2002 WGC-American Express Championship

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Golf tournament

2002 WGC-American Express ChampionshipTournament 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[edit]

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[edit]

### First round[edit]

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Tiger Woods | 65 | −7
T2 |  Steve Lowery | 66 | −6
David Toms
T4 |  Chris DiMarco | 67 | −5
Gary Evans
Retief Goosen
Jerry Kelly
Vijay Singh
Mike Weir
T10 |  José Cóceres | 68 | −4
Ernie Els
Bob Estes
Niclas Fasth
Justin Leonard
José María Olazábal
Craig Parry
Kenny Perry
Nick Price
Scott Verplank

### Second round[edit]

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Tiger Woods | 65-65=130 | −14
2 |  Jerry Kelly | 67-65=132 | −12
T3 |  Steve Lowery | 66-67=133 | −11
David Toms | 66-67=133
5 |  Retief Goosen | 67-67=134 | −10
T6 |  Stuart Appleby | 69-66=135 | −9
Ernie Els | 68-67=135
Gary Evans | 67-68=135
T9 |  Chris DiMarco | 67-69=136 | −8
Bob Estes | 68-68=136
Stephen Leaney | 69-67=136
Justin Leonard | 68-68=136
Davis Love III | 69-67=136
Rocco Mediate | 69-67=136
Vijay Singh | 67-69=136

### Third round[edit]

Place | Player | Score | To par

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1 |  Tiger Woods | 65-65-67=197 | −19
T2 |  Retief Goosen | 67-67-68=202 | −14
Jerry Kelly | 67-65-70=202
Steve Lowery | 66-67-69=202
Scott McCarron | 71-67-64=202
Vijay Singh | 67-69-66=202
David Toms | 66-67-69=202
8 |  Rocco Mediate | 69-67-67=203 | −13
9 |  Davis Love III | 69-67-68=204 | −12
T10 |  Stuart Appleby | 69-66-70=205 | −11
Bob Estes | 68-68-69=205
Justin Leonard | 68-68-69=205
Mike Weir | 67-70-68=205

### Final round[edit]

Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($)

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1 |  Tiger Woods | 65-65-67-66=263 | −25 | 1,000,000
2 |  Retief Goosen | 67-67-68-62=264 | −24 | 540,000
3 |  Vijay Singh | 67-69-66-65=267 | −21 | 367,500
T4 |  Jerry Kelly | 67-65-70-66=268 | −20 | 235,000
David Toms | 66-67-69-66=268
6 |  Scott McCarron | 71-67-64-67=269 | −19 | 180,000
7 |  Sergio García | 69-69-70-62=270 | −18 | 155,000
8 |  Davis Love III | 69-67-68-67=271 | −17 | 130,000
T9 |  Michael Campbell | 71-66-71-64=272 | −16 | 111,000
Bob Estes | 68-68-69-67=272

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