2006 WGC-American Express Championship
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 28 September – 1 October 2006 |
Location | Hertfordshire, England |
Course(s) | The Grove Golf Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,125 |
Field | 62 players |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $7,500,000 |
Winner's share | $1,300,000 |
Champion | |
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261 (–23) | |
The 2006 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 28 September – 1 October 2006 at The Grove Golf Course in Hertfordshire, England. It was the seventh WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2006.
World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament with a record aggregate score of 261, to capture his fifth WGC-American Express Championship and his twelfth World Golf Championships title.
Round summaries
First round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Woods | ![]() |
63 | –8 |
T2 | Pádraig Harrington | ![]() |
64 | –7 |
Ian Poulter | ![]() | |||
T4 | Stewart Cink | ![]() |
65 | –6 |
Ernie Els | ![]() | |||
T6 | David Howell | ![]() |
66 | –5 |
Jyoti Randhawa | ![]() | |||
T8 | Chad Campbell | ![]() |
67 | –4 |
Simon Dyson | ![]() | |||
Jim Furyk | ![]() | |||
Robert Karlsson | ![]() | |||
Nick O'Hern | ![]() | |||
Adam Scott | ![]() |
Second round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Woods | ![]() |
63-64=127 | –15 |
T2 | Stewart Cink | ![]() |
65-67=132 | –10 |
Jim Furyk | ![]() |
67-65=132 | ||
David Howell | ![]() |
66-66=132 | ||
5 | Pádraig Harrington | ![]() |
64-69=133 | –9 |
6 | Brett Quigley | ![]() |
70-64=134 | –8 |
T7 | Ernie Els | ![]() |
65-70=135 | –7 |
Ian Poulter | ![]() |
64-71=135 | ||
Adam Scott | ![]() |
67-68=135 | ||
Henrik Stenson | ![]() |
68-67=135 |
Third round
# | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Woods | ![]() |
63-64-67=194 | –19 |
2 | Adam Scott | ![]() |
67-68-65=200 | –13 |
T3 | Jim Furyk | ![]() |
67-65-69=201 | –12 |
Brett Quigley | ![]() |
70-64-67=201 | ||
5 | Stewart Cink | ![]() |
65-67-70=202 | –11 |
T6 | David Howell | ![]() |
66-66-71=203 | –10 |
Ian Poulter | ![]() |
64-71-68=203 | ||
Henrik Stenson | ![]() |
68-67-68=203 | ||
T9 | Ernie Els | ![]() |
65-70-69=204 | –9 |
Pádraig Harrington | ![]() |
64-69-71=204 | ||
Trevor Immelman | ![]() |
68-68-68=204 |
Final leaderboard
# | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Woods | ![]() |
63-64-67-67=261 | –23 | 1,300,000 |
T2 | Ian Poulter | ![]() |
64-71-68-66=269 | –15 | 610,000 |
Adam Scott | ![]() |
67-68-65-69=269 | |||
4 | Jim Furyk | ![]() |
67-65-69-69=270 | –14 | 345,000 |
5 | Ernie Els | ![]() |
65-70-69-67=271 | –13 | 290,000 |
T6 | Stuart Appleby | ![]() |
71-66-70-66=273 | –11 | 216,667 |
Luke Donald | ![]() |
68-70-67-68=273 | |||
Brett Wetterich | ![]() |
70-66-69-68=273 | |||
T9 | Trevor Immelman | ![]() |
68-68-68-70=274 | –10 | 150,000 |
Brett Quigley | ![]() |
70-64-67-73=274 | |||
Thongchai Jaidee | ![]() |
71-67-71-65=274 |