2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Fall Finish Presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers2003 WGC–AMERICAN EXPRESS CHAMPIONSHIP[42nd of 48 official events]WOODSWinner: SERGIO TIGER GARCÍA WOODS69-66-72-67 274 $720,00067-66-69-72 274 $1,050,000Capital City Club (Crabapple Course); Woodstock, GA Purse: $6,000,000Par: 35-35—70 Yards: 7,189 October 2-5, 2003LEADERS: First Round—Sergio Garcia fired a 5-under 65 tolead Tim Herron and Rocco Mediate by one. Second Round—Tiger Woods moved to 7-under 133, five ahead of K.J. Choi,Garcia, Herron and Mediate. Third Round—Woods, at 8-under202, had a two-stroke lead over Vijay Singh. Herron was threeback.CUT: There was no cut; all of the 72 professionals completed 72holes.WEATHER: Mostly sunny and breezy on Thursday withtemperatures reaching 67 and NE winds 10-18 mph. Due to anexpected frost delay on Friday, tee times were pushed back andplayers were grouped in threesomes off of one tee.Temperatures in the 40s on Friday but rose to a high of 70. Mostlysunny and windy at times. Partly cloudy and warm on Saturdaywith temperatures in the mid 70s. A mix of sun and clouds onSunday with temperatures hitting 77.Stuart Appleby ..................T2 71-68-69-68 276 $405,000.00Tim Herron ........................T2 66-72-67-71 276 405,000.00Vijay Singh ........................T2 70-70-64-72 276 405,000.00David Toms..........................5 73-72-67-65 277 235,000.00K.J. Choi ............................T6 67-71-68-73 279 182,500.00Padraig Harrington............T6 71-73-69-66 279 182,500.00Paul Casey ........................T8 73-71-66-71 281 137,500.00Retief Goosen ..................T8 73-69-67-72 281 137,500.00Fred Couples ..................T10 71-73-70-68 282 111,250.00Ignacio Garrido................T10 68-71-69-74 282 111,250.00Alex Cejka ......................T12 70-76-72-65 283 89,375.00Ernie Els ..........................T12 71-74-71-67 283 89,375.00Jim Furyk ........................T12 70-74-69-70 283 89,375.00Sergio Garcia ..................T12 65-73-70-75 283 89,375.00Niclas Fasth ....................T16 68-76-70-70 284 71,000.00Brad Faxon ......................T16 75-71-66-72 284 71,000.00Rocco Mediate................T16 66-72-73-73 284 71,000.00Loren Roberts..................T16 69-75-70-70 284 71,000.00Jonathan Kaye ..................20 73-69-73-70 285 65,000.00Robert Allenby ................T21 72-76-73-65 286 60,000.00Steve Flesch....................T21 71-75-72-68 286 60,000.00Charles Howell III............T21 76-75-65-70 286 60,000.00Jerry Kelly ......................T21 70-72-69-75 286 60,000.00Bob Estes ........................T25 77-74-68-68 287 53,000.00Toshi Izawa......................T25 70-74-72-71 287 $53,000.00Eduardo Romero..............T25 72-74-68-73 287 53,000.00David Howell ..................T28 74-75-71-68 288 46,071.43Fredrik Jacobson ............T28 75-74-70-69 288 46,071.43Kenny Perry ....................T28 70-74-70-74 288 46,071.43Chris Riley ......................T28 74-73-70-71 288 46,071.43Justin Rose......................T28 75-69-74-70 288 46,071.43Mike Weir ......................T28 69-73-72-74 288 46,071.43Thomas Bjorn ..................T28 74-73-67-74 288 46,071.42Brian Davis ......................T35 71-77-68-73 289 41,500.00Lee Westwood................T35 72-71-71-75 289 41,500.00Peter Lonard ......................37 75-74-70-71 290 40,000.00Darren Clarke ..................T38 69-82-72-68 291 38,500.00Phil Mickelson ................T38 73-77-70-71 291 38,500.00Alastair Forsyth ..............T40 71-77-71-73 292 36,250.00Fred Funk ........................T40 73-74-69-76 292 36,250.00Davis Love III ..................T40 74-77-70-71 292 36,250.00Adam Scott ....................T40 70-73-75-74 292 36,250.00Trevor Immelman ............T44 70-77-71-75 293 34,250.00Shaun Micheel................T44 72-75-71-75 293 34,250.00Peter O’Malley ................T44 69-74-70-80 293 34,250.00Ian Poulter ......................T44 73-74-68-78 293 34,250.00Arjun Atwal ....................T48 76-72-72-74 294 32,500.00Hennie Otto ....................T48 76-73-73-72 294 32,500.00Nick Price ........................T48 71-73-73-77 294 $32,500.00Taichi Teshima ................T51 77-75-70-73 295 31,083.34Colin Montgomerie ........T51 74-75-70-76 295 31,083.33Scott Verplank ................T51 75-75-68-77 295 31,083.33Jay Haas..........................T54 74-72-75-75 296 30,000.00Len Mattiace ..................T54 70-74-74-78 296 30,000.00Craig Parry ......................T54 76-72-75-73 296 30,000.00Phillip Price......................T54 70-79-72-75 296 30,000.00Jyoti Randhawa ..............T54 69-77-74-76 296 30,000.00Rich Beem ......................T59 76-75-73-73 297 28,625.00Chad Campbell................T59 74-76-73-74 297 28,625.00Raphael Jacquelin ..........T59 77-80-68-72 297 28,625.00Soren Kjeldsen................T59 70-75-74-78 297 28,625.00J.L. Lewis ........................T59 72-74-77-74 297 28,625.00Bob Tway ........................T59 73-80-70-74 297 28,625.00Kirk Triplett........................65 74-72-70-82 298 27,750.00Ben Curtis........................T66 76-76-72-75 299 27,375.00Thongchai Jaidee............T66 73-72-72-82 299 27,375.00Michael Campbell ..........T68 82-76-75-67 300 26,875.00Mark B. Foster ................T68 76-77-73-74 300 26,875.00Chris DiMarco ................T70 76-74-76-75 301 26,375.00Scott Hoch ......................T70 75-79-75-72 301 26,375.00Todd Hamilton ..................72 78-81-72-71 302 26,000.00SECTION 3 / SUMMARIESNOTESThe 2003 WGC-American Express Championshipmarked the 32nd time that Tiger Woods held orshared the 54-hole lead in a PGA TOUR event andthe 30th time Woods had won after being in thisposition, including the last 11 straight. The onlytimes he has been overcome in the final round wasthe 1996 Quad City Classic (by Ed Fiori) and the2000 TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club inAtlanta, where he was tied with Vijay Singh forthe lead entering the final round but finishedsecond to Phil Mickelson.At the 2003 WGC-American Express Championship,Tiger Woods collected his eighth World GolfChampionships title in 15 events played (seven of13 Official PGA TOUR events) and his 14th top-fivefinish. Darren Clarke is the only other player withmultiple WGC victories (2000 Accenture MatchPlay Championship and 2003 NEC Invitational).Tournament Record:263, Tiger Woods, 2002 (Mount Juliet Estate)18-Hole Record:62, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, 2002 (Mount Juliet Estate)TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/YardsWORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS-AMERICAN EXPRESS CHAMPIONSHIP1999 Tiger Woods* 278 Miguel A. Jimenez 278 Valderrama GC, Andalucia, Spain 71/6,8302000 Mike Weir 277 Lee Westwood 279 Valderrama GC, Andalucia, Spain 72/6,9742001 No Tournament Bellerive CC, St. Louis, MO2002 Tiger Woods 263 Retief Goosen 264 Mount Juliet Estate, Kilkenny, Ireland 72/7,2462003 Tiger Woods 274 Stuart Appleby 276 Capital City Club (Crabapple), 70/7,189Tim HerronWoodstock, GAVijay SinghKEY: * = PlayoffEligibility Requirements for the 2004 WGC-American Express ChampionshipEligible players are:• The top 50 players, including any players tied for 50th place, from the Official World Golf Ranking as ofSeptember 20, 2004 (i.e. through completion of the Valero Texas Open).• The top 50 players, including any players tied for 50th place, from the Official World Golf Ranking as ofSeptember 27, 2004 (i.e. through completion of the 84 Lumber Classic)• Winners of the last-played PLAYERS Championship, Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship.• The top 30 players from the 2004 Official PGA TOUR Money List, as of September 20, 2004 (i.e. throughcompletion of the Valero Texas Open).• The top 30 players from the 2004 Official PGA TOUR Money List, as of September 27, 2004 (i.e. throughcompletion of the 84 Lumber Classic).• The top 20 players from the 2004 European Tour Volvo Ranking (Order of Merit) as of Monday, September 20, 2004.• The top 20 players from the 2004 European Tour Volvo Ranking (Order of Merit) as of Monday September 27, 2004.• The top 3 players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of Monday, September 20, 2004.• The top 3 players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of Monday, September 27, 2004.• The top three players from the final 2003 Australasian Tour Order of Merit.• The top three players from the final 2003/2004 Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit.• The top three players from the final 2003 Asian Davidoff Tour Order of Merit.3-88 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM