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Sunday 22 September 2002PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-American Express Championship
Mount Juliet Golf Course, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September 2002 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 34 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD · American Express
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/9°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/9°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/9°C · wind 8 km/h NNE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/8°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Retief Goosen RSA · 264closed with a 10-under 62, eagling the par-5 17th to get within a stroke, but parred the last and finished one behind Golf Today: American Express Championship 2002 final round report (AP report; Wayback Machine copy)
65 started, 64 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-American Express Championship
Mount Juliet Golf Course, Mount Juliet Golf Course, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 September 2002
One of the photographers just took a picture while I'm over the ball. The most important shot of the entire week and he gets a happy finger. It just threw my focus off.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 September 2002
I played 71 consecutive holes without dropping a shot. That's pretty good golf.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 65 · 65 · 67 · 66 | 263 | −25 |
| 2 | Retief Goosen | 67 · 67 · 68 · 62 | 264 | −24 |
| 3 | Vijay Singh | 67 · 69 · 66 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Jerry Kelly | 67 · 65 · 70 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | David Toms | 66 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| 6 | Scott McCarron | 71 · 67 · 64 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 7 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 69 · 70 · 62 | 270 | −18 |
| 8 | Davis Love III | 69 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T9 | Bob Estes | 68 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Michael Campbell | 71 · 66 · 71 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 34; majors to date: 8; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet