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Sunday 10 October 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Stolz wins Michelin Championship at Las Vegas
TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 October 2004 · Andre Stolz’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Michelin
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 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/16°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/17°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/19°C · wind 25 km/h S, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/18°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 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
- Tag Ridings USA · 267Closed with a course-record-tying 61 (11 birdies, no bogeys) to set the clubhouse mark at 20 under, one short. Las Vegas Sun: Ridings hits 61
- Tom Lehman USA · 267The 54-hole leader eagled the 16th to tie but missed a 4-footer for par at the 17th; a closing birdie left him one behind. Golf Today: Michelin Championship at Las Vegas 2004 round 4 report
- Harrison Frazar USA · 267Closed with 67 to post 20 under in the clubhouse, one behind. Las Vegas Sun: Stolz finds way to first
, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Michelin Championship at Las Vegas
TPC Summerlin (final round); also TPC at The Canyons and Bear's Best, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Andre Stolz
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Las Vegas Sun
10 October 2004
Every time I looked at one, it was scrolling through someone else's scores,
Golf Today (report, no agency line)
10 October 2004
I told my wife that I feel like I'm going to win tomorrow, … I said I'm going to win and hop on a plane tonight and meet you there.
Las Vegas Sun
10 October 2004
I didn't know there was that much to it, … I knew I was doing pretty good, but I thought the leaders were a little further ahead.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Stolz | 67 · 67 · 65 · 67 | 266 | −21 |
| T2 | Harrison Frazar | 64 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 267 | −20 |
| T2 | Tom Lehman | 64 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 267 | −20 |
| T2 | Tag Ridings | 67 · 66 · 73 · 61 | 267 | −20 |
| T5 | Dicky Pride | 66 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 268 | −19 |
| T5 | Carl Pettersson | 68 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 268 | −19 |
| T7 | Danny Ellis | 63 · 70 · 73 · 63 | 269 | −18 |
| T7 | David Frost | 69 · 71 · 67 · 62 | 269 | −18 |
| T7 | Lee Janzen | 68 · 66 · 70 · 65 | 269 | −18 |
| T7 | Tim Petrovic | 66 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 269 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-10, Brisbane, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 341 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet