2002 WGC-American Express Championship

October 2020 October 2020 October 2020 2002 WGC-American Express Championship 19–22 September 2002 Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland Mount Juliet Golf Course PGA TourEuropean Tour 72 7,246 65 players None $5,000,000 $1,000,000 USA Tiger Woods 263 (−25) 2000 2003 52.526 -7.189 Ireland Mount Juliet Location in Ireland yes 200 The 2002 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 19 to 22 September at Mount Juliet Golf Course in Thomastown, County 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods65−7T2 USA Steve Lowery66−6 USA David TomsT4 USA Chris DiMarco67−5 ENG Gary Evans ZAF Retief Goosen USA Jerry Kelly FIJ Vijay Singh CAN Mike WeirT10 ARG José Cóceres68−4 ZAF Ernie Els USA Bob Estes SWE Niclas Fasth USA Justin Leonard ESP José María Olazábal AUS Craig Parry USA Kenny Perry ZWE Nick Price USA Scott Verplank Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods65-65=130−142 USA Jerry Kelly67-65=132−12T3 USA Steve Lowery66-67=133−11 USA David Toms66-67=1335 ZAF Retief Goosen67-67=134−10T6 AUS Stuart Appleby69-66=135−9 ZAF Ernie Els68-67=135 ENG Gary Evans67-68=135T9 USA Chris DiMarco67-69=136−8 USA Bob Estes68-68=136 AUS Stephen Leaney69-67=136 USA Justin Leonard68-68=136 USA Davis Love III69-67=136 USA Rocco Mediate69-67=136 FIJ Vijay Singh67-69=136 Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods65-65-67=197−19T2 ZAF Retief Goosen67-67-68=202−14 USA Jerry Kelly67-65-70=202 USA Steve Lowery66-67-69=202 USA Scott McCarron71-67-64=202 FIJ Vijay Singh67-69-66=202 USA David Toms66-67-69=2028 USA Rocco Mediate69-67-67=203−139 USA Davis Love III69-67-68=204−12T10 AUS Stuart Appleby69-66-70=205 −11 USA Bob Estes68-68-69=205 USA Justin Leonard68-68-69=205 CAN Mike Weir67-70-68=205 Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Tiger Woods 65-65-67-66=263 −25 1,000,0002 ZAF Retief Goosen 67-67-68-62=264 −24 540,0003 FJI Vijay Singh 67-69-66-65=267 −21 367,500T4 USA Jerry Kelly 67-65-70-66=268 −20 235,000 USA David Toms 66-67-69-66=2686 USA Scott McCarron 71-67-64-67=269 −19 180,0007 ESP Sergio García 69-69-70-62=270 −18 155,0008 USA Davis Love III 69-67-68-67=271 −17 130,000T9 NZL Michael Campbell 71-66-71-64=272 −16 111,000 USA Bob Estes 68-68-69-67=272 External links Full resultsApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 52.525903 -7.188697 type:event title Category:WGC Championship Category:Golf tournaments in the Republic of Ireland Category:Golf in Leinster Category:Sport in County Kilkenny WGC-American Express Championship WGC-American Express Championship WGC-American Express Championship