Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 24–27, 2000 |
Location | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
Course(s) | Firestone Country Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour 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. 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.