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Sunday 28 March 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Scott wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 March 2004 · Adam Scott’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 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
12 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/15°C · wind 23 km/h E, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/16°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/15°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/14°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 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
- Padraig Harrington IRL · 277Started the final round five shots back, played the closing holes in six straight 3s for a 66 and was on the range at 277 when Scott found the water at the 72nd but saved bogey to win by one 2004 Players Championship (Wikipedia, current revision 1367383039)
148 started · cut +2, 83 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Adam Scott
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today: Adam Scott holds on to claim Players title (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20040525)
28 March 2004
I was thinking to myself, easy birdie on 16 and three shots clear and cruise in. But you know, it's that kind of place where funny things can happen.
Golf Today: Adam Scott holds on to claim Players title (final-round report, unattributed; Wayback Machine snapshot 20040525)
28 March 2004
And once I knew the putt was pretty straight up there, I felt really confident I could make it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 March 2004
I obviously would be happier if Adam finished fourth and I could be happy playing well coming down the stretch. I am disappointed with the way it turned out.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Scott | 65 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Padraig Harrington | 68 · 70 · 73 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Kenny Perry | 69 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Frank Lickliter II | 69 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Jay Haas | 72 · 73 · 70 · 66 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Jerry Kelly | 69 · 66 · 74 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Kevin Sutherland | 66 · 69 · 73 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| 9 | Shaun Micheel | 70 · 76 · 69 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Fred Funk | 73 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Paul Casey | 72 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Bob Burns | 67 · 72 · 72 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-16, Adelaide, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2000; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 18 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet