Three times in the tournament's history has a golfer led from start to finish, with defending champion Geoff Ogilvy as the most recent to accomplish that feat. In 2008, he shot an opening-round 65 to begin the WGC-CA Championship in a tie for the lead. His subsequent scores of 67, 68 and 71 were always enough to keep him out front.


Previously, Tiger Woods led wire-to-wire en route to his victories both in 2002 and 2006.

Tiger Woods' most dominant performance ever at the World Golf Championships tournament came in 2006 when he earned an 8-stroke victory over the field.


The previous record for margin of victory was Mike Weir's two-stroke win in 2000.

Competing in the second round of the 2000 tournament, Colin Montgomerie shot an ace on the 12th hole. The lucky strike helped him record a second-round 67.


Other golfers to achieve such a feat at the WGC-American Express Championship are Angel Cabrera on the sixth hole of the third round in 2000, Thongchai Jaidee on the 11th hole of the second round in 2004 and Tom Lehman on the 11th hole of the third round in 2005.

After starting the 2006 American Express Championship with a scorching 63, Tiger Woods never looked back. He set the tournament record for 72-hole score with a 23-under 261.


Woods also has the second lowest score over 72 holes: a 23-under 265 in 2002.

Although both Sergio Garcia (pictured) and Retief Goosen shot tournament-record 10-under 62s in the final round of the 2002 tournament, neither one had enough to catch Tiger Woods for the title. Garcia finished seventh, and Goosen placed second. Their scores are still the record for 18 holes, though.

An opening 9-under 63 in 2000 helped Nick Price ink his name in the American Express Championship record books with the lowest first-round score. It was the only time he shot under 72 that tournament, however, turning in subsequent scores of 72, 74 and 72.


In 2006, Tiger Woods matched Price's total, starting his tournament with an 8-under 63 at The Grove.

With matching scores of 65 in the first two rounds in 2002, Tiger Woods set the record for lowest opening 36-hole score. His 14-under 130 gave him a two-stroke lead over his nearest competitor heading into the final 36 holes. Woods went on to win the tournament that year.

After 54 holes in the 2006 American Express Championship, Tiger Woods enjoyed a six-stroke lead over the field. His edge came courtesy of a first-round 63, second-round 64 and third-round 67 for a 19-under 194 total.


Back in 2000, the second year of the tournament, Tiger Woods also sat at 19 under after 54 holes. That time, however, his stroke total was 197.

With an 8-under 63 in 2006, Tiger Woods made an immediate statement that he was serious about defending his American Express Championship title. He also made his mark in the record books, as the score was the lowest-ever opening-round score by an eventual winner.


Woods broke the record he had set in 2002 with a 7-under 65 in the first round.

Shooting an even-par 71 in the first round of the inaugural American Express Championship in 1999 didn't hurt Tiger Woods, as he still went on to win the tournament.

In 2005, Colin Montgomerie stormed out to a three-stroke lead with an opening-round 64 at the WGC-American Express Championship. Although he could not hold on to that advantage and ultimately finished tied for third, two stroke behind winner Tiger Woods, Montgomerie matched the record for largest lead after 18 holes.


The mark was originally set by Nick Price in 2000.

At the end of two rounds in the 2003 tournament, Tiger Woods had built up a commanding five-stroke lead over the rest of the field.


Three years later, in his dominant 2006 performance, Woods equaled that mark with another five-stroke, 36-hole lead.

Rounds of 63, 64 and 67 helped Tiger Woods jump out to an impressive six-stroke victory after 54 holes in the 2006 WGC-American Express Championship. The total was an improvement on his previous 54-hole lead record of five strokes back in 2003.