2004 WGC-American Express Championship

Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Short description The 2004 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 30 September to 3 October 2004 at Mount Juliet Golf Course in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It was the fifth WGC-American Express Championship tournament and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2004.

Ernie Els won the tournament for his first of two WGC titles, which lifted him to second in the Official World Golf Ranking. Tiger Woods was the 2-time defending champion but finished in 9th place.

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Todd Hamilton	66	−6
T2	Template:Flagicon Stuart Appleby	67	−5
	Template:Flagicon Luke Donald
	Template:Flagicon Steve Flesch
	Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Jiménez
	Template:Flagicon Sergio García
	Template:Flagicon Adam Scott
T8	Template:Flagicon Robert Allenby	68	−4
	Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn
	Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen
	Template:Flagicon Zach Johnson
	Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard
	Template:Flagicon Nick O'Hern
	Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood
	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els	69-64=133	−11
T2	Template:Flagicon Todd Hamilton	66-69=135	−9
	Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Jiménez	67-68=135
4	Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard	68-68=136	−8
T5	Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn	68-69=137	−7
	Template:Flagicon Steve Flesch	67-70=137
	Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen	68-69=137
	Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood	68-69=137
T9	Template:Flagicon Ángel Cabrera	69-69=138	−6
	Template:Flagicon Luke Donald	67-71=138
	Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon	70-68=138
	Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington	69-69=138
	Template:Flagicon David Howell	69-69=138
	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	68-70=138

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els	69-64-68=201	−15
2	Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn	68-69-66=203	−13
T3	Template:Flagicon Todd Hamilton	66-69-69=204	−12
	Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington	69-69-66=204
	Template:Flagicon David Howell	69-69-66=204
6	Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen	68-69-68=205	−11
7	Template:Flagicon Sergio García	67-72-67=206	−10
T8	Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke	71-72-65=208	−8
	Template:Flagicon Zach Johnson	68-71-69=208
	Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood	68-69-71=208
	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	68-70-70=208

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els	69-64-68-69=270	−18	1,200,000
2	Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn	68-69-66-68=271	−17	675,000
3	Template:Flagicon David Howell	69-69-66-71=275	−13	450,000
T4	Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke	71-72-65-68=276	−12	308,000
	Template:Flagicon Sergio García	67-72-67-70=276
T6	Template:Flagicon Retief Goosen	68-69-68-72=277	−11	200,000
	Template:Flagicon Todd Hamilton	66-69-69-73=277
	Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington	69-69-66-73=277
9	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	68-70-70-70=278	−10	155,000
10	Template:Flagicon Zach Johnson	68-71-69-71=279	−9	135,000

External links

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