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2000 WGC-American Express Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2000 WGC-American Express Championship |
| dates | 9–12 November 2000 |
| location | Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain |
| course | Valderrama Golf Club |
| tour | PGA Tour |
| European Tour | |
| par | 72 |
| yardage | 6,974 |
| field | 55 players |
| cut | None |
| purse | $5,000,000 |
| winners_share | $1,000,000 |
| champion | CAN Mike Weir |
| score | 277 (−11) |
| previous | 1999 |
| next | 2002 |
European Tour 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
;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)
- Paul Azinger (2), Notah Begay III (2), Stewart Cink (2), Fred Couples, David Duval (2), Jim Furyk (2), John Huston (2), Tom Lehman (2), Davis Love III (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Greg Norman, Loren Roberts (2), and Hal Sutton (2) did not play.
;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
- Toru Taniguchi did not play.
;5. Winner of the 1999 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit Kyi Hla Han
Round summaries
First round
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZWE Nick Price | 63 | −9 |
| 2 | IRL Pádraig Harrington | 66 | −6 |
| T3 | SCO Andrew Coltart | 67 | −5 |
| USA Scott Hoch | |||
| T5 | USA Franklin Langham | 68 | −4 |
| USA Chris Perry | |||
| CAN Mike Weir | |||
| T8 | AUS Robert Allenby | 69 | −3 |
| PAR Carlos Franco | |||
| ESP Sergio García | |||
| ZAF Retief Goosen | |||
| ZAF Nic Henning |
Second round
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZWE Nick Price | 63-72=135 | −9 |
| 2 | JPN Hidemichi Tanaka | 71-66=137 | −7 |
| 3 | IRL Pádraig Harrington | 66-72=138 | −6 |
| T4 | USA Mark Calcavecchia | 72-67=139 | −5 |
| USA Duffy Waldorf | 70-69=139 | ||
| T6 | USA Bob May | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| USA Chris Perry | 68-72=140 | ||
| USA Tiger Woods | 71-69=140 | ||
| T9 | ARG José Cóceres | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| FIJ Vijay Singh | 71-70=141 |
Third round
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPN Hidemichi Tanaka | 71-66-70=207 | −9 |
| T2 | USA Mark Calcavecchia | 72-67-69=208 | −8 |
| CAN Mike Weir | 68-75-65=208 | ||
| T4 | ZWE Nick Price | 63-72-74=209 | −7 |
| USA Tiger Woods | 71-69-69=209 | ||
| T6 | IRL Pádraig Harrington | 66-72-73=211 | −5 |
| USA Duffy Waldorf | 70-69-72=211 | ||
| T8 | NZL Michael Campbell | 72-71-69=212 | −4 |
| USA Bob May | 71-69-72=212 | ||
| FIJ Vijay Singh | 71-70-71=212 | ||
| ENG Lee Westwood | 72-72-68=212 |
Final round
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAN Mike Weir | 68-75-65-69=277 | −11 | 1,000,000 |
| 2 | ENG Lee Westwood | 72-72-68-67=279 | −9 | 500,000 |
| T3 | FJI Vijay Singh | 71-70-71-68=280 | −8 | 287,000 |
| USA Duffy Waldorf | 70-69-72-69=280 | |||
| T5 | ESP Sergio García | 69-74-74-64=281 | −7 | 157,500 |
| IRL Pádraig Harrington | 66-72-73-70=281 | |||
| ZWE Nick Price | 63-72-74-72=281 | |||
| USA Tiger Woods | 71-69-69-72=281 | |||
| 9 | NZL Michael Campbell | 72-71-69-70=282 | −6 | 115,000 |
| 10 | USA Mark Calcavecchia | 72-67-69-75=283 | −5 | 105,000 |
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