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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods64−62 Jim Furyk65−5T3 Darren Clarke66−4 Carlos Franco Justin Leonard Phil Mickelson Phillip Price Lee WestwoodT9 Stuart Appleby67−3 Ernie Els José María Olazábal Loren Roberts
Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods64-61=125−152 Phil Mickelson66-66=132−83 Justin Leonard66-67=133−74 Jim Furyk65-69=134−6T5 Phillip Price66-69=135−5 Lee Westwood66-69=135T7 Loren Roberts67-69=136−4 Hal Sutton68-68=136T9 Stuart Appleby67-70=137−3 Darren Clarke66-71=137
Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods64-61-67=192−18T2 Phil Mickelson66-66-69=201−9 Phillip Price66-69-66=201 Hal Sutton68-68-65=2015 Loren Roberts67-69-66=202−86 Jim Furyk65-69-69=203−77 Justin Leonard66-67-71=204−68 Colin Montgomerie71-69-66=206−4T9 Stuart Appleby67-70-70=207 −3 Andrew Coltart69-69-69=207 Ernie Els67-71-69=207
Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)1 Tiger Woods 64-61-67-67=259 −21 1,000,000T2 Justin Leonard 66-67-71-66=270 −10 437,500 Phillip Price 66-69-66-69=270T4 Jim Furyk 65-69-69-68=271 −9 243,333 Phil Mickelson 66-66-69-70=271 Hal Sutton 68-68-65-70=2717 Stewart Cink 72-69-68-63=272 −8 170,000T8 Paul Azinger 68-70-70-65=273 −7 147,500 Colin Montgomerie 71-69-66-67=273T10 Thomas Bjørn 69-69-70-66=274 −6 125,000 José María Olazábal 67-73-69-65=274
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