2005 WGC-American Express Championship explained

The 2005 WGC-American Express Championship was a professional golf tournament held October 6–9 at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, California. It was the sixth WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2005.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to capture his fourth WGC-American Express Championship and his tenth World Golf Championships title. Woods defeated John Daly on the second hole of a playoff when Daly missed a two-foot (0.6 m) putt for par.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, October 6, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	align=center	64	−6
T2	Olin Browne	67	−3
	Mark Calcavecchia
	Chad Campbell
	John Daly
	Fred Funk
	Sergio García
	David Howell
	Rod Pampling
	Ian Poulter
	Vijay Singh
	Tiger Woods

Second round

Friday, October 7, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	align=center	64-69=133	−7
T2	John Daly	align=center	67-67=134	−6
	David Howell	align=center	67-67=134
T4	Ángel Cabrera	align=center	69-66=135	−5
	Mark Calcavecchia	align=center	67-68=135
	Fred Funk	align=center	67-68=135
	Jim Furyk	align=center	68-67=135
	Sean O'Hair	align=center	68-67=135
	Tiger Woods	align=center	67-68=135
T10	Stephen Ames	align=center	72-64=136	−4
	Stuart Appleby	align=center	71-65=136
	Sergio García	align=center	67-69=136
	Billy Mayfair	align=center	69-67=136
	David Toms	align=center	68-68=136

Third round

Saturday, October 8, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	John Daly	align=center	67-67-67=201	−9
2	Colin Montgomerie	align=center	64-69-69=202	−8
T3	Sergio García	align=center	67-69-67=203	−7
	Tiger Woods	align=center	67-68-68=203
5	Henrik Stenson	align=center	70-67-67=204	−6
6	Stuart Appleby	align=center	71-65-69=205	−5
T7	Jim Furyk	68-67-71=206	−4
	Sean O'Hair	68-67-71=206
	Vijay Singh	67-70-69=206
	David Toms	68-68-70=206

Final round

Sunday, October 9, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1		67-68-68-67=270	−10	Playoff
		67-67-67-69=270
T3		67-69-67-69=272	−8	353,667
		64-69-69-70=272
		70-67-67-68=272
T6		67-67-74-67=275	−5	187,500
		69-70-68-68=275
		67-70-69-69=275
		68-68-70-69=275
10		72-64-71-69=276	−4	140,000

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Woods	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−8	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10
Daly	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10
García	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−9	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Montgomerie	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8
Stenson	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey -->

Source:^[1]

Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	4-4=8	E	1,300,000
2		4-5=9	+1	750,000

The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole (468 yd.) and ended on the 16th hole (336 yd.).

Scorecard

Hole	18	16
Par	4	4
Woods	E	E
Daly	E	+1

Cumulative sudden-death playoff scores, relative to par

External links

• Coverage from the European Tour's official site

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Notes and References

1. News: WGC-American Express Championship . ESPN . September 22, 2018.