WGC-American Express Championship

The WGC-American Express Championship is one of the four World Golf championships that take place every year. The prize money won by golfers here is counted as official money on both the US PGA Tour and the European Tour. The event is played in the stroke play format. From 2007, the event would be renamed as WGC-CA Championship and would replace the Ford Championship at Doral on the US PGA Tour schedule.

In 2006, it will be held at The Grove in Hertfordshire, England but from next year it will be played at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa. There is no cut for golfers in this tournament. Invitations are sent to top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings and to some other players from the six other International Federation of PGA Tours.

Tiger Woods won the 2005 WGC-American Express Championship pocketing $1,300,000 from the tournament purse of $7,500,000.

Tournament schedule and tickets

The 2006 WGC-American Express Championship will be held from 26 September-1 October. From 2007, the tournament has been proponed to the month of March. Championship day tickets are priced at £30 for 28-29 September and £35 for 30 September and 1 October.

The WGC-American Express Championship will become a part of the US PGA Tour from 2007. It is the third of four World Group Championships that take place every year. As we continue on this tour we will learn about the other tournaments in the US PGA Tour