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"If there's any two tournaments you want to win, you're going to want to win the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and want to win the British Open at St. Andrews." --Tiger Woods, after winning the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach In a career that continues to pile up highlight after highlight, Tiger Woods accomplished one of his greatest achievements when he followed his 2000 U.S. Open triumph by winning the 2000 British Open, completing the career Grand Slam. This 52-minute video, officially approved by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club, captures Woods's brilliant weekend at the 129th Open Championship, which for the millennium was played at the birthplace of golf, St. Andrews. Accordingly, the weekend was a celebration of the game itself, honoring all those who had previously won the Open at the Old Course, including three-time champion Jack Nicklaus, who makes what is probably his last appearance and bids farewell in a too-brief clip.
Although tournament officials bolstered the Old Course with longer fairways and deeper, steeper bunkers ("toughest I've ever seen," says Nicklaus), Woods takes advantage of the warm, calm weather to post a record score of 19 under par. David Duval challenges on the final day, but disappears from the leader board after an unfortunate encounter with the infamous Road Hole bunker. Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, and Fred Couples make some brilliant shots, but also miss key putts. On this weekend, like so many other weekends, they simply can't compete with Tiger Woods. --David Horiuchi
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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club had little hesitation in bringing the Millennium Open Championship back to St. Andrews--it is after all the home of golf. Suitably, all the surviving winners of the Claret Jug were invited to play in a special event to commemorate this unique Championship. The Old Course has remained fundamentally unchanged for over five hundred years, but was recently lengthened to present a challenge to the game's modern professionals. However, without the wind to protect it, the links succumbed to an awesome display of power and control from the world number one Tiger Woods, who became only the 5th player in history to complete the grand slam of Major championships.
However, the 2000 U.S. Open will also be remembered for the challenges of Ernie Els and Thomas Bjorn, and David Duval's Sunday afternoon encounter with the Road Hole bunker. It also witnessed an emotional and perhaps final Open appearance of Jack Nicklaus, possibly the greatest player the game has ever seen. This film looks back on all the drama of the greatest championship in golf, played on the game's most famous course and dominated by Tiger Woods, the most prominent player since Jack himself. 52 minutes.
