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Sunday 30 May 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Toms wins FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 May 2004 · David Toms’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,700,000 USD · FedEx
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/23°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/21°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 42 · 20.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 41 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/22°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 76 · 20.6 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
- Bob Estes USA · 274never threatened Toms's seven-stroke 54-hole lead; closed with a 69, holing a putt on the 18th to take solo second Bob Estes interview, 2004-05-30 (ASAP Sports)
155 started, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Toms
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
David Toms interview, 2004-05-30 (ASAP Sports)
30 May 2004
I'm barely under 40, by the way.
David Toms interview, 2004-05-30 (ASAP Sports)
30 May 2004
When you're struggling in golf it's not a whole lot of fun being on the road, but I've been grinding it out hoping that it would come around, and it has.
Bob Estes interview, 2004-05-30 (ASAP Sports)
30 May 2004
if I wasn't able to catch David, second is always better than third, so that's what I was trying to do.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Toms | 67 · 63 · 65 · 73 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Bob Estes | 74 · 64 · 67 · 69 | 274 | |
| T3 | Steve Lowery | 74 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 275 | |
| T3 | Tim Herron | 72 · 64 · 69 · 70 | 275 | |
| T5 | Freddie Jacobson | 75 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 276 | |
| T5 | Stewart Cink | 68 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 276 | |
| T5 | Brian Gay | 71 · 66 · 66 · 73 | 276 | |
| T5 | Vaughn Taylor | 66 · 65 · 71 · 74 | 276 | |
| T9 | Charles Howell III | 70 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 277 | |
| T9 | Paul Stankowski | 67 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 277 | |
| T9 | Craig Bowden | 72 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 277 | |
| T9 | Hirofumi Miyase | 68 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 277 |
The golfer
born 1967-01-04, Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1989; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 16 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'FedEx St. Jude Classic' (week 22/2004), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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