2002 WGC-American Express Championship explained

2002 WGC-American Express Championship
Dates:	19–22 September 2002
Location:	Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Course:	Mount Juliet Golf Course
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	7,246
Field:	65 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$5,000,000
Winners Share:	$1,000,000
Score:	263 (−25)
Previous:	2000
Next:	2003
Coordinates:	52.526°N -7.189°W
Map:	Ireland
Map Label:	Mount Juliet
Map Relief:	yes
Map Size:	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 SeptemberRobert 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 SeptemberCraig Perks, John Rollins, Jeff Sluman, Kevin Sutherland

3. Top 20 on the 2002 European Tour Order of Merit as of 9 SeptemberGary 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 SeptemberScott Laycock, Peter O'Malley

5. Top 3 on the 2001–02 Sunshine Tour Order of MeritTim Clark

6. Top 3 on the 2002 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of 9 SeptemberKenichi Kuboya

Nobuhito Sato and Toru Taniguchi did not play.

7. Winner of the 2001 Asian PGA Tour Order of MeritThongchai Jaidee

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	align=center	65	−7
T2	Steve Lowery	66	−6
T2	David Toms	66	−6
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

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

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	align=center	65-65-67=197	−19
T2	Retief Goosen	align=center	67-67-68=202	−14
	Jerry Kelly	align=center	67-65-70=202
	Steve Lowery	align=center	66-67-69=202
	Scott McCarron	align=center	71-67-64=202
	Vijay Singh	align=center	67-69-66=202
	David Toms	align=center	66-67-69=202
8	Rocco Mediate	align=center	69-67-67=203	−13
9	Davis Love III	align=center	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

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	65-65-67-66=263	−25	1,000,000
2		67-67-68-62=264	−24	540,000
3		67-69-66-65=267	−21	367,500
T4		67-65-70-66=268	−20	235,000
T4		66-67-69-66=268	−20	235,000
6		71-67-64-67=269	−19	180,000
7		69-69-70-62=270	−18	155,000
8		69-67-68-67=271	−17	130,000
T9		71-66-71-64=272	−16	111,000
T9		68-68-69-67=272	−16	111,000

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