2006 WGC-American Express Championship

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2006 WGC-American Express Championship

Tournament information
Dates	28 September – 1 October 2006
Location	Hertfordshire, England
Course(s)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,125
Field	62 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$7,500,000
Winner's share	$1,300,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
261 (–23)
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The 2006 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 28 September – 1 October 2006 at The Grove Golf Course in Hertfordshire, England. It was the seventh WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2006.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament with a record aggregate score of 261, to capture his fifth WGC-American Express Championship and his twelfth World Golf Championships title.

Round summaries[]

First round[]

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	63	–8
T2	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	64	–7
	Ian Poulter	England
T4	Stewart Cink	United States	65	–6
	Ernie Els	South Africa
T6	David Howell	England	66	–5
	Jyoti Randhawa	India
T8	Chad Campbell	United States	67	–4
	Simon Dyson	England
	Jim Furyk	United States
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden
	Nick O'Hern	Australia
	Adam Scott	Australia

Second round[]

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	63-64=127	–15
T2	Stewart Cink	United States	65-67=132	–10
	Jim Furyk	United States	67-65=132
	David Howell	England	66-66=132
5	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	64-69=133	–9
6	Brett Quigley	United States	70-64=134	–8
T7	Ernie Els	South Africa	65-70=135	–7
	Ian Poulter	England	64-71=135
	Adam Scott	Australia	67-68=135
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	68-67=135

Third round[]

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	63-64-67=194	–19
2	Adam Scott	Australia	67-68-65=200	–13
T3	Jim Furyk	United States	67-65-69=201	–12
	Brett Quigley	United States	70-64-67=201
5	Stewart Cink	United States	65-67-70=202	–11
T6	David Howell	England	66-66-71=203	–10
	Ian Poulter	England	64-71-68=203
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	68-67-68=203
T9	Ernie Els	South Africa	65-70-69=204	–9
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	64-69-71=204
	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	68-68-68=204

Final leaderboard[]

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Tiger Woods	United States	63-64-67-67=261	–23	1,300,000
T2	Ian Poulter	England	64-71-68-66=269	–15	610,000
	Adam Scott	Australia	67-68-65-69=269
4	Jim Furyk	United States	67-65-69-69=270	–14	345,000
5	Ernie Els	South Africa	65-70-69-67=271	–13	290,000
T6	Stuart Appleby	Australia	71-66-70-66=273	–11	216,667
	Luke Donald	England	68-70-67-68=273
	Brett Wetterich	United States	70-66-69-68=273
T9	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	68-68-68-70=274	–10	150,000
	Brett Quigley	United States	70-64-67-73=274
	Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	71-67-71-65=274

External links[]

• Full results^{[permanent dead link]}