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2006 WGC-American Express Championship

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2006 WGC-American Express Championship
Tournament information
Dates28 September – 1 October 2006
LocationHertfordshire, England
Course(s)The Grove Golf Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,125
Field62 players
CutNone
Prize fund$7,500,000
Winner's share$1,300,000
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
261 (−23)
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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

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First round

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Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tiger Woods 63 −8
T2 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 64 −7
England Ian Poulter
T4 United States Stewart Cink 65 −6
South Africa Ernie Els
T6 England David Howell 66 −5
India Jyoti Randhawa
T8 United States Chad Campbell 67 −4
England Simon Dyson
United States Jim Furyk
Sweden Robert Karlsson
Australia Nick O'Hern
Australia Adam Scott

Second round

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Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tiger Woods 63-64=127 −15
T2 United States Stewart Cink 65-67=132 −10
United States Jim Furyk 67-65=132
England David Howell 66-66=132
5 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 64-69=133 −9
6 United States Brett Quigley 70-64=134 −8
T7 South Africa Ernie Els 65-70=135 −7
England Ian Poulter 64-71=135
Australia Adam Scott 67-68=135
Sweden Henrik Stenson 68-67=135

Third round

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Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tiger Woods 63-64-67=194 −19
2 Australia Adam Scott 67-68-65=200 −13
T3 United States Jim Furyk 67-65-69=201 −12
United States Brett Quigley 70-64-67=201
5 United States Stewart Cink 65-67-70=202 −11
T6 England David Howell 66-66-71=203 −10
England Ian Poulter 64-71-68=203
Sweden Henrik Stenson 68-67-68=203
T9 South Africa Ernie Els 65-70-69=204 −9
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 64-69-71=204
South Africa Trevor Immelman 68-68-68=204

Final leaderboard

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Place Player Score To par Winnings ($)
1 United States Tiger Woods 63-64-67-67=261 −23 1,300,000
T2 England Ian Poulter 64-71-68-66=269 −15 610,000
Australia Adam Scott 67-68-65-69=269
4 United States Jim Furyk 67-65-69-69=270 −14 345,000
5 South Africa Ernie Els 65-70-69-67=271 −13 290,000
T6 Australia Stuart Appleby 71-66-70-66=273 −11 216,667
England Luke Donald 68-70-67-68=273
United States Brett Wetterich 70-66-69-68=273
T9 South Africa Trevor Immelman 68-68-68-70=274 −10 150,000
United States Brett Quigley 70-64-67-73=274
Thailand Thongchai Jaidee 71-67-71-65=274
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