2002 WGC-American Express Championship

2002 WGC-American Express Championship
Tournament information
Dates 19–22 September 2002
Location Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Course(s) Mount Juliet Golf Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,246
Field 65 players
Cut None
Prize fund $5,000,000
Winner's share $1,000,000
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
263 (–25)
«2000
2003»

The 2002 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 19–22 September at Mount Juliet Golf Course in Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland. It was the third WGC-American Express Championship tournament, following the cancellation of the 2001 edition in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, and the third of four World Golf Championships events in 2002.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament, to capture his second WGC-American Express Championship and his fifth World Golf Championship. He set the tournament record for score to-par at 25 under.

Field

1. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 9 September

Robert Allenby (2), Stuart Appleby, Paul Azinger, Rich Beem (2), Thomas Bjørn (3), Ángel Cabrera (3), Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell (3), Darren Clarke, José Cóceres, John Cook, Chris DiMarco (2), David Duval, Ernie Els (2,3), Bob Estes (2), Niclas Fasth (3), Brad Faxon (2), Fred Funk (2), Jim Furyk (2), Sergio García (2,3), Retief Goosen (2,3,5), Pádraig Harrington (3), Scott Hoch, Jerry Kelly (2), Bernhard Langer, Paul Lawrie (3), Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (2), Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (2), Steve Lowery (2), Shigeki Maruyama (2), Len Mattiace (2), Scott McCarron (2), Rocco Mediate (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Colin Montgomerie (3), Craig Parry (4), Kenny Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Chris Riley (2), Eduardo Romero (3), Justin Rose (3,5), Adam Scott (3), Vijay Singh (2), David Toms (2), Scott Verplank, Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (2)

2. Top 30 on the 2002 PGA Tour money list as of 9 September

Craig Perks, John Rollins, Jeff Sluman, Kevin Sutherland

3. Top 20 on the 2002 European Tour Order of Merit as of 9 September

Gary Evans, Anders Hansen, Søren Hansen, Trevor Immelman, Stephen Leaney, Carl Pettersson

4. Top 3 on the 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit as of 9 September

Scott Laycock, Peter O'Malley

5. Top 3 on the 2001–02 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Tim Clark

6. Top 3 on the 2002 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 9 September

Kenichi Kuboya

7. Winner of the 2001 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit

Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries

First round

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States65–7
T2Steve Lowery United States66–6
David Toms United States
T4Chris DiMarco United States67–5
Gary Evans England
Retief Goosen South Africa
Jerry Kelly United States
Vijay Singh Fiji
Mike Weir Canada
T10José Cóceres Argentina68–4
Ernie Els South Africa
Bob Estes United States
Niclas Fasth Sweden
Justin Leonard United States
José María Olazábal Spain
Craig Parry Australia
Kenny Perry United States
Nick Price Zimbabwe
Scott Verplank United States

Second round

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States65-65=130–14
2Jerry Kelly United States67-65=132–12
T3Steve Lowery United States66-67=133–11
David Toms United States66-67=133
5Retief Goosen South Africa67-67=134–10
T6Stuart Appleby Australia69-66=135–9
Ernie Els South Africa68-67=135
Gary Evans England67-68=135
T9Chris DiMarco United States67-69=136–8
Bob Estes United States68-68=136
Stephen Leaney Australia69-67=136
Justin Leonard United States68-68=136
Davis Love III United States69-67=136
Rocco Mediate United States69-67=136
Vijay Singh Fiji67-69=136

Third round

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States65-65-67=197–19
T2Retief Goosen South Africa67-67-68=202–14
Jerry Kelly United States67-65-70=202
Steve Lowery United States66-67-69=202
Scott McCarron United States71-67-64=202
Vijay Singh Fiji67-69-66=202
David Toms United States66-67-69=202
8Rocco Mediate United States69-67-67=203–13
9Davis Love III United States69-67-68=204–12
T10Stuart Appleby Australia69-66-70=205 –11
Bob Estes United States68-68-69=205
Justin Leonard United States68-68-69=205
Mike Weir Canada67-70-68=205

Final leaderboard

#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)
1 Tiger Woods  United States 65-65-67-66=263 –25 1,000,000
2 Retief Goosen  South Africa 67-67-68-62=264 –24 540,000
3 Vijay Singh  Fiji 67-69-66-65=267 –21 367,500
T4 Jerry Kelly  United States 67-65-70-66=268 –20 235,000
David Toms  United States 66-67-69-66=268
6 Scott McCarron  United States 71-67-64-67=269 –19 180,000
7 Sergio García  Spain 69-69-70-62=270 –18 155,000
8 Davis Love III  United States 69-67-68-67=271 –17 130,000
T9 Michael Campbell  New Zealand 71-66-71-64=272 –16 111,000
Bob Estes  United States 68-68-69-67=272

External links

Coordinates: 52°31′33″N 7°11′19″W / 52.525903°N 7.188697°W / 52.525903; -7.188697

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.