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Sunday 18 July 2004European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Hamilton wins the Open
Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 2004 · Todd Hamilton’s win no. 2 on the European Tour · purse £4,000,000 GBP · 133rd Open Championship; four-hole aggregate playoff (1st, 2nd, 17th, 18th) on Sunday
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/13°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/12°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Ernie Els RSA · 274Birdied 16 and 17 to catch Hamilton, who bogeyed the 72nd, but left a 12-foot birdie putt to win short; bogeyed the 17th in the four-hole playoff and lost by one 2004 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +3, 73 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ernie Els
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2004
It's a very special feeling. I think right now I'm more tired than I am excited.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2004
To be honest with you, and this is no lie, I felt very calm the whole day.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2004
Right now I'm thinking of the putt on the 72nd hole. That's the putt I'm going to be thinking about for a while.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Hamilton | 71 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 69 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | 73 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| 4 | Lee Westwood | 72 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T5 | Davis Love III | 72 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T5 | Thomas Levet | 66 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T7 | Scott Verplank | 69 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Mike Weir | 71 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 281 | −3 |
| T9 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 281 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1965-10-18, Galesburg, Illinois; USA; turned pro 1987; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 56 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2004)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet