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 Tiger Woods65−7T2 Steve Lowery66−6 David TomsT4 Chris DiMarco67−5 Gary Evans Retief Goosen Jerry Kelly Vijay Singh Mike WeirT10 José Cóceres68−4 Ernie Els Bob Estes Niclas Fasth Justin Leonard José María Olazábal Craig Parry Kenny Perry Nick Price Scott Verplank
Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods65-65=130−142 Jerry Kelly67-65=132−12T3 Steve Lowery66-67=133−11 David Toms66-67=1335 Retief Goosen67-67=134−10T6 Stuart Appleby69-66=135−9 Ernie Els68-67=135 Gary Evans67-68=135T9 Chris DiMarco67-69=136−8 Bob Estes68-68=136 Stephen Leaney69-67=136 Justin Leonard68-68=136 Davis Love III69-67=136 Rocco Mediate69-67=136 Vijay Singh67-69=136
Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods65-65-67=197−19T2 Retief Goosen67-67-68=202−14 Jerry Kelly67-65-70=202 Steve Lowery66-67-69=202 Scott McCarron71-67-64=202 Vijay Singh67-69-66=202 David Toms66-67-69=2028 Rocco Mediate69-67-67=203−139 Davis Love III69-67-68=204−12T10 Stuart Appleby69-66-70=205 −11 Bob Estes68-68-69=205 Justin Leonard68-68-69=205 Mike Weir67-70-68=205
Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tiger Woods 65-65-67-66=263 −25 1,000,0002 Retief Goosen 67-67-68-62=264 −24 540,0003 Vijay Singh 67-69-66-65=267 −21 367,500T4 Jerry Kelly 67-65-70-66=268 −20 235,000 David Toms 66-67-69-66=2686 Scott McCarron 71-67-64-67=269 −19 180,0007 Sergio García 69-69-70-62=270 −18 155,0008 Davis Love III 69-67-68-67=271 −17 130,000T9 Michael Campbell 71-66-71-64=272 −16 111,000 Bob Estes 68-68-69-67=272
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