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The
2000 PGA Championship
was the 82nd
PGA Championship
, held August 17–20 at the
Valhalla Golf Club
in
Louisville, Kentucky
. It was the second time for the event at Valhalla, which hosted four years earlier in
1996
.
Tiger Woods
won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth
major
in a three-hole playoff over
Bob May
.
[2]
Woods and May finished at 18 under par to set the PGA Championship record to par, later equaled by Woods in
2006
. It was the first time since
1937
that a PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first ever as a stroke play event. Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher
Thomas Bjørn
.
[3]
Woods' victory marked the first time since
1953
(
Ben Hogan
) that a player had won three major championships in the same calendar year; Woods won the
U.S. Open
and the
British Open
in the previous two months for three consecutive majors. He went on to win the
Masters
in April
2001
to complete the
Tiger Slam
of four consecutive majors.
May opened with an even-par 72 then shot 66 (−6) in each of the final three rounds; this was the only time he was in contention in a major championship. Designer of the course and five-time champion
Jack Nicklaus
, age 60, made his final appearance at the PGA Championship. Playing with Woods, he needed an eagle on the 36th hole to make the cut; his pitch shot missed by inches and he settled for birdie.
[4]
Valhalla later hosted the
Ryder Cup
in
2008
, the first U.S. victory in nine years. The
Senior PGA Championship
was played at the course in
2004
and
2011
and the PGA Championship returned in
2014
.