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Sunday 18 April 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Cink wins MCI Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 April 2004 · Stewart Cink’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,800,000 USD · MCI
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/8°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/11°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/12°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/15°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 32 · 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
- Ted Purdy USA · 274Led by four after 54 holes but shot 73, pulled a birdie putt inside 10 feet at the 72nd hole, missed a 15-footer to win at the first extra hole and lost to Cink's birdie at the fifth Golf Today: Cink beats Purdy in playoff (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20040819)
, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
MCI Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stewart Cink
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 April 2004
I've been through some really tough stuff. And mentally I've been to the bottom of the barrel and back. I honestly never really knew if I'd ever have this chance to win again.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 April 2004
And I hit a shot that if I hit it again, if I try to do it again right now, I don't know if I could replicate that shot in a hundred tries.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 April 2004
It hurts. I'm going to win next week. Yeah, I need to get back into this position. And I'm playing well enough to go win next week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart Cink | 72 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | Ted Purdy | 69 · 67 · 65 · 73 | 274 | −10 |
| T3 | Carl Pettersson | 72 · 71 · 66 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T3 | Ernie Els | 69 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T3 | Patrick Sheehan | 71 · 66 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| 6 | Fred Funk | 69 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Scott Hoch | 70 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Justin Rose | 73 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Jay Haas | 68 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Stephen Ames | 70 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1973-05-21, Huntsville, Alabama; USA; turned pro 1995; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 43 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet