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Sunday 7 March 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Parry wins Ford Championship at Doral
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 March 2004 · Craig Parry’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Ford
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/23°C · wind 29 km/h ESE, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/23°C · wind 34 km/h SE, gusts 57 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/23°C · wind 25 km/h SSE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/22°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 22 · 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
- Scott Verplank USA · 271Closed with a bogey-free 67, holing a 9-iron from a fairway bunker to two feet at the 17th to tie; in the playoff at the 18th he reached the green from the rough but Parry holed out for eagle Golf Today: Parry wins after amazing playoff eagle (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20040506)
, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Ford Championship at Doral
Doral Golf Resort & Spa (Blue Monster), Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Craig Parry
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 March 2004
Well, thank you. I still haven't seen the ball go in the hole yet. They replayed it about four times and I missed every one of them.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 March 2004
I was saying to Andrew, I was lucky to make my tee time on the first round. I was asleep at 7:40 and on the tee at 7:54.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 March 2004
I mean, what do you say? That's an indescribable shot. He's supposed to win. If you do that, you're supposed to win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Parry | 71 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Scott Verplank | 67 · 72 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Retief Goosen | 67 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| 4 | Joe Durant | 66 · 72 · 67 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Bernhard Langer | 75 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | David Toms | 72 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | K.J. Choi | 70 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Gene Sauers | 70 · 70 · 64 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T9 | Mark Calcavecchia | 68 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Danny Ellis | 69 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1966-01-12, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1985; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 82 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet