2002 WGC-American Express Championship

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.

2002 WGC-American Express Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–22 September 2002
LocationThomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland
52.526°N 7.189°W / 52.526; -7.189
Course(s)Mount Juliet Golf Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,246
Field65 players
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000,000
Winner's share$1,000,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
263 (−25)
Location map
Mount Juliet
Location in the Republic of Ireland

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. Woods also went the first 71 holes of the tournament without making a bogey, only bogeying the 18th hole in the final round.

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woods65−7
T2 Steve Lowery66−6
David Toms
T4 Chris DiMarco67−5
Gary Evans
Retief Goosen
Jerry Kelly
Vijay Singh
Mike Weir
T10 José Cóceres68−4
Ernie Els
Bob Estes
Niclas Fasth
Justin Leonard
José María Olazábal
Craig Parry
Kenny Perry
Nick Price
Scott Verplank

Second round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woods65-65=130−14
2 Jerry Kelly67-65=132−12
T3 Steve Lowery66-67=133−11
David Toms66-67=133
5 Retief Goosen67-67=134−10
T6 Stuart Appleby69-66=135−9
Ernie Els68-67=135
Gary Evans67-68=135
T9 Chris DiMarco67-69=136−8
Bob Estes68-68=136
Stephen Leaney69-67=136
Justin Leonard68-68=136
Davis Love III69-67=136
Rocco Mediate69-67=136
Vijay Singh67-69=136

Third round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woods65-65-67=197−19
T2 Retief Goosen67-67-68=202−14
Jerry Kelly67-65-70=202
Steve Lowery66-67-69=202
Scott McCarron71-67-64=202
Vijay Singh67-69-66=202
David Toms66-67-69=202
8 Rocco Mediate69-67-67=203−13
9 Davis Love III69-67-68=204−12
T10 Stuart Appleby69-66-70=205−11
Bob Estes68-68-69=205
Justin Leonard68-68-69=205
Mike Weir67-70-68=205

Final round

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Tiger Woods65-65-67-66=263−251,000,000
2 Retief Goosen67-67-68-62=264−24540,000
3 Vijay Singh67-69-66-65=267−21367,500
T4 Jerry Kelly67-65-70-66=268−20235,000
David Toms66-67-69-66=268
6 Scott McCarron71-67-64-67=269−19180,000
7 Sergio García69-69-70-62=270−18155,000
8 Davis Love III69-67-68-67=271−17130,000
T9 Michael Campbell71-66-71-64=272−16111,000
Bob Estes68-68-69-67=272

52.525903°N 7.188697°W / 52.525903; -7.188697

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