=279 Tom Watson 76-70-65-68=279 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par453444534534434445 Woods −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −18 May −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 Bjørn −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 Appleby −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 Chalmers −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 Olazábal −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 Langham −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −11 −12 −11 Begay −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle Eagle -->BirdieBogey Source:

Playoff Woods birdied the first playoff hole and parred the next two to win the three-hole playoff by one stroke. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tiger Woods3-4-5=12−1900,0002 Bob May4-4-5=13E540,000

Scorecard Playoff Hole 16  17  18 Par445 Woods −1−1−1 May E E E Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source:

References

External links PGA.com – 2000 PGA Championship