2002 WGC-American Express Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–22 September 2002
LocationThomastown, 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
Par72
Length7,246
Field65 players
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000,000
Winner's share$1,000,000
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
263 (−25)
Location Map
Mount Juliet is located in Ireland
Mount Juliet
Mount Juliet
Location in the Republic of Ireland

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

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

7. Winner of the 2001 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit

Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries

First round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tiger Woods65−7
T2United States Steve Lowery66−6
United States David Toms
T4United States Chris DiMarco67−5
England Gary Evans
South Africa Retief Goosen
United States Jerry Kelly
Fiji Vijay Singh
Canada Mike Weir
T10Argentina José Cóceres68−4
South Africa Ernie Els
United States Bob Estes
Sweden Niclas Fasth
United States Justin Leonard
Spain José María Olazábal
Australia Craig Parry
United States Kenny Perry
Zimbabwe Nick Price
United States Scott Verplank

Second round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tiger Woods65-65=130−14
2United States Jerry Kelly67-65=132−12
T3United States Steve Lowery66-67=133−11
United States David Toms66-67=133
5South Africa Retief Goosen67-67=134−10
T6Australia Stuart Appleby69-66=135−9
South Africa Ernie Els68-67=135
England Gary Evans67-68=135
T9United States Chris DiMarco67-69=136−8
United States Bob Estes68-68=136
Australia Stephen Leaney69-67=136
United States Justin Leonard68-68=136
United States Davis Love III69-67=136
United States Rocco Mediate69-67=136
Fiji Vijay Singh67-69=136

Third round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tiger Woods65-65-67=197−19
T2South Africa Retief Goosen67-67-68=202−14
United States Jerry Kelly67-65-70=202
United States Steve Lowery66-67-69=202
United States Scott McCarron71-67-64=202
Fiji Vijay Singh67-69-66=202
United States David Toms66-67-69=202
8United States Rocco Mediate69-67-67=203−13
9United States Davis Love III69-67-68=204−12
T10Australia Stuart Appleby69-66-70=205−11
United States Bob Estes68-68-69=205
United States Justin Leonard68-68-69=205
Canada Mike Weir67-70-68=205

Final round

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Tiger Woods65-65-67-66=263−251,000,000
2South Africa Retief Goosen67-67-68-62=264−24540,000
3Fiji Vijay Singh67-69-66-65=267−21367,500
T4United States Jerry Kelly67-65-70-66=268−20235,000
United States David Toms66-67-69-66=268
6United States Scott McCarron71-67-64-67=269−19180,000
7Spain Sergio García69-69-70-62=270−18155,000
8United States Davis Love III69-67-68-67=271−17130,000
T9New Zealand Michael Campbell71-66-71-64=272−16111,000
United States Bob Estes68-68-69-67=272

52°31′33″N 7°11′19″W / 52.525903°N 7.188697°W / 52.525903; -7.188697

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