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Sunday 11 January 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Appleby wins Mercedes Championships
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 January 2004 · Stuart Appleby’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,300,000 USD · Mercedes
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/21°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/22°C · wind 24 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/22°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/21°C · wind 33 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 271Played the front nine in 1 over to fall six behind, then birdied four of the last five holes; missed a 10-footer at the 17th that would have pulled him within one and an eagle putt from the apron at 18 to tie Appleby fends off Singh (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2004-01-12)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mercedes Championships
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Appleby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Appleby fends off Singh (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2004-01-12)
11 January 2004
I didn't watch a lot of what he was doing because I was the controller of my own destiny. If Vijay was going to come and mess around with my destiny, that was his thing.
Appleby fends off Singh (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2004-01-12)
11 January 2004
I asked him, 'What do you want me to do; do you want me to putt out?' He just looked at me and said, 'If you mark it, you're going to have to move it.'
Appleby fends off Singh (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2004-01-12)
11 January 2004
The putter took a lot away from me this week. I figured it probably owes me one. It looked good for a long time.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Appleby | 66 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 270 | −22 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 64 · 69 · 70 | 271 | −21 |
| 3 | Darren Clarke | 67 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −17 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 71 · 70 · 65 · 71 | 277 | −15 |
| T4 | Retief Goosen | 70 · 70 · 64 · 73 | 277 | −15 |
| 6 | Kirk Triplett | 68 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −14 |
| 7 | Adam Scott | 69 · 74 · 68 · 68 | 279 | −13 |
| 8 | Scott Hoch | 68 · 71 · 69 · 72 | 280 | −12 |
| T9 | Ben Crane | 71 · 74 · 66 · 70 | 281 | −11 |
| T9 | Davis Love III | 69 · 71 · 69 · 72 | 281 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1971-05-01, Cohuna, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 15 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet