2000_European_Tour
2000 European Tour
Golf tour season
The 2000 European Tour, titled as the 2000 PGA European Tour,[1] was the 29th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
| Duration | 11 November 1999 (1999-11-11) – 12 November 2000 (2000-11-12) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 44 |
| Most wins |  Lee Westwood (5) |
| Order of Merit | Lee Westwood |
| Golfer of the Year | Lee Westwood |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Ian Poulter |
← 1999 2001 → | |
There were several changes from the previous season, with the Alfred Dunhill Championship replacing the South African PGA Championship due to sponsorship reasons, the addition of two tournaments celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500, the Greg Norman Holden International, the Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open and The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy, and the loss of the Estoril Open, the German Open and the Sarazen World Open. Money earned from the Masters Tournament counted towards the Order of Merit for the first time.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[2]
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr | Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy | Portugal | €2,400,000 |  Team Continental Europe |
n/a | New tournament Team event |
| 11 Jul | J. P. McManus Pro-Am | Ireland | n/a |  Tiger Woods |
n/a | Pro-Am |
| 9 Oct | Cisco World Match Play Championship | England | £1,000,000 | Lee Westwood |
n/a | Limited-field event |
| 15 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Cup | Scotland | £1,000,000 |  Team Spain |
n/a | Team event |
| 10 Dec | WGC-World Cup | Argentina | US$3,000,000 | David Duval and Tiger Woods |
n/a | World Golf Championship Team event |
The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3][4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 3,125,147 |
| 2 |  Darren Clarke | 2,717,965 |
| 3 |  Ernie Els | 2,017,248 |
| 4 |  Michael Campbell | 1,993,550 |
| 5 |  Thomas Bjørn | 1,929,657 |
| 6 |  Colin Montgomerie | 1,740,917 |
| 7 |  Pádraig Harrington | 1,350,921 |
| 8 |  Phillip Price | 1,331,591 |
| 9 | José María Olazábal | 1,174,564 |
| 10 | Gary Orr | 1,009,473 |
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | Lee Westwood | [5] |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Ian Poulter | [6] |
- The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins.
- AFR − Southern Africa Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian PGA Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
- "Tour History". European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- "2000 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- "2000 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- "Westwood captures Order of Merit". ESPN. 12 November 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- "Westwood named as Golfer of the Year". RTÉ. 30 November 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- "Poulter named Rookie of the Year". RTÉ. 13 November 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2023.