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.
Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Todd Hamilton66−6T2 Stuart Appleby67−5 Luke Donald Steve Flesch Miguel Ángel Jiménez Sergio García Adam ScottT8 Robert Allenby68−4 Thomas Bjørn Retief Goosen Zach Johnson Justin Leonard Nick O'Hern Lee Westwood Tiger Woods
Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ernie Els69-64=133−11T2 Todd Hamilton66-69=135−9 Miguel Ángel Jiménez67-68=1354 Justin Leonard68-68=136−8T5 Thomas Bjørn68-69=137−7 Steve Flesch67-70=137 Retief Goosen68-69=137 Lee Westwood68-69=137T9 Ángel Cabrera69-69=138−6 Luke Donald67-71=138 Brad Faxon70-68=138 Pádraig Harrington69-69=138 David Howell69-69=138 Tiger Woods68-70=138
Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ernie Els69-64-68=201−152 Thomas Bjørn68-69-66=203−13T3 Todd Hamilton66-69-69=204−12 Pádraig Harrington69-69-66=204 David Howell69-69-66=2046 Retief Goosen68-69-68=205−117 Sergio García67-72-67=206−10T8 Darren Clarke71-72-65=208 −8 Zach Johnson68-71-69=208 Lee Westwood68-69-71=208 Tiger Woods68-70-70=208
Final leaderboard PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)1 Ernie Els 69-64-68-69=270 −18 1,200,0002 Thomas Bjørn 68-69-66-68=271 −17 675,0003 David Howell 69-69-66-71=275 −13 450,000T4 Darren Clarke 71-72-65-68=276 −12 308,000 Sergio García 67-72-67-70=276T6 Retief Goosen 68-69-68-72=277 −11 200,000 Todd Hamilton 66-69-69-73=277 Pádraig Harrington 69-69-66-73=2779 Tiger Woods 68-70-70-70=278 −10 155,00010 Zach Johnson 68-71-69-71=279 −9 135,000
References
External links Full results