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Sunday 6 June 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Els wins the Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 June 2004 · Ernie Els’s win no. 14 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,250,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/13°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/13°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/10°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/14°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 24 · 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
- Fred Couples USA · 274chipped in from 25 feet to briefly take the lead after Els bogeyed the fourth, but closed with a 68 as Els went four under over the next six holes and pulled away on the back nine Golf Today: Els clinches title by four shots - Memorial Tournament 2004 (Wayback Machine copy)
105 started, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Memorial Tournament
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ernie Els
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Ernie Els interview, 2004-06-06 (ASAP Sports)
6 June 2004
Freddie was really coming on strong and I had to try to keep ahead of Freddie. I thought he was going to run out of steam at his age, but he kept coming.
Ernie Els interview, 2004-06-06 (ASAP Sports)
6 June 2004
To win golf tournaments you have to make putts.
Fred Couples interview, 2004-06-06 (ASAP Sports)
6 June 2004
I know I finished 2nd, but I lost to basically the best player by far.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Els | 68 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Fred Couples | 69 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Tiger Woods | 72 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 4 | Justin Rose | 70 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| 5 | K.J. Choi | 71 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Kenny Perry | 72 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Stephen Ames | 69 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Retief Goosen | 70 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Jay Haas | 70 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Ben Curtis | 68 · 69 · 73 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-17, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1989; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 3; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'the Memorial Tournament' (week 23/2004), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet