 Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher Thomas Bjørn.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.