2002 WGC-American Express Championship

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2002 WGC-American Express Championship

Tournament information
Dates	19–22 September 2002
Location	Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland 52°31′34″N 7°11′20″W / 52.526°N 7.189°W / 52.526; -7.189
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
Tiger Woods
263 (–25)
Location Map
Mount Juliet Location in the Republic of Ireland
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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. 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

• Nobuhito Sato and Toru Taniguchi did not play.

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

Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	65	–7
T2	Steve Lowery	United States	66	–6
	David Toms	United States
T4	Chris DiMarco	United States	67	–5
	Gary Evans	England
	Retief Goosen	South Africa
	Jerry Kelly	United States
	Vijay Singh	Fiji
	Mike Weir	Canada
T10	José Cóceres	Argentina	68	–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[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	65-65=130	–14
2	Jerry Kelly	United States	67-65=132	–12
T3	Steve Lowery	United States	66-67=133	–11
	David Toms	United States	66-67=133
5	Retief Goosen	South Africa	67-67=134	–10
T6	Stuart Appleby	Australia	69-66=135	–9
	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-67=135
	Gary Evans	England	67-68=135
T9	Chris DiMarco	United States	67-69=136	–8
	Bob Estes	United States	68-68=136
	Stephen Leaney	Australia	69-67=136
	Justin Leonard	United States	68-68=136
	Davis Love III	United States	69-67=136
	Rocco Mediate	United States	69-67=136
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-69=136

Third round[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	65-65-67=197	–19
T2	Retief Goosen	South Africa	67-67-68=202	–14
	Jerry Kelly	United States	67-65-70=202
	Steve Lowery	United States	66-67-69=202
	Scott McCarron	United States	71-67-64=202
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-69-66=202
	David Toms	United States	66-67-69=202
8	Rocco Mediate	United States	69-67-67=203	–13
9	Davis Love III	United States	69-67-68=204	–12
T10	Stuart Appleby	Australia	69-66-70=205	–11
	Bob Estes	United States	68-68-69=205
	Justin Leonard	United States	68-68-69=205
	Mike Weir	Canada	67-70-68=205

Final round[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
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[]

• Full results^{[permanent dead link]}

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