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Sunday 3 October 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Funk wins Southern Farm Bureau Classic
Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Mississippi · Thursday 30 September to Sunday 3 October 2004 · Fred Funk’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Southern Farm Bureau
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 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/14°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/17°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/21°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/17°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 33 · 4 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
- Ryan Palmer USA · 267Closed with 64 but left a 49-foot eagle putt at the 18th five inches short; the tap-in birdie left him one behind. Golf Today: Southern Farm Bureau Classic 2004 round 4 report (no agency line; Wayback Machine copy)
, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Southern Farm Bureau Classic
Annandale Golf Club, Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Mississippi
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Fred Funk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (report, no agency line)
3 October 2004
There are just so many great things that go along with winning, … And there just aren't that many good things, except the money, that go along with finishing second.
Golf Today (report, no agency line)
3 October 2004
It's been a long, long road since '98,
Golf Today (report, no agency line)
3 October 2004
I thought it was in 10 feet from the hole,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Funk | 69 · 67 · 64 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Ryan Palmer | 69 · 68 · 66 · 64 | 267 | −21 |
| T3 | Glen Day | 65 · 70 · 70 · 63 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | J.J. Henry | 70 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Kevin Na | 71 · 65 · 66 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Loren Roberts | 66 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| 7 | Kirk Triplett | 69 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T8 | Jonathan Byrd | 70 · 69 · 66 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Tim Clark | 68 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Chris Couch | 70 · 63 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Pat Bates | 69 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Greg Chalmers | 68 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Carl Pettersson | 67 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
The golfer
born 1956-06-14, Takoma Park, Maryland; USA; turned pro 1981; age 48 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 60 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet