2000 Senior British Open
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The 2000 Senior British Open, for sponsor reasons named Senior British Open presented by MasterCard, was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the 14th British Senior Open Championship, held from 27 to 30 July at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 27–30 July 2000 |
Location | Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 54.218°N 5.884°W / 54.218; -5.884 |
Course(s) | Royal County Down Golf Club |
Organised by | The R&A |
Tour(s) | |
Format | 72 holes stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,609 yd (6,043 m) |
Field | 132 players, 64 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+8) |
Prize fund | €651,612 |
Winner's share | €102,758 |
Champion | |
Christy O'Connor Jnr | |
275 (−9) | |
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In 2018, the tournament was, as all Senior British Open Championships played 1987–2002, retroactively recognized as a senior major golf championship and a PGA Tour Champions (at the time named the Senior PGA Tour) event.[1]
Christy O'Connor Jnr beat John Bland by two strokes and successfully defended his Senior British Open title from 1999. Bland repeated his second place finish from the year before.[2][3]