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Sunday 16 May 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Garcia wins EDS Byron Nelson Championship
TPC Four Seasons Resort, Irving, Texas · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 May 2004 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,800,000 USD · EDS
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 76° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/17°C · wind 32 km/h S, gusts 58 · 27.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 44 · 5.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/17°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 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
- Robert Damron USA · 270closed with a 66 including a holed seven-iron from 175 yards for eagle at the 15th, then three-putted the playoff hole, missing from about four feet Golf Today: Garcia beats Damron & Hart in playoff - Byron Nelson Championship 2004 (Wayback Machine copy)
- Dudley Hart USA · 270birdied the 17th for a closing 67 to join the playoff, then hit his approach into thick rough over the 18th green and made double bogey Golf Today: Garcia beats Damron & Hart in playoff - Byron Nelson Championship 2004 (Wayback Machine copy)
157 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
EDS Byron Nelson Championship
TPC Four Seasons Resort, TPC Four Seasons Resort, Irving, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sergio Garcia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sergio Garcia interview, 2004-05-16 (ASAP Sports)
16 May 2004
I felt bad for them because they're great guys and good friends of mine, but unfortunately somebody had to win.
Robert Damron interview, 2004-05-16 (ASAP Sports)
16 May 2004
I just butchered it is all. It wasn't preparation or a bad read, it was just not a good stroke.
Dudley Hart interview, 2004-05-16 (ASAP Sports)
16 May 2004
I'd rather make a mistake being aggressive than being passive, and that's what I said to myself before I started the playoff.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 66 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 270 | −10 |
| T2 | Robert Damron | 67 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T2 | Dudley Hart | 65 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Tim Herron | 69 · 70 · 68 · 64 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | Duffy Waldorf | 67 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 65 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T7 | Shigeki Maruyama | 70 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Nick Price | 66 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Ernie Els | 69 · 70 · 66 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Stephen Leaney | 66 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 38 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'EDS Byron Nelson Championship' (week 20/2004), OWGR player profile).
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