First played
1999
Past winners
1999: Tiger Woods
2000: Mike Weir
2001: Cancelled
Consecutive wins
None
Youngest winner
Tiger Woods, 23 in 1999
Oldest winner
Mike Weir, 30 in 2000
Lowest 9 hole score
30 (-6), Mathias Grönberg, 2000
Lowest 18 hole score
63 (-9), Nick Price, 2000
Lowest first 18 hole score
63 (-9), Nick Price, 2000
Lowest first 36 hole score
135 (-9), Nick Price, 2000
Lowest first 54 hole score
207 (-9), Hidemichi Tanaka
Lowest 72 hole score
277 (-11), Mike Weir, 2000
Lowest under par winning score
277 (-11), Mike Weir, 2000
Lowest final round by a winner
68 (-3), Tiger Woods, 1999
Wire-to-wire-winners
None
Largest 18 hole lead
3 shots, Nick Price, 2000
Largest 36 hole lead
2 shots, Nick Price, 2000
Largest 54 hole lead
1 shot, Hidemichi Tanaka, 2000
Largest winning margin
2 shots, Mike Weir, 2000
Biggest final round comeback by a winner
1 shot, Tiger Woods, 1999, Mike Weir, 2000
Play-offs
Tiger Woods beat Miguel Angel Jiménez, 1999
Holes-in-one
Colin Montgomerie, Hole 12, Round 2, 2000
Angel Cabrera, Hole 3, 2000
Cut
No cut
INTERESTING FACTS
Since the World Golf Championships were first introduced onto the European Tour International Schedule in 1999 they have been dominated by Tiger Woods. This will be his 12th WGC event, having won five; 1999 American Express Championship, 1999, 00, 01 WGC Invitational and the 2000 EMC² World Cup and been placed in the top ten, ten times. Two of his wins came in play-offs, the 1999 American Express Championships beating Miguel Angel Jiménez and out-lasting Jim Furyk over seven holes at the 2001 NEC Invitational. Currently Woods has a 100% record in European Tour play-offs, five wins from five appearances. Mike Weir's win in 2000 marked the first win by a Canadian in an official European Tour event since Jerry Anderson at the 1984 Ebel European Masters.
