2000 U.S. Open Golf Championship
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| Dates | June 15–18, 2000 |
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| Location | Pebble Beach, California |
| Course(s) | Pebble Beach Golf Links |
| Organized by | USGA |
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PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,846 yards (6,260 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 63 after cut |
| Cut | 149 (+7) |
| Prize fund |
$4,500,000 €4,723,908 |
| Winner's share | $800,000 €839,806 |
 Tiger Woods
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| 272 (−12) | |
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The 2000 United States Open Championship was the 100th U.S. Open Championship, held June 15–18 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Tiger Woods won his first U.S. Open by a record-setting fifteen strokes over runners-up Ernie Els and Miguel Ángel Jiménez – it remains the most dominating performance and victory in any major championship. As the United States Golf Association wanted to begin the millennium with a memorable tournament, Pebble Beach was moved up two years in the rotation. Notable golfers going into the tournament at large included Jack Nicklaus, playing in his final U.S. Open, Vijay Singh, the year's Masters winner, as well as Ernie Els, and David Duval.
The defending champion, Payne Stewart, died in an aviation accident less than eight months earlier, in October 1999. His death was commemorated many times throughout the week, starting with a group of players simultaneously teeing off from the 18th fairway into the Pacific in a twist on the 21-gun salute.Sergio García wore Stewart's trademark navy plus fours in Stewart's honor in the first round. Nicklaus was asked to take Stewart's spot in the traditional grouping, for the first two rounds, of the prior year's British Open winner (Paul Lawrie), U.S. Amateur winner (David Gossett), and U.S. Open winner.
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