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2002 WGC-American Express Championship

Field	Value
name	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
champion	USA Tiger Woods
score	263 (−25)
previous	2000
next	2003
coordinates
map	Ireland
map_label	Mount Juliet
map_caption	Location in Ireland
map_relief	yes
map_size	200

European Tour 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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tiger Woods	65	−7
T2	USA Steve Lowery	66	−6
USA David Toms
T4	USA Chris DiMarco	67	−5
ENG Gary Evans
ZAF Retief Goosen
USA Jerry Kelly
FIJ Vijay Singh
CAN Mike Weir
T10	ARG José Cóceres	68	−4
ZAF Ernie Els
USA Bob Estes
SWE Niclas Fasth
USA Justin Leonard
ESP José María Olazábal
AUS Craig Parry
USA Kenny Perry
ZWE Nick Price
USA Scott Verplank

Second round

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

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tiger Woods	65-65-67=197	−19
T2	ZAF Retief Goosen	67-67-68=202	−14
USA Jerry Kelly	67-65-70=202
USA Steve Lowery	66-67-69=202
USA Scott McCarron	71-67-64=202
FIJ Vijay Singh	67-69-66=202
USA David Toms	66-67-69=202
8	USA Rocco Mediate	69-67-67=203	−13
9	USA Davis Love III	69-67-68=204	−12
T10	AUS Stuart Appleby	69-66-70=205	−11
USA Bob Estes	68-68-69=205
USA Justin Leonard	68-68-69=205
CAN Mike Weir	67-70-68=205

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Tiger Woods	65-65-67-66=263	−25	1,000,000
2	ZAF Retief Goosen	67-67-68-62=264	−24	540,000
3	FJI Vijay Singh	67-69-66-65=267	−21	367,500
T4	USA Jerry Kelly	67-65-70-66=268	−20	235,000
USA David Toms	66-67-69-66=268
6	USA Scott McCarron	71-67-64-67=269	−19	180,000
7	ESP Sergio García	69-69-70-62=270	−18	155,000
8	USA Davis Love III	69-67-68-67=271	−17	130,000
T9	NZL Michael Campbell	71-66-71-64=272	−16	111,000
USA Bob Estes	68-68-69-67=272

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