WGC-American Express Championship
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The WGC-American Express Championship is one of the three annual World Golf Championships tournaments for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour.
The event is in the strokeplay format. The field consists of:
- Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings
- Top players from member tours' money lists or orders of merit
- Top 30 PGA Tour
- Top 20 European Tour
- Top 3 Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, and Sunshine Tour
In 2006 there were 64 eligible players, which is less than half that for a standard professional golf event.
Like the Ryder Cup in the same year, the 2001 event, scheduled for Bellerive Country Club, St Louis, Missouri, in the United States, was cancelled due to 9/11.
Beginning in 2007, this event will be renamed the WGC-CA Championship and will displace the Ford Championship at Doral on the PGA TOUR's schedule. It will be played annually at Doral Golf Resort & Spa (as opposed to moving from course to course as in the past). It will take place in March as opposed to its previous late season slot (usually September).
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Tiger Woods |  United States |
The Grove, Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | United States |
Harding Park Golf Course, California, USA |
| 2004 | Ernie Els |  South Africa |
Mount Juliet Conrad, Republic of Ireland |
| 2003 | Tiger Woods | United States |
Capital City Club, Georgia, USA |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | United States |
Mount Juliet Conrad, Republic of Ireland |
| 2001 | Cancelled due to 9/11 | ||
| 2000 | Mike Weir |  Canada |
Valderrama Golf Club, Spain |
| 1999 | Tiger Woods | United States |
Valderrama Golf Club, Spain |
