2000 Buy.com Tour
Year2000
TourBuy.com Tour
Regular seasonFebruary 3, 2000 – October 29, 2000
No of events31
Most winsTim Clark (2)
Kent Jones (2)
Spike McRoy (2)
Honor 1Money list
Honoree 1Spike McRoy
Honor 2Player of the Year
Honoree 2Spike McRoy
Prevseason1999
Nextseason2001

The 2000 Buy.com Tour was the 11th season of the Buy.com Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Buy.com title sponsorship

In October 1999, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Buy.com, being renamed as the Buy.com Tour.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[2][3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner[a]OWGR
points		Notes
Feb 6Buy.com Florida ClassicFlorida400,000Fran Quinn (2)6
Feb 13Buy.com Lakeland ClassicFlorida400,000Donnie Hammond (1)6
Mar 5Buy.com Mississippi Gulf Coast OpenMississippi400,000Tripp Isenhour (1)6
Mar 19Buy.com Monterrey OpenMexico450,000Briny Baird (1)6
Apr 2Buy.com Louisiana OpenLouisiana450,000Rob McKelvey (1)6
Apr 16Buy.com Shreveport OpenLouisiana400,000Kent Jones (1)6
Apr 30Buy.com South Carolina ClassicSouth Carolina400,000Jeff Gallagher (2)6
May 7Buy.com Knoxville OpenTennessee400,000J. J. Henry (1)6
May 14Buy.com Richmond OpenVirginia400,000Steve Runge (1)6
May 21Buy.com Virginia Beach OpenVirginia400,000Ryuji Imada (1)6New tournament
Jun 4Buy.com Steamtown ClassicPennsylvania450,000Jeff Hart (1)6New tournament
Jun 11Buy.com Dayton OpenOhio425,000Ian Leggatt (1)6
Jun 18Buy.com Cleveland OpenOhio400,000Deane Pappas (1)6
Jun 25Buy.com Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina400,000Kent Jones (2)6
Jul 2Buy.com Carolina ClassicNorth Carolina400,000Mark Hensby (2)6
Jul 9Buy.com Hershey OpenPennsylvania400,000Paul Gow (2)6
Jul 16Buy.com Upstate ClassicSouth Carolina400,000Shane Bertsch (1)6
Jul 23Buy.com Wichita OpenKansas400,000Ben Crane (1)6
Jul 30Buy.com Dakota Dunes OpenSouth Dakota500,000Spike McRoy (1)6
Aug 6Buy.com Omaha ClassicNebraska500,000David Berganio Jr. (3)6
Aug 13Buy.com Ozarks OpenMissouri425,000Pat Perez (1)6
Aug 20Buy.com Fort Smith ClassicArkansas400,000Tim Clark (1)6
Aug 27Buy.com Permian Basin OpenTexas400,000Kevin Johnson (3)6
Sep 3Buy.com Utah ClassicUtah550,000Andy Morse (1)6
Sep 10Buy.com Tri-Cities OpenWashington400,000Darron Stiles (2)6
Sep 17Buy.com Boise OpenIdaho550,000Tim Clark (2)6
Sep 24Buy.com Oregon ClassicOregon400,000Keoke Cotner (1)6
Oct 1Buy.com Monterey Peninsula ClassicCalifornia450,000Richard Johnson (2)6New tournament
Oct 8Buy.com New Mexico ClassicNew Mexico425,000Jason Gore (1)6
Oct 15Buy.com Inland Empire OpenCalifornia400,000Scott Petersen (1)6
Oct 29Buy.com Tour ChampionshipAlabama550,000Spike McRoy (2)6Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 2000 Buy.com Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][5] The top 15 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2001 PGA Tour.[6]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Spike McRoy300,638
2Mark Hensby291,757
3Tim Clark288,056
4Briny Baird271,897
5Ian Leggatt259,724

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the YearSpike McRoy[7]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Buy.com Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Buy.com Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Buy.com Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

References

  1. ^ "Buy.com taking over sponsorship of Nike Tour". Portsmouth Daily Times. Associated Press. 26 October 1999. p. 15 (B3 in paper). Retrieved 2 September 2023. – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ "2000 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived 7 August 2001 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ^ "2001 Buy.com Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. ^ "2000 money list". PGA Tour. Archived 22 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. ^ Ebner, Paul (5 November 2000). "Final event can make or break Tour season". The Victoria Advocate. p. 14 (2B in paper). Retrieved 2 September 2023. – via Google News Archive. Spike McRoy was the only one of the 15 to earn full status by finishing in the top spot with $300,638.
  6. ^ "Buy.com". Lakeland Ledger. 8 November 2000. p. 16 (C4 in paper). Retrieved 2 September 2023. – via Google News Archive. The top 15 players on the final money list earned their PGA Tour cards for next year:...
  7. ^ "Spike McRoy claims first PGA Tour win". United Press International. July 21, 2002. Retrieved January 16, 2023. The 2000 Buy.com Tour Player of the Year, McRoy fired a 7-under-par 65 for a 72-hole total of 19-under 269.