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Sunday 12 September 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Singh wins Bell Canadian Open
Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 September 2004 · Vijay Singh’s win no. 22 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Bell
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/15°C · wind 33 km/h N, gusts 60 · 46.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/14°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Mike Weir CAN · 275Led by three entering the round but closed 72 (double bogey at 2; bogeys at 11, 13 and 16), missed a birdie putt to win in regulation and a four-footer at the second extra hole, then found water at the third. Golf Today: Bell Canadian Open 2004 round 4 report (no agency line; Wayback Machine copy)
, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Bell Canadian Open
Glen Abbey Golf Club, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Vijay Singh
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 September 2004
You never see a great player going to a mental coach, it's always guys who are struggling.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 September 2004
He wanted to win this tournament bad, but that's the way golf goes. Somebody has to win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 September 2004
I felt like if I could have putted halfway decent, it wouldn't have even been a golf tournament.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 66 · 72 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| 2 | Mike Weir | 68 · 65 · 70 · 72 | 275 | −9 |
| 3 | Joe Ogilvie | 70 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Tom Lehman | 74 · 70 · 70 · 64 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 70 · 70 · 75 · 63 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Stewart Cink | 72 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Hunter Mahan | 72 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| 8 | Robert Damron | 72 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Mark Hensby | 70 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Jesper Parnevik | 69 · 66 · 71 · 74 | 280 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1963-02-22, Lautoka, Fiji; FIJ; turned pro 1982; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 22; majors to date: 3; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet