2004 WGC-American Express Championship

Golf tournament October 2020 October 2020 October 2020 2004 WGC-American Express Championship 30 September – 3 October 2004 Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland Mount Juliet Golf Course PGA TourEuropean Tour 72 7,256 68 players None $7,000,000 $1,200,000 ZAF Ernie Els 270 (−18) 2003 2005 52.526 -7.189 Ireland Mount Juliet Location in Ireland yes 200 The 2004 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 30 September to 3 October 2004 at Mount Juliet Golf Course in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It was the fifth WGC-American Express Championship tournament and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2004. Ernie Els won the tournament for his first of two WGC titles, which lifted him to second in the Official World Golf Ranking. Tiger Woods was the 2-time defending champion but finished in 9th place.https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/golf/2004/10/04/golf-roundup-els-earns-first-world-golf-crown/stories/200410040143 Golf Roundup: Els earns first World Golf crown Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pennsylvania October 3, 2004 Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Todd Hamilton66−6T2 AUS Stuart Appleby67−5 ENG Luke Donald USA Steve Flesch ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez ESP Sergio García AUS Adam ScottT8 AUS Robert Allenby68−4 DEN Thomas Bjørn ZAF Retief Goosen USA Zach Johnson USA Justin Leonard AUS Nick O'Hern ENG Lee Westwood USA Tiger Woods Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Ernie Els69-64=133−11T2 USA Todd Hamilton66-69=135−9 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez67-68=1354 USA Justin Leonard68-68=136−8T5 DEN Thomas Bjørn68-69=137−7 USA Steve Flesch67-70=137 ZAF Retief Goosen68-69=137 ENG Lee Westwood68-69=137T9 ARG Ángel Cabrera69-69=138−6 ENG Luke Donald67-71=138 USA Brad Faxon70-68=138 IRL Pádraig Harrington69-69=138 ENG David Howell69-69=138 USA Tiger Woods68-70=138 Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Ernie Els69-64-68=201−152 DEN Thomas Bjørn68-69-66=203−13T3 USA Todd Hamilton66-69-69=204−12 IRL Pádraig Harrington69-69-66=204 ENG David Howell69-69-66=2046 ZAF Retief Goosen68-69-68=205−117 ESP Sergio García67-72-67=206−10T8 NIR Darren Clarke71-72-65=208 −8 USA Zach Johnson68-71-69=208 ENG Lee Westwood68-69-71=208 USA Tiger Woods68-70-70=208 Final leaderboard PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)1 ZAF Ernie Els 69-64-68-69=270 −18 1,200,0002 DNK Thomas Bjørn 68-69-66-68=271 −17 675,0003 ENG David Howell 69-69-66-71=275 −13 450,000T4 NIR Darren Clarke 71-72-65-68=276 −12 308,000 ESP Sergio García 67-72-67-70=276T6 ZAF Retief Goosen 68-69-68-72=277 −11 200,000 USA Todd Hamilton 66-69-69-73=277 IRL Pádraig Harrington 69-69-66-73=2779 USA Tiger Woods 68-70-70-70=278 −10 155,00010 USA Zach Johnson 68-71-69-71=279 −9 135,000 References External links Full results 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 WGC-American Express Championship