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Sunday 18 January 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Els wins Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 January 2004 · Ernie Els’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,800,000 USD · Sony
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/22°C · wind 25 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/22°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/22°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/23°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0.8 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
- Harrison Frazar USA · 262Led by one going into the final round; his 35-foot eagle putt to win on the 72nd hole came up three feet short, then he lost to Els' 22-foot birdie on the third playoff hole Els tops Frazar in playoff (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2004-01-19)
, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Here's a happy returning Isle visitor (Ferd Lewis, The Honolulu Advertiser columnist, 2004-01-19)
18 January 2004
This (tournament) used to be a hidden little gem. A lot of good players never used to come here (and) now a lot of players come here. It's a great tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 January 2004
Why should he come? He can stay in Florida. (Laughter).
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 January 2004
I think I believe in myself right now more than I have in quite some time. In my rookie year in '98 there, I had no idea what I was doing. Just kind of dumbed my way into it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 67 · 64 · 66 · 65 | 262 | −18 |
| 2 | Harrison Frazar | 67 · 63 · 66 · 66 | 262 | −18 |
| 3 | Davis Love III | 70 · 65 · 63 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| 4 | Frank Lickliter II | 71 · 62 · 65 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| T5 | Jerry Kelly | 68 · 65 · 69 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T5 | Briny Baird | 68 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| 7 | John Riegger | 68 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T8 | Stephen Ames | 66 · 70 · 65 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T8 | Craig Barlow | 66 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T10 | Omar Uresti | 72 · 66 · 67 · 65 | 270 | −10 |
| T10 | Vijay Singh | 69 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T10 | John Huston | 67 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T10 | Retief Goosen | 67 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T10 | Paul Azinger | 67 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 270 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 3; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet