The 2003 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from October 2–5, 2003 over the Capital City Club's Crabapple Course in Woodstock, Georgia. It was the fourth WGC-American Express Championship tournament and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2003.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 2–5, 2003 |
| Location | Woodstock, Georgia, U.S. |
| Course(s) | Capital City Club's (Crabapple Course) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,189 |
| Field | 72 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $6,000,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,050,000 |
| Champion | |
 Tiger Woods | |
| 274 (−6) | |
World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to capture his third WGC-American Express Championship and his seventh World Golf Championships title.
Round summaries
editFirst round
edit| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sergio García |
65 | −5 |
| T2 | Tim Herron |
66 | −4 |
| Rocco Mediate
| |||
| T4 |  K. J. Choi |
67 | −3 |
| Tiger Woods
| |||
| T6 |  Niclas Fasth |
68 | −2 |
| Ignacio Garrido
| |||
| T8 |  Darren Clarke |
69 | −1 |
 Peter O'Malley
| |||
 Jyoti Randhawa
| |||
| Loren Roberts
| |||
 Mike Weir
|
Second round
edit| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods |
67-66=133 | −7 |
| T2 | K. J. Choi |
67-71=138 | −2 |
| Sergio García |
65-73=138 | ||
| Tim Herron |
66-72=138 | ||
| Rocco Mediate |
66-72=138 | ||
| T6 | Stuart Appleby |
71-68=139 | −1 |
| Ignacio Garrido |
68-71=139 | ||
| 8 |  Vijay Singh |
70-70=140 | E |
| T9 |  Retief Goosen |
73-69=142 | +2 |
| Jerry Kelly |
70-72=142 | ||
| Mike Weir |
69-73=142 |
Third round
edit| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods |
67-66-69=202 | −8 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh |
70-70-64=204 | −6 |
| 3 | Tim Herron |
66-72-67=205 | −5 |
| 4 | K. J. Choi |
67-71-68=206 | −4 |
| T5 | Stuart Appleby |
71-68-69=208 | −2 |
| Sergio García |
65-73-70=208 | ||
| Ignacio Garrido |
68-71-69=208 | ||
| 8 | Retief Goosen |
73-69-67=209 | −1 |
| 9 |  Paul Casey |
73-71-66=210 | E |
| T10 | Rocco Mediate |
66-72-73=211 | +1 |
| Jerry Kelly |
70-72-69=211 |
Final leaderboard
edit| Place | Player | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods |
67-66-69-72=274 | −6 | 1,050,000 |
| T2 | Stuart Appleby |
71-68-69-68=276 | −4 | 405,000 |
| Tim Herron |
66-72-67-71=276 | |||
| Vijay Singh |
70-70-64-72=276 | |||
| 5 | David Toms |
73-72-67-65=277 | −3 | 235,000 |
| T6 | K. J. Choi |
67-71-68-73=279 | −1 | 182,500 |
 Pádraig Harrington |
71-73-69-66=279 | |||
| T8 | Paul Casey |
73-71-66-71=281 | +1 | 137,500 |
| Retief Goosen |
73-69-67-72=281 | |||
| T10 | Fred Couples |
71-73-70-68=282 | +2 | 111,250 |
| Ignacio Garrido |
68-71-69-74=282 |