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Sunday 15 February 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Daly wins Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 February 2004 · John Daly’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,800,000 USD · Buick
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/7°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/4°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/7°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/8°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 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
- Chris Riley USA · 278Holed a 15-foot birdie putt from the fringe at 18 to post 10 under, then his five-foot birdie putt in the playoff horseshoed around the hole and spun out Daly gets first win since '95 with playoff birdie (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Luke Donald ENG · 278Birdied 18 from about 13 feet to join the playoff, then missed a six-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole Daly gets first win since '95 with playoff birdie (Associated Press, via ESPN)
, 82 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Buick Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, San Diego, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
John Daly
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 February 2004
The drunk ones, the sober ones, I love them all. I just love them. And they have kept me going and going.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 February 2004
My slogan is, who needs fitness when you have great equipment, and I'm sticking to it (laughter).
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 February 2004
It would definitely be more special to win here at Torrey Pines. This is one of my big tournaments of the year. I put this up there with the Masters.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Daly | 69 · 66 · 68 · 75 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Chris Riley | 67 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Luke Donald | 69 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Phil Mickelson | 74 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Thomas Bjørn | 70 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Shigeki Maruyama | 72 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Duffy Waldorf | 68 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Bo Van Pelt | 68 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Jesper Parnevik | 65 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Jay Haas | 70 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Billy Mayfair | 72 · 65 · 72 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 71 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Brandt Jobe | 69 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Stewart Cink | 70 · 63 · 71 · 76 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1966-04-28, Carmichael, California; USA; turned pro 1987; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 2; world No. 298 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet