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Sunday 22 February 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Weir wins Nissan Open
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 February 2004 · Mike Weir’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,800,000 USD · Nissan
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 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/8°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/10°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 23 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/10°C · wind 22 km/h ESE, gusts 41 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/10°C · wind 24 km/h ESE, gusts 42 · 16 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
- Shigeki Maruyama JPN · 268Closed with a 67 while Weir, five ahead after 54 holes, let a seven-stroke lead slip to a 71; finished one shot back Golf Today: Mike Weir jumps to fourth in World Rankings (Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Nissan Open
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mike Weir
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
BBC Sport: Weir makes move at Nissan (2004-02-21, Wayback Machine copy)
21 February 2004
Obviously, as defending champion I wanted to come in here and get off to a nice start and play well. I didn't expect to be 12-under after two days.
BBC Sport: Weir makes move at Nissan (2004-02-21, Wayback Machine copy)
21 February 2004
Usually this kind of play comes about May or June. But this year, I don't know why, I'm hitting the ball very well now.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Weir | 66 · 64 · 66 · 71 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Shigeki Maruyama | 64 · 66 · 71 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| 3 | Stuart Appleby | 70 · 64 · 70 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| 4 | John Daly | 68 · 64 · 72 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Hank Kuehne | 65 · 72 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| 6 | Kirk Triplett | 66 · 67 · 72 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Jay Williamson | 69 · 69 · 72 · 64 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Tiger Woods | 72 · 66 · 72 · 64 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | J.J. Henry | 71 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Bob Tway | 68 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Tim Clark | 72 · 69 · 64 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Loren Roberts | 70 · 65 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Briny Baird | 69 · 62 · 73 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Jeff Maggert | 67 · 66 · 69 · 73 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1970-05-12, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; CAN; turned pro 1992; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet