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Sunday 7 November 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Goosen wins the Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 November 2004 · Retief Goosen’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · Coca-Cola
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/13°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 58 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/8°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/4°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/6°C · wind 12 km/h W, 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
- Tiger Woods USA · 273Shared the 54-hole lead with Jay Haas, four ahead of Goosen, but bogeyed three of the first seven holes and the 16th and 17th, closing with a 72; it was only the third time he failed to win a PGA Tour event he led after 54 holes. Golf Today: Tour Championship 2004 round 4 report (wire copy, agency not stated; Wayback Machine copy)
, 29 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Retief Goosen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 November 2004
So I thought, well, a 5-iron is the club. I was just trying to hit it sort of three yards left of the flag, and it came out dead on it. I pushed it slightly (laughter).
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 November 2004
I think it was last Sunday night he was doing hand brake turns out in my driveway at 2:00 o'clock in the morning.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 November 2004
if I look back on it, I had to pick my poison, which one I wanted for the hole, hit good putt bad or hit it bad and putt great.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 70 · 66 · 69 · 64 | 269 | −11 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 72 · 64 · 65 · 72 | 273 | −7 |
| 3 | Jerry Kelly | 67 · 71 · 71 · 65 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Mark Hensby | 69 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Mike Weir | 69 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Stephen Ames | 69 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −5 |
| T7 | Jay Haas | 67 · 66 · 68 · 75 | 276 | −4 |
| T7 | Scott Verplank | 74 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 276 | −4 |
| 9 | Vijay Singh | 69 · 73 · 70 · 65 | 277 | −3 |
| T10 | Ernie Els | 72 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 278 | −2 |
| T10 | Rory Sabbatini | 71 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T10 | David Toms | 68 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1969-02-03, Pietersburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1990; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 2; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet