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Sunday 5 October 2003PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-American Express Championship
Capital City Club (Crabapple Course), Woodstock, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 October 2003 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 39 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Tim Herron USA · 276closed within a shot of Woods twice but three-putted 15 (four three-putts on the back nine) and played his last five holes in 3 over for a 71 ASAP Sports: Tim Herron interview, 5 Oct 2003
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 276playing with Woods, bogeyed the 9th and 10th from the middle of the fairway and closed with 72 ASAP Sports: Tiger Woods interview, 5 Oct 2003
- Stuart Appleby AUS · 276closed with 68, the only player among the final 12 off the tee to break par, finishing two behind Golf Today: American Express Championship 2003 final round report (AP report; Wayback Machine copy)
72 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-American Express Championship
Capital City Club (Crabapple Course), Capital City Club (Crabapple Course), Woodstock, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 October 2003
I've always said I'd much rather play in a tournament like this where the winning score is in the single digits under par versus going out there and shooting 20-some under par to win the tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 October 2003
I was walking off the tee on 18 and I saw Timmy putting, and I thought it was for birdie. When he missed the putt I assumed that I could make bogey and still win the tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 October 2003
I had four three-putts on the back, which is disappointing because I feel like I've been putting pretty well.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T2 | Stuart Appleby | 71 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T2 | Tim Herron | 66 · 72 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | 70 · 70 · 64 · 72 | 276 | −4 |
| 5 | David Toms | 73 · 72 · 67 · 65 | 277 | −3 |
| T6 | Padraig Harrington | 71 · 73 · 69 · 66 | 279 | −1 |
| T6 | K.J. Choi | 67 · 71 · 68 · 73 | 279 | −1 |
| T8 | Retief Goosen | 73 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Paul Casey | 73 · 71 · 66 · 71 | 281 | +1 |
| T10 | Ignacio Garrido | 68 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 282 | +2 |
| T10 | Fred Couples | 71 · 73 · 70 · 68 | 282 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 39; majors to date: 8; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
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