2005 WGC-American Express Championship

2005 WGC-American Express Championship

Tournament information
Dates	October 6–9, 2005
Location	San Francisco, California
Course(s)	Harding Park Golf Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,086 yards (6,479 m)
Field	71 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$7,500,000 €6,144,040
Winner's share	$1,300,000 €1,078,120
Champion
Tiger Woods
270 (−10), playoff
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The 2005 WGC-American Express Championship was a professional golf tournament held October 6–9 at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, California. It was the sixth WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2005.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to capture his fourth WGC-American Express Championship and his tenth World Golf Championships title. Woods defeated John Daly on the second hole of a playoff when Daly missed a two-foot (0.6 m) putt for par.

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, October 6, 2005

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	64	−6
T2	Olin Browne	United States	67	−3
	Mark Calcavecchia	United States
	Chad Campbell	United States
	John Daly	United States
	Fred Funk	United States
	Sergio García	Spain
	David Howell	England
	Rod Pampling	Australia
	Ian Poulter	England
	Vijay Singh	Fiji
	Tiger Woods	United States

Second round[]

Friday, October 7, 2005

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	64-69=133	−7
T2	John Daly	United States	67-67=134	−6
	David Howell	England	67-67=134
T4	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	69-66=135	−5
	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	67-68=135
	Fred Funk	United States	67-68=135
	Jim Furyk	United States	68-67=135
	Sean O'Hair	United States	68-67=135
	Tiger Woods	United States	67-68=135
T10	Stephen Ames	Canada	72-64=136	−4
	Stuart Appleby	Australia	71-65=136
	Sergio García	Spain	67-69=136
	Billy Mayfair	United States	69-67=136
	David Toms	United States	68-68=136

Third round[]

Saturday, October 8, 2005

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	John Daly	United States	67-67-67=201	−9
2	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	64-69-69=202	−8
T3	Sergio García	Spain	67-69-67=203	−7
	Tiger Woods	United States	67-68-68=203
5	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	70-67-67=204	−6
6	Stuart Appleby	Australia	71-65-69=205	−5
T7	Jim Furyk	United States	68-67-71=206	−4
	Sean O'Hair	United States	68-67-71=206
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-70-69=206
	David Toms	United States	68-68-70=206

Final round[]

Sunday, October 9, 2005

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Tiger Woods	United States	67-68-68-67=270	−10	Playoff
	John Daly	United States	67-67-67-69=270
T3	Sergio García	Spain	67-69-67-69=272	−8	353,667
	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	64-69-69-70=272
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	70-67-67-68=272
T6	David Howell	England	67-67-74-67=275	−5	187,500
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	69-70-68-68=275
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-70-69-69=275
	David Toms	United States	68-68-70-69=275
10	Stephen Ames	Canada	72-64-71-69=276	−4	140,000

Scorecard[]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Woods	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−8	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10
Daly	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10
García	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−9	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Montgomerie	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8
Stenson	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:^[1]

Playoff[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	United States	4-4=8	E	1,300,000
2	John Daly	United States	4-5=9	+1	750,000

The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole (468 yd.) and ended on the 16th hole (336 yd.).

Scorecard[]

Hole	18	16
Par	4	4
Woods	E	E
Daly	E	+1

Cumulative sudden-death playoff scores, relative to par

References[]

External links[]

• Coverage from the European Tour's official site

Coordinates: 37°43′30″N 122°29′35″W / 37.725°N 122.493°W / 37.725; -122.493